Deaths and Funerals in Laurel and Gretna
Laurel Maryland Mary Hedrick Thaxton 30 died in local hospital after declining health native of Pittsylvania County attended Danville schools member of Fairview Methodist Church worked at Mills before moving to Laurel survivors include father Ralph Hedrick mother Kate Hedrick husbands Elgin Herron Thaxton one son Timothy David Thaxton two sisters Gladys Campbell Helen Gatley three brothers James Hedrick Bennie Hedrick Hampton Hedrick funeral tomorrow 1 am Donaldson Funeral Home Gretna Virginia Jessie William Mayhew 4 prominent Gretna businessman funeral today 2 p.m. First Baptist Church Gretna burial at Gretna Burial Park survived by mother Mrs Mattie Saunders Mayhew wife Hazel Davis Mayhew two sons Dr Jessie William Mayhew Jr Harold Mayhew daughter Jane Burnette three brothers Eddie Clarence Carroll Raymond two sisters Catherine Dorothy Susie seven grandchildren.
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Laurel
Mary Hedrick Thaxton
Pittsylvania County
Thaxton
Danville
Fairview Methodist Church
Mills
Ralph
Kate Hedrick
Elgin Herron
Timothy David Thaxton
Gladys Leana Campbell
Helen Marie Gatley
Bliss
Tex.pe
Gretna
Jessie William Mayhew
First Baptist Church
Claude Harrelson
Gretna Burial Park
Colbert-Moran Funeral Home
Vaden Drive
Mayhew
Danville Memorial Hospital
Borin
Jessie William Mayhew Jr
Harold Lee Mayhew
Jane Burnette
Eddie Mayhew
Clarence Mayhew
Hart
Carroll Mayhew
Roanoke
Raymond Mayhew
Charlotte
N.C
Catherine Mayhew
Dorothy Mayhew
Susie Doolin
Willie Nicks Dies At Age 76 in Yanceyville
Willie Nicks 76 of Mebane Rt. 3 died Wednesday night at Guardian Care Center Roxboro. Funeral today at 3 p.m. Hebron United Methodist Church Yanceyville with burial in church cemetery. Survived by two sons, three sisters, three brothers, seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Body at Hooper Funeral Home. Family at W T Nicks residence.
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Yanceyville
N.C
Willie Nicks
Hebron United Methodist Church
Mr. Nicks
Mebane Rt. 3
Guardian Care Center
Roxbor
Caswell County
Bedford B. Nicks
Mollie Pottillo Nicks
Ruth Rudd Nicks
Prospect United Methodist Church
W. T. Nicks
State Patrol Plans Safe Labor Day Effort
State Patrol Cmdr EB W said the agency will try to keep Labor Day traffic deaths to a minimum after a worse last year. The 1973 holiday weekend saw 34 fatalities. Demonstrations in Raleigh limit patrol staffing as Gov Holshouser mobilizes 1000 National Guard troops and 100 state patrolmen for backup.
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Raleigh
State Highway Patrol
EB. W.mes
Jones
James
Jim Holshouser
National Guard
Roarke Convicted On Hit And Run
Pittslyvania County jurors found Roarke Jr. guilty of a hit and run linked to an April 9 crash that injured Harold and Dorothy Snead and Davis Snead. He received 12 months in jail and a $1000 fine. A Pittsylvania farmers meeting on migrant workers for 1977 is set for Sept 9 at 8 p.m. at the Culture Center Chatham auditorium.
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Chatham
Garland Willis Roarke Jr
Pittsylvania County
Harold Owen Snead
Dorothy Snead
Davis Snead
Rourke
Sparta
N. C
Rt. 2
Chatslam
Culture Center
Wayne Ashworth
Pittsylvania County Farm Bureau
Charles Neal Baumann
Praiary
Richard Donald Sutton
City Farm
Walter B. Neeley
Neeley
Diane Nickers
Local grad Dwight F Willis earns Radford M S degree
Dwight F Willis of 203 Clarkson Street earned a Master of Science degree from Radford College PEE. He works for Danville public schools, is the son of Mr and Mrs Raymo Willis, and is married to Becky Warten.
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Dwight F. Willis
Clarkson St
Radford Coll Pee
Danville Public Schools
Raymo and
F. Willis
Becky Warten
Cancer Fund Moves Headquarters and Open Air Concert
The Wayles R. Harrison Memorial Fund moves its headquarters to 209 Stratford Place with donations and communications redirected. Tomorrow Averett College hosts an open air concert and mixer from 2 30 to 5 on the athletic field by the band Multiples. Portoy's Complaint screens at 7 30 in the Bottom Inn that evening.
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Wayles R. Harrison
Averett College
Portoy
Bottom Inn
Danville Rexall Drug Store to Remodel and Expand
Key Rexall Drug Store at 3330 Riverside Shopping Center received city approval to remodel and enlarge at an estimated cost of about 12000 dollars. A 27 foot wall will be removed to widen the store into the Danville Beauty Academy space. John W. Daniel Co., Inc. holds the contract. The Beauty Academy has relocated to a different Riverine Shopping Center building that formerly housed the W. Trant Store.
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Key Rexall Drug Store
Riverside Shopping Center
Danville
Danville Beauty Academy
Key Rexall
John W. Daniel Co., Inc
Riverine
W. Trant
Evening classes start Tuesday at George Washington High
The adult Evening High School begins Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the library of George Washington High School for students 18 or older who have been out of high school at least one year. Courses include U.S. and Virginia History and Government, sociology, English, algebra, and biology. classes meet twice weekly. Contact Robert C. Wright at 799 6471 for more information.
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George Washington High School
U.S
Virginia
Robert C. Wright
Adult Learning Center
Virginias panel urges DC to abandon Lorton prison for regional use
A Virginia legislative commission urged the District of Columbia to abandon the Lorton Reformatory in Fairfax County and convert the site into a regional facility. The plan would take about a decade to implement, with Virginia seeking federal and DC cooperation. The report notes Lorton’s 3,300 acres and repeated escapes as reasons to pursue a new DC facility and regional reuse of Lorton if transferred.
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Richmond
Virginia Legislative Commission
District of Columbia
Lorton
Fairfax County
United States
Virginia General Assembly
Thes Lorton Reformatory
Mills Godwin
Omer L. Hirst
Fairfax
Virginia
Toney Daniels Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison
Circuit Court Judge B A Davis handed down several felony sentences. Toney Daniels was given 15 years in the state penitentiary with five suspended, five years probation, and a $100 fine for heroin selling.
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Toney Daniels
Circuit Court
B. A Davis
Planners discuss regional economic needs and expansion
Malcolm Roach and County Commissioner James Astin push for growth citing lack of skilled labor and absence of suitable industrial buildings in 40,000 to 60,000 square foot range. They urge a major shopping area to retain dollars but express frustration over local understanding and action.
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Malcolm Roach
Chatham
James Astin
Lord
North Carolina
Virginia
Roach
Anne
Education To Be Green's Top Priority Is Elected
A political report notes a candidate pledges education as top priority and outlines a rift in the supporting PAC PACE. The switch from Green to former Chapel Hill Mayor Howard Lee followed internal disagreement. Supporters vow to continue backing the candidate.
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Green
Political Action Committee For Education
PACE
Son
Chapel Hill
Howard Lee
Virginia utility assessments reach record $2 billion
Virginia public service property valued at a record 1.980754 million for local taxes. Veepco leads with 556.1 million, followed by Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. at 82 million. Localities show varied gains with Richmond and Fairfax County posting the largest increases.
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Richmond
Virginia
Beotrie & Power Co
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co
Sammel C. Burris
SCC
Norfolk
Fairfax County
Alexandria
Chesapeake
Colonial Heights
Electric Cooperatives
Gentral Telephone Co
Transcontintental Gas Pipe Line Co
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Seaboard Coast Line Railfine
Iee
Kern Railway
Eee
Continental Telephone Co
Continental
Contintenal Telephone
Barn Blaze Battle Leaves Tobacco Barn Damaged
Westover Hills and Brosville volunteer fire departments fought a fire for over three hours on Callahan's Hill. The tobacco barn and pack house owned by Clifford Gaddy was gutted by a blaze likely started by an oil burning stove. No injuries were reported, with about $6,000 in damage.
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Westover Hills
Brosville
Callahan's Hill
Clifford Gaddy
Man Sentenced For Bank Job In Roanoke Court
Harold Leon Motley, 27, of Roanoke, was sentenced to 32 years in federal prison for the July 8 robbery of the First Virginia Bank of the Southwest in Christiansburg. He defended the indictment but pleaded guilty, denying the force and violence charge and facing trial later on another July 4 bank robbery in Roanoke.
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Roanoke
Harold Leon Motley
U. S
Motley
First Virginia Bank of the Southwest
Christiansburg
Mountain Trust Bank
Appeals Court Upholds Gag Order in N C Case
Raleigh AP reported that Superior Court Judge James H Pou Bailey issued a gag order in the Southern Bell pay vouchers probe, citing privacy needs. The Court of Appeals said release of raw internal files could cause injustice, upholding Bailey’s protective action. Judge Edward Clark wrote the opinion, noting cases must stand on their own. Eleven Southern Bell officials faced indictments in Charlotte related to the inquiry. Attorney General's office sought access to internal files, but Bailey emphasized privacy considerations.
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Raleigh
James H. Pou Bailey
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Ioul Waryime
Et Bailey
Attorney General's Office
Southern Bell Company
Edward 8. Clark
Southern Bell
Charlotte
Bailey
N C Newsmen React Sharply to Court Gag Order Ruling
Greensboro AP report shows journalists led by William Cheshire of the Piedmont Chapter SPJ denouncing the North Carolina Court of Appeals ruling upholding gag orders. They warn sealed indictments harm public access to information and threaten First Amendment protections.
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N.C
Greensboro
Ae North Carolina Court of Appeals
William Cheshire
Piedmont
Society of Professional Journalists
Sigma Detta Chi
Cheshire
Resolution Adopted To Require Companies Report On Chemicals
In Richmond the State Board of Health unanimously adopted regulations to require plants that produce or emit any of about 16,000 listed chemical substances to report such emissions. The measure implements the 1976 Toxic Substances Information Act and takes effect 30 days after filing. Critics from utility and chemical interests urged delays, arguing the list is broader than intended and that nuclear facilities may be exempt.
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Richmond
State Board of Health
The
Health Board
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