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Betty Jane Trent Beadles
May 21, 2015
Mrs. Betty Jane Trent Beadles of Drakes Branch, Virginia died Thursday, May 21, 2015 at her home. She was born in Halifax County, Virginia March 1, 1930 and was 85 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Riggs Walker Trent and Betty Jane Francis Trent and was married to the late Owen Lacy Beadles. Mrs. Beadles was...
Peggy Whitt Gravett
May 20, 2015
Mrs. Peggy Whitt Gravett of Danville, VA and formerly of Halifax County, VA, passed away Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at Roman Eagle Nursing Home. She was born in Halifax County, VA on January 28, 1926 and was 89 years old. She was the daughter of the late General Lee Whitt and Myrtle Wilmouth Whitt and was married to the late...
Pearl Puryear Thomason
May 18, 2015
Ms. Pearl Puryear Thomason of South Boston, Virginia died Monday, May 18, 2015 at the home of her son. She was born in Clinton, North Carolina, November 22, 1938, the daughter of the late Robert William Puryear and Letha Watts Puryear. Ms. Thomason was a member of Black Walnut Baptist Church and was retired after 43 years with Burlington Industries....
Frances Lacks King
May 17, 2015
Mrs. Frances Lacks King of Red Level Church Road, Scottsburg, VA passed away Sunday, May 17, 2015 at Sentara Woodview. She was born in Halifax County on October 9, 1929 and was 85 years old. She was the daughter of the late Robert Lynwood Lacks and Lucy Brown Hall Lacks. She was a former employee of Clover Yarns and was...
Thelma Palmer Lacy
May 14, 2015
Mrs. Thelma Palmer Lacy of Halifax, VA passed away Thursday, May 14, 2015 at her home. She was born September 5, 1914 in Halifax County, VA and was 100 years old. She was the daughter of the late Charlie Palmer and Eunice Hudson Palmer and was married to the late Daniel Epps Lacy, Sr. She was a member of the...
Clara Powell Carver
May 10, 2015
Mrs. Clara Powell Carver, 77 of Halifax, VA passed away Sunday, May 10, 2015 at the Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital. She was born October 15, 1937, the daughter of the late Jack Powell and Justine Granger Powell. She was a registered nurse and spent most of her career with the Halifax County Health department. She dedicated her life to helping...
Regina Reid Womack
May 8, 2015
Mrs. Regina Reid Womack of South Boston, Virginia died Friday, May 08, 2015 at her home. She was born June 5, 1933 in Eagle Rock, Virginia. She was the daughter of the late Olan F. Reid and Clara Reid and was married to the late Hurley Lee Womack, Sr. Mrs. Womack was a member of Mountain Road Baptist church and...
Shirley Atkinson Powell
May 6, 2015
Mrs. Shirley Mae Atkinson Powell of 202 Forest Dr. South Boston, VA died Wednesday, May 06, 2015. She was born in Pittsylvania County, VA May 2, 1930 and made South Boston her home since September 1959. She was the daughter of Mr. John Albert Atkinson and Mrs. Ilah Mae Moorefield Atkinson, Java, VA and was married to Mr. Earl Gunn...
Randall Lee Motsinger
May 3, 2015
Mr. Randall Lee Motsinger of Alton, Virginia died Sunday, May 3, 2015 at his home. He was born in Winston-Salem, NC, October 7, 1958 and was 56 years of age. He was the son of the late Ed Motsinger & Norma Beck Motsinger McGee, who survives. Mr. Motsinger was owner & operator of M & M Computer Shack in South...
Elizabeth Stembridge Leggett
Apr 29, 2015
Elizabeth Stembridge (Betty Leigh) Leggett of South Boston passed away April 29, 2015. Born May 4, 1933 in Altavista, Virginia, she was the daughter of Evelyn Morgan Stembridge and Kenneth Gray Stembridge. Mrs. Leggett was a 1955 graduate of Westhampton College, a member of Main Street United Methodist Church, the Berryman Green Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution...
Walter Guy Oakes, Jr
Apr 27, 2015
Mr. Walter Guy Oakes, Jr. of South Boston, Virginia died Monday, April 27, 2015 at Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital. He was born in Halifax County, Virginia, October 15, 1939 and was 75 years of age. He was the son of the late Walter Guy Oakes, Sr. and Grace Woody Oakes . He was a retired used car saleman and attended...
Esther Florine Smith Cassada
Apr 26, 2015
Mrs. Esther Florine Smith Cassada of South Boston, VA passed away Sunday, April 26, 2015 at the Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital. She was born June 8, 1933 in Mecklenburg County, VA and was 81 years old. She was the daughter of the late Floyd Smith and the late Minnie Susan Seamster Smith and was married to the late Paul Schoolfield...
Hattie Cole Warren
Apr 24, 2015
Mrs. Hattie Cole Warren of Alton, VA passed away Friday, April 24, 2015 at her home. She was born April 16, 1923 in Halifax County, VA and was 92 years old. She was the daughter of the late Arthur Chappell Cole and the late Mamie Wilborn Cole and was married to the late Dabney Berks Warren, Jr. She was a...
John Wesley Snead, Sr.
Apr 22, 2015
Mr. John Wesley Snead, Sr. of Dryburg, VA passed away Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at the home of his son. He was born September 21, 1943 in Halifax County, VA and was 71 years old. He was the son of the late Pete Sydney Snead and the late Vivian Conner Snead and was married to the late Sallie Mae Hazelwood...
Evelyn Lorraine Snead Ligon
Apr 21, 2015
Mrs. Evelyn Lorraine Snead Ligon of Lynchburg and formerly of Halifax passed away on Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at her home. She was born in Halifax County on June 13, 1925 and was 89 years old. She was the daughter of the late Lewis Bailey Snead and Florence Adele Snead and was married to the late Vivian Bryant Ligon. She...
Michael Tony Toombs
Apr 20, 2015
Mr. Michael Tony Toombs of Halifax, VA passed away Monday, April 20, 2015 at the Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital. He was born July 18, 1962 in Halifax County, VA and was 52 years old. He was the son of the late Curtis William Toombs, Sr. and the late Bernice Landrum Barley and was married to Vickie Lacks Toombs, who survives....
Rebecca Clardy Blackstock
Apr 17, 2015
Mrs. Rebecca Clardy Blackstock of South Boston, VA passed away Friday, April 17, 2015 at the Sentara Woodview. She was born July 3, 1921 in Halifax County, VA and was 93 years old. She was the daughter of the late George Richard Clardy and the late Ella Hardie Clardy and was married to the late Herbert Blackstock. She was a...
Alexandra Wallace
Apr 15, 2015
Ms. Alexandra Wallace of Nathalie, VA passed away April 15, 2015 at her home. She was born on Long Island, NY June 16, 1982 and was 32 years old. She was the daughter of Thomas Ray Wallace and Madeline K. Wallace who survive. She was a former employee of Lowes in Danville and South Boston. Survivors include: Her parents Thomas...
James Eugene "Billy" Jones
Apr 13, 2015
Mr. James E. "Billy" Jones of Nathalie, VA passed away at his home on Monday, April 13, 2015. He was born in Halifax County on March 1, 1927 and was 88 years old. He was the son of the late Henry Otey Jones and Annie Sue Arendell Jones and was married to the late Beatrice Hamlett Jones. He was a...
Violet Link Deal
Apr 10, 2015
Mrs. Violet Link Deal of South Boston, VA passed away Friday, April 10, 2015 at her home. She was born February 2, 1945 in Halifax County, VA and was 70 years old. She was the daughter of the late William Henry Link, Sr., and the late Elizabeth Rogers Link and was married to Jay Lee Deal, who survives. She was...
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