Obituaries
Lacy White Powell
Apr 17, 2024
Lacy White Powell of Altavista, formally of South Boston, passed away April 17, 2024 at the age of 80. He was born in Halifax County, VA on June 25, 1943 to the late Herbert Augustus Powell and the late Annie Alderson Powell. He was married for 56 years to the late Audrey Chandler Powell.
He was a member of First Baptist...
Ruby Laughorn Newton
Apr 15, 2024
Ruby Laughorn Newton of Halifax, VA passed away April 15, 2024. She was born in Halifax County, VA on September 4, 1938 to the late Howard Laughorn and the late Gracie Willborne and was 85 years old. She was married to the late Garland Briggs Newton, Sr.
She was an active member of North Fork Baptist Church and helped with the...
Daniel Vazquez Seguinot
Apr 13, 2024
Daniel Vazquez Seguinot "Danny" of Keeling, Virginia passed away on April 13, 2024 in Reidsville, North Carolina at the age of 44.
He was born on August 9, 1979 in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico and was lovingly raised by Angel Vazquez Cruz and Maria Seguinot in San Sebastian, PR. He left Puerto Rico when he was 25 years old and shortly thereafter,...
Kenneth Eugene Irby
Apr 13, 2024
Mr. Kenneth Eugene Irby of South Boston, VA passed away on Saturday, April 13, 2024. He was born in Halifax County August 3, 1935 and was 88 years old. He was the son of the late James Clarence Irby and the late Elizabeth Irby and was married to the late Nancy Nichols Irby. He was a member of Ash Avenue...
Doris Anne Cox Powell
Apr 12, 2024
Doris Anne "D.A." Cox Powell of South Boston, formerly of Halifax, Virginia, passed away on Friday, April 12, 2024, at the age of 81. She was born on May 22, 1942, in Danville, Virginia, the daughter of the late Samuel Pace "Sam" Cox and the late Helena Anne Motley Cox. She was married for 61 years to Douglas Waller Powell,...
Rick Gerald Truesdale
Apr 10, 2024
Rick Gerald Truesdale, or Pop, as he was better known, was a true Renaissance Man. This was a guy who in the same story would expound upon the principles of Taoism and the teachings of Lao Tzu, just before reminiscing about seeing the Doors at the Whiskey A Go Go. Rick was a man whose stories would simultaneously amaze, embarrass,...
Lillie Frances Martin
Apr 8, 2024
Lillie Frances Martin of Drakes Branch, VA passed away April 8, 2024 at the age of 84. She was born in Halifax County on January 2, 1940 to the late William Lewis Peck and the late Hallie Mosie Seamster Peck Hodge and was raised by her late grandmother Ethel Estelle Peck. She was married to the late John Henry Martin.
She...
Waverly Eugene Newton Sr.
Apr 5, 2024
Waverly Eugene Newton, Sr. of South Boston passed away April 5, 2024 at the age of 86. He was born in Halifax, VA on April 8, 1937 to the late Addie Briggs Newton and the late Gertude Alice Compton Newton. He was married to Jane Doss Newton who survives.
Waverly was the owner and operator of Newton’s Floor Sanding and Finishing....
Irvin Lacy Hunt
Apr 3, 2024
Irvin Lacy Hunt of Nathalie passed away April 3, 2024 at the age of 91. He was born in Halifax County, VA on July 16, 1932 to the late Memory Ryland Hunt and the late Effie Arthur Hunt. He was married for seventy years to the late Doris Irene King Hunt who recently passed away on January 10, 2024.
At the...
Joyce Hall Pyle
Apr 3, 2024
Joyce Hall “Pete” Pyle of Halifax passed away peacefully on April 3, 2024 at the age of 89. She was born in Halifax County on October 14, 1934 to the late John Edward Hall, Sr. and the late Florence Ingram Hall. She was married to the late Joseph Patrick Pyle.
Joyce was an active member of Beth Car Baptist Church. She...
William Frank Moorefield, Jr.
Mar 29, 2024
Mr. William Frank Moorefield Jr. of Halifax, VA passed away on Friday, March 29, 2024 at Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital. He was born in Halifax County on March 20, 1925 and was 99 years old. He was the son of the late William Frank Moorefield Sr. and the late Stella Wilmouth Moorefield and was married for 57 years to the...
Robert Charles Hudson
Mar 27, 2024
Robert Charles Hudson of Halifax, VA passed away March 27, 2024 at the age of 66. He was born in Halifax County, VA on February 9, 1958 to the late Robert Watkins Hudson and the late Mattie Shotwell Hudson.
Robert C. Hudson was a member of McKendree United Methodist Church. He was a graduate of Virginia Tech where he received...
Anthony "Andy" Andrew Holcomb
Mar 23, 2024
Anthony Andrew Holcomb of South Boston, VA passed away on March 23, 2024 at the age of 61. He was born in Montgomery, WV on July 31, 1962 to the late Kenneth Lee Holcomb, Sr and the late Linda Lou Roop Holcomb. He was married to Greta Conner Holcomb who survives.
Andy was of the Baptist Faith. He believed in living...
Patricia Layne Wilbourne
Mar 22, 2024
Patricia Layne Wilbourne, 69, of South Boston, VA passed away peacefully on March 22, 2024. She was the daughter of Elmer Wilbourne and Nannie Willard Wilbourne; granddaughter of the late H.B. Willard and the late Erna Gravitt Willard.
Patricia had a great love for all animals, her horses, her goats, but especially for her dogs throughout the years. She enjoyed...
Nancy LaNeave Pool
Mar 16, 2024
Mrs. Nancy Gilliam LaNeave Pool of South Boston, Virginia went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, March 16, 2024. She was born in Crewe, VA on December 20, 1945, and was the daughter of the late Drury Warriner LaNeave and Edith Tunstall LaNeave. For fifty years, she was married to her husband Delbert Edgar “Del” Pool, who...
John Thomas "Tommy" Atkins, III
Mar 15, 2024
Mr. John Thomas “Tommy” Atkins III of Roanoke, VA, and formerly of Halifax County, VA passed away at his home in Roanoke on Saturday, March 15, 2024. He was born in Halifax County on October 22,1968 and was 55 years old. He was the son of the late John Thomas Atkins Jr. and Jeanette Bowman Atkins who survives. Tommy was...
Jane Brock Whitt and Bradley Wayne Whitt, Jr.
Mar 13, 2024
Jane “Janey” Brock Whitt, 62 and Bradley Wayne Whitt, Jr 62, both of Alton, VA passed away on March 13, 2024. Janey was born in Charlottesville, VA on July 6, 1961 to the late William Walker and the late Frances Barner Walker. Wayne was born in Richmond, Va on January 3, 1962 to Bradley Wayne Whitt, Sr who survives and...
Barry Glenn McCraw
Mar 12, 2024
McCraw, Barry Glenn, 79, of Midlothian, VA passed away suddenly on March 12, 2024. A cherished husband, father, grandfather and brother, he is survived by his loving wife of 45 years, Ann C. McCraw; two sons B. Clayton (Hillary) and Palmer C. McCraw; two grandchildren Campbell F. and Quinlan C. McCraw; his sister Patricia A. Goodwin, and sister-in-law Ellen F....
Willard Wayne Noblin
Mar 11, 2024
Willard Wayne Noblin of South Boston passed away March 11, 2024 at the age of 82. He was born in Halifax County on May 30, 1941 to the late Ruby Willard Noblin and the late Thelma Dunkley Noblin. He was married to Virginia Landrum Noblin who survives.
He was a member of Pleasant Grove Christian Church where he served as a...
Joyce Newcomb Martin
Mar 10, 2024
Joyce Newcomb Martin of Clover passed away Sunday, March 10, 2024 at the age of 77. She was born in Halifax County on June 15, 1946 to the late John “Jim” Newcomb and the late Sarah Martin Newcomb. She was married to the late Ernest E. Martin.
She was of the Christian Faith. Family was what Joyce treasured most, especially...
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