Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Huntersville & Denver in North Carolina

Elmer James (Jim) Moore

Elmer James (Jim) Moore

Sep 17, 2013

Elmer James (Jim) Moore, Jr., formerly of Gastonia, N.C. passed away peacefully September 17, 2013 surrounded in love by his daughters and the staff at Woodview Nursing Home in South Boston, Virginia. He was born November 13, 1930 in Fort Pierce, Florida to Elmer James Moore, Sr., and Thelma Louise Moore. The family moved to Atlanta where he lived until...

Maxine Iola Jones Rice

Maxine Iola Jones Rice

Sep 14, 2013

Maxine Iola Jones Rice, age 69, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Saturday, September 14, 2013, after a courageous battle with cancer that weakened her body, but never her faith in Jehovah God and her deep and caring love for others. She leaves to treasure her memory, her loving and devoted husband John Davis Rice of their home in...

Hugh Tyrus Edmondson

Hugh Tyrus Edmondson

Sep 12, 2013

Mr. Hugh Tyrus Edmondson of J. D. Hagood Highway, Clover, Virginia died Thursday, September 12, 2013 at his home. He was born May 6, 1919 in Halifax County, Virginia and was 94 years of age. He was the son of the late Frank Edward Edmondson and Mabel Ligon Edmondson and was also preceded in death by his wife Grace Nichols...

Adeline Powell Smith

Adeline Powell Smith

Sep 11, 2013

Mrs. Adeline Powell Smith of South Boston, Virginia died Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at her home. She was born April 18, 1942 in Patrick County, Virginia and was 71 years old. She was the daughter of the late Frank Powell and the late Elva Reynolds Powell and married to Ray Alexander Smith, who survives. She was a member of the...

Michael David Perkins

Michael David Perkins

Sep 9, 2013

Mr. Michael David Perkins of Halifax, Virginia died Monday, September 9, 2013 at the Halifax Regional Hospital. He was born August 25, 1957 in Halifax County, Virginia and was 56 years old. He was the son of the late Archer Raymond Perkins and the late Kathryn Clark Perkins. He was a member of the Pleasant Grove Christian Church. Mr. Michael...

Charlie D. Perkins

Charlie D. Perkins

Sep 7, 2013

Mr. Charlie D. Perkins of Vernon Hill, Virginia died Saturday, September 7, 2013 at VCU in Richmond, Virginia. He was born August 29, 1936 in Halifax County, Virginia and was 77 years of age. Mr. Perkins was the son of the late Isaac Leonidas Perkins and Ethel Perkins Perkins and is survived by his wife Carolyn Womack Perkins. Mr. Perkins...

Judith Ann Adkins Thomas

Judith Ann Adkins Thomas

Sep 5, 2013

Mrs. Judith Ann Adkins Thomas of Vernon Hill, Virginia died Thursday, September 5, 2013 at her home. She was born February 3, 1946 in Antigo, Wisconsin. She was the daughter of the late Ira Adkins and Verna DeHart Adkins and is survived by her husband Marvin Otis Thomas. Mrs. Thomas was a member of the Cowboy Country Church at Vernon...

Hilda Wilson Roller

Hilda Wilson Roller

Sep 2, 2013

Mrs. Hilda Wilson Roller of Clover, Virginia died September 2, 2013 at Halifax Regional Hospital. She was born in Halifax County, Virginia August 4, 1928 and was 85 years of age. She was the daughter of the late James Robert Wilson and Dora Serena Tuck Wilson and is survived her husband Aubrey Bomar Roller, Sr. Mrs. Roller was a member...

Timothy Lee Lloyd

Timothy Lee Lloyd

Sep 2, 2013

Mr. Timothy Lee Lloyd of Berry Hill Road, South Boston, Virginia died Monday, September 2, 2013 at his home. He was born in Halifax County, Virginia December 6, 1963 and was 49 years of age. He was the son of the late Raleigh Hagood Lloyd and is survived by his mother Anne Lucretia Pixley Lloyd. He is also survived by...

Sara Inez Rudder Owen

Sara Inez Rudder Owen

Sep 2, 2013

Mrs. Sara Inez Rudder Owen of Nathalie, Virginia died September 2, 2013 at the Woodview Nursing Home. She was born November 17, 1934 in Halifax County, Virginia and was 78 years old. She was the daughter of the late George Garnett Rudder and the late Margie Marie Saunders Rudder and married to Edwill Earl Owen, who survives. She was a...

William Lee Barksdale

William Lee Barksdale

Aug 28, 2013

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Irvin Layne Smith

Irvin Layne Smith

Aug 27, 2013

Mr. Irvin Layne Smith of Scottsburg, Virginia died Tuesday, August 27, 2013 at his home. He was born January 3, 1936 and was 77 years of age. He was the son of the late Willie Smith and Flossie Hatcher Smith and is survived by his wife Eugenia Landrum Smith. Mr. Smith was a member the Scottsburg Baptist Church and was...

Barbara Crews Lacy

Barbara Crews Lacy

Aug 27, 2013

Lacy, Barbara Crews Died Tuesday, August 27, 2013 in Johnston Willis Hospital in Richmond, Va. She fought a long and hard battle against her debilitating disease PSP. Beautiful Barbara loved everyone she met and everyone she met loved her. Her smile was as beautiful as she was, and would light up a room. She was preceded in death by her...

Bernice Landrum Barley

Bernice Landrum Barley

Aug 24, 2013

Mrs. Bernice Landrum Barley of 2086 Deer Run Road, Halifax, VA died Saturday, August 24, 2013 at the Woodview. She was born in Halifax County on October 30, 1934 and was 78 years old. She was the daughter of the late Polly Landrum and Mamie Satterfield Landrum and was married to Clyde Wayne Barley Sr. She was a member of...

Bobby Lynn Whitlow

Bobby Lynn Whitlow

Aug 23, 2013

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Mabel Elizabeth Cole Barnes

Mabel Elizabeth Cole Barnes

Aug 20, 2013

Mabel Elizabeth Cole Barnes of Sutherlin died Tuesday, August 20, 2013 in Woodview nursing home in South Boston. She was 98. Born June 17, 1915, "the fifth child of the fifth child," as she often would say, she was the daughter of Elizabeth Barksdale Lovelace Cole and John Lovelace Cole. She married Robert Fielder Barnes on June 28, 1935, and...

Lovie Margaret Parker Jones

Lovie Margaret Parker Jones

Aug 18, 2013

Mrs. Lovie Margaret Parker Jones of South Boston, Virginia died Sunday, August 18, 2013 at the Halifax Regional Hospital. She was born October 24, 1920 in Johnston County, North Carolina and was 92 years old. She was the daughter of the late Ezra Parker and the late Lovie Denning Parker and married to the late Eugene Orr Jones. She was...

Gertrude Rebecca Powell Lawson

Gertrude Rebecca Powell Lawson

Aug 18, 2013

Mrs. Gertrude Rebecca Powell Lawson of South Hill, Va and formerly of the Scottsburg community passed away Sunday, August 18, 2013 at her home. She was born in Halifax County on December 14, 1922 and was 90 years old. She was the daughter of the late Woodson Harper Powell and Lydia Frances Wallen Powell and was married to the late...

Mary Frances Everett Hubbard

Mary Frances Everett Hubbard

Aug 16, 2013

Mrs. Mary Frances Everett Hubbard of Nathalie, died Friday, August 16, 2013 at Lynchburg General Hospital. She was born in Washington, DC November 25, 1918 and was 94 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Charles Arthur Everett and Mary Marguerite Ballenger Everett and was also preceded in death by her husband Richard Blanks Hubbard. Mrs. Hubbard...

Meredith Garland Dixon

Meredith Garland Dixon

Aug 11, 2013

Meredith G. Dixon, 89, of Danville, VA, died August 11. He was born in Halifax County on Dec. 2, 1923 to Bernard Garland Dixon and Thelma Blair Compton Dixon. Meredith graduated from Wilson Memorial High School, South Boston, in 1941 where he played baseball and basketball. He served in the US Army during WWII as a member of the 3014th...

Local Obituaries for the South Boston Community

Elmer James (Jim) Moore

Elmer James (Jim) Moore

Sep 17, 2013

Elmer James (Jim) Moore, Jr., formerly of Gastonia, N.C. passed away peacefully September 17, 2013 surrounded in love by his daughters and the staff at Woodview Nursing Home in South Boston, Virginia. He was born November 13, 1930 in Fort Pierce, Florida to Elmer James Moore, Sr., and Thelma Louise Moore. The family moved to Atlanta where he lived until...

Maxine Iola Jones Rice

Maxine Iola Jones Rice

Sep 14, 2013

Maxine Iola Jones Rice, age 69, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Saturday, September 14, 2013, after a courageous battle with cancer that weakened her body, but never her faith in Jehovah God and her deep and caring love for others. She leaves to treasure her memory, her loving and devoted husband John Davis Rice of their home in...

Hugh Tyrus Edmondson

Hugh Tyrus Edmondson

Sep 12, 2013

Mr. Hugh Tyrus Edmondson of J. D. Hagood Highway, Clover, Virginia died Thursday, September 12, 2013 at his home. He was born May 6, 1919 in Halifax County, Virginia and was 94 years of age. He was the son of the late Frank Edward Edmondson and Mabel Ligon Edmondson and was also preceded in death by his wife Grace Nichols...

Adeline Powell Smith

Adeline Powell Smith

Sep 11, 2013

Mrs. Adeline Powell Smith of South Boston, Virginia died Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at her home. She was born April 18, 1942 in Patrick County, Virginia and was 71 years old. She was the daughter of the late Frank Powell and the late Elva Reynolds Powell and married to Ray Alexander Smith, who survives. She was a member of the...

Michael David Perkins

Michael David Perkins

Sep 9, 2013

Mr. Michael David Perkins of Halifax, Virginia died Monday, September 9, 2013 at the Halifax Regional Hospital. He was born August 25, 1957 in Halifax County, Virginia and was 56 years old. He was the son of the late Archer Raymond Perkins and the late Kathryn Clark Perkins. He was a member of the Pleasant Grove Christian Church. Mr. Michael...

Charlie D. Perkins

Charlie D. Perkins

Sep 7, 2013

Mr. Charlie D. Perkins of Vernon Hill, Virginia died Saturday, September 7, 2013 at VCU in Richmond, Virginia. He was born August 29, 1936 in Halifax County, Virginia and was 77 years of age. Mr. Perkins was the son of the late Isaac Leonidas Perkins and Ethel Perkins Perkins and is survived by his wife Carolyn Womack Perkins. Mr. Perkins...

Judith Ann Adkins Thomas

Judith Ann Adkins Thomas

Sep 5, 2013

Mrs. Judith Ann Adkins Thomas of Vernon Hill, Virginia died Thursday, September 5, 2013 at her home. She was born February 3, 1946 in Antigo, Wisconsin. She was the daughter of the late Ira Adkins and Verna DeHart Adkins and is survived by her husband Marvin Otis Thomas. Mrs. Thomas was a member of the Cowboy Country Church at Vernon...

Hilda Wilson Roller

Hilda Wilson Roller

Sep 2, 2013

Mrs. Hilda Wilson Roller of Clover, Virginia died September 2, 2013 at Halifax Regional Hospital. She was born in Halifax County, Virginia August 4, 1928 and was 85 years of age. She was the daughter of the late James Robert Wilson and Dora Serena Tuck Wilson and is survived her husband Aubrey Bomar Roller, Sr. Mrs. Roller was a member...

Timothy Lee Lloyd

Timothy Lee Lloyd

Sep 2, 2013

Mr. Timothy Lee Lloyd of Berry Hill Road, South Boston, Virginia died Monday, September 2, 2013 at his home. He was born in Halifax County, Virginia December 6, 1963 and was 49 years of age. He was the son of the late Raleigh Hagood Lloyd and is survived by his mother Anne Lucretia Pixley Lloyd. He is also survived by...

Sara Inez Rudder Owen

Sara Inez Rudder Owen

Sep 2, 2013

Mrs. Sara Inez Rudder Owen of Nathalie, Virginia died September 2, 2013 at the Woodview Nursing Home. She was born November 17, 1934 in Halifax County, Virginia and was 78 years old. She was the daughter of the late George Garnett Rudder and the late Margie Marie Saunders Rudder and married to Edwill Earl Owen, who survives. She was a...

William Lee Barksdale

William Lee Barksdale

Aug 28, 2013

(No Obituary Text Available)

Irvin Layne Smith

Irvin Layne Smith

Aug 27, 2013

Mr. Irvin Layne Smith of Scottsburg, Virginia died Tuesday, August 27, 2013 at his home. He was born January 3, 1936 and was 77 years of age. He was the son of the late Willie Smith and Flossie Hatcher Smith and is survived by his wife Eugenia Landrum Smith. Mr. Smith was a member the Scottsburg Baptist Church and was...

Barbara Crews Lacy

Barbara Crews Lacy

Aug 27, 2013

Lacy, Barbara Crews Died Tuesday, August 27, 2013 in Johnston Willis Hospital in Richmond, Va. She fought a long and hard battle against her debilitating disease PSP. Beautiful Barbara loved everyone she met and everyone she met loved her. Her smile was as beautiful as she was, and would light up a room. She was preceded in death by her...

Bernice Landrum Barley

Bernice Landrum Barley

Aug 24, 2013

Mrs. Bernice Landrum Barley of 2086 Deer Run Road, Halifax, VA died Saturday, August 24, 2013 at the Woodview. She was born in Halifax County on October 30, 1934 and was 78 years old. She was the daughter of the late Polly Landrum and Mamie Satterfield Landrum and was married to Clyde Wayne Barley Sr. She was a member of...

Bobby Lynn Whitlow

Bobby Lynn Whitlow

Aug 23, 2013

(No Obituary Text Available)

Mabel Elizabeth Cole Barnes

Mabel Elizabeth Cole Barnes

Aug 20, 2013

Mabel Elizabeth Cole Barnes of Sutherlin died Tuesday, August 20, 2013 in Woodview nursing home in South Boston. She was 98. Born June 17, 1915, "the fifth child of the fifth child," as she often would say, she was the daughter of Elizabeth Barksdale Lovelace Cole and John Lovelace Cole. She married Robert Fielder Barnes on June 28, 1935, and...

Lovie Margaret Parker Jones

Lovie Margaret Parker Jones

Aug 18, 2013

Mrs. Lovie Margaret Parker Jones of South Boston, Virginia died Sunday, August 18, 2013 at the Halifax Regional Hospital. She was born October 24, 1920 in Johnston County, North Carolina and was 92 years old. She was the daughter of the late Ezra Parker and the late Lovie Denning Parker and married to the late Eugene Orr Jones. She was...

Gertrude Rebecca Powell Lawson

Gertrude Rebecca Powell Lawson

Aug 18, 2013

Mrs. Gertrude Rebecca Powell Lawson of South Hill, Va and formerly of the Scottsburg community passed away Sunday, August 18, 2013 at her home. She was born in Halifax County on December 14, 1922 and was 90 years old. She was the daughter of the late Woodson Harper Powell and Lydia Frances Wallen Powell and was married to the late...

Mary Frances Everett Hubbard

Mary Frances Everett Hubbard

Aug 16, 2013

Mrs. Mary Frances Everett Hubbard of Nathalie, died Friday, August 16, 2013 at Lynchburg General Hospital. She was born in Washington, DC November 25, 1918 and was 94 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Charles Arthur Everett and Mary Marguerite Ballenger Everett and was also preceded in death by her husband Richard Blanks Hubbard. Mrs. Hubbard...

Meredith Garland Dixon

Meredith Garland Dixon

Aug 11, 2013

Meredith G. Dixon, 89, of Danville, VA, died August 11. He was born in Halifax County on Dec. 2, 1923 to Bernard Garland Dixon and Thelma Blair Compton Dixon. Meredith graduated from Wilson Memorial High School, South Boston, in 1941 where he played baseball and basketball. He served in the US Army during WWII as a member of the 3014th...