Daily Press, Friday, May 4, 1990 Obituaries Josie M. Belvin GLOUCESTER Josie Mary Belvin, 89, of Glass, died Thursday, May 3, at York Convalescent Center in Yorktown. Mrs. Belvin was a native of Gloucester County and a member of Groves Memorial Presbyterian Church at Glass. Survivors include two daughters, Virginia Owens of Hayes, and Marie Leigh of Gloucester; a son, Thomas A.
Belvin of Ordinary; 12 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday in the church by the Rev. Jean Ganzel. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Hogg Funeral Home, Gloucester Point. The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to Groves Memorial Presbyterian Church, Box 1263, Hayes 23072. Albert A. Christman CASWELL BEACH, N.C.
Albert Alexander Christman, 81, a longtime Peninsula resident, died Tuesday, May 1, in Dosher Memorial Hospital, Southport, N.C. Survivors include his wife, Mildred Boucher Christman; one daughter; one stepson; one brother; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in Southport Presbyterian Church. Burial will be in Southport Presbyterian Memorial Gardens.
The family requests expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to Southport Presbyterian Church, Southport, N.C. 28461. Peaco*ck-Newnam Funeral Home, Southport, is in charge. Vera M. Hines HAMPTON Vera Margurite Hines, 76, died Wednesday, Church and retired from the Noland Newport News.
Survivors include one sister, Claire Blust; and one brother, Raymond Blust, both of Wheeling, W.Va. A graveside service will be conducted at 3 p.m. today in Parklawn Memorial Park by the Rev. Vincent J. Douglass.
R. Hayden Smith Funeral Home is in charge. Nannie G. Hogge 3, in Riverside Middle Peninsula Hospital, Gloucester. Mrs.
Hogge was a native of Gloucester County and a Baptist. Survivors include one sister, Mary Greene of Wicomico; one grandson, James E. Jenkins; and one great-granddaughter, Lana Jenkins, both of A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in Hogg Funeral Home, Gloucester Point, by the Rev. James F.
Smith. Burial will be in Rosewell Memorial Garden, Ordinary. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 tonight in the funeral home. HAYES Nannie Greene Hogge, 87, died Thursday, May Oscar Howard Jr. WILLIAMSBURG Oscar Howard Tuesday, lores M.
Howard, both of Wil- munity Hospital. A lifelong Williamsburg area resident, Mr. Howard was employed in the family business, Howard's Auto Parts, for many years. Survivors include two daughters, Susan Howard of Hampton, and Michelle Jones of Williamsburg; four sons, Darnell Howard of Newport News, Darryl Howard of Havelock, N.C., Kelvin Howard of Fairfax, and Alvin Howard of Killeen, Texas; his maternal grandmother, Lillie Safewright of Barhamsville; two sisters, Doris H. Taylor and De- DEATHS BELVIN, Josie M.
CHRISTMAN, Albert A. HINES, Vera M. HOGGE, Nannie G. HOWARD, Oscar Jr. KRIMM, Lucy F.
OSS, Chester A. PINCKNEY, Matthew L. Sr. RODES, DaCosta G. SIGLER, Pauline Y.
SPRATLEY, John C. THOMAS, Herbert T. by the Rev. Earlie Towe. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
The body will be placed in the church at noon today. Family and friends will assemble at 210 Alesa Road by 12:30 p.m. Lucy F. Krimm CLIFTON FORGE Lucy Frances Krimm, 93, mother of Leo Krimm of Newport News, died Thursday, May 3, in her home. Other survivors include six daughters; two sons; one sister; 14 grandchildren; and 18 greatgrandchildren.
A funeral will be held in St. Joseph Catholic Church. Burial will be in Forest Hills Cemetery. Nicely Funeral Home is in charge. Chester A.
Oss NEWPORT NEWS Chester A. Oss, 82, died Wednesday, May 2, in her home. liamsburg; and eight grandchil- of Williamsburg; two sons, Family and friends will assemMrs. Hines was a native of dren. George K.
Oss of Annandale, ble at 30 Langston Blvd. by 1:15 Wheeling, W.Va., and a Hamp- A funeral will be conducted and William A. Oss of Newport p.m. ton resident 30 years. She was a at 2 p.m.
today in Mount Nebo News; one sister, Lena O. Davis; 0.H. Smith Son Funeral member of St. Joseph Catholic Baptist Church, Barhamsville, and one brother, Boyd Oss, both Home, Newport News, is in FUNERALS Today Memorial Park. Funeral Chapel, Newport News; burial Hampton Memorial Gardens, Hampton.
HAMPTON, Alvin 12:30 p.m. in SIGLER, Pauline 1:30 p.m. in R. in Hampton Memorial Gardens, THOMAS, Herbert 2 p.m. in Diamond Grove Baptist Church, Hayden Smith Funeral Home, Hampton.
Claytor Rollins Funeral Home, Suffolk; burial in. Hampton Memorial Hampton; burial in Parklawn Memorial HOGGE, Nannie 2 p.m. in Hogg Poquoson; burial in Emmaus Baptist Gardens, Hampton. Park. Funeral Home, Gloucester Point; burial Church cemetery.
HINES. Vera 3 p.m. in Parklawn STANLEY, Margaret 3:30 p.m. in in Rosewell Memorial Garden, WHEELER, Keith 2 p.m. in Main Memorial Park, Hampton.
Oakland Cemetery, Hampton. Ordinary. Street Baptist Church, Smithfield; HOWARD, Oscar 2 p.m. in Mount WILSON, Therian p.m. in JAMES, James 1 p.m.
in Mount burial in Peninsula Memorial Park, Nebo Baptist Church, Barhamsville; Salem United Methodist Church, Pilgrim Baptist Church, Williamsburg; Newport News. burial in the church cemetery. Gloucester; burial in the church burial in Williamsburg Memorial Park. JORDAN, Ray 2:30 p.m. in cemetery.
KRIMM, Lucy in, Clifton Forge. Sunday Peninsula Funeral Home, Newport LITTLE, Lottie p.m. in First BELVIN, Josie 2 p.m. in Groves News; burial in Parklawn Memorial Saturday Gravel Hill Baptist Church, Smithfield; Memorial Presbyterian Church, Glass; Park, Hampton. BAGBY, Olivia 1 p.m.
in Mount burial in the church cemetery. burial in church cemetery. MENDEL, Ethel 10 a.m. in St. Zion Baptist Church, Church View; LOCKLEY, Leon: 3 p.m.
in Bethel PINCKNEY, Matthew L. 2 p.m. i in Joseph Catholic Church, Hampton; burial in the church cemetery. Baptist Church, Gloucester; burial in United House of Prayer For All People, burial in Parklawn Memorial Park. CAIN, Sylvia 1 p.m.
in Holly Hill Morris family cemetery. Hampton; burial in Hampton Memorial NORFLEET, Robert 11 a.m. in FWB Church, Belvoir, N.C.; burial in OSS, Chester 2 p.m. in Peninsula Gardens. Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk.
Homestead Memorial Gardens. Memorial Park, Newport News. SPRATLEY, John 2 p.m. in SHELTON, Orle: 11 a.m. in R.
CHRISTMAS, Albert in Southport, RODES, DaCosta in Beckley, Pretlow and Chapman Funeral Home, Hayden Smith Funeral Home, N.C. W.Va. Smithfield; burial in Ebenezer Hampton; entombment in Parklawn CLARK, Frank: 1 p.m. in Cooke Bros. ROOKS, Walter 11 a.m.
in Cemetery, Windsor. David Rappaport, Law' star, 38 LOS ANGELES (AP) The dog was found inside the NBC's "L.A. Law," playing a Actor David Rappaport, a dwarf car near Rappaport's body, she scheming, win-at-any cost lawwho appeared as an attorney de- said. yer, Hamilton Skylar, who befending little people on TV's "Everybody kept saying he came the nemesis of attorney "L.A. Law," shot was coming along and he was Victor Sifuentes, played by himself to death two months fine.
This is a shock," said actor Jimmy Smits. after a previous attempt. He was Billy Barty, who founded the In one episode, Skylar de38. Little People of America sup- fended dwarf-tossing, arguing The 3-foot, 11-inch actor's port group for dwarfs and midg- that little people had the right body was found Wednesday ets. to be tossed in a bar for money night in shrubbery at a San Fer- "There is depression in the if they wanted to.
nando Valley park, said Detec- world period. It doesn't matter "This show has become a pertive James Edwards. whether you are big or small," fect showcase for an actor," investigation hasn't Barty said. "I don't know why he paport said. "It is such a quality been completed but it appears to David Rappaport took this step." show from the writing to the be a self-inflicted gunshot 'The Wizard' star "He was an incredibly charm- acting to the wardrobe it is wound," coroner's office spokes- with carbon monoxide poison- ing guy, very bright and very ar- the Rolls-Royce of man Bob Dambacher said Thurs- ing.
ticulate," said attorney Paul About his size, Rappaport day. Frankie Leigh, Rappaport's Miller, a dwarf friend of Rappa- said: "A very good journalist in Rappaport suffered a gunshot cousin and business manager, port. "He had his feet on the England years ago said to me, wound in the chest. A filed a missing person report floor, so to speak, and wasn't one 'There's hundreds of actors out pistol was found. No suicide with police Tuesday, saying the of those crazy Hollywood types." of work, but there's only two note was located, but his man- actor was depressed when he Rappaport portrayed Simon good actors in the world who are ager said the actor had been tor- left his Hollywood home.
McKay, a Good Samaritan inven- 4-foot tall. Try and corner the mented by depression for "This is a shock to everyone," tor on "The Wizard" from 1986 And basically that's months. Leigh said. "He went out to walk to 1987 on CBS-TV. He also what I've tried to do, and it A suicide attempt by the the dog, a Labrador named starred with John Cleese and seems to be actor March 4 was thwarted by Rickie after singer Rickie Lee Sean Connery in the 1981 film Leigh said Rappaport had no police who found him uncon- Jones, and he took the car.
"Time Bandits." surviving family. scious in a car with the motor When he didn't come back we Rappaport most recently had A funeral and burial was running. He was hospitalized knew something was wrong." appeared in several episodes of planned next week in London. Tuskegee University music director Dawson Knight-Ridder Newspapers Dawson directed his 100- son (Ind.) University School of founder Booker T. Washington William Levi Dawson, com- voice, Tuskegee Institute choirs Theology.
"He was the kind of and George poser and former Tuskegee Uni- before two American presidents man around whom legends de- Washington Carver, will be versity music director who led and at the opening of the Inter- veloped. He had a contagion buried in the campus cemetery. the choir to international fame, Hall in New through his presence that is best Born Sept. 26, 1899, in Annisnational Music died of pneumonia Wednesday York. explained as a divine gift." ton, the oldest of seven at Humana Hospital in Mont- His "Negro Folk Symphony" Although Massey left Tuske- children.
gomery, Ala. He was 90. premiered in 1934, performed gee in December, he said he Dawson arranged, while at Dawson, who continued resid- by the Symphony kept in touch with Dawson twice Tuskegee, dozens of Negro reliPhiladelphia ing in Tuskegee, after his Orchestra with Leopold Stokow- a month by phone or a visit to gious folk songs, including university retirement in 1955, ski conducting. Tuskegee. "Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit," was best known for his choral "He was one of the great Massey will give the eulogy at "Soon Ah-Will Be Done" and arrangements of black religious ones," said Dr.
James Earl Mas- the funeral on Saturday morn- "Ezekiel Saw de Wheel." folk songs, most often called sey, former dean of chapel at ing at Tuskegee University Dawson's survivors include Negro spirituals. Tuskegee, now dean of Ander- Chapel. Dawson, like Tuskegee his wife, Cecile. 1 of Keyser, W.Va.; nine grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. A graveside service will be conducted at 2 p.m.
Saturday in Peninsula Memorial Park by the Rev. James A. Messner. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 tonight in Peninsula Funeral Home. The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to Christ United Methodist Church, 133 Deep Creek Road, Newport News 23606.
Matthew L. Pinckney Sr. HAMPTON Matthew L. Pinckney 75, died Monday, April 30, in his home. A native of Charlotte, N.C., Mr.
Pinckney was a longtime Peninsula resident and a retired longshoreman. Mr. Pinckney was a member of the United House of Prayer for All People, where he served in Grace Soldiers, the Happy Land Band and on the banking committee. Survivors include his wife, Vernell Pinckney; five daughters, Beatrice Smith and Maximina Silvasantiago, both of Hampton, Emily Heath of New York, Deloris Miles of Kalamazoo, and Denise Pinckney of Charlotte; four sons, Thomas Pinckney and Leroy Boyd, both of Hampton, Frederick Pinckney of New York, and Matthew Pinckney Jr. of Newport News; four sisters, Sarah Coldwell and Eloise Boyd, both of Charlotte, Beulah Henderson of New York, and Elizabeth David of Detroit; two brothers, Isiah Pinckney of New York, and Curtis Pinckney of Temple Hills, 14 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday in the church by the Rev. Stanley Guy. Burial will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Hampton Memorial Gardens.
The body will be placed in the church at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. charge. DaCosta G. Rodes NEWPORT DaCosta Gooch Rodes, 89, died Tuesday, May 1, in his home.
A native of Beckley, W.Va., Mr. Rodes was a longtime Peninsula resident. He retired from the Railroad. Survivors include two daughters, Ellen Pruett of Newport News, and Sue Ankenbrandt of Jacksonville, one son, David T. Rodes of Hampton; one Axson Ceterley of Charleston, W.Va.; nine grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
A funeral will be held in Rose and Queesenberry Funeral Home, Beckley. Burial will be in Blue Ridge Memorial Park, Prosperity, W.Va. Peninsula Funeral Home is in charge locally. Pauline Y. Sigler HAMPTON Pauline Yates Sigler, 78, died Wednesday, May 2, in Riverside Regional Medical Center, Newport News.
A native of York County, Mrs. Sigler was a lifelong Peninsula resident and a member of First United Methodist Church Fox Hill. She served as past president of the Hampton Federation of PTAs and the Buckroe Woman's Club. She also was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of Newport News Post 176, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Mrs.
Sigler was an active volunteer for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Survivors include three daughters, Louellen H. Weaver of Hampton, Susan S. Walker of Chester, and Dorothy H. Shelton of North Las Vegas, three sons, Emin B.
Holley Jr. of Hampton, David W. Holley of Great Falls, and William R. Sigler Jr. of San Antonio, Texas; four sisters, Lorene Y.
Thom of Newport News, Irene Y. Glasco of Richmond, and Louise Y. Lawrence and Joyce Blasingame, both of Hampton; four brothers, Monroe W. Yates and Irvin Fenton, both of Newport News, George E. Fenton of Saudi Arabia, and H.
Alvin Yates of Toano; 19 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren dren. A funeral will be conducted In Loving memory of TRACEY L. HAYNES who passed away May 3, 1989 It broke my heart to lose you But you did not go alone For part of me went with you The day God called you home A million times I've missed you A million times I've cried If my love could have saved you You would have never died. To some you are forgotten To others a part of the past But to me who loved and lost you Your memory will always last. Sadly missed by Mother, family and friends at 1:30 p.m.
Friday in R. Hayden Smith Funeral Home by the Rev. G. Wayne Parsley. Burial will be in Parklawn Memorial Park.
The family, will receive friends from 8:30 tonight in the funeral home. The family requests expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 1423 Great Neck Road, Virginia Beach 23454. John C. Spratley SMITHFIELD John Cephas Spratley, 69, died Thursday, May 3, in Riverside gional Medical Center in Newport News. A native of Isle of Wight County, Mr.
Spratley retired from the V.W. Joyner Meat Co. in Smithfield after 34 years of service. Survivors include his wife, Vizel Diggs Spratley of Smithfield; two daughters, Gracie S. Whitley of Smithfield, and Maxine S.
Langhorne of Hampton; one son, Linwood Cypress of Newport News; 20 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. A funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in Pretlow and Chapman Funeral Home. Burial will be in Ebenezer Cemetery in Windsor. Herbert T.
Thomas POQUOSON Herbert Travis Thomas, 89, died Thursday, May 3, in Mary Immaculate Hospital, Newport News. Mr. Thomas was born in Poquoson and was a lifelong Peninsula resident. He was a self-employed waterman and a member of Emmaus Baptist Church. Survivors include two sons, William A.
Thomas of York County, and Wayne Thomas of Newport News; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in Claytor Rollins Funeral Home by the Rev. Jack A. Lawson.
Burial will be in Emmaus Baptist Church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 tonight in the funeral home. May 2, in his home. A native of Maryland, Mr. Oss was a Peninsula resident 45 years and a member of Christ United Methodist Church.
Mr. Oss was a Navy veteran of World War II and retired from the civil service in NASA's electrical department in 1977 after 35 years of service. Survivors include his wife, Mable Huffman Oss; two daughters, Barbara Murphy of Hagerstown, and Cynthia Kinley In Loving, Memory of ROBERT L. HAMLIN, SR. who passed away April 27, 1989.
Gone but not forgotten. He lives because he was dearly loved and love never dies. Sadly missed, Wife Edna Hamlin Son Robert Hamlin, Jr. M.D. Daughter Eva Brunson Grandchildren Family OPHE Christopher Newport College 50 SHOE LANE, NEWPORT NEWS, VA.
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