Obituaries
Ruth Poole Ragans
Dec 14, 2019
Mrs. Ruth Poole Ragans of South Boston, VA passed away on Saturday, December 14, 2019. She was born in Halifax County July 19, 1933 and was 86 years old. She was the daughter of the late Stephen Poole and Lillie Poole and was married to the late Clyde Thomas Ragans. She was a highly dedicated member of Black Walnut Baptist...
Cynthia Gayle Seamster
Dec 11, 2019
Cynthia Gayle Seamster of Halifax, VA passed away December 11, 2019. She was born in Halifax, VA on September 21, 1951 and was 68 years of age. She was the daughter of Agnes Moore Seamster and the late Cabell Jackson Seamster, Jr.
She was a member of Emmanuel Episcopal Church.
Cynthia Gayle Seamster is survived by:
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Sarah Godwin Lee
Dec 11, 2019
Sarah Godwin Lee, a resident of Hamer, SC, peacefully departed this world to be with her Heavenly Father on December 11, 2019. She was born October 15, 1931, in Conway, SC, a daughter of the late Winfred Olin Godwin and Mary McMillan Godwin. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Dillon, SC, and she retired as librarian of Dunbar Memorial...
Robert Carlton "Bobby" Wazeka, Sr.
Dec 8, 2019
Robert Carlton “Bobby” Wazeka, Sr. of South Boston, VA passed away December 8, 2019. He was born in Halifax County on February 4, 1937 and was 82 years of age. He was the son of the late Teddy Peter Wazeka and the late Lillian Riley Wazeka. He was married to the late Betty Lou Wilborn.
He was a member...
Peggy Coates Clarke
Dec 5, 2019
Peggy Coates Clarke of Madison Heights, VA passed away December 5, 2019. She was born in Halifax County, VA on May 26, 1938 and was 81 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Clem Edward Coates and the late Elsie Mae Shelton Coates. She was married to the late Louis Earlie “Spot” Clarke.
She was an...
Robert Lewis Jones
Dec 5, 2019
Robert Lewis Jones of Halifax, VA passed away December 5, 2019. He was born in Watkins Glenn, NY on July 29, 1946 and was 73 years of age. He was the son of the late Harry Jones and the late Hilda Lewis Jones.
He was a member of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church where he was a Deacon. He...
Carolyn Hite McGhee
Dec 4, 2019
Carolyn Hite McGhee of Halifax, VA passed away December 4, 2019. She was born in Mecklenburg, VA on April 25, 1934 and was 85 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Johnnie Cornelius Hite and the late Avis Blanks Hite. She was married to the late William Augustus Giles McGhee, Sr.
She was a member of...
Ruth Lucille Allgood Ferrell
Dec 2, 2019
Ruth Lucille A. Ferrell of Halifax, VA passed away December 2, 2019. She was born in Mecklenburg County, VA on July 12, 1934 and was 85 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Eddie Lee Allgood and the late Dora Ann King Allgood. She was married to the late Jesse Owen “Doc” Ferrell.
She was a...
Peggy Andrews Walker
Nov 25, 2019
Peggy Andrews Walker of South Boston, VA passed away November 25, 2019. She was born in Halifax County on July 19, 1937 and was 82 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Charlie D. Andrews and the late Mary East Andrews. She was married to the late Cecil Oliver Walker.
She was a member of Centerville...
Frank "Jack" Jackson Conner, Jr.
Nov 25, 2019
Frank Jackson "Jack" Conner, Jr. of Halifax, VA passed away November 25, 2019. He was born in Halifax County on October 21, 1971 and was 48 years of age. He was the son Frank Jackson Conner, Sr. and Wanda Cage Conner.
He was a member of Emmanuel Episcopal Church and he loved fishing, gardening, his dogs, especially Sweetie.
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James Turner "Tree Top" Keatts
Nov 21, 2019
James Turner “Tree Top” Keatts of South Boston, VA passed away November 21, 2019. He was born in Halifax County, VA on May 8, 1955 and was 64 years of age. He was the son of the Lillie Mae Perkins and the late Jasper Turner Keatts.
He was a member of Mt. Cana Methodist Church. “Tree Top” loved...
Mabel Joyce Perkins
Nov 20, 2019
Mabel Joyce P. Perkins of Halifax, VA passed away November 20, 2019. She was born in Halifax County, VA on March 2, 1933 and was 86 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Ethel Emma Dunaway Perkins and the late Robert Perkins. She was married to the late Linwood “Pete” Landrum Perkins.
She loved her family....
Julius Riley "Joe" Barksdale
Nov 19, 2019
Julius Riley "Joe" Barksdale of South Boston, VA passed away November 19, 2019. He was born in Halifax County, VA on June 3, 1938 and was 81 years of age. He was the son of the late Julius R. Barksdale and the late Leida R. Boyd. He was married to Margaret Wilborn Barksdale who survives.
He was of the...
Frances Coles McClennan
Nov 16, 2019
Frances Coles McClennan of Halifax, VA passed away November 16, 2019. She was born in Montgomery, WV on January 30, 1926 and was 93 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Nathaniel Robert Coles and the late Katherine Hankins Coles. She was married to the late William Elliott McClennan, Jr.
She was a member of...
Moncie Gibson, Jr.
Nov 15, 2019
Moncie Gibson, Jr. of Halifax, VA passed away November 15, 2019. He was born in Lynchburg, VA on February 21, 1942 and was 77 years of age. He was the son of the late Moncie Washington Gibson, Sr. and the late Eleanor Shipp Edwards.
He served in the United States Navy during the Vietnam Era and later retired...
Phyllis Adams Blair
Nov 14, 2019
Phyllis Adams Blair passed away on November 14, 2019 at the Madison Medical Resort in Odessa, Texas, at the age of 90 from the complications of a stroke. Phyllis was born at home on November 3, 1929, to Edna Reeves and John Adams in Halifax County, Virginia. The family moved to Gregg County, outside Gladewater, TX, in 1931. They later...
William Kenneth Womack
Nov 11, 2019
William Kenneth Womack of Sentara Woodview, South Boston, VA died on November 11, 2019. Kenneth was born to John and Gracie Moore Womack on May 28, 1931 in Halifax County, Virginia. He was 88 years of age at the time of his death. Kenneth was a member of Halifax Baptist Church.
William Kenneth Womack was the sole remaining member of...
Frank Booker Hackney
Nov 6, 2019
Frank Booker Hackney of Halifax, VA passed away November 6, 2019. He was born in Halifax County, VA on January 15, 1925 and was 94 years of age. He was the son of the late John Selma Hackney and the late Sudie Mae Simmons Hackney. He was married to Agnes Marie Throckmorton Hackney who survives.
Frank Booker Hackney is...
Julia Mae Walden Church
Nov 5, 2019
Julia Mae Walden Church of Dry Fork, VA passed away November 5, 2019. She was born in Halifax County, VA on November 3, 1939 and was 80 years of age. She was the daughter of the late John Samuel Walden, Jr. and the late Cornelia Mae Gosney Walden. She was married to the late Frank B. Church.
She was...
Sara Seat Humphries
Nov 1, 2019
Mrs. Sara S. Humphries, 92 of South Boston, VA went to her heavenly home, Friday, November 1, 2019. She was born in South Boston on March 22, 1927 to the late William A. Seat Sr. and the late Effie G. Seat. She was married to the late James T. Humphries, Jr. She is preceded in death by her only brother,...
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