2022-10-27

Don’t Be Fooled — This Isn’t ‘Normal’ Midterm Election
Those saying and writing that the ongoing November 8th midterm election is getting “more normal” all the while may be right, but I don’t think so. Maybe I am expressing my hopes rather than reality. But I believe many Americans understand that the Republicans have no plan to deal with inflation that their last White House administration helped bring about […]

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Echoes of the Past
Crewe Community Holds Harvest Festival In 19521942 — 80 Years Ago This Week D.R. Shelton and Mrs. Julia B. Madison of Blackstone leased Hotel Crewe from Mrs. W.C. Shorter for a term of five years with privilege of purchasing it within 12 months, according to announcement of D.E. Nelson, real estate broker of Roanoke, who handled the deal. Mr. Shelton and Mrs. Madison are both experienced […]
Council Pays Homage To Shelton
CREWE — The late Toney Shelton and his family were acknowledged during last week’s Crewe Town Council meeting. During the council’s monthly meeting at the Jim and Anne Stinson Community Center, Mayor Phil Miskovic asked those in attendance to remember Mr. Shelton and his family. The mayor’s homage came at the meeting’s opening moment of silence. Mr. Shelton served the […]
Services Held For Barbara A. Miller, 86, Of Burkeville
Mrs. Barbara A. Miller, 86, of Burkeville, died October 11, 2022. She is survived by her husband of 68 years, James Miller; four daughters, Linda, Pamela, Almeta and Deborah; two sons, Tyrone and Harvey (Sandra); godchildren David and Mable Dodson; other relatives and friends. Funeral service were held Friday, October 21, 2022, at Macedonia Baptist Church, Burkeville. Interment followed in […]
Virginia (Jenny) Moore Beard Dies
Virginia (Jenny) Moore Beard, 91, of Durham, NC, passed on October 17, 2022, at Hock Family Pavilion following an extended illness. Virginia was born on August 20, 1931, in Nottoway County (Crewe), VA. she is preceded in death by her parents, Noel D. Moore and Doris Culliton Moore, her husband, William A. Beard, and a son, William A. Beard, Jr. […]