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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1978
Page
3
Obituaries note Georgie M. Chrisman of Seven Fountains died at 56 with burial at Charles Emerson Walters Cemetery after services at Trinity Brethren Church. Wilbur E. McBride Sr. 90 of Augusta WV died in Hampshire Memorial Hospital and funeral set at McKee Funeral Home Chapel. Samuel M. Simpson 16 of Annandale died after an automobile crash with funeral at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church.
Simon Peter Nelson 46 faces arraignment after six children in Rockford were found bludgeoned and stabbed to death in their beds. Police say the killings occurred late Friday or early Saturday as family tensions over a pending divorce escalated. Roseann 5 and Jennifer 12 were killed in their bedroom along with four brothers aged 7 10 3. dog also slain.
Robert W. Browning 29 of Rt. 6 died Sunday in Winchester Memorial Hospital after birth in Point Pleasant West Virginia on August 26 1948. He worked as a lab technician at Artex Fibers Front Royal and served in Vietnam. Survived by his parents Regina Browning widow. siblings John D. Howard Paris Clifton Brenda and Genetta Browning. Funeral Thursday 2 pm at Hafer Chapel Hills La Vale Maryland. Burial Fort Ashby Cemetery Fort Ashby West Virginia. Friends may call 7 to 9 tomorrow at Jones Funeral Home. Body to be moved to La Vale Wednesday morning.
The Rev. Dr. Miles J. Austin, ousted from a Westfield New Jersey church after accusations of slandering parishioners, returned to the pulpit Sunday as a court ordered a judgment on his case.
Ervin Cleveland was installed as president of the Old Fredericktown Lodge No. 12, Fraternal Order of Police. The State Board for Community Colleges proposed a master plan for two year colleges in 22 Virginia regions by 1971, including Winchester. Winchester area births rose to 1322 from 1299. Local firemen in Winchester Frederick and Clarke counties responded to 280 alarms at an estimated cost of about $200,000.
Funeral service for Mrs Cora Belle Fitzgerald 75 of 207S Braddock St dies Friday in Winchester Memorial Hospital held 11 a.m. tomorrow at Shenandoah Valley Baptist Church Pastor Rev Michael Grooms. Burial Wardensville Cemetery Wardensville pallbearers named. Family receives friends at Omps Funeral Home this evening 7 to 9. Body placed in church one hour before service.
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