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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1973
Page
4
Deaths and funeral notices list Lucia Knight Smith, Mary Knowles Spangler, Myrtle Barnes, and Alpheus Julian with service times in Barker Chapel and Townes Memorial Chapel. Burials at Highland Burial Park. Survivors include spouses, children, and multiple siblings. Services include 7-9 p.m. visitations and church affiliations.
Funeral for Robert C. Austin set for 2 p m at West Main Church of God with Rev. Fred Hopkins and Rev. H A Stone. Burial in Danville Memorial Gardens. Austin 71, died Sunday at home in Stoney Mill community after a heart attack five years earlier. He was born March 23, 1902 in Callands. Survived by wife Gladys Powell Austin, two daughters Frances Dill and Louise Robinson, nine sons, one sister, one brother, 25 grandchildren, eight great grandchildren. Swicegood Funeral Home visitation 7 9 p m today.
Funeral services for 74 year old Alton Ernest Keaton will be held today at 2 p.m. in Powell Chapel South Boston. Burial follows at Aaron's Creek Baptist Church cemetery. He died Saturday in a South Boston hospital. He was born in Mecklenburg County son of William and Alease Wilkerson Keaton. He belonged to Aaron's Creek Baptist Church. Survived by two daughters Joyce O'Donnell Milwaukee Wisconsin and Joan Bell Auburn Alabama two sons John and James Keaton Milwaukee. three sisters Marion Newton South Boston Etta Wall Virgilina Francis Wilkerson Danville. three brothers Tom Virgilina Hurley Buffalo Junction Harden Nelson. ten grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mrs. L. Virginia Blair DeJarnette 91 were held yesterday at Powell Cemetery in Oak Ridge after she died Sunday in a South Boston hospital. Born in Pittsylvania County she was a daughter of the late Samuel Blair and Emma Parsons Motley Blair. She married the late Walter DeJarnette and was a member of First Baptist Church. Survived by daughter Mrs. Don P. Bagwell of Halifax four grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Funeral services for William Womack Booth 85 of High Point NC will be held at Moseley Memorial United Methodist Church tomorrow at 11 a.m. Burial follows at Green Hill Cemetery. Booth a Ken tuck native and Clarke Electric Co retiree died yesterday at a High Point hospital. The body rests at Sechrest Funeral Home until service time. Senior citizens may pick up free passes for the film My Little Chickadee at the Senior Citizens Center 848 Main St. The showing is tomorrow at 1 p.m. at the North Theater.
Richmond AP. Official vote canvas shows Gov elect Mills Godwin's margin over Lt. Gov Henry Howell widened slightly by 319 votes to 14,972 in a 1,035,495 total. Godwin 525,075 votes up 2,217. Howell 510,103 up 1,898. Dalton wins Lt Gov with 505,729. Miller 662,568 for Attorney General. Final canvas notes write ins and no recount planned.
Norfolk officials warn a North Carolina export tax on tobacco through Hampton Roads may violate the U.S. Constitution by exempting goods moving through North Carolina ports. The Virginia Port Authority notes the law discriminates, as Wilmington on the North Carolina coast benefits from the exemption while Newport News and Norfolk do not. Virginia officials, led by Gov Holton and Atty. Gen. Miller, are reviewing the issue.
Richmond AP Gov Linwood Halton will decide before January on a conditional pardon for Thomas C Wansley a Lynchburg black man serving a life sentence for rape and robbery The request says Wansley has been model prisoner and led reform efforts while in jail The case involves appeals and bond status and would affect parole eligibility in five years
A brief stoppage at Dan River Inc No 5 Finished Inspection ended after a rate change dispute. A company spokesman said the first shift refused briefly, the second shift walked out then returned after agreeing to discuss the rate issue. By late last night, officials reported the situation under control.
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