Deaths And Funerals In Danville Area
Funeral notices from Danville area, detailing services for Douglas Will Morris 67 of 1305 N Main St. and Luther Elkin Merricks 79 of 206 Weslview Dr. with services at Wrenn Yeatts Chapel, Kentuck Baptist Church, and interment at Highland Burial Park. Surviving spouses, children, and other relatives listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Will Morris
Wrenn-Yeatts
John Finklea
Edd Calhoun
Highland Burial Park
Mr.Morris
N. Main St
Danville Memorial Hospital
Bottin Ringgold
Alfred Jackson Morris
Lorena Bryant Morris
Danville
Morris
Irene Roberts
North Main Baptist Church
M. L
Harry E. Se Tner
Daniel 2
John
Stafford Springs
Memorial Hospital
Pittsylvania County
Clem R. Tate
Ollie Kate Hall Tate
Ringgold
Kentuck Baptist Church
John Wister Wilkinson
J.W. Wilkinson Jr
Ringgold Rt
Rebecca Bartee
Hazel Jones
Brookneal
Hugh L. Tate
Julian J. Tate
Edward M. Tate
Lena Barker
Chatham
Nora Carmichael
Irene Wiles
Margaret Wilkerson
Charlie Shelton
John Groff
Wrenn-Yeats Funeral Home
Clarence Bartee
Alpine Drive
Luther Elkin Merricks
Weslview Drive
Jowell S. Merricks
Bessie Dove Merricks
Dan River Inc
Eliza Shelton
Third Avenue Christian Church
Are & Son
Calvin C. Merricks
Edna Davis
Millard T. Merricks
Hermon
Essie Barnard
Garence Snead
Lula Byrd
Wrent- Yeatts Chapel
Eugene Tally
Victor Mantiply
Ernest
Lee Norton
Goodyear Promotes Four Danville Employees in 1970s reshuffle
Goodyear Tire promotes James A. Davis Louis Prete Mort F. August and James H. Gray at the Danville plant. Davis becomes plant manager at Valleyfield Quebec Canada and Gray becomes Division B supervisor. Prete moves to Tyler Texas as production manager for Kelly Springfield Tire. August to Division B supervisor and Gray to Division B supervisor, with both transfers announced by H M Hood. Davis celebrates 25 years with Goodyear.
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Goofyear
Danville
James A. Davis
Louis Prete
Brealer
Goodyear
H.M. Hood
Mort F. August
James H. Gray
Davis
Radial Tire
Valleyfield
Quebec
Canada
W.E. Spiegelberg
Fayetteville
N.C
Akron
Ohio
Akron University
Goodyear International Corporation
GIC
United States
Phillipines
Italy
Amiens
France
Nadine
Abercrombie Place
Kelly-Springfield Tire Company
Tyler
Tex
Prete
Texas
West Virginia
West Virginia University
Goodyear N
Betty
Wimbish Drive
J. A. Davis
Morton F.‘August
August
Los Angeles
Tirese Manufacturing
June
Downing Drive
Gadsden
Ala
Gray
Freeport
Sue
Grays
Oakwood Circle
King of the Sea
Prewinter Storm Hits North Carolina Hills
The Associated Press reports a prewinter storm sweeping North Carolina early Sunday. More than four inches of slushy snow fell in the mountains, creating hazardous driving. A heavy snow warning was issued for the mountains and foothills with projections of four to six inches or more locally and one to two inches in parts of the Piedmont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
North Carolina
Piedmont
Cherokee Links to Caribbean Origins Raise Migration Theories
Wake Forest anthropologist Dr. David K. Evans cites linguistic similarities between Cherokee and Caribbean Central American languages. He suggests pre Columbus connections may exist, with blows guns and mythic motifs appearing across regions. Evans plans North Carolina mountain field work to test limited evidence of Cherokee ties to broader Americas migrations.
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Tropics
Wake Forest University
David K. Evans
Caribbean
Central America
Evans
Latin America
Wake Forest
North Carolina Mountains
Americas
Costa Rica
Panama
Appalachians
Housewife Demolishes Bridge in Charleston Stunt
Barbara Ores, a 38 year old housewife from Middletown Ohio, pushed a button and released charges that toppled a 6 year old bridge over the Kanawha River. Spectators watched as the span collapsed into the water while a crowd gathered for the Charleston Daily Mail sponsored event.
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Kanawha City
Charleston
W. Va
Kanawha River
Barbara Oros
Charleston Daily Mail
W.va
Barbara Ores
Tar Heel Leaf Volume Higher, Profits Lower Than Last Year
RALEIGH AP reports the tobacco market shows higher leaf volume but lower profits than the previous year as the weather disrupted some regions and prices trended downward, affecting overall costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
Connie Jernigan
Wilson County
Order of Eastern Star Sets Anniversary Plans
The Virginia Prince Hall Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star schedules a 4 p.m. Sunday kickoff at Camp Grove Baptist Church to mark the 75th anniversary of the organization. The OES of Virginia originated as a fraternal group.
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Grand Order of the Eastern Star of Virginia
Prince Hall
Camp Grove Baptist Church
OES of Virginia
Churches Plan Joint Thanksgiving Service in Danville
The Rev. Charlie B. Spivey Jr of Trinity United Methodist and several area ministers will lead a joint Thanksgiving service at Highland Park Baptist Church next Wednesday at 7 30 p m. Proceeds go to Faith Home and Hope Harbor.
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Charlie B. Spivey Jr
Trinity United Methodist Church
North Danville
Highland Park Baptist Church
William J. Hines
John H. Finklea
North Main Baptist Church
David Wilson
Lakewood Evangelical Methodist Church
Adolf Otersen Jr
Shelton Memorial Presbyterian Church
Faith Home
Hope Harbor
Two Hurt In Auto Crash On Rt. 58
Two women were admitted to Danville Memorial Hospital after a single car crash on Route 58 East that destroyed a 1972 Oldsmobile. Edith McGhee Scott, 52, of Richmond, veered off the road and down an embankment eight miles east of Danville at 4:26 p.m. Her mother Elizabeth McGhee, 74, of Collinsville, and Scott’s eight year-old son Mark were among the injured. Scott’s condition was listed as fair and her mother as guarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville Memorial Hospital
Virginia
CW. Clarke
Danville
Edith McGhee Scott
Terrytown Drive
Richmond
Scott
Elizabeth McGhee
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Douglas Morris
Luther Merricks
Goodyear Tire
Louis Preté
N. C. Hills
Winston-Salem
William P. Rossi
Norton Funeral
Joe McAlinden
New Jersey
Daily Mail
Sam Hindman
Blue Ridge Red and Gun Club
Loundon County
Potomac River
Churches Plan Joint Service
Petersburg
Dady
Constitution Committee
Ostomy Association
Danville Area Ostomy Association
J. W. Squire Armory
Thomas Smith
Social Security Office
Smith
John Cyrus
State Department of Agriculture
W.K. Collins
Agricultural Extension Service
Charles Pugh
Columbus County
Ken Bateman
Pitt County
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