Obituaries
Dorothy Mae "Dot" Clay Wall
Jan 27, 2017
Mrs. Dorothy Mae “Dot” Clay Wall of Halifax, VA passed away Friday, January 27, 2017 at the Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital. She was born in Halifax County, VA on May 21, 1941 and was 75 years old. She was the daughter of the late James Henry Clay and the late Mary Agnes Littles Clay and was married to Wayne Shannon...
Jimmie Rodgers Conner
Jan 25, 2017
Mr. Jimmie Rodgers Conner of South Boston, VA passed away January 25, 2017. He was born in Halifax County on January 12, 1944 and was 73 years of age. He was the son of the late Sampson W. Conner and the late Ethel Mae Singleton Conner. Mr. Jimmie Rodgers Conner is survived by: Two Daughters Mary Serrano and husband...
Hallie Anthony Slagle
Jan 23, 2017
Mrs. Hallie Anthony Slagle, 90, of South Boston, VA passed away Monday, January 23, 2017 at Sentara Woodview Nursing Home. She was born March 10, 1926 in the Stella community of Patrick County, VA to the late John Virgil Anthony and the late Hallie Ethel Foster Anthony. She was a member of First Baptist Church of South Boston and a...
Maynard Hagood Osborne
Jan 22, 2017
Maynard Osborne passed away peacefully on January 22, 2017 at Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital. Maynard was born on November 19, 1935 to Eddie and Mary Francis Osborne in Halifax County. He graduated from Halifax County High School in 1954 and enjoyed getting together with his classmates.Maynard married Nancy Dunkley Osborne in 1956 and moved to Richmond. He joined the Virginia...
Claiborne Wayne Weatherford
Jan 21, 2017
Mr. Claiborne Wayne Weatherford of Halifax, VA passed away on Saturday, January 21, 2017 at Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital. He was born in Halifax County December 3, 1933. Wayne was 83 years old at the time of his passing. He was the son of the late William Thomas Weatherford, Jr. and Louise Owen Weatherford. Wayne is survived by his wife...
Spottswood Strickland Davis
Jan 20, 2017
Mrs. Spottswood Strickland Davis of Nathalie, VA passed away January 20, 2017. She was born in Halifax County, VA on May 30, 1927 and was 89 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Arthur Linwood Strickland and the late Lillian Crews Strickland. She was married to the late John Bradley Davis. She was a member of...
Richard Joseph Guth
Jan 19, 2017
Mr. Richard Joseph Guth of South Boston passed away January 19, 2017. He was born in Stevens Point, WI on March 11, 1930 and was 86 years of age. He was the son of the late Joseph Richard Guth and the late Mary Piesik Guth. He was married the late Dorothy May Damone Guth of 63 years. He retired...
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...