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Richmond Times-Dispatch from Richmond, Virginia • 6

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4 I A Richmond Timca-Dispatch Thursday Feb 6 1938 Dr Everett Gill 88 Former Missionary Dies Veteran Songwriter Dies in New York 4 NEW YORK Feb Songwriter Lew Brown 64 who turned out many hit tunes on his own and in collaboration with others died here Wednesday He wrote many Broadway musicals with Ray Henderson and the late Buddy DeSylva He was a member of the firm of DeSylva Brown and Henderson Shows they wrote and produced included "Hold Everything" "Three "George White's "Calling All "Flying "Strike Me "Forward and "Follow State Mother Succumbs SOUTH BOSTON Feb Mrs Rosa Harton Bennett 82 of South Boston died Wednes-1 day at her home She was the widow of William Bennett former South Boston chief of police A son I Gordon Bennett of Richmond is state auditor of public accounts Also surviving are three daughters Mrs John Yea-man of Alexandria and Mrs Gil-ert Crews and Miss Louise Bennett of South Boston two other sons Jack Bennett of Richmond and Wiliiam Bennett of South Boston one brother Harton of Durham 12 grand-childrep and three great-grand-1 children A funeral service will be held I at 2 pm Thursday at Powell Funeral Home with burial in Oak Ridge Cemetery OTHER DEATHS Dr Everett Gin Sr Forest Southern Baptist missionary to Europe died Wednesday at a Raleigh hospital His son was the late Dr Everett Gill Jr who was secretary for Latin America for the Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board in Richmond He died here in 1954 Dr Gill was born in Randolph county Mo He received the doctor of theology degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville Ky 88 of a former During World War I Dr Gill was hospital inspector for the American Red Cross He was awarded the Royal Abruzzi Medal by Victor Emmanuel II for relief work during an earthquake in Italy He retired from overseas mission work in 1939 He was a member of the Sons of the Revolution Knights Templar Veterans of Foreign Wars and Phi Gamma Delta fraternity Surviving are his wife Mrs Emma Geraldine Williams Gill a son COl Harrison Williams Gill of Tennessee a daughter Mrs John Byron Sims of Idaho He served as pastor of! a sister Mrs Emma Agee of churches in Kentucky Tennes- Oklahoma" and several grand- see Missouri and North Carolina before being appointed missionary to Italy in 1904 Later he served 18 years as Southern Baptist representative to Europe children A funeral servicewillbe held at 3 pm Friday at Wake Forest Baptist Church Burial will be at 3 pm Saturday in Hollywood Cemetery here' JONAH SMITH WALKERTON Feb Jonah PI Smith 74 retired farmer died Wednesday near his home at Bruington King and Queen county A funeral service will be held at 2:30 pm Saturday at Smyrna Christian Church Bruington with burial in the church cemetery Surviving are four daughters Mrs Ivan Crouch of Bruington Mrs IL McFarland of Dunbrooke Mrs Brooks of Minor and Mrs Suyes of Richmond three brothers Joe Smith of Richmond Richard Smith of Utica and John Smith of King William two sisters Mrs Lucy Reed of Hopewell and Mrs Ella Glazebrook of Walkerton two half-brothers Otha Smith of Hopewell and Horace Smith of King and Queen a half-sister Mrs Sarah Hall of West Point six grandchildren- and one great-grandchild First Home Demonstration Agent Miss Ella Agnew Dies BIRDS EYE BABY LIMA BEANS 3 69c 6919 Lakeside Avenue 6526 Horsepen Road 3142 Cary Street SHOP 'til 8:30 THURSDAY AND FRIDAY RICHF00D FROZEN ORANGE JUICE CENTER SLICES published in Richmond for four years From 1931 to 1943 she was in charge of vromen's activities under the WPA in Virginia Miss Agnew was a member of the Virginia Home Economics Association Rural Women of the World League of Women Voters American Home- Economics Association and the American Association of the United Nations She was the first woman to receive the -certificate of merit from Virginia Polytechnic Institute The home economics building at VPI bears her name Miss Agnew received a doctor of laws degree from the College of William and Mary and the service citatiqn of merit from Virginia for excellence in performance of duties She is survived by tr number of nieces and nephews A funeral service will be held at 2 pm Thursday at the Burkeville Presbyterian -Church with burial in Sunset Cemetery in Burkeville Miss Ella Agnew the first home demonstration agent In the United States died Wednes day at the Home of Confederate Women A native of Prince Edward county she at one time headed home demonstration work in Virginia and directed the establishment of Home Demonstration Clubs in the state Miss Agnew worked for five just before the turn of the century in South Africa first as secretary-treasurer of the Huguenot Seminary at Paarl and later as principal of the Ama-juba Seminary in the Transvaal After her return to the United States she did YWCA work in North Carolina Kentucky Ohio Oklahoma and New York Later she was the first woman employed by the United States Department of Agriculture for field service in home demonstration work She was editor of the Southern Planter a farm magazine CHARLOTTESVILLE Elijah Patrick Herring 75 died Tuesday Funeral 11 am Friday Hill and Irving Funeral Home burial Oakwood Cemetery Rites held Wednesday for Mrs Ella Whet-zel 82 who died Monday Funeral held Wednesday for Mrs Margaret Turner Hot-tinger 88 who died Sunday Funeral held Wednesday for Maynard Bauman Eastep 57 who died Saturday DAYTON Funeral held Wednesday for Miss Emma Zetta Smith 90 who died Monday DELTA VILLE Mr Hobart Earman 60 died Monday Funeral family cemetery Augusta county CHATHAM Rites held Wednesday for Hiomas Clyde Hodges who died Sunday LA WHENCE William Jackson Smith Sr 73 died Wednesday Funeral 3 pm Thursday Lawrenceville Methodist Church burial Oakwood Cemetery STAUNTON Funeral held Wednesday for Mrs Frances Agnes Mattthews79 who died Sunday PETERSBURG Mrs Daisy Gibson Decker died Wednesday Funeral 3:30 pm Friday Morris A Son Funeral Home burial Blandford Cemetery WAYNESBORO A funeral service for Edward Alwin Snow 23 will be held at 2 pm Sunday at 'Etter Funeral Home burial Hildebrand Church Ceme-ery near Madrid He was killed Tebruary 1 in an auto crash Oregon William Lee A1 len 92 of Vesuvius died Tuesday Funeral 2 pm Friday Mt Peran Baptist Church burial Grant family cemetery GLOUCESTER Mrs Anna Louise Owen 81 died Wednesday Funeral 1 pm Saturday National Cemetery Washington JARRATT Mrs Maude Harrell 74 died Wednesday Funeral 3 pm Friday Owen Purviance Funeral Home burial I family cemetery HARDYVILLE Tollle Thomas Jackson Sr 79 died Wednesday Funeral 2:30 pm 1 Friday Zoar Baptist Church Deltaville burial Clarksburg 1 Cemetery Amburg MRS 8 LeS CHILDRESS DILLWYN Feb Mrs Sallie LeSueur Childress 91 widow of Childress died Wednesday at the home near here of a son Childress A funeral service will be held at 2 pm Friday at the Brown Chapel Methodist Church with burial there Surviving also are four daughters Miss Helen Childress and Mrs Poe of Dillwyn Mrs Frank Marion of Richmond and Mrs W' Van Kuren of New Canton seven grandchildren and 17 greatgrandchildren MORTON DANIEL FARMVTLLE Feb Morton Robert Daniel 87 a farmer died Tuesday at Danville A funeral service will be held at 2:30 pm Thursday at Cumberland Presbyterian Church with burial in the church cemetery Surviving are his wife Mrs Annie Overton Daniel two daughters Mrs Lucille Jawsel of Richmond and Mrs Mary Gregg of Orlando Ha three brothers Robert A Daniel of Farmville and Christopher and John Daniel of Danville a sister Mrs Jones of Dillwyn and 10 grandchildren AIRS ROSSER BROOKNEAL Feb Mrs Stella Carwile Rosser 61 wife of Benjamin Franklin Rosser died Wednesday at her home here She was a member of Brooknqal Baptist Church Also surviving are two sons Cecil Rosser of Brookneal and Robert Rosser of Hurt two daughters Mrs Charles Elder of Durham and Mrs James Trent of Richmond two brothers A and A Carwile both of Pamplin two sisters Mrs Andrew Scruggs of Richmond and Mrs Bryant of Lynchburg Funeral arrangements were incomplete Wednesday night Hugh Jones Dies Here at 81 Hugh Jones- 81 of 601 West 30th st died Wednesday at a local hospital He was a retired pharmacist A funeral service will be held at 3 pm Friday at Christian Funeral Home with burial in Hollywood Cemetery Mr Jones was born in Williamsburg He was a graduate in pharmacy from the old University College of Medicine He was with the William Poythress Co for 40 years He is survived by his wife Mrs Mary Elizabeth Jones and a nephew James Stone both of Richmond JOHN IL BO SUES John Henry Bosher 75 a retired carpenter of Chester died Tuesday at a local hospital A funeral service will be held at 2 pm Wednesday at Morrissett Funeral Home with burial in Sunset Park Cemetery in Chester He is survived by his wife Mrs Grace Bosher of the home two 1 daughters Mrs Grace Poulston and Mrs Cecil Vaughan five sons Bernard Johnnie Marshall Maynard and Carson Bosher a sister Mrs Harry Gentry a brother Richard Bosher all of Richmond and 12 grandchildren HARRY A GRAY Harry Archibald Gray 52 of 3620 Noble ave died Wednesday at a local hospital He was a special representative for Lincoln National Life Insurance Company lie was a member of Northminster Baptist Church where a funeral service will be held at 2 pm Friday with burial in Forest Lawn Cemetery He is survived by his wife- Mrs Myftie Terrell Gray a daughter Peggy Terrell Gray a son Harry A Gray Jr and his mother Mrs Gray Sr all of Richmond and Mrs Thelma May Jordan of Alabama a stepdaughter Mrs Bernell Felton two stepsons Haywood Bryce Brooks and James Brooks a brother Henry A Holt all of Richmond three grandchildren and a 'great-grandchild SIRS STELLA THOMAS Mrs Stella Thomas widow of Emmett Thomas died Wednesday at a local hospital She had lived with a daughter Mrs Richard Cardwell Jr at 3906 Chamberlayne ave Services will be held at 2 pm Thursday in Hollywood Cemetery Besides Mrs Cardwell she is survived by another daughter Mrs John Leak of Charlotte two sisters Mrs Peters and Mrs Fitzgerald both of Keysville four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren MRS BLANCHE WELLS Mrs Blanche Heath Wells 67 died Wednesday at her home 2613 Gay ave Surviving are a daughter Mrs Helen Wells of Richmond: three sons Leonard Robert and Ernest Wells of Richmond a sister Mrs Ruth Edwards of Akron Ohio 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren Funeral arrangements were incomplete last night A PLAGEMAN A1 Plageman 65 a native of Richmond died Wednesday at Miami Fla He is survived by a son John A1 Plageman Jr a daughter Mrs A Walton' both of Richmond three brothers Joseph Plageman of Alexandria and George and William Plageman of Richmond and a sister Miss Agnes Plageman of Richmond Funeral arrangements were incomplete last night SISTER GEORGINA WOODS Sister Georgina Woods 88 a native of Richmond died Tuesday at a Austin Tex hospital Funeral and burial services will be held in Austin She is survived by a sister Miss Mayme Woods of Richmond Debate at To Draw 30 Teams! WILLIAMSBURG Feb sJ Debating teams from 30 colleges and universities will participate'! in the annual Marshali-Wythejl debate tournament at the Col-If lege of William and Mary-Fri- day and Saturday The topic of this year's de-j bates is that the re-1 quirement of membership in a labor organization as a condition of employment should be! Participating schools Dartmouth Duke the University of Florida Ohio State Penn State Princeton the Naval I Academy the University of Vir-! ginia Wake Forest and West! Virginia- University Members of the team 1 1 are Diane Pickering of James-i town James Odell of Frankfort Ky and Roger! Green and Lee McCandless both of Arlington All but Odell a sophomore are members of the freshman class USDA GRADE LARGE HUDSON 80 COUNY RMAPKIIN boxes WALDORF TOILET rolls RICHFOOD PEAW0T BUTTER RICHFOOD FULL POUND LOAF WHITE POTATOES $1169 MRS LEMUEL GATES HOPEWELL Feb 5 Mrs Margaret Whitaker Gates 68 wife of Lemuel Gates died Wednesday while attending a church group meeting in Petersburg- A funeral service will be held at 2 pm Friday at Gould Funeral Home here with burial in Appomattox Cemetery Surviving besides her husband 'are a son' William Gates of Richmond a stepson Olin Gates of Hopewell a stepdaughter Mrs Anne Johnson of Petersburg eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren LOUIS LIGON AMELIA Feb 5 Louis Vaughan Ligon 75 retired farmer died Wednesday at a Richmond hospital A funeral service will be held at 2 Friday at Amelia Presbyterian Church with burial in the church cemetery Surviving are wife Mrs Gertrude Cocke Ligon two sons Thomas Ligon 'of Lane and William Ligon of Richmond and four grandchildren" MRS ALICE FLEMING GLOUCESTER Feb A funeral service for Mrs Alice Fleming will be held at 3 pm Thursday at Hogg Funeral Home Wicomico with burial in the family "plot at Bena She died Tuesday in Richmond New Assistant Professor HAMPDEN-S YDNEY Feh 5 George Tyler Miller Jr of Front Royal haa named assistant professor of chemistry at Hampden-Sydney College for 1 the 1958-59 session He is now pursuing work orf his doctorate in physical chemistry at the University of Virginia THOMAS HOLT Thomas Pickett Holt 87 a blacksmith for 47 years with the Southern Railway died Wednesday at his home 4208 Forest Hill ave A funeral service will be held at 2 pm Friday at Morrissett Funeral Home with burial in Maury Cemetery He is survived by his wife Mrs Martha Osterbind Holt two daughters Mrs Mary Lucille Adamson of Silver Spring Md SIRS JJAY 8 FITZGERALD A funeral service for Mrs May Fitzgerald 79 widow of Morrison Fitzgerald who died Tuesday at the home of a sister Mrs Fulton of 1115 Grove ave will be held at 10 am Thursday at Sacred Heart Cathedral with burial in Mount Calvary Cemetery Quartet to Give Concert WILLIAMSBURG Feb Hie Julliard string quartet will present a concert at the College of William and Mary at 8 pm February 12 The performance I will be the third in this college concert series Just Slip it on Your Ear AND HEAR! NO CORDS NO BUTTON NO CLOTHING NOISE HEAR WITHOUT WEARING SPECIAL GLASSES TTEDE2I EAR LEVEL HEARING Nearijr invisible oa very inconspicuous on men Wear dut tiny Telex and join in the fun of living again Fits snugly behind your car out of sight and out of the way Come to our oflSoe Tor a demonstration if more convenient phone us and ask for "Home Hearing Service Consultant" be glad to talk over your hearing problem and show you this wonderful new instrument in your own home No obligation whatever TELEX HEARING CENTER 207 3rd St Dial Ml 4-5273- SEND FOt Hit SAMM1 HOUSING AMD iffEMIMEf LUNCH i vacuum pack Liver Cheese £39 Olive Loaf Spiced Luncheon Meat 33 FUQUA SHEFFIELD Flowers and Gifts Ml Cut at Dial KLMS41 WlUn Laws (kfhi Center On the Ban Mai at S-Oll.

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