Deaths And Funerals In Chatham And Eden Areas
Mrs. Hazel Willis Montgomery 62 of Brasville died at home after six months of declining health. Survived by husband Thomas Fields Montgomery five daughters and two sisters and six brothers. Funeral tomorrow 2 p.m. Swicegood Chapel burial Danville Memorial Gardens. Also Osie Dianne Johnson 21 of Chatham died in Washington D.C. Hospital survived by parents a sister and five brothers. Services tomorrow 3 p.m. Wilson Memorial Baptist Church burial Chatham Cemetery. Myrtle Cook Newton 78 of Eden Rt. 3 died in Memorial Hospital Danville after critical illness. Survived by four daughters and five sons, three sisters and 18 grandchildren plus seven great grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. tomorrow Wilkerson Funeral Chapel Reidsville burial Eden’s Dan View Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Willis Montgomery
Brasville
Montgomery
West Virginia
Bessie Webb Willis
Walter L. Willis
Dan River Inc
Thomas Fields Montgomery
Pittsylvania County
James H. and
Osie Fitzgerald Johnson
Washington, D.C
ABM. Corporation
Morris Plains
Jean Hodnett
Washington
J. Howard Johnson
Raleigh
N.C
Larry
Sherman
Ernest
Michael Johnson
Sylar Fitzgerald
Ida Johnson
Chatham
Eden
Myrtle Cook Newton
Eden Rt. 3
Memorial Hospital
Danville
Roman Eagle Nursing Home
Walter R
Loufinia Cook
Jesse O. Newton
Albert F. Murphy
Gazelle Cox
Ruffin, Rt. 2
Frank A. Stein
Bobby Thompson
Stoneville
J. 0. Newton Jr
Uniontown
Yaze EK
Newton, Ringgold
Paul J
Walter A. Newton
Ruffin Rt. 2
Raymond C. Newton
Wichita Falls
Tex
Raymond Halder
Mary Grossman
Ruby Pattisan
Wilkerson Funeral Chapel
Reidsville
Kenneth Bass
Dan View
Roy L Jones Funeral Today
A funeral for Roy Irvin Jones aged 66 of 706 Forest Street Martinsville will be held at 2 p.m. today at Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church with interment in Highland Burial Park Danville. He died Wednesday night in a local hospital. Born in Pittsylvania County he was the son of the late Charlie Hannibal Jones and Carey Yeatts Jones. He worked for Blue Ridge Construction Co. before retirement. Surviving are his wife Ethel J Jones a daughter Ann Arnold Martinsville two sons Marvin Jones Coopersburg Pa and Nelson Jones Richmond a sister Reba Beaver Chatham a brother Jake Jones Boone N C and three grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsville
Roy Irvin Jones
Forest St
Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church
Highland Burial Park
Danville
Jones
Pittsylvania County
Charlie Hannibal Jones
Carey Yeatts Jones
Blue Ridge Construction Co
Ethel J. Jones
Ann Arnold
Marvin Jones
Coopersburg
Nelson Jones
Richmond
Reba Beaver
Chatham
Jake Jones
Boone
N.C
Henry Garland Rites Tomorrow
Funeral for Henry Garland will be held tomorrow at 4 p.m. at Beavers Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. He died Tuesday in Virginia Beach and was born in North Carolina, a son of the late Joseph and Fannie Gerland. He was educated in Danville public schools and was a retired cement finisher. Survived by his wife Nannie Jones Garland of Martinsville and three sisters Blanch Tarr Ethel Jones and Agnes Wyatt, all of Danville. Body at Beavers 7 to 8 p.m. today. Family at the residence of Mrs. Ethel Jones 210 Swanson St at other times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Garland
Beavers Funeral Home
Oak Hill Cemetery
Garland
Virginia Beach
North Carolina
Joseph
Fannie Gerland
Danville
Nannie Jones Garland
Martinsville
Blanch Tarr
Ethel Jones
Agnes Wyatt
Swanson St
Tidewater police win partial gains in training rules
Tidewater officers won a partial relaxation of state in service training rules at a public hearing. The commission moved four hours of mandatory subjects to elective status and allowed 180 days to complete the 40 hour course, while Juvenile Laws replaced Recent Court Decisions as a required topic and flexibility for local programs was endorsed. Lt. Henson argued departments should tailor curricula to local needs and obtain approval from the commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Tidewater Area
H. B. Henson
Norfolk
Tidewater
John Dunn
Lexington
Central
Shenandoah
Dunn
Henson
Prison Disturbance Erupts at Tennessee State Prison Over Dinner
Inmates at the Tennessee State Prison shouted and scuffled when the main meal ran out of meat. A fire bomb struck the Post Office and the commissary was looted. Guards and an inmate were injured. authorities, including Gov Blanton and prison officials, negotiated with about 12 inmates as riot gear police secured the site. James Earl Ray, serving 99 years for MLK Jr. murder, was among inmates present but not confirmed involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Enn.api
Tennessee State Prison
Joe Casey
Herman Yeatman
Robert Morford
Ray Blanton
State Corrections Department
Thomas Campbell
White Stone
James Earl Ray
Memphis
Martin Luther King Jr
Ray
Neill Named To Head Knight Publishing Charlotte Newspapers
Rolfe Neill, editor of the Philadelphia Daily News, was named president of Knight Publishing Co. and publisher of The Charlotte News and The Charlotte Observer. Robert J. Suarez was promoted to vice president and business manager, with Erwin Potts resigning to join McClatchy. Suarez began in 1961 with Miami Herald. Neill moved to Philadelphia in 1970.
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Charlotte
Iic
API
Rolfe Neill
Philadelphia Daily News
Knight Publishing Co
Charlotte News
Charlotte Observer
Alvah H. Chapman Jr
Knight-Ridder Newspapers
Neill
Chapman
Robert J. Suarez
Erwin Potts
McClatchey
California
Daily News
Mt. Airy
N.C
University of North Carolina
Franklin
Gastonia
Coral Gables, Fla
The
Times
the Guide
Miami Beach Sun
New York Daily News
Philadelphia
Suarez
Cuba
Miami Herald Publishing Co
We Worry About Heart Of America Buzz Says Integrity
In Raleigh North Carolina the AP reports that Americans have avoided totalitarian rule for 260 years by upholding individual integrity. The piece discusses concerns that this core value is weakening and facing challenges in modern society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heart of America
Raleigh, N.C
America
Butz
Carolinas
Kiwanis
Wade Admits Killing Four Women in Henrico Case
Henrico County detective testified that James A. Wade 28 admitted last February to killing four women. He is on trial for two of the four killings after waiving a jury. Wade pleads innocent. The state aims to prove Dongieux 1968 and DeLue 1969 murders. Wade also faces later trials in Hanover and New Kent counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Henrico County
James A. Wade
F.R. Spicer
Wade
Commonwealth
Donald R. Howren
Jane Dongieux
Mildred DeLue
Circuit Court
E. Ballard Baker
Baker
James Guill
Spicer
Ju Xe
Guill
Sharon Kay Hubbard
Lois Joy Marcus
Dongieux
DeLuc
Hanover
New Kent
Marcus
Hubbard
Georgia Florida tobacco markets show heavy sales and price dip
Georgia Florida flue cured tobacco markets report heavy sales Thursday with prices slipping as higher grade shares fall. Wednesday sales reached 3.1 million pounds at an average 102.52 per cwt, down 3.31 from Tuesday and the lowest in five weeks. US Crop Reporting Board pegs Type 14 production at 178,385,000 pounds as of Sept 1, with total flue-cured forecast at 1,420,535,000 pounds, down 28.1 million from a month ago. Auction bids show declines across several grades vs Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valdosta. Ga
API
Georgia-Florida
Market News Service
Swainesboro
Board
Extortion Attempt Fails At Bank In Richmond
FBI reports an extortion bid of 350 dollars against a Richmond bank branch. The caller claimed Mrs. James M. Taylor’s husband was injured and demanded the money in a nearby alley. The wife could not locate her husband. no one paid out and no arrests were made by noon. A car and pickup were seen nearby. investigation ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
FBI
James M. Taylor
Taylor
Former SBA official faces bigamy charges in Virginia
Charlottesville AP Albemarle County jury will weigh bigamy counts against Thomas F. Regan former head of the SBA Richmond office after his waiver of a preliminary hearing. The case stems from a 1973 marriage while he was allegedly still married to his first wife Jacqueline Aders Regan. Regan, fired in 1974 following congressional scrutiny into SBA operations, later became a self employed insurance salesman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottesville
Albemarle County
Thomas F. Regan
Small Business Administration
Richmond
Regan
Albemarle General District Court
Terri Palumbo Kirkham
SBA
Congressional
Joseph C. Palumbo
Palumbo
Jacqueline Aders Regan
New River Efforts Gain Some Support From Government
North Carolina moves to place the New River segment in Ashe and Alleghany counties into the Wild and Scenic Rivers System after Interior’s Bureau of Outdoor Recreation concurs. A pending environmental study and federal coordination are required, while a Virginia dam project faces delays amid ongoing court actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh, N.C
North Carolina
New River
Washington
Interior
Kent Frizzelle
Jim Holshouserhat
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Ashe and
Alleghany
Frizzelie
Frizzelle
Bureau
Southeast
Sam Marler
Interior Department
Frizzelte
Virginia
Appalachian Power Co
Federal Power Commission
State Attorney General's Office
U.S. Court of Appeals
Rufus Edmisten
FPPC
NASA Help Slated For Peanut Crop
Suffolk Virginia reports NASA aid using infrared film from a high-flying U2 over Virginia and North Carolina peanut fields to map black root infestation. Dr Norris Powell of Virginia Tech notes cooperation with NASA aims to gauge extent of the pest before September's end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffolk
Virginia
North Carolina
Norris Powell
Agronomy Department
Virginia Tech
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
College Bicentennial programs highlight arts and lectures
The 1975 76 Bicentennial year kicks off with a symposium on American Religion to open the season. Morton Sacks creates a mural at the college while Ruth Whitman leads poetry workshops. The year includes a Barter Theatre play and a Richmond Sinfonia concert, with scholars Winthrop Hudson Martin Marty and James Smylie among the speakers. A bogus twenty dollar bill bearing E25 £ 812504 was passed at the Bank of Virginia Riverside branch, marking the first counterfeit in months per Danville Detective J H Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page
America
Morton Sacks
Ruth Whitman
Devil
Richmond Sinfonia
J. Lyndon Shan
Bank of Virginia
Riverside
Danville
J. H. Brown
Brown
Cox Convicted On Stolen Goods Charge
Robert Dewey Cox Jr was convicted of buying and receiving stolen goods in Danville Circuit Court Judge Stuart L Craig sentenced him to six months at Danville City Farm Cox pleaded guilty after the indictment was amended from grand larceny The article notes a guilty plea and a reduced charge leading to a six month sentence in a local facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cox
Robert Dewey Cox Jr
Danville
Stuart L. Craig
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William Wells
Edward L. Wright
Wise
Clivve Gardner
Wilmington
Del
Harry E. Bradley
Springfiled
George C. Turner
George Green
Long Beach
Calif
Wesley Wells
James C. Willis
Raymond W. Willis
Walter Willis Jr
Ruben H. Wils
Posey Willis
Alfred Willis
Rocky Mt
Swicegood Chapel
Fred H. Troll
Matthew Pacifico
Danville Memorial Gardens
Swicegood Funeral Home
Osie Dianne Johnson
Washington, D.C. General Hospital
Wilson Memorial Baptist Church
Nathaniel Jones
Chatham Cemetery
Cunningham and Hughes Funeral Home
Willie E. Herndon
Hodnett Mill Road
Roy L Jones
Criminal Justice Officers Training and Standards Commission
Knight Publishing
Charlotte Newspapers
Buzz
Henrico
N. C
Myra Seifer
Hebrew Union College
Cincinaati
Ohio
Beth Shalom
Char-onite
Stanley R. Skolnik
Clifton
N. J
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Ga.-Fla
M&m Furn
Monroe St
Main St
Herbert Gilbert
New York
Herbert Gilbert Carlton
Six
Fifth Avenue
N.Y
NASA
Olds
R&h
Swanson Motors
Riverside Dr
Deasl
Deutz
Deutz Cchance
Sration Aganta Georg
Risa
Blairs, Virginia
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