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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1971
Page
2
Several obituaries and funeral notices for William A. Martin Gertie Oates Evelyn Mae Richard Newcome John Franklin Elliott Mamie Orndorff Dora Owens list service times locations and family survivors. Services are at Sacred Heart Timber Ridge Mount Hebron Old Quaker Cemetery Paynes Chapel and other local sites with wake and pallbearer details.
Funeral rites are announced for Dora Owens on Tuesday at 1 30 P M at Jones Funeral Home Evelyn Newcome follows on Tuesday at 3 30 P M Kathleen Stone Harvey at Mt Herman United Methodist Church in Ashland Virginia William A Martin will be mourned Wednesday at 10 A M at Sacred Heart Catholic Church A Christian Wake is set for Mamie Catherine Orndorff Tuesday at 7 30 P M with a service on Wednesday at 11 30 P M Jones Funeral Home Inc.
A blaze caused fire and heat damage with most windows smashed. no injuries reported as Winchester firefighters extinguished the flames. Star Photo by Mary Helen Massie.
Mrs Kathleen Stone Harvey of Rt. 1 Ashland dies Saturday aged 58 born October 14 1912 daughter of Richard P. and Molly Stone. She married James M. Harvey on October 4 1935 in Ashland and worked as a seamstress at Bell Clothes. Survived by husband three children Georgia Strother Joan Harvey and Glenda Goode plus brothers Ashton Aubrey Earl and sisters Hattie and Grace Mallory. Funeral 3:30 at Mount Herman United Methodist Church Ashland with burial in Ashland. Memorials to Heart Fund. Funeral arrangements handled by Crew and Clayton Funeral Home after transfer from Jones Funeral Home.
Mrs. Curtis Funkhouser 63 of Cross Junction died today at Alabaugh Convalescent Home. Born April 18 1907 in Cross Junction she was daughter of Camillus Glenn and Berenia Baker. Survived by sisters and brothers Ziler Baker Lelia Angell Mae DeHaven Dale Baker Carrie Gunn William Baker Ray Baker Melba Donelan and many nieces and nephews. Funeral conducted at 11 am Wednesday at Omps Funeral Home by Rev Alexander C Yates.
Sgt. William Russell Brannon 41 of Mountain Falls Route died yesterday at Winchester Memorial Hospital. He was born May 16, 1929 in Frederick County and served 18 years in the U S Army before discharge. He leaves his mother Velma Brannon, a daughter Cathy Sue Brannon of Alabama, brothers Ronald and Bruce, sisters Mildred Edwards and Phyllis Allamong. Services 2:30 p m Wednesday at Omps Funeral Home conducted by Rev Charles H Harless. Burial in Pine Grove.
Hollins College achieved recognition as the first chartered institution for young women in Virginia, marking an important milestone in local higher education history.
The Rev. Paul J. Coblentz and the Rev. Patricio Lili spoke at all services sharing mission work and Brazil's politics. They urged solutions to hunger and poverty as part of a church program sponsored by the Witness Committee.
A Round Hill man, Willard Lloyd, lost his front teeth and suffered a cut lip in a two car collision on Rt 5 five miles east of Berryville at 2 10 p m. Lloyd’s west bound car rear ended Daniel O Boyle of Tacoma Park Md who was signaling a left turn onto Rt 606. Damage to both cars estimated at 1300 dollars.
An eight part display in Murphy features maps and oil paintings of Cape Horn and turquoise themes. Sholem Asch is referenced in relation to a literary component as part of the exhibit.
The report notes clear windy conditions tonight with a cooler low in the 40s and Sunday into Tuesday mainly sunny and windy with highs in the 60s. It provides past rainfall totals, March rainfall to date, and long term averages over 58 years.
James Wood High School band under Daniel J. Schoemmel earned an Excellent rating in the Virginia Band and Orchestra Directors Association District V Band Festival in Charlottesville. They performed the National Emblem March, Toccata For Band, and Tamerlane. The Grade 5 award marked the best rating the group has achieved.
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