Obituaries
Mary Dudley Harrison
Jun 18, 2022
Mary Dudley Harrison of South Boston, VA passed away June 18, 2022. She was born in Franklin County, VA on April 14, 1940, and was 82 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Hobert Dudley and the late Doris Turner Dudley. She was married to the late Julian Randolph Harrison, Jr.
She was a very active...
Velda Knapp Sigley
Jun 18, 2022
Velda Elizabeth Knapp Sigley, 65, passed away on June 18, 2022. She was born on March 1, 1957, at Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg, VA. The daughter of the late Ralph Norman Knapp and the late Etta Marie (Hevener) Knapp of Monterey, VA. She was married to the late Roger Sigley.
She was a beloved wife, mother, and...
Dolly Ligon
Jun 17, 2022
On June 17, 2022 Dolly Ligon went to be with the Lord after a 6 month illness. She is preceded in death by her father Wyatt Neal, mother Gracie Hudson, brothers Robert and Lee, sister Roseanne, Virginia, twin sister Polly and her oldest son Mark.
She is survived by her sister Mary Williams, her remaining children Sherly Boccabello, her husband...
Faye Wilmouth Evans
Jun 15, 2022
Gloria Faye Wilmouth Evans of Alton, VA passed away June 15, 2022. She was born in Halifax County, VA on July 3, 1944 and was 77 years of age. She was the daughter of the late James Shirley Wilmouth and the late Mary John Whitlow Wilmouth. She was married to the late William Homer Evans.
She was a faithful...
Sandra Trent Epps
Jun 14, 2022
Sandra Trent Epps of South Boston, VA passed away June 14, 2022. She was born in Halifax County on May 3, 1962 and was 60 years of age. She was the daughter of Carolyn Wilborne Miller and the late Hal Watkins Trent, Sr. She was married to the late Timothy Allen Epps.
She attended South Boston Church of God....
Juanita Wilkerson Smiley
Jun 11, 2022
Mrs. Juanita Wilkerson Smiley of South Boston, VA passed away Saturday, June 11, 2022. She was born December 1,1929 in Halifax County, VA and was 92 years old. She was the daughter of the late Troy Hannable Wilkerson and the late Eddie Catherine Owen Wilkerson and was married to the late John Clifton “Click” Smiley. She was a member of...
Lillie Mae Perkins Keatts
Jun 10, 2022
Lillie Mae Perkins Keatts “Pee Wee” went to her Heavenly Father on Friday, June 10th, 2022. She was born February 15, 1928 and was 94 years old. Lillie Mae was preceded in death by her husband, Jasper Turner “Jack” Keatts; her only son, James Turner Keatts, her parents, Issac Thomas and Lillie Landrum Perkins; siblings Thomas Perkins Jr., Douglas Perkins,...
Norman Wilson Garber
Jun 9, 2022
Norman Wilson Garber of South Boston, VA passed away June 9, 2022. He was born in Halifax County, VA on September 26, 1932, and was 89 years of age. He was the son of the late James Milton Garber and the late Maude Wilkerson Garber. He was married to the late Virginia Glass Garber. Norman was a Korean War Veteran...
Kenneth Alan Cochran
Jun 8, 2022
Kenneth Alan Cochran of South Boston, VA passed away June 8, 2022. He was born in Sharon, PA on June 12, 1949, and was 72 years of age. He was the son of the late Glen Derwood Cochran and the late Eleanor Marie McPherson.
He was a member of First Presbyterian Church and a proud supporter of National...
Freeda Harman Akers
Jun 7, 2022
Mrs. Freeda Harman Akers of Halifax, VA passed away Tuesday, June 7, 2022 in Midlothian, VA. She was born December 6, 1926 in Willis, VA and was 95 1/2 years old. She was the daughter of the late Cornelius C. Harman and the late Minnie Etta Weddle Harman and was married to the late William “Bill” Akers.
She was a...
Rachel Ellen Jones
Jun 7, 2022
Rachel Ellen Jones, 87, passed away on June 7, 2022, after a tough battle with Parkinson’s Disease and Lewy Body Dementia. She was preceded in death by her parents, Newman and Rachel Pugh Jones, and her brother Paul M. Jones. She is survived by 3 nephews, Douglas V. Jones (Frances), of Glen Allen, VA, Gordon K. Jones and Michael D....
Patricia Newbill Cole
Jun 2, 2022
Patricia Newbill Cole of Alton, VA passed away June 2, 2022. She was born in Halifax County, VA on September 15, 1934, and was 87 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Eugene Earl Newbill and the late Elizabeth Priest Newbill. She was first married to the late Milton Ray Meade and then to the late Alexander...
Donald Keith Barnes
Jun 2, 2022
Don was born February 10, 1930, in Mechanicsburg, PA to Raymond Scott Barnes and Florence Simmons Barnes. He graduated from Mechanicsburg High School and Lehigh University with a degree in Electrical Engineering. He served in the United States Navy from 1954 to 1957 and worked for Westinghouse Electric Corp. until his retirement in 1990. In his retirement he actively served...
Kevin Scott Parrish
May 28, 2022
Kevin Scott Parrish of Dillwyn, VA passed away May 28, 2022. He was born in Raleigh, NC on July 25, 1989, and was 32 years of age. He was the son of Roger Lee Parrish and Barbara Lee Mills Parrish.
Kevin Scott Parrish is survived by:
His Children
Kevin Scot Parrish
Zailey Walters
His Mother
Barbara Mills Parrish...
Harvey Forrest Alderson
May 26, 2022
Harvey Forrest Alderson of South Boston, VA passed away May 26, 2022. He was born in Halifax County, VA on April 26, 1963, and was 59 years of age. He was the son of the late Edgar Harvey Alderson and the late Eleanor Boswell Alderson.
He was a member of Black Walnut Baptist Church. Forrest loved working on...
Jack Robert Wiles
May 25, 2022
Jack Robert Wiles of South Boston, VA passed away May 25, 2022. He was born in Pittsylvania County, VA on May 12, 1936, and was 86 years of age. He was the son of the late Armistead Y. Wiles and the late Odell Owen Wiles. He was married to Carolyn Everett Wiles who survives.
He was a member of...
Barbara Jean Hazelwood
May 25, 2022
Barbara Jean H. Hazelwood of Clover, VA passed away May 25, 2022. She was born in Halifax County, VA on October 29, 1944, and was 77 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Willie Lee Hazelwood, Jr., and the late Annie Elizabeth King Hazelwood. She was married to the late Joseph Benford “Joe” Hazelwood.
She was...
Alfred Lee Burkholder, Jr.
May 22, 2022
Alfred Lee Burkholder, Jr. of South Boston, VA passed away May 22, 2022. He was born in Lynchburg, VA on September 16, 1957, and was 64 years of age. He was the son of Marilyn Yates Burkholder and the late Alfred Lee “Al” Burkholder, Sr. Lee was a man of service, he was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church, served...
Betty Smith Sneed
May 22, 2022
Betty Smith Sneed of Halifax, VA passed away May 22, 2022. She was born in Halifax County, VA on October 16, 1951, and was 70 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Thomas E. Smith and the late Martha Martin Smith.
She was a long-time member of Bethel Baptist Church. Betty loved to bake cakes,...
Carolyn Horton Jones
May 17, 2022
Carolyn Horton Jones of South Boston, VA passed away May 17, 2022. She was born in Evansville, IN on December 26, 1943, and was 78 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Herman Horton and the late Marybelle Beck Horton. She enjoyed a long happy marriage with Wallace Wayne Jones.
Carolyn loved her children and grandchildren,...
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