Obituaries
Ezra Thomas Francis
Sep 1, 2018
Mr. Ezra Thomas Francis, 92, of South Boston, VA, passed away Saturday, September 1, 2018, at his home. He was born in Pittsylvania county on April 26, 1926, the son of the late Charlie Francis and Ala Owen Francis.
He was a member of First Baptist Church of South Boston and owner of Francis Jewelry and a certified watch...
John Thomas "Spike" Webb, Jr.
Aug 31, 2018
Mr. John Thomas “Spike” Webb, Jr. of Halifax, VA passed away Friday, August 31, 2018 at the Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital. He was born May 12, 1934 in Halifax County, VA and was 84 years old. He was married for 64 years to the love of his life, Evelyn Oakes Webb. He loved camping, fishing, dancing, and playing with his...
Lynwood Whittfield Martin, Jr.
Aug 28, 2018
Lynwood Whittfield Martin Jr of Vernon Hill, VA passed away August 28, 2018. He was born in Halifax County, VA on June 20, 1958 and was 60 years of age. He was the son of the late Lynwood W. Martin, Sr. and the late Odell Davis Martin
He was of the Baptist faith and worked in the family logging...
William Wyche "Bill" Wilkins
Aug 26, 2018
Mr. William Wyche “Bill” Wilkins III of Alton, VA passed away Sunday, August 26, 2018 at his home. He was born in Halifax County on August 2, 1950 and was 68 years old. He was the son of the late William Wyche “Dub” Wilkins Jr. and Margaret “Stuff” Granger Wilkins. He was a member of Mt. Carmel Presbyterian Church and...
John Keith Loftis, Sr.
Aug 25, 2018
Mr. John Keith Loftis, Sr. of South Boston, VA passed away Saturday, August 25, 2018 at the Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital. He was born June 25, 1929 in Halifax County, VA and was 89 years old. He was the son of the late Thomas Hobson Loftis and the late Jimmie Osborne Loftis and was married to the late Rebecca Moore...
Walter Wood Hankins, III
Aug 25, 2018
Mr. Walter Wood Hankins, III of Vernon Hill, VA passed away Saturday, August 25, 2018 at his home. He was born February 11, 1943 in Halifax County, VA and was 75 years old. He was the son of the late Walter Woods Hankins, Jr. and the late Hallie Holt Hankins
He was a lifetime member of the Ingram Christian...
Dianne Clark Garrett
Aug 15, 2018
Dianne Clark Garrett of Nathalie, VA passed away August 15, 2018. She was born in Halifax County on October 25, 1960 and was 57 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Ryland Otie Clark, Sr. and the late Lois Murphy Clark.
She was a member of Catawba Baptist Church. She was employed at Gloster Furniture...
James William Hall Sr.
Aug 13, 2018
James William Hall, SR. of Roxboro, NC passed away August 13, 2018. He was born in Lynchburg on December 19, 1949 and was 68 years of age. He was the son of the late Woodrow Wilson Hall and the late Mattie Mitchell Hall. He was married Deborah Baggett Hall who survives.
He was a member of Bethel Pentecostal Holiness...
Ida Grace Wilborn Trickey
Aug 11, 2018
Mrs. Ida Grace Wilborn Trickey of South Boston, VA went to her heavenly home on Saturday, August 11, 2018. She was born July 7, 1927 in Halifax County, VA and was 91 years old. She was the daughter of the late Rev. James R. Wilborn and Mary Thomas Wilborn and was married to the late Cephus Henry Trickey. She faithfully...
Evan Shelton Smith
Aug 11, 2018
Evan Shelton Smith of Richmond, VA, passed away August 11, 2018. He was born in Durham, NC on May 17, 1989 and was 29 years of age. He was the son of Paul and Karen Shelton Smith. He was a member of Dan River Baptist Church.
Evan graduated from Halifax County High School where he not only played football...
Delma S. Toombs
Aug 9, 2018
Delma Gilliland Saunders Toombs of Halifax, VA passed away August 9, 2018. She was born in Halifax County, VA on July 19, 1935 and was 83 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Wilson Brandford Saunders and the late Blanche Gilliland Saunders. She was married to the late Polly Philip Toombs.
She was a member of...
Martha Barrett Thompson
Aug 7, 2018
Martha Barrett Thompson, 89, of Halifax, VA passed away peacefully August 7, 2018 in her home in the loving company of her son, Paul. She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter David Thompson and her brother, Paul Bruce Barrett Jr. She is survived by her son, Paul David Thompson, and his wife, Dana Niblack, of New York, NY...
Parry Lee Hall
Aug 7, 2018
Parry Lee Hall of Nathalie, VA passed away August 7, 2018. She was born in Campbell County, VA on September 26, 1934 and was 83 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Jessie Thomas Hall and the late Ellen Elizabeth Holland Hall.
She was a member of Hunting Creek Baptist Church. She retired from Craddock...
Gerald Bryant Hudson
Aug 7, 2018
Gerald Bryant Hudson of Halifax, VA passed away August 7, 2018. He was born in Halifax County on November 27, 1947and was 70 years old. He was the son of the late Woodrow Hutch Hudson and Farris Paige Comer Hudson and was married to Ruth Irene Gordon Hudson who survives.
He was a member of Florence Avenue Baptist Church and...
Freddie W. "Buddy" Wilmoth, Jr.
Aug 5, 2018
Freddie W. “Buddy” Wilmoth of Scottsburg, VA passed away peacefully Sunday, August 5, 2018 at the Sentara Woodview Nursing Home. He was born in Halifax County, VA on August 29, 1938 and was 79 years of age. He was the son of the late Freddie W. Wilmoth, Sr. and the late Cecelia W. Wilmoth.
He was a member of Fork...
William Henry Wilkins
Aug 3, 2018
Mr. William Henry Wilkins of Nathalie, VA passed away Friday, August 3, 2018 at his home. He was born November 11, 1933 in Halifax County, VA and was 84 years old. He was the son of the late Charlie Solomon Wilkins and the late Ruth Bray Wilkins.
He was a member of the Memorial Presbyterian Church where he was...
Robert Thompson Blount
Aug 2, 2018
Mr. Robert T. “Bob” Blount of Clover, VA passed away Thursday, August 2, 2018 at the home of his son, Bruce Blount in Richmond, VA. He was born in Halifax County, VA on January 10, 1944 and was 74 years old. He was the son of the late Benjamin Franklin Blount and the late Ina Ligon Blount.
He was...
Thomas Brice Eggleston, Jr.
Jul 29, 2018
Thomas Brice Eggleston, Jr. of Topsail, NC passed away July 29, 2018. He was born in Martinsville, VA on December 3, 1950 and was 67 years of age. He was the son of Norma Murphy Eggleston and the late Thomas Brice Eggleston, Sr. He was married to Rucker McCanless Eggleston who survives.
He was a member of Main Street United...
Ann Spotswood Edmunds
Jul 27, 2018
The family of Ann Spotswood Chesley Edmunds is heartbroken by her death on July 27th in Richmond, Virginia surrounded by her family. She was the daughter of Henry Garnett Chesley and Roberta Spotswood Wimbish Chesley. She was preceded in death by her husband, Sterling Edmunds, and her brother, Henry G. Chesley. She is survived by her three children, Sterling Edmunds...
Troy Everette Strickland
Jul 25, 2018
Mr. Troy Everette Strickland of Halifax, VA passed away unexpectedly at Emerald Isle, NC on Wednesday, July 25 as he heroically lost his life while trying to save a twelve-year-old girl who survived. He was born in Halifax County on February 15, 1977 and was 41 years old. He was the son of the late Everette Thomas “Tommy” Strickland and...
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