Obituaries from The Danville Register Chatham area notices
Multiple obituaries from Pittsylvania County and Danville area. Harvey Fitzgerald of Mount Vernon NY formerly Chatham Rt 6 dies at home. Fletcher Anderson of Chatham Rt 3 dies at Memorial Hospital Danville. May Robertson Scearce of Danville dies in Roman Eagle Memorial Home. George Bennett Walden of Chatham Rt 2 dies in Memorial Hospital of Danville. Funeral services and burial details listed, with churches and cemeteries named. Surviving relatives span several states with numerous children, grandchildren, and siblings. The notices name specific churches, homes, and funeral firms involved.
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Chatham
Harvey Fitzgerald
Mount Vernon
N.Y
Chatham Rt. 6
Pittsylvania County
John
Eva Meyers Fitzgerald
Clella Fitzgerald
Shelby Fitzgerald
Martinsville
Rosetta Kornegay
Vernon
Harvey Fitzgerald Jr
James W. Fitzgerald
Billy J. Fitzgerald
Callands Baptist Church
James Venable
Fletcher Anderson
Chatham Rt. 3
Memorial Hospital
Danville
Jonas and
Mattie Sue Womack Anderson
Lane Company
Rocky Mount
Watson Level Baptist Church
Lorain Anderson
Harold Anderson
U.S. Air Force
Riverside
Calif
Fletcher Melvin Anderson
Fayetteville
N.C
Linda Belcher
Union Hall
Judy Lanier
Louvenia Coleman
Jack Wilson
Millers Funeral Home
George Bennett Walden
Chatham Rt. 2
Get
Will Walden
Mary McGhee Walden
Robert Lee
Wayne
Jack Bennett
John W. Walden
Howard Walden
Williamsburg
George Walden
Lynchburg
Rose Walden
Mabell Jones
Florence Barbour
Gretna
Mae Mattox
Hurt
Colbert-Moran Funeral
Ernest Roebuck
Tuck Family
Area Teachers Endorse Virginia Bond Referendum
The Piedmont University Unit of the Virginia Education Association endorses passage of Virginia's 1977 bond referendum. Leader Christopher M. Daniel Jr of Tunstall High School warns failure would hamper capital improvements and force reliance on the general fund with tax risks. The unit covers Patrick, Henry, Pittsylvania, Halifax counties and Martinsville and Danville.
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Council of the
Piedmont Unisery Unit
Virginia Education Association
Virginia
Piedmont Unisery Council
Christopher M. Daniel Jr
Tunstall High School
Daniel
Piedmont Univery
Patrick, Henry
Pittsylvania
Halifax
Martinsville
Danville
Veterans Day Observed by Agencies Across Regions
Washington AP report notes federal and DC offices closed for Veterans Day while Maryland and Virginia offices observe Nov 11. In the DC metro area county and municipal offices vary, and banks schools and other services show mixed openings with Arlington and Montgomery counties and Alexandria Falls Church offices cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
District of Columbia
Maryland
Virginia
Arlington
Montgomery County
Alexandria
Falls Church
Weather outlook for Virginia and North Carolina
Virginia shows variable cloudiness through Tuesday with a chance of showers in the southwestern mountains Monday and on Tuesday across the state. Highs Monday near 60s, lows in the 40s to around 50, highs Tuesday in the 60s to around 70. North Carolina: partly cloudy Monday with highs from the 60s in the mountains to the 70s in the east.
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Virginia
North Carolina
Pastor Installation at Happy Home UCC in Ruffin
The Rev. Robert A. Lewis will be installed as pastor of Happy Home United Church of Christ on Highway 700 in Ruffin at 4 p.m. Sunday. The installation will be conducted by the Rev. Edwin M. Alcorn and the Rev. D. Gene Peeler, with Donald Stroud presenting. The sermon, “Our Task,” will be delivered by the Rev. Daniel W. Jones. Several pastors will participate. Lewis, a Massachusetts native, has served in New England and Florida. He is married to Lois Lennon and they have three children. A reception will follow in the fellowship hall.
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Lewis
Daniel W. Jones
Congregational Christian Church
Reidsville
Marion 5. Smith
Asheboro
Happy Home
Robert M. Kimball
Winston-Salem
Charles R. Vaughn
New Lebanon
Kallam Grove
Mt. Bethel
Massachusetts
Vermont
Key West
Fla
Lois Lennon
West Hartford
Revival Services to Run Tuesday Through Friday
Happy Home United Church of Christ on Highway 70 in Raffin will conduct revival services Tuesday through Friday, November 14 at 7 30 nightly. Rev Dolan A Talbert of App les Chapel Gibsonville leads each service with special music from Eden Golden Age Choir Tuesday Happy Home Church Choir Wednesday Apples Chapel Youth Choir Thursday and Apples Chapel Men s Chorus Friday Rev Robert A Lewis serves as pastor.
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Robert A. Lewis
Museum Opens Open House at National Tobacco Textile Museum
The National Tobacco Textile Museum hosts an open house on Sunday October 30 from 2 to 5 p.m. Hand weaving demonstrations will be given by Mrs. Ann Everitt of Yanceyville NC. A 15 minute color film Leaf will be shown every half hour with additional exhibits. Refreshments served.
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National Tobacco Textile Museum
Ann Everitt
Yanceyville
N.C
Virginia's Boundaries Once Encompassed N J Bermuda
Virginia's early territorial reach extended from Bermuda to the Pacific Ocean and from near North Carolina to north of Pennsylvania. Charters in 1606 and 1608 defined vast sea to sea frontiers, with later reductions by Maryland in 1633 and Pennsylvania in 1681.
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Virginia
N.J
Bermuda
Colony of
Bermuda Islands
Pacific Ocean
South Sea
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
South Carolina
James I
England
America
Cape
Point Comfort
Manslaughter Charge Filed and Gatewood Returned to City
A 44-year-old Danville man, Leonard Harvey Powell, was charged with involuntary manslaughter and driving without a license after striking 75-year-old Lillian Crowder on Whitmell Street. Powell remained free on 35,000 bond. Preston Leroy Gatewood, 30, alias Frank Lee, was extradited from Clinton County to face Aug 26 1975 Old Dutch Supermarket robbery charges with two counts of malicious wounding. jailed on 20,000 bond. Isaiah Clark, 27, was charged with grand larceny for stealing 112.81 dollars worth of property from Schewel Furniture Co. on Oct. 14. preliminary hearing set for Monday.
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Danville
Whitmell Street
New York
Leonard Harvey Powell
Goodyear Blvd
Lillian Crowder
Monument St
H.A. Harper
Powell
Frank Lee, Gatewood
Clinton County
C.G. Allen
J.W. Martin Jr
Old Dutch
Floyd and
Spring Streets
Gatewood
Sandra Cunningham
Ronald Dockery
Dockery
Cunningham
Danville General District Court
Issiah Clark
Riverside Drive
DL. Dalton
W.L. Gibbs
Clark
Schewel Furniture Co
General District Court
Alvin Brandon Receives Westinghouse Promotion
Alvin Brandon, a computer operator at Westinghouse Electric Corporation, is promoted to manufacturing supervisor on second shift. He will oversee section 31 cooler fabrication and section 37 tank fabrication. Brandon, from Halifax County, is a 1957 Mary Bethune High School graduate and has studied at Brooklyn Institute of Computer Technology and Danville Community College. He joined Westinghouse in Sept 1970 after working at Daystrom Furniture, and his wife Goldie plus two sons Lorenzo and Alonzo live with him on South Boston Rt. 3.
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James C. Bebber
Brandon
Halifax County
Mary Bethune High School
Institute of Computer Technology
Brooklyn
N.Y
Danville Community College
Daystrom Furniture Division
Westinghouse
Goldie
Lorenzo and
Alonzo
South Boston Rt. 3
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Sandy Canada
al Smith
Danville Register Area
Mrs. Scearce
May Robertson Scearce
North Main St
Roman Eagle Memorial Home
George Robertson
Anna Belle Wells Robertson
Drewery Scott Scearce
Moffett Memorial Baptist Church
Harold Weils
Kenneth White
Ashville
Drewery
Gures
National Weather Service
NOAA
U.S Dept of Commerce
the Register Publishing Co., Inc
Union St
Register
The
Danville Register
Church States Revival
Museum States Open House
Alvin Brandon
Boston
Westinghouse Electric Cooperation
Howers
FTD Florist
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