The Danville Register from Danville, Virginia • Page 15

R. L. Neal, Sr. Dies At Age 83; 111 Some Time HEIDSVILLE, N.C. Robert Lee Neal 83, of Reid.sville Rt.

1, died yesterday morning in the Bethany Nursing Home after tn illness of several months. He was born in Caswell County, son of the late Thomas and Rebecca Graves Neal. He had lived in the Locust Hill community all of his life where he was a farmer. He was a member of the 'Bethesda Presbyterian Church. He is survived by his wife, the former Amy Wall Garrett; five sons, Garrett Neal of Eden; Algernon Neal of Reidsville; Robert L.

Neal and David Neal of Reidsville Rt. 1 and Ben- jamin Neal of Virgilina, Va. Also, two daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson of Reidsville Bt. 1 and Lelia Neal Essie of Mocksville, and one sister, Miss Rebecca G.

Neal, of Reidsville Rt. 1. i Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the Bethesda Presbyterian Church with interment in the Neal Family cemetery near the home. Wan Finds It A Cruel Hoax As He Plans Wife's Funeral CHARLOTTE (AP) When ohnny Wilson received word Wednesday that his wife had led at Broughton State Hospi- he began to make plans for lie funeral. He contacted Alexander's Fu- neral Home and scheduled the iurial for Sunday.

Then he set out in his car Thursday to tell relatives of his wife's death. He has no tele- fhone and word of the death ame from neighbors, who said hey had received a telephone call from hospital officials. Meanwhile, a hearse was dis- atched to Morganton to pick up he body of Delia Mae Wilson. Mortician Zack Alexander had elephoned the hospital to ar- ange for the release and a doc- or told him the pick-up be arranged immediately. The hearse driver, however, was told by doctors that some- thing was wrong.

Mrs. Wilson vas very much alive and sched- Mrs. L. W. Lail Dies; 111 For Past Two Years REIDSVILLE, N.

C. Mrs. Luther W. Lail, 53, of Reidsville St. 7, died yesterday afternoon at Annie Penn i a Hospital after an illness of two years.

She was the former Sarah Violet Hundley, a daughter of Mrs. Annie Hundley Stratton and the late John W. Hundley. She was boxn in Franklin County, Va. and had lived in the Reidsville area most of her life.

She was a member of the New Heights Baptist Church. She is survived by her hus- band, her mother of Eden; two daughters, Mrs. Annie Mae Billings of Reidsville Rt. 7 anc Miss Mary Ann Lail of the residence; one son, David of Buttner; two Urothers, James W. Hundley of Pelfaam Rt.

1 and Rueben Ben- nie Hundley of Reidsville Rt. and a half-brother a Hundley of West Manchester, Ohio. Funeral will be held Friday, afternoon at 2:30 from the New Heights Baptist Church interment in Dan view Cemetery in Eden. Miss Duncan's Funeral Rites Set Saturday Funeral services for Mis Hebecca Duncan will be helc Saturday at 11 a.m., at Swicegood Chapel by the Rev, Dallas T. Stallings, Jr.

Inter, ment will follow at the Duncan family cemetery at Whittles. Miss Duncan of a i Avenue in Chatham i Thursday morning in Memoria Hospital. She had been as well as usual until a few weeks ago entered the hospital Feb 15. Her death was unexpected. Miss Duncan 75, was born hi Pittsylvania County June 15 1893, a daughter of the late William Davis Duncan and Lucy Francis Smtih Ducan She had spent most of her life in Chatham and was a member of the Baptist Church there.

She is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Roy R. Payne Danville, and Mrs. Ediwarc Anderson, and Mrs. a i Motley, both of Jacksonville Fla.

The body is at the funera home and the family will be a' the home of Mrs. Roy Payne, 411 W. Main St. in Dan ville. Funeral Rites Set Today For Mrs.

Blanks NATHALIE a services for Mrs. Ruth Irby Blanks will be held today at 2 a i Presbyterian Church by the Rev. Joseph Echols. Burial wil follow in the church cemetery. Mrs.

Blanks, 71, i Wednesday in a Richmond hospital. She was born in Halifax County, a daughter of Charle and Lavania Henderson Irb; and was a member Providence i a Church. Surviving are her husband Walter E. Blanks of Nathalie one daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Allen of Newport News; fou sons, Keistcr M.

Blanks Nathalie, W. A. Blanks Newport News, Aubrey Blanks of Lynchburg and Roj M. Blanks of Riclrnond; tw( sisters, Mrs. Fannie Conner snt Mrs.

Rosa Conner, both Nathalie; two brothers, J. Jrby of Nathalie and C. Melvin Irby of South Boston; sb grandchildren and two great grandchildren. The body is at Powell Funera Home in South Boston. The Register: Danville, Friday, Feb.

28, 1969 3-B uled for release Monday. The driver returned to Char- lotte to tell Alexander the news. But Wilson couldn't be found. He reported to his job at the county garage Thursday morn- ing but remained only briefly before leaving to visit the rela tives. Thursday afternoon, hospital officials and the funeral home were desperately trying to reach him.

Telephone calls were made to points in North Caro- ina and South Carolina, but ap- parently, Wilson was on the Funeral Rites Set Saturday For Mrs. Crews ftobeson County Desegregation Searing Stopped WASHINGTON (AP) A learing on desegregation of schools in Robeson County, N.C., was recessed Thursday after the school system's superintendent refused to testify as an adverse witness. MurchisOn Biggs of Lumber- ton N. counsel for the Robe- son County School Board, in- formed Federal Examiner Irv- ng Sommer that the superin- tendent, Young H. Allen, "does not choose to testify." The attorney contended that Jerry H.

Luck, counsel for the Department of Health, and Welfare, was using shotgun tactics in suddenly call- Jig Alien as a witness for the department. Said Biggs: "We challenge ie department to produce evi- dence that we have failed to produce records or persons, in- Supt. Allen, prior to thi. bearing." The upshot was that the ex- aminer allowed 30 days for the department to present its views relative to the testimony ques- and any other allegations. The shool board is allowed time to reply.

When the hearing opened, Luck said the department seeks an order to cut off federal funds for the 30 schools administerec by the Robeson County boarc because, he said, the board fail ed to comply with desegrega tion laws and federal regula tjons. A. J. Howell, a civil rights ad visory specialist for the depart ment testified that he visited the Robeson schools in 1968. He said thp board's plan fails to elimi nate a dual school system for Negroes, Indians and whites fails to desegregate the faculty adequately, and has not resol ved the problem of transfer pupils in and out of the five citj school districts within the coun ty.

"He'll be contacted," said Dr. John Gambill, superintendent of Broughton. "That will be taken care of. what will be left unan- swered is who made the tele- phone call." Dr. Gambill said such calls are normally recorded by the lospital but there is no record of such a telephone call in the case of Mrs.

Wilson. He suspects a cruel hoaxster made the call, then called a Jharlotte newspaper to plant a phoney obituary notice. He acknowledges a Broughton doctor did take the call from the 'uneral home and did say the DOdy could be picked up any- time. "We handled the call rou- tinely," said Dr. Gambill.

"The death was supposed to have oc- curred during the day and the night duty doctor assumed the funeral home director had re- ceived accurate information." "We're as puzzled as anybody about this," he said. "But we're certain the death call did not come from Broughton." "It was a low trick," he add- ed. OPEN DAILY 10-10 FRIDAY, SATURDAY Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Murphy Crews will be held Saturday at 2 p.m., at Chatham Baptist Interment will follow in Highland Burial Park. Mrs.

Crews, 84, of Chatham died in a i Memorial Hospital yesterday morning. The wife of the late John Allen Crews, who died iu 1922, she was born in Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 22, 1884, a daughter of the late Charles W. and Matilda McLain Murphy. She moved to Chatham in 1918 and was a member of Chatham Baptist Church.

She was a retired Hargrave Military Academy, where she once served as dieti- tian. Surviving are one son, C. B. Creiws of Chatham; daughters, Miss Georgia Mae Crews of Chatham, Mrs. W.

Hurley of Richmond and Mrs. T. G. Malouf of Logan, Utah; eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The body is at Scott Funeral Some, and the family is at tiie home on Whittle St.

in Ihatham. Mrs. Mary Lester Final Rites Held Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Owen Lester were held Thursday afternoon from the Keen St. Baptist Church by the Rev.

Thomas E. Wright and the Rev. Earle W. Fike. Interment followed in Highland Burial Park.

The pallbearers were Henry Hogan, Albert Hoskins, J. R. Denny, J. R. Denny, Calvin Merricks, P.

D. Nathan Casey, W. A. and Charles G. Evans.

M. E. Thomas Dies At Age 78 DURHAM, N. C. Marvin E.

Thomas died Thursday morning at 4 o'clock in Watts Hospital here at the age of 78. A native of Saluda, S. he had spent most of his life in Durham where he. was a member of Five Forks Baptist Church. He was the son of the late Joe C.

and Dora Palmer Thomas. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ellen Lovelace Thomas; two sons, Blake Thomas of Greenville, S. and Van B. Thomas of Abbeville, S.

two Mrs. Vera Buckner Final Rites Held Funeral services for Mrs. Vera Mae Buckner were con- ducted from the Chapel of the Swicegood Funeral Thursday afternoon by the Rev. Curtis Hall. Interment followed in Highland Burial Park.

Pallbearers were Wilson, Herman Holt, Henry D. Hopkins, Alvin Jones, Ernest Adkins, and Gerald Grubbs. i Mr I a Hollandsworth and Mrs. Mose- belle Strader, both of Dan- ville, six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. The funeral will be held Saturday at 2 p.m.

in Clements Funeral Home. Interment will be hi Durham. Charles Main Funeral Rites Held Funeral services for S-Sgt. Charles R. Main were con- ducted from the First Church of the Brethren a af- ternoon by the Blackwell and Rev.

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