Obituaries
Robert Dale McNamee
Jan 18, 2017
Mr. Robert Dale McNamee of South Boston, VA passed away January 18, 2017. He was born in Columbus, OH on July 23, 1944 and was 72 years of age. He was the son of the late Robert J. McNamee and the late Mary Conklin McNamee. He was married to Sandra Wick McNamee of 46 years who survives. He was...
Margaret Childress Williams
Jan 18, 2017
Mrs. Margaret C. Paxton Williams of Scottsburg, VA passed away January 18, 2017. She was born in Halifax County, VA on March 23, 1929 and was 87 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Phillip Albert Childress and the late Mary Magaline Lacks Childress. She was married to the late Flave Alexander Williams. She was a...
Thelma Long Harmon
Jan 17, 2017
Mrs. Thelma Long Harmon of Halifax, VA passed away January 17, 2017. She was born in Halifax County, VA on July 10, 1936 and was 80 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Addison Adams Long and the late Lula Hall Long. She was married to the late John Milton Harmon, Jr. She was a member...
Frederick Stanley Black
Jan 14, 2017
Frederick Stanley Black, of 435 Periwinkle Circle, South Boston, VA, died peacefully at home on April 14th, 2017, at the age of 79. He was born on January 24th, 1938. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in South Boston, and served both as a Deacon and High School Sunday School Teacher. Mr. Black also held an affection...
Margarite Ober
Jan 13, 2017
Margarite Boyd Ober of Vernon Hill, VA passed away January 13, 2017. She was born in Madison Heights, VA on September 7, 1926 and was 90 years old. She was the daughter of the late Everett Boyd and the late Virginia Kidd Boyd. She was married to the late William Russell Ober, Jr. She was a member of Buxton...
Doris Bowles Harlow
Jan 12, 2017
Mrs. Doris Bowles Harlow of South Boston, VA passed away January 12, 2017. She was born in Gouchland, VA on August 30, 1941 and was 75 years old. She was the daughter of the late George H. Bowles and the late Annie Thurston Bowles. She was married to the late Rev. Paul Eugene Harlow. She was a member of...
Catherine Melton
Jan 10, 2017
Catherine Kit Melton of South Boston, VA passed away January 10, 2017. She was born in Richmond, VA on January 27, 1945 and was 71 years old. She was the daughter of the late Stuart Edward Melton, Sr. and the late Ermine Gertrude Fletcher Melton. She was of the Methodist Faith. Catherine Kit Melton is survived by:...
Kenneth Wayne Powell
Jan 9, 2017
Kenneth Wayne Powell, Sr., a lifelong resident of Halifax County, died peacefully at his home on January 9, 2017. Born in the Rodden community on July 3, 1925, he was the son of the late Walter Leonard Powell and Earle Clements Botts. He was married for 60 years to Josephine Tucker Powell of Halifax who preceded him in death. His...
Thomas Jefferson Myers
Jan 5, 2017
Thomas Jefferson Myers, age 94, passed away Thursday, January 5, 2017 in Halifax, VA. He was born on April 28, 1922 in Halifax County, Virginia, a son of the late William Madison Myers Sr. and Minnie Kate Boaze of Halifax, VA. He was married to the former Ruth Perkins. He is survived by a sister, Kate M. Tickle of Arlington,...
Alton P. Whitlow
Jan 3, 2017
Mr. Alton P. Whitlow of Clover, VA passed away January 3, 2017. He was born in Halifax County on May 28, 1935 and was 81 years of age. He was the son of the late Charles Samuel Whitlow and the late Irene W. Whitlow. He was married to Nora Lee Throckmorton Whitlow who survives. He was a member of...
Alease Matherly
Jan 3, 2017
Alease Wilkerson Matherly of Wagoner, OK formerly of South Boston, VA passed away January 3, 2017. She was born in Halifax County, VA on July 25, 1928 and was 88 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Baylous Edward Wilkerson and the late Mattie Elliott Wilkerson. She was a member of Dan River Baptist Church. She...
Barbara Cook Fore
Jan 2, 2017
Mrs. Barbara Cook Fore of Scottsburg, VA passed away January 2, 2017. She was born in Pottstown, PA on September 2, 1940 and was 76 years of age. She was the daughter of the late William Cook and the late Elizabeth Koval Cook. She was married to William Fore who survives. She was of the Catholic Faith. ...
Nancy Long Perkins
Jan 2, 2017
Mrs. Nancy Long Perkins of Nathalie, VA passed away January 2, 2017. She was born in Milton, NC on July 28, 1941 and was 75 years old. She was the daughter of the late James Brooks Long and the late Edna Williamson Long. She was married to Thomas Perkins, Jr. who survives. She was a member of Union United...
Polly Anne Ratcliff
Jan 1, 2017
Polly Anne Adams Ratcliff, 93, went to meet her Lord on New Year’s Day, January 1, 2017, after a short illness. She was born in Halifax County August 31, 1923, the first daughter of Sallie Fowler Bradshaw Adams and Theodore Archer Adams, Jr., of Danripple, Virginia and was a resident of the Chastain Home for Gentle Women. She was a...
William Tulloh Anderson
Jan 1, 2017
William Tulloh Anderson, 89 , passed away at Woodview Nursing Home on January 1, 2017 after an extended illness. He was born February 9, 1927 in South Boston, Virginia to the late Willie Green Anderson and Mary Anderson Canada. He was preceded in death by his wife, Vivian Chandler Anderson and one son, John Andrew Anderson. Survivors are his sons...
James Leroy Medley
Dec 31, 2016
Mr. James Leroy Medley of Halifax, VA passed away Saturday, December 31, 2016 at his home. He was born January 28, 1950 and was 66 years old. He was the son of the late James Roy Medley and Opal I. Adams Medley and was married to Diane Loftis Medley who survives. He was an active member of St. Johns Episcopal...
Sarah Henderson Lebsack
Dec 30, 2016
Mrs. Sarah Henderson Lebsack of Rocky Mount, NC, formerly of Halifax County, VA passed away Friday, December 30, 2016 at the Nash General Hospital in Rocky Mount, NC. She was born December 6, 1920 in Halifax County, VA and was 96 years old. She was the daughter of the late Herbert H. Henderson and the late Annie Dunn Henderson. Sarah...
Hazel Talley
Dec 28, 2016
Mrs. Hazel Martin Talley of South Boston, VA passed away December 28, 2016. She was born in Halifax County on May 5, 1929 and was 87 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Claude Garland Martin, Sr. and the late Lula Francis Martin. She was married to the late Jack Gravitt Talley. She was a member...
Florine Yancey Roark
Dec 25, 2016
Mrs. Florine Yancey Roark of South Boston, VA passed away on December 25, 2016 at Sentara Woodview. She was born in Halifax County, VA on November 19, 1931 and was 85 years old. She was the daughter of the late Charlie Edward “Pete” Yancey and Susie Conner Yancey and was married to the late Wilmer Ryland Roark Jr. She was...
Virginia Ann Bridges
Dec 23, 2016
Mrs. Virginia Ann King Bridges of Halifax, VA passed away December 23, 2016. She was born in Charlotte County, VA on December 15, 1927 and was 89 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Joseph Edward King and the late Minnie Lee Newcomb King. She was married to the late Edward Garland Bridges, Sr. She was...
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