Regional Airport Study Meeting Set for Martinsville
Preliminary plans for a regional airport study will be discussed by the Regional Airport Steering Committee tomorrow at 7 p.m. at the Dutch Inn in Collinsville. The panel includes representatives from four planning district commissions and will review needs for better air facilities, possible new regional airport and expansion of current airports across the West Piedmont, Central Virginia, Fifth, and New River planning districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsville
Dutch Inn
Collinsville
West Piedmont
Central Virginia
Lynchburg
Fifth
Community Education and Senior Citizens Meet at DRHS
Registration for community education activities and an organizational meeting of the Dan River High School community senior citizens will be held at the high school tomorrow at 7 30 p m. The community education program aims to engage residents in local courses and activities.
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Dan River High School
Blairs
Southside
Kentuck School
Pittsylvania County
Fowler Addresses Tidewater Crime Link and Blue Law Stance
Danville delegate Fowler stresses concern over organized crime ties to racing, opposes opening Sunday sales fully, and says he does not want Sabbath workers forced to work. He highlights House Appropriations work, votes against a tobacco tax hike, and outlines local education and senior programs in Danville and Pittsylvania County.
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Danville
Ansel King Dies Yesterday in Danville Memorial Hospital
Ansel Eugene King 64 died yesterday afternoon at Danville Memorial Hospital. Born April 13, 1909 in Laurens South Carolina he worked 45 years at Dan River Inc including 16 in research. He served West Main Baptist Church as deacons chairman Sunday school superintendent and was past moderator of the Pittsylvania Baptist Association. Survived by Grace Hillard King wife and three children plus siblings and nine grandchildren. Funeral 3 p.m. tomorrow at West Main Baptist Church. Townes Funeral Home handles arrangements. Family at 119 Astor Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ansel Eugene King
Danville Memorial Hospital
Laurens
S.C
Guy Eugene
Agatha Bonham King
Dan River Inc
West Main Baptist Church
Pittsylvania Baptist Association
Grace Hillard
Robert H. Martin
Beach
N.Y
Earl E. McGuire Jr
Asheville
N.C
Robert J. King
Richmond
John T. King
Danville
Wayne E. King
Harrisonburg
Howard Crowder
Tom Meigs
Townes Funeral Home
Astor Court
James E Bray Rites Tomorrow
Funeral for James Edward Bray 59 will be held at Barker Chapel at 3 p.m. Burial follows in Providence Baptist Church cemetery. Born July 1 1914 in Caswell County North Carolina he was the son of Walter Elmer Bray and the late Annie Williams Bray. He married Thelma Wilson October 5 1935 and lived on Foster Road at Blanch North Carolina. Surviving are his wife a son Howard Elmer Bray two daughters Louise Moshenek Ringgold and Carolyn Guthrie Blanch Rt 1 four grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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James Edward Bray
Barker Chapel
Providence Baptist Church
Bray
Memorial Hospital
Caswell County
N.C
Walter Elmer Bray
Annie Williams Bray
North Carolina Highway Commission
Thelma Wilson
Foster Road
Blanch
Howard Elmer Bray
Louise Moshenek
Ringgold
Carolyn Guthrie
Blanch Rt. 1
Goad Funeral Set For Today
Funeral for David Allen Goad 19 will be at 3 p.m. at Oakland United Methodist Church. Rev. Fred H. Troll will officiate and burial follows in the church cemetery, after a Monday accident left Goad crushed while operating a front end loader.
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Chatham
David Allen Goad
Oakland United Methodist Church
Fred H. Troll
Goad
Funeral service for Thomas Lewis Staton of Ringgold
Funeral services are set for Thomas Lewis Staton at 4 p.m. in Wrenn-Yeatts chapel with Rev. David Wilson and Rev. Percy Ricketts officiating. Burial will follow in Highland Burial Park. Staton died on Monday afternoon after arriving dead at Halifax Community Hospital from a heart attack. He was born March 20 1909 in Ringgold, son of Henry and Niza Barker Staton. He married Carrie Richardson in 1930 and spent his life in Ringgold as a saw mill owner, lumber dealer, and farmer. He was a Methodist. Survived by wife Carrie, son George Buck Staton, daughter Grace East, two brothers Henry and Everett Staton, two sisters Annie Lakey and Lizzie Felts, and four grandchildren.
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Thomas Lewis Staton
Ringgold
Wrenn-Yeatts
David Wilson
Percy Ricketts
Highland Burial Park
Staton
Halifax Community Hospital
Henry
Niza Barker Staton
Carrie Richardson
George “Buck” Staton
Ringgold, Rt. 1
Grace East
Ringgold Rt
Henry Staton
Danville
Everett Staton
Annie Lakey
Lizzie Felts
Mrs. Mabel Creasdy Dies in Lynch Station at 86
Mrs. Mabel Wildman Creasdy, 86, died at her Lynch Station home. Born in Campbell County to John T. and Virginia Wood Wildman, she was a Lynch Station Baptist Church member and widow of Charles A. Creasdy. Survived by daughter Mrs. Guy Roberts, a brother Jake Wildman, sister Mrs. J. W. Hillsman, and two grandchildren plus two great grandchildren. Funeral is 2 p.m. tomorrow at Lynch Station Baptist Church. burial at Mt. Hermon United Methodist. The family at Guy Roberts home. body at Finch and Finch Funeral Home.
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Lynch Station
Mabel Wildman Creasdy
Campbell County
John T
Virginia Wood Wildman
Lynch Station Baptist Church
Mt. Hermon United Methodist Church
Guy Roberts
Finch and Finch Funeral Home
William A Lloyd funeral set for Providence Presbyterian Church
Funeral for William A. Lloyd will be held at 2 p.m. today at Providence Presbyterian Church in Nathalie with burial in the church cemetery. He died Monday in a South Boston hospital and was born in Halifax County, son of the late William David Lloyd and Laura Hazelwood Lloyd. Surviving are his wife Ada Wilkins Lloyd, four daughters and seven sons, four sisters, one brother, 29 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren. He was a member of Providence Presbyterian Church.
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Nathalie
William A. Lloyd
Providence Presbyterian Church
Church
Boston
Halifax County
William David Lloyd
Laura Hazelwood Lloyd
Ada Wilkins Lloyd
P.M. Rice
South Boston
Jerry Lloyd
Halifax
R.O. Wilmoth
Richmond
Virginia Waldie
Jack and
Brodie Lloyd
Junior Lloyd
Drakes
William Lloyd
Wayne Lloyd
Powhatan
Clayton Lloyd
Brooknell
Laford Lloyd
Washington, D.C
Rites Tomorrow For J L Bagby Danville Native
Funeral services for James Lovelace Bagby 62 a Danvillian who died in Trinidad W I will be held at 11 a m tomorrow in Townes Memorial Chapel burial will be in Highland Burial Park The body is at the funeral home The family is at the home in Pinetag
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James Lovelace Bagby
Danvillian
Trinidad
W.I
Townes Memorial Chapel
Highland Burial Park
Pinetag
Funeral for Edward Walton in Townes Chapel
Funeral services for Edward Edd Clark Walton will be held at 2 pm tomorrow in Townes Memorial Chapel with Rev. Charlie M. Shelton officiating. Burial follows at Highland Burial Park. Walton died at 142 Holbrook St yesterday morning after a life as a Sutherlin farmer and state tobacco and wheat surveyor. He spent a decade on the tobacco farm market in Canada and retired in January 1971. Surviving are his daughter Joan Walton Brumfield of Southern Pines and three sisters and a brother. The family will receive friends at Townes Funeral Home tomorrow night from 7:30 to 9 and at 142 Holbrook St.
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Edward
Edd
Clark Walton
Townes Memorial Chapel
Charlie M. Shelton
Highland Burial Park
Walton
Holbrook St
Sutherlin
William G. Walton
Christiana Clark Walton
Canada
Kentuck Baptist Church
Joan Walton Brumfield
Southern Pines
N.C
Bessie Farmer
Bartow, Fla
Virginia McTeer
Haines City
Fla
Beulah W. Milam
B.W. ‘Bee” Walton
Townes Funeral Home
Wilson Adams Funeral Today
Wilson Burnett Adams of Keeling will be laid to rest at Danville Memorial Gardens after a 2 p.m. service at Wrenn Yeatts Chapel led by Rev. C Thomas West and Rev. Charles S Moore. Born June 1, 1913 in Pittsylvania County, he farmed most of his life in Keeling and was active in local churches. He leaves four brothers Kenneth M Adams Garland H Adams Alpha T Adams Winfred S Adams and three sisters Lois Riggs Virginia Hackworth and Claire Slayton plus his wife Lorena Hardy Adams survived since their May 1 1937 marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Burnett Adams
Keeling
Wrenn-Yeatts
C. Thomas West
Charles S. Moore
Danville Memorial Gardens
Adams
Pittsylvania County
Johnnie Fletcher Adams
Nannie Burnett Adams
Lorena Hardy
Corinth
Kentuck - Christian Church
Presbyterian Church
Garland H. Adams
Kenneth M. Adams
Danville
Alpha T. Adams
Winfred S. Adams
Lois Riggs
Yanceyville
N.C
Virginia Hackworth
San Antonio
Tex
Claire Slayton
Funeral held for James H. Lunsford 74 in Yanceyville
James H. Lunsford 74 of Yanceyville died yesterday in Memorial Hospital Danville Va Burial set for 3 p.m. tomorrow at Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Church with Rev. Elmer Boyer and Rev. Robert Love He was born December 19 1898 in Caswell County retired from the N C State Highway Commission Survived by wife Myrtle Simmons Lunsford six daughters two sons three sisters three brothers 14 grandchildren and three great grandchildren Friends may call 7 9 p m tonight at Hooper Funeral Home
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Yanceyville
N.C
James H. Lunsford
Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Church
Elmer T.boyer
Robert Love
Lunsford
Yanceyville Star Rt. L
Danville
Caswell County
Walter Thomas
Mattie Cack Lunsford
N.C. State Highway Commission
Myrtle Simmons Lunsford
Evan Barnwell
Burlington
Louise’ Willis
Dorothy Oakes
Leasburg
Wilma Stadler
Lula Slade
Elaine Briggs
Yanceyville Star Rt. 1
Willie T. Lunsford
Reidsville
J.H. Lunsford Jr
Milton
Lula Simmons
Etta Bush
Yanceyville Star Rt
Thelma Duncan
W. Perry Lunsford
S.M. Lunsford
Mebane
Harvey Lunsford
Mrs Crews Dies Yesterday in Danville
Mrs Lillie Dorotha Crews aged 35 of Chatham died yesterday in Danville. She was the wife of Randolph Crews of Chatham and a daughter of Orlando Jones of Chatham and Mrs Elizabeth Jones now of Washington DC.
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Chatham
Lillie Dorotha Crews
Danville Memorial Hospital
Randolph Crews
Orlando Jones
Elizabeth Jones
Washington, D.C
Crews Family Notice From Chatham Funeral Arrangements Incomplete
In addition to her husband and parents she is survived by two sons and two daughters Randolph Crews Jr James Byron Crews Miss Sandra Dee Crews and Miss Pamela Ann Crews of Chatham Funeral arrangements are incomplete Cook and Minnis Funeral Home is in charge.
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Randolph Crews , Jr
James Byron Crews
Sandra
Dee Crews
Pamela Ann Crews
Chatham
Cook and Minnis Funeral Home
Youre Never Too Old To Hear Better Beltone Offer
An advertisement from Beltone offers a free non operating model of the smallest Beltone aid for readers who cannot understand words. No cost or obligation, single unit in home use, wireless, ear level, weighs less than a third of an ounce, sent from Beltone Electronics Dept. 9872, 1201 Wo Victoria, Chicago 60616.
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Chicago
TIA
Beltone
Aimee
Beltone Electronics
Victoria
Chieavanth
William Gilbert Dies Yesterday in Washington DC
William Gilbert 88 of Washington DC and formerly Long Island died yesterday in Washington County. Survived by three daughters Dora Adams Rosetta Dews Bertha Gilbert two sons Lewis Gilbert Clifton Gilbert and 36 grandchildren. Body at Millers Funeral Home in ina. Incomplete notice follows for Janice Perry Deaton shot to death in Oak Forest Illinois.
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Long Island
William Gilbert
Washington, D.C
Washington
Pittsylvania County
Famelia Gilbert Payne
Edmond Payne
Hattie Gilbert
Salle
Dora Adams
Rosetta Dews
Bertha Gilbert
Lewis Gilbert
Clifton Gilbert
Mrs. Hutchinson Rites On Friday
Funeral for Ann Thomas Hutchinson, longtime Danville resident now of Memphis, set for Friday at 11 a.m. in Barker Funeral Home with burial in Schoolfield. Memorial service in Memphis today at 3:30 p.m.. body to be brought to Danville thereafter. Survived by husband Guy T. Hutchison, brother Clinton R. Thompson, sisters Ora Ledford and Ethel Gauldin, and numerous nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Thomas Hutchinson
Danville
Memphis
Tenn
Barker Funeral
R. Eugene Tally
Schoolfield Cemetery
Thompson
Baptist Hospital
Arch P. Thompson
Willow Baldwin Thompson
Anson County
N.C
Hutchison
Third Avenue Christian Church
Guy Thomas Hutchison
Clinton R. Thompson
Baity Funeral Slated Today
Funeral for Marvin Baity will be at 2 30 p m in Summersett Funeral Home Chapel Salisbury. He died Monday in a Winston Salem hospital and was husband of the former Miss Janie Gravely of Danville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury
N.C
Marvin Baity
Janie Gravely
Danville
Summersett Funeral Home Chapel
Baity
Winston- Salem
Mrs. Maxie Rites Today at Gethsemane Church
Funeral services for Mrs Minnie McBride Maxie 86 are set for 2 30 p m at Gethsemane Baptist Church Collinsville with burial at Roselawn Burial Park. She died Monday night at Martinsville hospital widow of John J. Maxie surviving five daughters Lizzie Rigney Martinsville Vaughnie Carter Martinsville two sons Willie W Maxie Hurt Julius F Maxie Penhook two sisters Tegue Maxie Roanoke Kate Evans St Petersburg Fla.
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Penkook
Minnie McBride
Maxie
Gethsemane Baptist Church
Collinsville
Roselawn
Marlinsville Hospital
John J. Maxie
Fivo
Lizzie Rigney
Penhook
Vaughnie
Carter
Martinsville
Willie W. Maxie
Hurt
Mrs. Kernodie Rites Tomorrow Funeral for Lucinda Kernodle
Funeral services for Mrs. Lucinda Kernodle known as Kernodie will be held at 3 p.m. tomorrow at Trinity Baptist Church with Rev A D Owens officiating. Burial follows at Oak Hill Cemetery. She died Sunday at her home 254 West Stokes Street. She was a Danville native, widow of Jerry Kernodle, and longtime Trinity member. Surviving are three sons James and Jerry of Danville Morris of Roanoke. three daughters Mary Lea Helen Travis of Danville and Pauline Lipscomb of Richmond. a foster daughter Hazel Walker of New York. 30 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren. a sister Texas Ferguson of Philadelphia. Body at Harvey's Funeral Home. family to receive friends 5 to 10 p.m. today. Body to be placed in church at 11:30 a.m. tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janice Perry ‘Deaton
Oak Forest
Chicago
Larry N. Perry
Mooresville
N.C
Joseph D. Perry
Philip R. Tujo
Larrie Tujo
Danville
Mary Ella McDowell Gentry
Swicegood Funeral Home
Johnny Conner
Brentwood Drive
Barker Funeral Home
Gauldin
Milton Ave
Lucinda “Kernodie
Trinity Baptist Church
A. D. Owens
Oak Hill Cemetery
James
Jerry Kernodle
Morris Kernodle
Roanoke
Mary K. Lea
Helen Travis
Pauline Lipscomb
Richmond
Hazel Walker
New York
Texas Ferguson
Philadelphia
Harvey
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Danville Community College
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Thomas Staton
Jessie Lloyd
Clover
Walter Scott
Jimmy Hawkins
Chapel Hill
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Brookneal
Clarence Lloyd
J. L. Bagby
M & M Furn
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Perfect Fowler
House OF Delegates
Hosea E. Wilson, JR
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Edd Walton
Wilson Adams
Lacy O. Davis
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Charlie & Herman
Mrs. Deaton
Mrs. Hutchinson
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