Obituaries
Jan Van Etten Austell
Nov 3, 2017
Jan Van Etten Austell, 83, died at his home in Chase City, VA, on November 3, 2017. Born April 26, 1934 in Middletown, NY, he was a son of the late Robert Rhett and Mary Stivers Austell. He was a graduate of Deerfield School and Williams College and continued his studies at Breadloaf School of English at Middlebury College, Columbia...
James "Jimmy" Saunders
Oct 31, 2017
James "Jimmy"? Royal Saunders of South Boston, VA passed away October 31, 2017. He was born in Halifax County, VA on June 29, 1928 and was 89 years old. He was the son of the late Edward Isaac Saunders and the late Estelle Overstreet Saunders. He was married to Ione Jones Saunders who survives. He was a member of...
Brian Scott New
Oct 30, 2017
Brian Scott New of South Boston, VA passed away October 30, 2017. He was born in Halifax County, VA on December 10, 1970 and was 46 years old. He was the son James Ronald "Ronnie"? New and Geraldine Stembridge New Quinn and husband Eddie. He was a member of South Boston Church of God and a United States Navy...
Addison Bedford Lewis
Oct 29, 2017
Mr. Addison Bedford Lewis of Halifax, VA passed away Sunday, October 29, 2017 at the Sentara Woodview. He was born March 30, 1931 in Halifax County, VA and was 86 years old. He was the son of the late Earl Lynwood Lewis and the late Virgie Satterfield Lewis and was married to the late Nancy Wilmouth Lewis. He was a...
Henry "Pete" Louis Myers
Oct 26, 2017
Henry Louis "Pete"? Myers of Halifax, VA passed away October 26, 2017. He was born in Halifax County, VA on July 3, 1923 and was 94 years of age. He was the son of the late Odie Myers and the late Baker Pearl Martin Myers. He was married to Frances T. Myers who survives. He was a member of Beth...
Bonita Gupton
Oct 23, 2017
Bonita Watterson Gupton died on October 23, 2017 in South Boston, VA at the age of 87. She was born in Chase City, VA on November 19, 1929 to the late George Shual and Ennis Carter Watterson. Mrs. Gupton was a member of First Baptist Church in South Boston, Va. She was the Secretary/Treasurer of Gupton Sheet Metal for...
Willie Lee Smith
Oct 23, 2017
Willie Lee Smith of Scottsburg, VA passed away October 23, 2017. He was born in Halifax County, VA June 16, 1925 and was 92 years of age. He was the son of the late Charlie Smith and the late Sallie Francis Smith. He was married to the late Gladys Ambrose Smith. He was a member of Scottsburg Baptist Church where...
Shirley Hanson
Oct 22, 2017
Shirley N. Hanson of South Boston, Virginia passed October 22, 2017 after a valiant battle against cancer. Born in Huntington Park, California on December 1, 1933, Shirley and husband Willard Carr "Bill"? Hanson shared the same birthday though born six years apart. They married in Boston, Massachusetts in 1956. Memorial services will be held Sunday, October 29, 2017 at...
Sylvia McCurry
Oct 15, 2017
Mrs. Sylvia Whitlow McCurry of Nathalie, VA, passed away October 15, 2017 at her home. She was born in Halifax County VA on July 14, 1928 and was 89 years of age. She was the daughter of the late George H. Whitlow and Gladys Whitt Whitlow. She was married first to the late Carroll Compton, and then to the late...
Teresa Lynn Hazelwood
Oct 4, 2017
Teresa Lynn Hazelwood of South Boston, VA passed away October 4, 2017. She was born in Halifax County, VA on November 11, 1966 and was 50 years of age. She was the daughter of the late George Thomas Hazelwood, Sr. and Joyce Ann Martin Guthrie. She was married to Tony Lee Thaxton who survives. She was a member of Fork...
Samuel William Helton, Jr.
Oct 4, 2017
Samuel William Helton, Jr. of South Boston, VA passed away October 4, 2017. He was born in Halifax County, VA on March 24, 1959 and was 58 years of age. He was the son of Samuel William Helton, Sr. and Ruby Nancy Stump Helton. He was married to Mary Carolyn Price Helton who survives. He was a member of Trinity...
Joseph Abraham Carey, Jr.
Oct 2, 2017
Joseph Abraham Carey, Jr., age 80 of Halifax, Virginia, passed away at home Monday, October 2, 2017, surrounded by family, after years of courageously living with the symptoms of Progressive supranuclear palsy. He is preceded in death by his parents Joseph and Lucille Carey. Joe is survived by his loving wife of 57years, Sylvia Elizabeth Carey; sister Barbara Malnburg (Ed);...
James Clyton Lacks
Sep 26, 2017
James Clayton Lacks of Randolph, VA passed away September 26, 2017. He was born in Halifax County, VA on October 14, 1938 and was 78 years of age. He was the son of the late James Acie Lacks and the late Elizabeth Seamster Lacks. He was married to the late Betty Daniel Lacks. He was a member of Clover United...
Mildred Edna Dunaway
Sep 24, 2017
Mildred Edna Medley Dunaway of Halifax, VA passed away September 24, 2017. She was born in Pittsylvania County, VA on June 17, 1924 and was 93 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Joseph Medley and the late Martha Fuller Medley. She was married to the late John Manning Dunaway. She was a member of Halifax Baptist...
Phyllis Francis
Sep 23, 2017
Phyllis Davis Francis of Halifax, VA passed away September 23, 2017. She was born in Halifax, VA on May 14, 1956 and was 61 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Rev. Marion Harper Davis and Betty Davis Ford of Halifax, VA. She was married to Gernie Thomas Francis, Sr. who survives. She was a member of...
Leslie William Powell, Jr.
Sep 22, 2017
Mr. Leslie William Powell Jr. of South Boston, VA passed away on Friday, September 22, 2017 at Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital. He was born in South Boston on December 23, 1928 and was 88 years old. He was the son of the late Leslie William Powell Sr. and Elsie P. Powell and was married for 62 years to Jaqueline Palmer...
Frank Elbert Dance
Sep 19, 2017
Frank Elbert Dance of South Boston, VA passed away September 19, 2017. He was born in Halifax County, VA on July 22, 1920 and was 97 years of age. He was the son of the late Frank Warren Dance and the late Janie Allen Dance. He was married to the late Doreen Edwards Dance and Dorothy Elliott Dance who survives. ...
Edith Wagstaff
Sep 17, 2017
Edith Martin Wagstaff of Scottsburg, VA passed away September 17, 2017. She was born in Halifax County, VA on May 14, 1932 and was 85 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Letcher Martin and the late Macie Newton Martin. She was married to the late Earl Lorenzo Wagstaff. She was a member of Bethel Baptist Church....
Warren Cleaton Morris
Sep 14, 2017
Warren Cleaton "Moose"? Morris of Scottsburg, VA passed away September 14, 2017. He was born in Halifax County, VA on December 11, 1946, and was 70 years old. He was the son of the late George Wallace Morris, Sr. and the late Ola Mable Tuck Morris. He was a member of Fork Baptist Church and was avid checker player. Warren...
Kenneth Rex Puryear
Sep 13, 2017
Mr. Kenneth Rex Puryear of South Boston, VA passed away on Wednesday, September 13, 2017 at his home. He was born in South Boston on August 23, 1956 and was 61 years old. He was the son of the late Edward Bruce Puryear and the late Shirley Conner Puryear. Rex was a graduate of Halifax County high School where he...
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