Obituaries from West Virginia and nearby towns
Obituary notices recall J Tabb Janney 88 of Kearneysville died after illness. he helped found Berkeley County Fruit Exchange and ran Gray Goose Lunch in Kearneysville. Survived by brother and extended family. funeral held in Martinsburg. Also Mrs Edgar Willis Lacy 92 of Richmond died after months of illness. funeral plans announced. flowers asked to be omitted. Eugene Gardener Johns 85 of Timonium Maryland, formerly Ninevah, died in Riverton nursing home. survived by five sons, one daughter, grandchildren and great grandchildren. services at Presbyterian Church and burial at Prospect Hill. Infant daughter Kremer died in Winchester Memorial Hospital. burial arrangements to be announced. Thornton Cass Ferebee 86 of Berryville died at Winchester Memorial Hospital. retired farmer with large family. services and burial planned. Berha Conner widow of James Conner died. survived by seven children and many grandchildren. funeral set at Bakers Funeral Home in Manassas with burial in Memorial Gardens.
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J. Tabb Janney
Kearneysville
W. Va
Kenilworth
Mr. Janney
Martinsburg
John T
Mary W. Tabb Janney
Herbert Alexander
Berkeley County Fruit Exchange
Gray Goose
James McSherry Janney
Brown Funeral Home
Julian T. Owen
Green Hill Cemetery
Edgar Willis Lacy
Edgewood Ave
Richmond
E. Willie Lacy
Winchester
Lacy
Mariam Lacy
Richard Jones
Fred Saunders
Samuel Hall
California
Bernard B. Lacy
New York City
Elizabeth
Eddie
Anne Lacy
Eugene Gardener Johns
Timonium
Ninevah
Dellbrook
Riverton
Johns
William Franklin
Elizabeth Walters Johns
Mattie Louise Johns
Ray F. Johns
Front Royal
Hamlin E. Johns
Aliquipa
Aubrey W. Johns
Lawrence M. Johns
Hagerstown
Myrtle L. Heck
Estelle Tabor
Washington
Theresbyterian
Homer T. Cornish
Robert Bradfield
Prospect Hill Cemetery
Maddox Funeral Home
Presbyterian Home
Mattie Trenary
RFD 2
Garet Ortruck Ferrebee
Salem Church
The
Brethren
Stephens City
Sadie Bobo Ferrebee
Elwood G. Ferrebee
James M. Ferrebee
Berryville
Thornton C. Ferrebee, Jr
Leona P. Sperling
Margie L.“Roland
Mary J. Sendoya
Hayfield
Bernice L. Kincaid
Rockville
Thelma Perdue
Sterling
de D, Painter
Wilma F. Foster
Laurel, Md
Evelyn E. Lee
Silver Spring
Berha Conner
James Conner
Virgie Smelser
Margaret Clowser
Ruby Fox
Falling Waters
David Conner
Ernest Conner
Marlowe
Charles Conner
Fallings Water
Bakers Funeral Home
Manassas
Memorial Gardens
Belgian Doctors Strike Enters Ninth Day Amid Isolation
In Brussels 12,000 striking doctors and dentists face government resolve as talks stall. Rural GPs resume house calls while strike leaders vow to block changes to state health care pricing and patient record access. Some physicians shift residence to neighboring countries as the walkout enters its ninth day.
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Brussels
Belgium
Theo Lefevre
France
West Germany
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Handley Girl Susan Goode Earns Homemaker Honor
Handley High School student Susan Jean Goode received honorable mention in the 1964 Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow Contest in Virginia. Out of several thousand entrants she stood among the few recognized. first place went to Margery Van Eaton of Wakefield who won a $1,500 scholarship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley High School
Susan Jean Goode
Betty Crocker
Virginia
Miss Goode
Margery Jean van Eaton
Wakefield
MacArthur Memorial in Norfolk to hold public coffin viewings
The body will arrive at Norfolk Naval Air Station and be moved by hearse and caisson drawn by six black horses to the MacArthur Memorial. A religious service will be held in the rotunda before the coffin is placed on the catafalque for public viewing, with extended hours and a final funeral at St Pauls Church. MacArthur declared Virginia his spiritual home and Norfolk his adopted city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk Naval Air Station
MacArthur Memorial
Catafalque
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
MacArthur
Norfolk
Roy B. Martin
Little Rock
Ark
Virginia
Mary Pinckney Hardy
Capt
Arthur MacArthur
Noise and litter vex overseas visitors to U S
In a poll by the U S Travel Service overseas visitors cited noise and litter of American cities as their top dislike about the United States. Secretary Luther Hodges urged more tidiness at the Keep America Beautiful conference, saying if we welcome guests we must keep the place clean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S. Travel Service
United States
Luther H. Hodges
America
MacArthur sought plan to end Cold War with cobalt belt
The Hearst/Scripps-Howard account cites MacArthur urging Eisenhower to back a covert plan to seal China from Korea with a cobalt belt after defeating the Red Army. Truman praised MacArthur as a great military man despite the Korea dispute, while Washington officials debated expanding or limiting operations.
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Hearst
MacArthur
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
Scripps-Howard
Truman
Korea
Washington
Peking
China
Trueman
U.N
Lucas
Yalu River
United States
Walton Walker
Geo E. Stratemeyer
Yalu
George C. Marshall
Defense
Stmeyer
Manchura
Dean Achson
Acheson
State Defense Department
Dean Rusk
Ache
British general election set for fall in October
London AP reports Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home announced the general election will be held in the fall. A precise date was not given but Oct. 8 is expected. The statement cites uncertainty and says Parliament will not be dissolved before autumn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Alec Douglas-Home
Harrison Says Wallace Show Will Cause Pause
Virginia Governor Harrison notes Alabama Governor Wallace's Wisconsin primary showing may pause federal civil rights actions. He cites a 25 percent Wallace vote as a factor in reappraising positions, and announces James W. Fletcher's election board appointment. He urges unity to honor General Douglas MacArthur and commenting on Prince Edward County desegregation, Cox hints tuition grants validity pending court action.
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Richmond
Harrison
Alabama
George Wallace
Wisconsin
Washington
Wallace
Congress
James W. Fletcher
Sperryville
State Board of Elections
Fletcher
Alexander M. Harmon
Pulaski
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Prince Edward County
Virginia
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S
Archibald Cox
Cox
Thevernment
The
NAACP
Prince Edward
Supreme Court
Robert L. Carter
Negro Rights Group
Warren Commission May Visit Dallas Next Week
Dallas reports indicate Chief Justice Earl Warren and other commission members may visit the city soon. U.S. Attorney Barefoot Sanders declined to comment and said any release would come from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas, Tex
Warren Commission
Earl Warren
Commission
Dallas
U.S
Hymn Sing at Mountain View Church
The Mountain View Methodist Church at Mountain Falls will host a hymn sing on Sunday at 2 30 p.m. The event features specials and group singing by local churches and is open to the public.
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Mountain View Methodist Church
Mountain Falls
Weather Outlook for Virginia and Winchester
Clear and cold tonight with lows 28 to 34. Tomorrow sunny and warmer in the 60s. Saturday expected fair and warmer. Winchester forecasts for Thursday April 9 show sunset at 6 44 p m sunrise tomorrow at 5 43 a m moonrise 5 03 a m and a new moon on April 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Jennings Will Run For Reelection In Virginia District Nine
Rep. W. Pat Jennings of Virginia's 9th District announces he will seek a fifth term despite decades in office. He will have his name placed before the district Democratic convention on April 25 in Abingdon and cites his record of service, seniority, and focus on economic development for his district. Jennings previously served Smyth County as sheriff before first winning in 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
W. Pat Jennings
Virginia
Abingdon
Jennings
Smyth County
William Wampler
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J. Tabb
Janney
Edgar W. Lacy
Eugene G. Johns
Kremer
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Gerald L
Sandra Kline Kremer
Daniel Kremer
Robert Shepherd
Charles Harless
T. C. Ferrebee
Thornton Cass Ferebee
Mr. Ferrebee
Antioch
James Ellis
Mar
John H. Enders
Mrs
Jones Funeral Home Inc
NEA Radio-Telephoto
Erik
Handley Girl
Manchuria
Valley Redi - MIX Co., Inc
Paper Mill
Winchester, Va
Mah Churian
CUB Tractor
Bruamback's
Cameron St
Dixie Beverage Co
Mountain View Church
I. Q. Ansers
Redstone
Los Angeles
Carson City
Walt Disney
Asia
Smithsonian Institution
Oe Museum of History and Technology
H.L. Mills
Free Valley Ave
H. L. Mills Gasoline Station
South
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