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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1973
Page
4
Albert J Hawks 80 of Danville died yesterday in Danville Nursing Home after a long life in the area. Born April 16, 1893 in Grayson County he lived in Danville since 1910. He was a World War I veteran and member of Stokesland Baptist Church. funeral is tomorrow at 2 p.m. in Townes Memorial Chapel with Rev J C Raper. burial at Floral Hills Memory Gardens.
Harrisonburg obituary for Mrs Taldie Scott Smith 62 who died yesterday at Rockingham Memorial Hospital. Born February 17 1921 at Mt Solon she is survived by husband T Smith four children Thelora Shifflet Bridgewater Nancy Smith Hinton Vernon catt Harrisonburg and seven grandchildren. Siblings and half siblings listed. Funeral Monday 2 pm Mt Olive Presbyterian Church Rev Bells officiating. Burial at Cooks Creek Cemetery Lindsey Harrisonburg Funeral Home hours 7 8 pm Sunday visitations.
Funeral service for Lacy L. Wood will be Sunday afternoon at Sandy Creek Baptist Church with Rev. Woodrow Wilson officiating. Interment in the Church Cemetery. Wood died Tuesday in Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. Born April 7, 1895 in Halifax County, he was survived by his wife Blanche Jones Wood, five children, thirty seven grandchildren, thirty five great grandchildren, two sisters, and other relatives. Visitation Saturday night at Harvey's Funeral Home. Family at residence 204 Bradley Rd.
Funeral for Baxter Beverly Baynes, 51, will be at 3 p.m. tomorrow in Powell Chapel with burial in Dan River Baptist Church cemetery. He died Wednesday in a Roanoke hospital and lived much of his life in South Boston. Survived by one daughter Linda Salamone of Newport News, a sister Vivian Arrington of Newport News, three brothers C C Baynes of South Boston Owen K Baynes of Glen Burnie Md Maj William F Baynes of Colorado Springs Colo and two grandchildren. The notice also lists other obituaries and details for Mrs Myra Lillard Vaden, Mrs Bessie Ann Walters Sans, and funeral arrangements at Wrenn-Yeatts.
Funeral services for Miss Rybye Carter are planned Sunday at 2 p.m. from the First Baptist Church with final rites at Oak Hill Cemetery. She died in a Washington hospital after a brief illness. Visitation is tonight 8 to 9 at Cunningham & Hughes Chapel, with family at 794 Washington St. Survived by one sister and two brothers in Washington, D.C.
Four Pomponio family officers and two associates pleaded innocent to fraud tax evasion and conspiracy charges in U S District Court Alexandria. The arraignment set a November 19 trial. another defendant’s arraignment was postponed as he seeks counsel. The indictments allege phony stock deals loan diversions and under reported income linked to the Arlington County real estate empire.
Danvillians Robert C. Marsh and Jeanne Russell won awards in the Lynchburg Art Club first Art Festival. Marsh earned a $200 award and an honorable mention while Miss Russell won a $50 prize. The contest was judged by Frank Faulkner, curator of the Gallery of Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem, N D.
SUFFOLK Virginia A 34 year old man Richard A Ausley was convicted Friday night in Suffolk Circuit Court on abduction and sodomy charges in the kidnapping of a 13 year old boy. The boy was chained inside a wooden box for eight days before being found. Ausley testified he helped the youth run away from home and that sex acts occurred but without force. The jury deliberated under two hours.
The final showing of Miss Tucille Walton's art exhibit at the Danville Museum of Art and History will be Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. Walton appears as hostess, continuing her display since last Sunday when the exhibit opened.
Danville Shriners will perform in two Virginia cities this weekend. They will be at Farmville for the half time show and also at Harrisonburg for the fall ceremonial parade.
Attorney General Andrew Miller floated a tax relief plan at a Richmond news conference to aid low and fixed income Virginians taxed by sales on food and nonprescription drugs. The proposal ties refunds to income, excludes those earning 15,000 or more, and aims to aid the hardest hit groups amid a broader debate on sales tax reform. Miller contrasted the plan with past promises, noted its study by a blue ribbon commission, and announced Michael Miller campaign committees at 32 Virginia colleges.
Richmond AP reports Aubrey M. Davis Jr says Charles Butch Herman a major heroin dealer was furloughed 11 months early from state prison. He appeared in city courts Friday. officials promise review and tighter controls on furloughs.
Pittsylvania Cattlemen's Association sponsors a special feeder calf sale at Virginia- Carolina Livestock and Agricultural Market Inc beginning at p.m. on Oct 1. About 1,000 head of Angus Hereford and Charolais calves, 300 to 700 pounds, vaccinated recently, will be sold. Cattle will be received Oct 10. The market is a shareholder in Competitive Livestock Marketing Association.
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