Page 6-A-Martinsville Bulletin, Friday, May 9, 2008 OBITUARIES Dorsey W. Eggleston Dorsey Wayland Eggleston, 87, of King's Grant Retirement Community, Mar- tinsville, died Thursday, May 8, 2008, at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C. He was born Axton on in Eggleston March 5, 1921, to Dorsey Minter Eggleston and Carrie Lena Skates Eggleston. He graduated from Axton High School and Perry Busi-. ness College, and retired from American Furniture where he was head of the cost accounting department for more than 40 years.
He was a member of Stanleytown United Methodist Church. Surviving are his wife, Lucille Adkins Eggleston of the residence at King's Grant; two stepdaughters, Arlene S. Dunn of Martinsville and Linda S. Stone of Bassett; three brothers, Carl Eggleston of Axton, Jud Eggleston of Martinsville and Clore Eggleston of Richmond; four CALENDAR step-great-grandchildren. The funeral will be at 2 p.m.
Saturday at Collins-McKeeStone Funeral Home, Martinsville Chapel, with the Rev. Tilden Bridges officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. today.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home for one hour before the service Saturday. Memorials may be made to King's Grant Fellowship Fund, 350 King's Way Road, Martinsville, Va. 24112, or to the SPCA of Martinsville and Henry County, 132 Joseph Martin Highway, Martinsville, Va. 24112. Lee L.
Fain The funeral for Lee L. Fain, 184, of Bassett, who died Wednesday, May 7, 2008, at Franklin Health Care in Rocky Mount, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the South Chapel of Bassett Funeral Service. Pastor Alvin "Joe" Nunley will officiate. Burial will be in Henry Memorial Park with military honors performed by the County Veterans.
Memorial Honor Guard. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. today. Today, May 9 Reidsville, N.C.All players welMusic Night at Spencer-Penn come. Call Shorty Severance at Centre.
Doors will open at 5 p.m. 673-1242 for more information. for concessions; jam session at Reformers Unanimous. Break 5:30 p.m. will include students the chains of addictions: 7-9 of the S-P guitar class.
Sched- p.m. at Victory Baptist Church; uled entertainment will begin 629-7321 for more information. at 6:30 p.m. by the Over the Hill Alcoholics Anonymous: noon, Gang; Two Old Two Young and Martinsville group, closed disthe Old Dominion Cloggers cussion at Christ Episcopal also will perform. Free admis- Church, Church Street, Marsion; donations accepted.
tinsville; 8 p.m., Collinsville Women of Faith, Walking by group, big book study, Church Faith: 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the of Christ, Daniels Creek Road, Dutch Inn. Charlotte Young will Collinsville. be the guest speaker, the pro- Narcotics Anonymous, new gram will be a fashion show by vision group: 8 p.m. open meetJ.Jones and music will being, Memorial Hospital in Marby Shellie Roberts.
The brunch tinsville. is $8.50 per person, and reservations must be made by call- Saturday, May 10 ing 632-3152 or 632-5445. Country breakfast at Dyers The Rangeley Ruritan Golf Store Ruritan Club: a.m. Club will play at Wolf Creek in at the club. Eat in or takeout at Martinsville A Martinsville man is being held on felony drug charges in connection with an incident.
last year in Franklin County, according to reports from the Henry County Sheriff's Office. Rickey Lee Atkins, 27; of 1009 College Drive, Martinsville, was charged day with one count of distribution of marijuana and one count of possession of a firearm while selling more than one pound of marijuana in connection with the alleged Aug.7 incident, the report said. He was held in the Henry County jail with no bond. According to other county reports: In a report dated Thursday, Tellisa and James Cannaday reported a breaking and entering that occurred Tuesday on Wall Street in Bassett. Taken were jewelry worth about a laptop computer worth a Playstation game system, Xbox and games worth about a digital camera worth $150; and a SunTrust Visa debit card.
Elijah Paul Love reported Wednesday that his turnout gear was taken from the 4800 Country music superstar Eddy Arnold dies at 89 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Eddy Arnold, whose mellow baritone on songs such as "Make the World Go Away" made him one of the most successful country singers in history, died Thursday morning, days short of his 90th birthday. Arnold died at a care facility near Nashville, said Don Cusic, a professor at Belmont University and author of the biography "Eddy Arnold: I'll Hold You in My Heart." His wife of 66 years, Sally, had died in March, and in the same month, Arnold fell outside his home, injuring his hip. Arnold's vocals on songs such as the 1965 "Make the World Go Away," a top 10 pop hit as well as a No. 1 country hit, made him one of the most successful country singers in Folksy yet sophisticated, he became a pioneer of "The Nashville Sound," also called "countrypolitan," a mixture of country and pop styles.
His crossover success paved the way for later singers such as Kenny Rogers. "I sing a little country, I sing a little pop, and I sing a little folk, and it all goes together," he said in 1970. He was elected to the Coun- Fain was born in the Five Forks community of Patrick County to J'o Thomas Fain and Dollie addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Christine M. Fain; a brother, Joe Thomas Fain; and four sisters, Rosa L. Wheller, Tempie Stone, Sally Burggert and Roxie Smith.
He served in the Navy during World War II. He worked in the construction department at Bassett Furniture Industries, and he was a member of Union 421 United Associations, Reidsville, N.C. He was a member of First Assembly of God in Martinsville. Surviving are his wife, Louise Coggins Fain of the' home; three sons, Joe Lee "J.L.". Fain of Texas, Doug Wayne Fain Sr.
of Bassett and Tim Leon Fain of Collinsville; two daughters, Pat Fain Nolen of Collinsville and Linda Darlene Fain Gilley of Bassett; eight grandchildren; and 14 great-grand- $5 a plate. Country breakfast at Carver Road Ruritan Club: 7-10 a.m. at the Ruritan building on Carver Road. Cost: $5. Steak dinner at the Figsboro Ruritan Club: 4-8 p.m.
at $10 a person. You must have a ticket to be served. Contact any Ruritan Club or Ladies Auxiliary member, or call 666-1866, 618-1869 or 666-2336 for tickets. Proceeds will be used for community projects. All-you-can-eat pancake breakfast: 6-10 a.m.
at Bassett Ruritan Club, Philpott Dam Road, Bassett. The cost is $5. For takeout orders, call 340- 5923. Fish fry and dance fundraiser for Shorty and Melissa Severance at the Rangeley Ruritan Club. Fish plates served from 4 charged block of Airport Road in Bassett between Tuesday and.
Wednesday. No estimated value was given. Three soda machines were reported vandalized on Wednesday in the 1000 block of Memorial Avenue and the 1000 block of Commonwealth Avenue, causing an estimated $3,000 in damage. According to the Martinsville Police Department, a felony petty larceny (third or subsequent offense) charge was added Wednesday against Jeffrey Murray Manns, 46, of 804 Princeton Martinsville. Roots (Continued from Page 1-A) people," Martinsville County Chamber President Amanda Witt told the chamber's board Thursday.
Chamber officials have met with local business leaders and West Piedmont Workforce Investment Board officials to discuss ideas. They include a job fair, an internship program and listing job opportunities targeted to young adults on Web sites, according to Witt. No definite plans to implement those ideas are in place, Witt said, noting that the chambers are waiting to. hear whether the tobacco commission. gives its approval.
She is optimistic, she said, because the program has been successful in the southwest part of the state. Also Thursday, the chamber board approved eight new members and dropped 14 members. New members are Badco*ck Home Furnishings, Broad Street Christian Church, Meat Market, Martinsville Report, Pandora's Lunch Box, Skyline Tree Service, West End Beauty and Barber Center and Hop- children. Warren L. Johnston Sr.
The funeral for Warren Lee Johnston 73, of 68 Portland Lane, Bassett, who died Wednesday, May 7, 2008, at. Memorial Hospital in Martinsville, will be Saturday at1 p.m. at Norris Funeral Services with Minister Lawrence Harris officiating. Burial will be in Roselawn Burial Park. The family will receive friends at the funeral Johnston home from Johnston 6 to 8 p.m.
today and other: times at the home of Dorothy Fleming, 80 Crestwood Drive, Collinsville. Johnston was born in Fieldale on June 21, 1934, to Hazel Vaughn Johnston Joyce and John Jefferson Johnston. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Juanita Koger Johnston; and two sisters, Lois Bolejack and Ina Watson. He served as a medic in the Army during the Korean conflict and retired from the maintenance department at p.m. until sold out at $6 a plate, eat in or takeout.
Mini-auction, cakewalk and drawing at 6 p.m. Dance with music by The Plasters from 7-10 p.m. at $5 a person. A ticket for both dinner and dance, $8. Auction, starting at 5 p.m.
at the Horsepasture Ruritan Club. Kitchen help should arrive earlier. Horsepasture Volunteer Fire Department will host a tractor pull for the Southwestern Antique Tractor and Gas Engine Association. Registration will start at 9:30 a.m. and open to the public at 11 a.m.
Free admission. Bring a lawn chair. There will be games for kids, food, drink, door prizes and a drawing. Two interpretive programs at Fairy Stone State Park. Geo- with Earlier Wednesday he was charged with felony grand larceny, a city news release stated.
Manns was charged in connection with an incident at. Bank of America on Lester Street, the report said. It showed that the grand larceny charge pertained to $295 belonging to Brenda Brock and the petty larceny charge pertained to $5 belonging to Bank of America. Manns was jailed under $2,500 secured bond, said the report. The Martinsville Fire kins Delivery Service.
Dropped were Belk, H. co*ckram, Commonwealth Microtechnologies, Enterprise Consulting, GCS Electronics, J.C. Joyce, Management Recruiters, MARC Workshop, Quality Motors, Sasser Signs, Specialty Gifts, Thompson Arthur Division and VF Imagewear. Many of the drops were for economic reasons, said Sharon Shepherd, the chamber's deputy director. The board also learned that: The chamber with the board's approval is in process of reducing the board from 24 to 18 members.
Chamber officials feel it will be easier for business to be conducted with fewer board members, according to Witt. As board members' terms end, they will not be replaced until the number of seats is down to 18, she said. The National Corridor Association will meet May 23 in Greensboro, N.C. Witt said she plans to attend that meeting, but the focus will be on the planned Interstate '73's route through North Carolina and South Quickcrete. He attended Valley Drive Baptist Church.
Surviving are a daughter, Vanessa Miller of Fieldale; I Fain two sons, Jeffery L. Johnston and Warren Lee Johnston both of Atlanta, a brother, John "Douglas" Johnston of Fieldale; and three grandchildren. Joyce P. Smith A graveside service for Joyce Patrick Smith, 72, of Ferrum, who died Wednesday, May 7, 2008, was held Thursday at Woolwine Cemetery. with Dr.
Clint Hopkins officiating. Pallbearers were John Mark Smith, James Arnold Smith, Charles Cummings, Paul Hanchey, Ardith Jimmy McHone and Ray Clinebelle. Moody Funeral Home handled arrangements. Warren E. Lowery Warren E.
"Wormy" Lowery, 62, of Bassett died Thursday, May 8, 2008, at Memorial Hospital in Martinsville: Bassett Funeral Service is handling the arrangements. Margaret H. Sheppard A graveside service for Mar-' garet Hale Sheppard, 77, for- caching will begin at 10 a.m. and end at 11 a.m. Geocaching uses handheld GPS receivers as electronic treasure maps.
This program will teach visitors how to input coordinates into a GPS receiver and hunt for hidden treasure boxes. No GPS unit required. Emblazon Your Stick from 1:30 until 2:45 p.m. Meet at the Visitor's Center to decorate a hiking stick to keep. Then venture out on one of the nearby trails to use it.
There is a $2 fee. Friends of Philpott will hold a Kids Fun Day with games and prizes at Jamison Mill Park in Henry: 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. Call Brenda Sigmon at (540) 365-3046 for more information. New vision group, Narcotics Anonymous: 9 a.m., Christ Church, 1425 Spruce St.
tinsville, who died Wednesday, May 7, 2008, at Fairmont Crossing Nursing Center in Amherst, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Roselawn Burial Park. The Rev. Dr. Michael Fitzgerald will officiate.
Memorials may be made to Clifford Baptist Church Building Fund, 635 Fletchers Level Road, Amherst, Va. 24521. She was born May 24, 1930, in Fieldale, to Walter Rudy Hale and Charlotte Rakes Hale. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Bobby Gene Sheppard; and her son, Stephen Douglas Trantham. She graduated from Fieldale High School in 1950 and Allen's School of Cosmetology.
After working at several textile mills, she retired from Southern Area Agency on Aging. She was a member of Clifford Baptist Church in Amherst. Surviving are two brothers, Hale Sr. of Roanoke and James W. Hale of Daleville; two sisters, Jacqueline H.
Prillaman of Amherst and Clara H. Numeyer of Encinitas, and two grandchildren. Roselawn Chapel Funeral Home is handling arrange- Martinsville; 8 p.m., new vision group, First Presbyterian Church, Patrick Henry Avenue, Martinsville. Anonymous: Noon closed discussion, Martinsville group meeting, Christ Episcopal Church; 8 p.m., closed discussion, Broad Street Christian Church. Patrick Henry Community College graduation: 10 a.m.
at Stone Hall, PHCC: Sunday, May 11 Narcotics Anonymous: 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m., new vision group meetings, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 1527 Church St. Martinsville. Alcoholics Anonymous: 5 p.m. open meeting at Christ Church, Church Street, Martinsville.
drug offenses Department responded to a public assistance call at 12:13 Thursday in the 1200 block of Top Street. Firefighters helped someone get rid of excessive smoke in a house from a pot that had been on the stove too long. The fire department also responded to the following medical calls: 8 p.m. Wednesday in the 1600 block of Church Street Extension. 8:13 a.m.
Thursday in the 300 block of East Church Street. 10:38 a.m. Thursday in the' try Music Hall of Fame in 1966. The following year he was the first person to receive the entertainer of the year award from the Country Music Association. The reference book "Top Country Singles 1944-1993," by Joel Whitburn, ranked Arnold the No.
1 country singer in terms of overall success on the Billboard country charts. Nicknamed "The Tennessee Plowboy," Arnold first gained notice with appearances on the Grand Ole Opry in the early 1940s. He debuted on the charts in 1945 with "Each Minute Seems a Million Years" and began his string of 28 No. 1 country. hits with "What Is Life Without Love" in early 1947.
His success helped make Nashville an important recording industry. hub, according to Sony BMG Nashville, parent of his longtime label, RCA. Other hits included "Cattle Call," "The Last Word in Lonesome Is Me," "Anytime," "Bouquet of Roses," "I Want to Go With You," "Somebody Like Me," "Lonely Again," 'Turn the World Around" and "What's He Doing in My World?" Carolina. Plans call for I-73 to run through Henry County east of Martinsville. Witt said that only positive comments about I-73 were heard during a public hearing on the Virginia Department of Transportation's SixYear Improvement Plan held recently in Lynchburg.
The annual Business Appreciation Luncheon will be at noon Wednesday at Bassett Country Club. Jeffrey Anderson, executive director of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, will be the guest speaker. Various awards will be presented to local businesses. The chamber's Annual Meeting and Leadership Recognition Dinner will be at 6 p.m. May 21 at Chatmoss Country Club.
Former governor Mark Warner will be the guest speaker. Chamber officials on Thursday also welcomed. Autumn Clark, an intern at the organization this summer. Clark, a student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is in the New College Institute's summer internship program. 1000 block of.
Morningside Lane. PATRICIA ANN SASSER HITE Patricia Ann Sasser Hite, 69, wife of William B. Hite, of Mt. Pleasant, SC passed away on Friday, May 2, 2008. Mrs.
Hite was born December 28, 1938, in Goldsboro, NC, daughter. of Carl Sasser and Rochelle Crumpler Sasser Thornton. She was a member of the Unity Baptist Church and had attended the nursing school at Watts School of Nursing in NC. Mrs. Hite was a Real Estate Broker with Keller-Williams Realty.
The family greeted friends Tuesday, May 6, 2008 from 1:00 2:00 p.m. at Seymour Funeral Home followed by the funeral service in the chapel of Seymour Funeral Home at 2:00 p.m. Rev. Marshall Young officiated. Burial was in Willow Dale Cemetery, Goldsboro, NC.
She is survived by her husband; daughter, Carla Clifton and her husband, Barry of Spencer, VA; son, Jimmy Hall of Greensboro, NC; step-children, Beverly Hite, Deborah Gaylor, Pam Hite, Bryan Hite; brother, Michael Sasser; grandchildren, Taylor Clifton, Carson Clifton, Jessica Hall, Brandon Hall, Carla Hall; two great-grandchildren; step-grandchildren, Matthew Gaylor, Brittany Gaylor, Nichole Wolbert and Taylor Wolbert. She is also survived by her beloved 94 year old mother-in-law, Beatrice Hite of Augusta, GA. Pat fought long and hard for two years to overcome the leukemia that ravaged her body. It could never touch her soul or her enduring spirit. She lived the saying, "Don't cry because am gone, just smile because I was here!" In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Hollings Cancer Center (Bone Marrow Transplant Unit), 86 Jonathan Lucas Street, Charleston, SC 29425.
Arrangements were with Seymour Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Goldsboro, North Carolina. Paid Obituary 0805-490 a.
