Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Huntersville & Denver in North Carolina

Clifton Lee "Rusty" Russell, Jr.

Clifton Lee "Rusty" Russell, Jr.

May 16, 2014

Mr. Clifton Lee "Rusty" Russell, Jr. of Nathalie, Virginia passed away May 16, 2014 in South Boston, Virginia. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska on July 30, 1958 and was 56 years old. He was the son the late Clifton Lee Russell, Sr. and the late Juanita Townley Russell and was married to Brenda Kaye Wilson Russell who survives. Private...

Hugh David Whitlow

Hugh David Whitlow

May 13, 2014

Mr. Hugh David Whitlow of Richmond, Virginia formerly of Vernon Hill, Virginia died Tuesday, May 13, 2014 at the Westport Rehabilitation Center. He was born July 31, 1943 in Halifax County, Virginia and was 70 years old. He was the son of the late Thomas Radford Whitlow and the late Bessie Stevens Satterfield Whitlow. He was a member of the...

Frieda Worsham Kipps

Frieda Worsham Kipps

May 13, 2014

Mrs. Frieda Worsham Kipps of South Boston, Virginia died Tuesday, May 13, 2014. She was born in Halifax County, VA on April 29, 1933 and was 81 years old. She was the daughter of the late Bernard Thornton Worsham and Della Florence Graves Worsham. She was an active member of Trinity Episcopal Church. Survivors include: Three daughters Anita K. Canady...

Jesse Thomas "Junior" Hall, Jr.

Jesse Thomas "Junior" Hall, Jr.

May 11, 2014

Mr. Jesse Thomas " Junior" Hall, Jr. of Nathalie, Virginia died Sunday, May 11, 2014 at the Halifax Regional Hospital. He was born August 31, 1938 in Halifax County, Virginia and was 75 years old. He was the son of the late Jesse Thomas Hall, Sr., and the late Ellen Elizabeth "Bessie" Holland Hall. He was a member of the...

Evan Hardy Newbill

Evan Hardy Newbill

May 11, 2014

Mr. Evan Hardy Newbill of Dryburg, VA passed away on Sunday, May 11, 2014 at The Woodview. He was born in Halifax County on December 22, 1935 and was 78 years old. He was the son of the late Carl Elvin Newbill Sr. and Thelma Wilmouth Newbill and was married to Cecile Seamster Newbill. He was a member of Fork...

Robert Edward "Frog" Farmer

Robert Edward "Frog" Farmer

May 10, 2014

Mr. Robert Edward " Frog" Farmer of South Boston, VA went to be with his Lord and Savior Saturday, May 10, 2014 at Riverside Health & Rehab Center, Danville, VA. He was born June 6, 1941 in Halifax County and was 72 years old. He was the son of the late Ed Farmer and Mabel Farmer Bowen and married to...

Garland Lee Garber

Garland Lee Garber

May 8, 2014

Mr. Garland Lee Garber of Halifax Virginia died Thursday, May 08, 2014 at Halifax Regional Hospital. He was born September 9, 1930 in Halifax County, Virginia. He was the son of the late Jimmy Milton Garber and Maude Wilkerson Garber and was preceded in death by his wife Doris Vaughan Garber. Mr. Garber was a member of McKendree United Methodist...

Allen Rudolph Adkins

Allen Rudolph Adkins

May 6, 2014

Mr. Allen Rudolph Adkins of Nathalie, Virginia died Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at Lynchburg General Hospital. He was born in Halifax County, Virginia June 21, 1931 and was 82 years of age. He was the son of the late Edgar Irvin Adkins and Willie Margaret Davis Adkins and is survived by his wife Eunice Tuggle Adkins. Mr. Adkins was a...

Gary Vernon Crutchfield

Gary Vernon Crutchfield

May 6, 2014

Mr. Gary Vernon Crutchfield of South Boston, Virginia died Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at the Halifax Regional Hospital. He was born September 17, 1945 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia and was 68 years old. He was preceded in death by his parents Leslie L. Crutchfield and Ruth Lee Crutchfield. He was an award winning quilter and was active with the South...

James Meredith Callahan

James Meredith Callahan

May 6, 2014

Mr. James Meredith Callahan of South Boston, Virginia died Tuesday, May 06, 2014 at the Halifax Regional Hospital. He was born in Mecklenburg County, Virginia on March 1, 1925 and was 89 years old. He was the son of the late William Callahan and Nora Piercy Callahan and was married to the late Melcoie Hite Callahan. Mr. Callahan was World...

Florence Raye Loftis Simmons

Florence Raye Loftis Simmons

May 5, 2014

Mrs. Florence Raye Loftis Simmons of South Boston, Virginia died Monday, May 05, 2014 at The Woodview. She was born in Halifax County, Virginia August 17, 1923 and was 90 years of age. Mrs. Simmons was the daughter of the late Ernest G. Loftis and Grace Long Loftis and was first married to the late Rudd Holt, II and then...

Walter Richardson Carver, III

Walter Richardson Carver, III

May 4, 2014

Mr. Walter Richardson Carver, III of Charlotte, North Carolina formerly of Halifax, died Sunday, May 4, 2014 at Carolina Medical Center. He was born in Rockingham County, North Carolina September 27, 1967 and was 46 years of age. He was the son of the late Walter Richardson Carver, Jr. and is survived by his mother Clara Powell Carver. Mr. Walter...

Roy Woodrow Glass

Roy Woodrow Glass

May 3, 2014

Mr. Roy Woodrow Glass of Halifax, VA died Friday, May 3, 2014 at Duke University Hospital. He was born in Halifax County of February 22, 1928 and was 86 years old. He was the son of the late Richard Norman Glass and Recie King Glass and was married first to the late Ruth Martin Glass and then to Myrtle Morris...

Shirley Ann Reaves Pool

Shirley Ann Reaves Pool

May 2, 2014

Mrs. Shirley Ann Reaves Pool of South Boston, VA died Friday, May 2, 2014 at her home. She was born August 27, 1926 in South Boston. She was a lifelong member of First Baptist Church of South Boston where she was a former Deacon and Sunday School Teacher. She was a graduate of Farmville State Teachers College (now Longwood University)...

George Whitt Chaney

George Whitt Chaney

Apr 28, 2014

Mr. George Whitt Chaney of Halifax, Virginia died Monday, April 28, 2014 at his home. He was born in Halifax County, Virginia October 24, 1950 and was 63 years of age. He was the son of the late John Hagood Chaney and Rosa Whitlow Chaney. Mr. Chaney attended Glenwood United Methodist Church Mr. George Whitt Chaney is survived by: One...

Margaret Carol Gryder Rabba

Margaret Carol Gryder Rabba

Apr 28, 2014

Mrs. Margaret Carol Gryder Rabba of Clover, Virginia died Monday, April 28, 2014 at Halifax Regional Hospital. She was born in Henderson, North Carolina December 29, 1932 and was 81 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Herman Gryder and Veatrice Jennings Gryder. Mrs. Rabba was a devoted Christian and retired from the Chesapeake Parole Board. Mrs....

Bernice Overstreet Carden

Bernice Overstreet Carden

Apr 26, 2014

Mrs. Bernice Overstreet Carden of South Boston, Virginia died April 26, 2014 at the Envoy Nursing Home in Staunton, Virginia. She was born in Halifax County, Virginia on November 7, 1919 and was 94 years old. She was the daughter of the late George Oscar Overstreet, Sr. and the late Nellie Seay Overstreet and married to the late C. F....

Daniel Wayne Short

Daniel Wayne Short

Apr 24, 2014

Mr. Daniel Wayne Short of Halifax, Virginia died Thursday, April 24, 2014 at his home. He was born in Halifax County, Virginia on November 20, 1986 and was 27 years old. He was the son of Wayne A. Short and Peggy Clay Short and was married to Krystal Wilborn Short. Mr. Daniel Wayne Short is survived by: His Wife Krystal...

Ola Whitt Puryear

Ola Whitt Puryear

Apr 16, 2014

Ola Whitt Puryear, 86, of Raleigh, NC; daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Lee Whitt of VA, died on April 16, 2014. Ola Puryear, mother of Donnie and wife, Betty Carlton, Andy Puryear and wife, Kelly Puryear. Grandmother of Traci and husband, William Ciafardini, Ashley Puryear, and Donnie Puryear II. She is also survived by two great grandchildren, Ty...

Frances Easley Wooding

Frances Easley Wooding

Apr 10, 2014

Mrs. Frances Easley Wooding,77, of Burlington, NC died April 10, 2014 at the Hospice Home. A native of South Boston, VA she was the wife of the late Hubbard Marshall Wooding, Jr. and the daughter of the late Thornton Jordan Easley and the late Frances Mae Chaffin Easley. She was a former bookkeeper and of the Baptist faith. Survivors include...

Local Obituaries for the South Boston Community

Clifton Lee "Rusty" Russell, Jr.

Clifton Lee "Rusty" Russell, Jr.

May 16, 2014

Mr. Clifton Lee "Rusty" Russell, Jr. of Nathalie, Virginia passed away May 16, 2014 in South Boston, Virginia. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska on July 30, 1958 and was 56 years old. He was the son the late Clifton Lee Russell, Sr. and the late Juanita Townley Russell and was married to Brenda Kaye Wilson Russell who survives. Private...

Hugh David Whitlow

Hugh David Whitlow

May 13, 2014

Mr. Hugh David Whitlow of Richmond, Virginia formerly of Vernon Hill, Virginia died Tuesday, May 13, 2014 at the Westport Rehabilitation Center. He was born July 31, 1943 in Halifax County, Virginia and was 70 years old. He was the son of the late Thomas Radford Whitlow and the late Bessie Stevens Satterfield Whitlow. He was a member of the...

Frieda Worsham Kipps

Frieda Worsham Kipps

May 13, 2014

Mrs. Frieda Worsham Kipps of South Boston, Virginia died Tuesday, May 13, 2014. She was born in Halifax County, VA on April 29, 1933 and was 81 years old. She was the daughter of the late Bernard Thornton Worsham and Della Florence Graves Worsham. She was an active member of Trinity Episcopal Church. Survivors include: Three daughters Anita K. Canady...

Jesse Thomas "Junior" Hall, Jr.

Jesse Thomas "Junior" Hall, Jr.

May 11, 2014

Mr. Jesse Thomas " Junior" Hall, Jr. of Nathalie, Virginia died Sunday, May 11, 2014 at the Halifax Regional Hospital. He was born August 31, 1938 in Halifax County, Virginia and was 75 years old. He was the son of the late Jesse Thomas Hall, Sr., and the late Ellen Elizabeth "Bessie" Holland Hall. He was a member of the...

Evan Hardy Newbill

Evan Hardy Newbill

May 11, 2014

Mr. Evan Hardy Newbill of Dryburg, VA passed away on Sunday, May 11, 2014 at The Woodview. He was born in Halifax County on December 22, 1935 and was 78 years old. He was the son of the late Carl Elvin Newbill Sr. and Thelma Wilmouth Newbill and was married to Cecile Seamster Newbill. He was a member of Fork...

Robert Edward "Frog" Farmer

Robert Edward "Frog" Farmer

May 10, 2014

Mr. Robert Edward " Frog" Farmer of South Boston, VA went to be with his Lord and Savior Saturday, May 10, 2014 at Riverside Health & Rehab Center, Danville, VA. He was born June 6, 1941 in Halifax County and was 72 years old. He was the son of the late Ed Farmer and Mabel Farmer Bowen and married to...

Garland Lee Garber

Garland Lee Garber

May 8, 2014

Mr. Garland Lee Garber of Halifax Virginia died Thursday, May 08, 2014 at Halifax Regional Hospital. He was born September 9, 1930 in Halifax County, Virginia. He was the son of the late Jimmy Milton Garber and Maude Wilkerson Garber and was preceded in death by his wife Doris Vaughan Garber. Mr. Garber was a member of McKendree United Methodist...

Allen Rudolph Adkins

Allen Rudolph Adkins

May 6, 2014

Mr. Allen Rudolph Adkins of Nathalie, Virginia died Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at Lynchburg General Hospital. He was born in Halifax County, Virginia June 21, 1931 and was 82 years of age. He was the son of the late Edgar Irvin Adkins and Willie Margaret Davis Adkins and is survived by his wife Eunice Tuggle Adkins. Mr. Adkins was a...

Gary Vernon Crutchfield

Gary Vernon Crutchfield

May 6, 2014

Mr. Gary Vernon Crutchfield of South Boston, Virginia died Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at the Halifax Regional Hospital. He was born September 17, 1945 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia and was 68 years old. He was preceded in death by his parents Leslie L. Crutchfield and Ruth Lee Crutchfield. He was an award winning quilter and was active with the South...

James Meredith Callahan

James Meredith Callahan

May 6, 2014

Mr. James Meredith Callahan of South Boston, Virginia died Tuesday, May 06, 2014 at the Halifax Regional Hospital. He was born in Mecklenburg County, Virginia on March 1, 1925 and was 89 years old. He was the son of the late William Callahan and Nora Piercy Callahan and was married to the late Melcoie Hite Callahan. Mr. Callahan was World...

Florence Raye Loftis Simmons

Florence Raye Loftis Simmons

May 5, 2014

Mrs. Florence Raye Loftis Simmons of South Boston, Virginia died Monday, May 05, 2014 at The Woodview. She was born in Halifax County, Virginia August 17, 1923 and was 90 years of age. Mrs. Simmons was the daughter of the late Ernest G. Loftis and Grace Long Loftis and was first married to the late Rudd Holt, II and then...

Walter Richardson Carver, III

Walter Richardson Carver, III

May 4, 2014

Mr. Walter Richardson Carver, III of Charlotte, North Carolina formerly of Halifax, died Sunday, May 4, 2014 at Carolina Medical Center. He was born in Rockingham County, North Carolina September 27, 1967 and was 46 years of age. He was the son of the late Walter Richardson Carver, Jr. and is survived by his mother Clara Powell Carver. Mr. Walter...

Roy Woodrow Glass

Roy Woodrow Glass

May 3, 2014

Mr. Roy Woodrow Glass of Halifax, VA died Friday, May 3, 2014 at Duke University Hospital. He was born in Halifax County of February 22, 1928 and was 86 years old. He was the son of the late Richard Norman Glass and Recie King Glass and was married first to the late Ruth Martin Glass and then to Myrtle Morris...

Shirley Ann Reaves Pool

Shirley Ann Reaves Pool

May 2, 2014

Mrs. Shirley Ann Reaves Pool of South Boston, VA died Friday, May 2, 2014 at her home. She was born August 27, 1926 in South Boston. She was a lifelong member of First Baptist Church of South Boston where she was a former Deacon and Sunday School Teacher. She was a graduate of Farmville State Teachers College (now Longwood University)...

George Whitt Chaney

George Whitt Chaney

Apr 28, 2014

Mr. George Whitt Chaney of Halifax, Virginia died Monday, April 28, 2014 at his home. He was born in Halifax County, Virginia October 24, 1950 and was 63 years of age. He was the son of the late John Hagood Chaney and Rosa Whitlow Chaney. Mr. Chaney attended Glenwood United Methodist Church Mr. George Whitt Chaney is survived by: One...

Margaret Carol Gryder Rabba

Margaret Carol Gryder Rabba

Apr 28, 2014

Mrs. Margaret Carol Gryder Rabba of Clover, Virginia died Monday, April 28, 2014 at Halifax Regional Hospital. She was born in Henderson, North Carolina December 29, 1932 and was 81 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Herman Gryder and Veatrice Jennings Gryder. Mrs. Rabba was a devoted Christian and retired from the Chesapeake Parole Board. Mrs....

Bernice Overstreet Carden

Bernice Overstreet Carden

Apr 26, 2014

Mrs. Bernice Overstreet Carden of South Boston, Virginia died April 26, 2014 at the Envoy Nursing Home in Staunton, Virginia. She was born in Halifax County, Virginia on November 7, 1919 and was 94 years old. She was the daughter of the late George Oscar Overstreet, Sr. and the late Nellie Seay Overstreet and married to the late C. F....

Daniel Wayne Short

Daniel Wayne Short

Apr 24, 2014

Mr. Daniel Wayne Short of Halifax, Virginia died Thursday, April 24, 2014 at his home. He was born in Halifax County, Virginia on November 20, 1986 and was 27 years old. He was the son of Wayne A. Short and Peggy Clay Short and was married to Krystal Wilborn Short. Mr. Daniel Wayne Short is survived by: His Wife Krystal...

Ola Whitt Puryear

Ola Whitt Puryear

Apr 16, 2014

Ola Whitt Puryear, 86, of Raleigh, NC; daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Lee Whitt of VA, died on April 16, 2014. Ola Puryear, mother of Donnie and wife, Betty Carlton, Andy Puryear and wife, Kelly Puryear. Grandmother of Traci and husband, William Ciafardini, Ashley Puryear, and Donnie Puryear II. She is also survived by two great grandchildren, Ty...

Frances Easley Wooding

Frances Easley Wooding

Apr 10, 2014

Mrs. Frances Easley Wooding,77, of Burlington, NC died April 10, 2014 at the Hospice Home. A native of South Boston, VA she was the wife of the late Hubbard Marshall Wooding, Jr. and the daughter of the late Thornton Jordan Easley and the late Frances Mae Chaffin Easley. She was a former bookkeeper and of the Baptist faith. Survivors include...