The World-News from Roanoke, Virginia (2024)

Roanoke World-News, Friday, April 3, 1970 DEATHS AND FUNERALS Charles Edgar Carter Charles Edgar Carter, 52, of 3915 Michigan NW, died Thursday in a Roanoke hospital. He was a maintenance man for the Appalachian Power Co. Lotz of Roanoke is handling arrangements. The Rev. M.

E. Clingenpeel Rev. Clingenpeel, 69, of Smithville, Ohio, formerly of Bo ones Mill, died Wednesday in Smithville. He was pastor of the Paradise Church of the Brethren in Smithville. Surviving are his wife, Vernie Clingenpeel; a son, Littleton, Calvert C.

two daughters, Mrs. Etholine Clingenpeel, Newcomer, ur bank, Mrs. Theresa Parakh, Bellingham, three brothers, Harry A. Clingenpeel, Blacksburg, Lloyd Clingenpeel, Boones Mill, Joel S. Clingenpeel, Burkeville.

The body will arrive at Oakey's Funeral Home, Roanoke, Saturday night, Mrs. Oliver H. Jordan The funeral for Pauline Frances Frazier Jordan, 58, of 620 Montrose SE, will be Saturday at 1 p.m. at Lotz Roanoke Chapel, with burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Surviving are two sons, Oliver H.

Jordan Roanoke, Sgt. Charles E. Jordan, U.S. Marine Corps; four daughters, Mrs. Joann Christine Andres, Bedford, Mrs.

Charles B. Widener, Mrs. Jerry D. Hicks, Miss Marie Frances Jordan, Roanoke; a sister, Mrs. T.

E. Roberts, Roanoke. Russell T. Palmer Russell Thomas Palmer, 77, of 4427 Palmer NE, died today in a local hospital. Surviving are his wife, Fanny Boone Palmer; two daughters, Mrs.

Della Mae Wheeling, Roanoke, Mrs. Thelma Mountcastle, Salem; six sons, M. PalWilliam Palmer, Salem, Maynard L. Palmer, Ft. Belvoir, Kenis L.

Palmer, Carl P. Palmer, Russell T. Palmer Roanoke: two sisters, Mrs. J. H.

Sears, Salem, Mrs. A. H. Wimmer, Roanoke; four brothers, Johnnie Ironton, Ohio, L. M.

Palmer, Salem, Willard Palmer, M. J. Palmer, Roanoke. Arrangements are being handled by the John M. Oakey and Son Funeral Home, Salem.

Dorse David Burton The funeral for Dorse David Burton, 67, of 943 Murray at Belmont Christian Church SE, will be Saturday at 2 p.m. with burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Arrangements are being handled by Oakey's Funeral Home, Roanoke Jonx, SALEM FUNERAL HOME 22 THE ONLY LOCALLY OWNED OPERATED SALEM FUNERAL HOME Boulevard at College Ave. Phone 389.5441 Mrs. A.

K. Kessler Fannie Black Kessler, 92, of Rt. 1, Roanoke, widow of A. K. Kessler, died Thursday at her home.

Surviving are two daughters, Miss Chiora E. Kessler, Mrs. Eloise Glascoe, Roanoke County; two sons, K. Eugene Kessler, J. Tillman Kessler, Roanoke County, The funeral will be Saturday at 2:30 p.m.

at Oakey's Chapel, Roanoke, with burial in Evergreen. Luther Franklin Nelson Luther Franklin Nelson, 80, of 2525 Maiden Lane, SW, died today in a local hospital. He was a retired maintenance man for the City of Roanoke. dled by Lotz Funeral Home, RoArrangements are being hananoke. Edmond K.

Hicks The funeral for Edmond Kenneth Hicks, 50, of 1501 Rugby NW, will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at Sweet Union Baptist Church with burial in Williams Memorial Park. The body will be taken to the residence today at 5 p.m. Hamlar-Curtis Funeral Home is handling arrangements. MONUMENTS A MARSTELLER CORPORATION 1809 Franklin Rd.

34 344-6621 Funeral Designs; Telephoned and Telegraphed Everywhere or Delivered Locally Roy L. Webber Florist 4000 Williamson Road Dial 366-7651 "Simple to the Most Elaborate" FUNERAL DESIGNS Crosses Sprays Blankets Wreaths Baskets Hearts Pillows Custom Designs KIMMERLING Bros. as 23 Ph. Franklin 345-7315 S.W. Have You Noticed How Our Chapels, largest in this area, give ample space for display of flowers without crowding! How Our Chapels are Conveniently located away from downtown congestion and most convenient to most cemeteries! How The Minister can speak directly to the bereaved family during memorial service and the family still be in complete privacy! How Ample off-street parking is adjacent to our chapels! How nice in bad weather! How Our Chapels are designed at ground level with no steps that especially the elderly people appreciate! Funeral LOTZ Homes Phone 345-7749 Airman Promoted To NCO In Florida Sgt.

Cooney Douglas B. Cooney, son of Mr. and Brs. a Brown L. Cooney, 805 30th NW, has been promoted to sergeant in the U.S.

Air Force. Sgt. Cooney is an electronics systems repairman at Jacksonville Naval Air Station, Fla. He is a 1961 graduate of Jefferson High School and received his B.S. degree from Virginia Tech.

He is a member of Alpha Zeta and Zi Sigma Pi. Civic Center Target Date Still I Nov. 1 The official target date for completion of the Roanoke Civic Center is still Nov. 1, City Manager Julian Hirst says. The contractor, the Nello L.

Teer did not ask for an extension of time at the regular monthly meeting with Hirst yesterday. Hirst said progress on construction in the next few weeks will determine whether the target date can be met. The manager had indicated earlier that the city is not accepting bookings for the center before Feb. 1. Mayor Roy Webber has estimated that it will be next spring before the center is open.

The original completion date was April 21, when a $250 daily penalty will go into effect. 2 Charges Face Brother Of Hickman George Hickman, 26. of the 400 block of Harrison Avenue, NW. will receive an April 10 hearing in Roanoke Municipal Court on charges of attempted robbery and malicious wounding. He was arrested yesterday at a house in the 1500 block of SaAvenue, SW, at the same time police captured his brothetho Paul has been Ronnie indicted Hickman, 19, on charges of murder and armed robbery of a Checker Cab Co.

dispatcher Dec. 11. The charges against George Hickman are separa rate from those against his brother. George, along with Melvin Junior Trent, 22, is charged in connection with the mugging and attempted robbery of Carl Nash 1600 block of Salem Avenue, SW. March 10 on 16th Street near Rorer Avenue, SW, police said.

Wins Post ASHLAND Harry S. Rhodes of Roanoke has been elected a sophom*ore officer in recent student government elections at Randolph-Macon College. The post is that of secretary-treasurer, and Rho a des will be installed later this month. Professor Endorses Revolt On Campuses Mrs. Johnny Kilcolin Bessie Layman Dowdy Kilcolin, 71, of 921 12th SE, wife of Johnny Kilcolin, died Thursday in a Roanoke hospital.

Also surviving are a son, Wilson Dowdy, Roanoke; three brothers, Hugh Layman, James R. Layman, Roanoke, T. R. Layman, Charlottesville. The funeral will be Saturday at 10 a.m.

at Oakey's Roanoke Chapel with burial in Fair View. George B. Ferguson Sr. The funeral for George Benjamin Ferguson 82, of 135 Liberty Road, NE, will be Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at Lotz Roanoke Chapel, with burial in Brick Church of the Brethren Cemetery.

Surviving are his wife, Nola A ters, Akers Mrs. Ferguson; Edgar five Sink, daugh- Mrs. Goldie Bradley, Mrs. Gene Cadd, Mrs. William Clarkson, Mrs.

Robert Cromer, Roanoke; three sons, Raymond E. Ferguson, George B. Ferguson Roanoke, Archie Ferguson, West Palm Beach, three sisters, Mrs. J. R.

Peters, Rocky Mount, Mrs. Julia Carmichael, Norfolk, Mrs. W. T. Barnhart, Sarasota, a brother, W.

T. Ferguson, Rocky Mount. Bennie S. Hall ROCKY MOUNT Bennie Steven Hall, 66, died Thursday in was a Pretreat Mount employe hospital. of M.

tie Distributors. Surviving are his wife, Flossie H. Hall; five daughters, Mrs. Michael D. Heller, Salem, Mrs.

Henry Brubaker, Mrs. Willie Wray, Mrs. Brady Hodges, Rocky Mount, Mrs. Arthur Lew15, Martinsville; three sons, SM. Sgt.

Walter Benjamin Hall, U.S. Army, Italy, Alvin Douglas Hall, Richard Wayne Hall, Sallie Rocky Mount; three sisters, Mrs. Ray, Martinsville, Mrs. Roy Chit wood, Mrs. Harry Lynch, Rocky Mount; two brothers, Boyd Hall, Rocky Mount, Wilbur Hall, Martinsville.

Arrington-Bussey Funeral Home, Rocky Mount, is handing arrangements. In Memoriam BANE In loving memory, of our cious husband, father and grandfather, Clarence P. Bane, who passed three years ago, April 3, 1967. have only your memory. life dear husband, But the remember sweetness my will whole linger through.

forever As I treasure the image of you. Gone from us, but leaving memories Death can never take away; Memories that will always linger upon this earth stay. No morning dawns, no night returns, But that I think of you; Those left behind are very dear, But none replaces you. Sadly children missed and by wife, grandchildren. Myrtle: GRAVELY In loving memory of son, brother and uncle, Richard Gravelv, who passed away one year ago day, April 3.

No treasure on earth can replace you It's sorrow too great to be told But to US who have loved and lost Your memory will never grow old. Sadly missed by father, mother, brother, nieces and nephews. HAYES In loving memory of our mothgrandmother, Mrs. Bessie Hayes, on her 82nd birthday, April 3. God knows now much we miss her And the tears we all have shed But we know that she is lust asleep Our mother is not dead.

Her children and grandchildren. MARTIN memory of our wife and mother, Rosalind Martin, on birthday, April who passed away one year ago April 4th. Sometimes It's hard to understand Why some things have to be, But In His wisdom God has planned Beyond our power to see. God saw the road was getting rough The hills so hard to climb He gently closed her loving eyes And whispered, "Peace be thine." Sadly missed by husband, children and grandchildren. PAY Payne, loving left us memory 6 of years Mrs.

830. Lillie She always leaned to watch for us, Anxious if we were late, In winter by the window, In summer by the gate. And though we mocked her tenderly, Who had such foolish care, The long way home would seem more safe Because she waited there. Her thoughts were all so full of US, She never could forget! And so I think that where she is, She must be watching yet. Waiting till we come home to her, Anxious if we are late, Watching from heaven's window, Leaning from heaven's gate.

The Payne children, Ralph, Jim, Loretta, Bud, Jo, Jack, Gerald, Phyllis Don. PHILLIPS- In loving memory of my wife and our mother, Mrs. Mary Bryant Phillips, who passed away April 1967. 3 years ago today Her memory is as dear today, As in the hour she passed away. Sadly missed by husband and children ROOF -In loving memory of our husband, father and grandfather, Jeter Roof, who passed away April 3, 1960.

"LOVE REMEMBRANCE LAST FOREVER." Sadly missed by wife, Mrs. Louise Roof; son, Jack Roof, and family; daughter, Mrs. Bettye Merriken and family. SHELTON-In sad but loving memory of dear daughter and sister, Mae, today, Shelton, April who 3rd, was 1955. killed 15 years They who think you are gone use no more your face they see, Are -for in our hearts You live and always will in memory.

Sadly missed by Mama, Daddy, and brother, Mr. and Mrs. Joe A. Shelton and Giles. Card of Thanks GEARHART- -We wish 10 thank our friends, neighbors a and Wood's Funeral Home for the many prayers, beautiful flowers, food, phone calls, donations of blood and every shown act of kindness and sympathy during the illness and following the death of loved one, Roy C.

Gearhart. All was greatly appreciated. The Roy C. Gearhert Family. Elder Columbus Martin FIELDALE The funeral for Elder Columbus Martin, 78, of Rt.

1, Fieldale will be Sunday at 1 p.m. at Sandy Ridge PrimiBaptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Bassett Funeral Home, Bassett, is handling arrangements. Mrs. Colonel H.

Richardson SUGAR GROVE--Ola Currin Richardson, 57, of Sugar Grove, wife of Colonel H. Richardson, died Thursday in a Richmond hospital of injuries received in an explosion at the Brunswick Corp. plant in Sugar Grove on Feb. 25. Other survivors include Robert H.

Richardson, Roanoke. Seaver Funeral Home, ion, is handling arrangements. Mrs. William Hudson Hudson, 56, of Brooklyn, N.Y... ROCKY MOUNT I Fannie died Wednesday her home.

She was the wife of William Hudson. Also surviving are her mother, Mrs. Sadie Horton, New York; a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Moore, Penhook; a son, Whitten Horton, Brooklyn. The funeral will be Sunday at 2 p.m.

at Mt. Parish Baptist Church with burial in the family cemetery, Callands. Arrangements are being handied Funeral Home, Rocky Mount. Controllers Continuing Sick Calls WASHINGTON (AP) Despite pledges by union leaders to get their men back to work, air traffic controllers continued calling in sick today and airline travel remained curtailed. A Federal Aviation Administration spokesman said the absentee rate in its 21 regional control centers showed little change on the 8 a.m.

to 4 p.m. shift. "We see a slight improvement but not enough to have much effect." the spokesman said. "'The facilities that have been bad are still bad." In New York, a focal point in the strike, 63 of 164 controllers scheduled to work reported sick at the Islip, L.I., air route center which controls traffic in several Eastern states. No controllers reported in at the Greater Pittsburgh Airport tower which was manned by supervisory personnel.

"Nothing's changed. We are sick," declared John B. Saxman a controller at the Washington regional center in Leesburg, Va. Third Man Seeks Seat In Senate From Page 1 mer and is now with the firm of Carter, Roe and Emick in Fincastle. Emick is a member of the Botetourt Jaycees and Troutville Lions Club and is active in a number of other civic organizations.

He is a substitute judge of Botetourt County Court. While the Democrats have three interested in the senatorial nomination, only one Republican has announced. He is Del. John W. Hagen of Roanoke County.

Pearson resigned the Senate seat after the General Assembly ended March 14 to become referee in bankruptcy for the Western District of Virginia. The 18th includes the cities of Salem, Clifton Forge and Covington and the counties of Alleghany, Bath, Botetourt and Roanoke. Business Area Of Lexington To Get Cleanup LEXINGTON The environmental cleanup is not the exclusive cause of the college generation, at least not in Lexington. The central business district of the city will get a thorough cleaning April 13. And it won't be just college students doing the work.

Clean-up squads, composed of the men and women who work in the business firms, are scheduled to spend the day picking up litter, trash, discarded cans, bottles and other materials from both public and private property in the business district. Roanoke Student Gets Post at College ALLENTOWN, Pa. Rosalind Long of Roanoke has been elected corresponding secretary of the Afro- Society at Cedar Crest College. Miss Long is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

George R. Long, 1621 Moorman. Road, NW, and is a sophom*ore at the 104-yearold liberal arts college. By Jack Chamberlain World-News Education Writer BLACKSBURG An English professor told a Southern Humanities Conference at Tech today that college are rebelling against "evasion and deception" by the Establishment and he doesn't blame them. Dr.

George, Sixbey, chairman of the humanities division of Southern State College, Magnolia, said he believes in the cause of the college revolt, but he doesn't necessarily go along with some of the methods, such as take -overs of deans and buildings and destroying property. But, he added, history has shown that where peaceful revolution doesn't get results, violence and sometimes all-out war follows. Dr. Sixbey, speaking to about 40 representatives to the conference from Southern colleges and universities, said student 3 Seek Re-Election To Bedford Council BEDFORD The three members of Bedford City Council whose terms expire this year filed Thursday as candidates for re-election in the city election of June 9. They Mayor Mahlon C.

Kidd, Vice Mayor T. Clayton Turner and Councilman William R. McAllister. They went in a group to the office of the clerk of court and filed the necessary papers with Deputy Clerk Jane Smith. is nothing new except in the United States.

He said that when he was student 45 years ago his professor used to chide the class when a student revolt in Europe or South America was in the news. "Why don't you students come alive get concerned about living issues?" he said his old professor had asked the class. Campus revolt, Sixbey said. dates to the Middle Ages, but has only lately become an issue in this country "Our greatest protest," he said of his college days, "was against compulsory chapel, the Rep. P'off Severs Law Firm Ties Sixth District Rep.

Richard H. Poff has withdrawn as a part- the ner in the Radford law firm of he Dalton, Poff, Turk and Stone and his name will be dropped from its title. Poff said the American Bar Association recently adopted a new rule recommending deletion of inactive members from the name of a law firm. Although the Virginia State Bar has not adopted the rule, Poff said, he is withdrawing because his work in Congress requires his full attention through-: out the year and he cannot: practice law. He said he and his partners therefore agreed his name will be dropped.

food in the commissary and the prohibition against smoking on campus." Dr. Sixbey, the first of several speakers scheduled for the twoday conference, said students in the United States today are conducting "a moral crusade" that goes beyond the surface issues of drugs and sexual freedom. He said the concerns of the students also should be primary concerns of the teachers of humanities on college campuses. "I have seen no student generation as concerned with moral and social issues AS those today," he said. Dr.

Sixbey said professors of humanities are obliged to change the concepts of humanities' teaching. He said restructuring of the colleges must be carried on from within the colleges and should involve more than minor changes such as student representation on cause of the students is committees. the cause of the he said. REVIVAL WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 2216 Peters Creek Road 117 APRIL 4-12 7:30 P.M. Rev.

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