Nancy Jones Chandler

Mrs. Nancy Jones Chandler of Alton, VA died September 28,2026 at Chippenham Hospital in Richmond, VA. She was born in South Boston, VA on April 1, 1939, and was 87 years of age.

She was the daughter of the late Barksdale Townes Jones and Alma Jewell Jones (nee Williams) and was married to the late Joseph Luck Chandler, Sr. Mrs. Chandler was a graduate of Mary Washington College. She was a member of Olive Branch Methodist Church where she was a trustee, cemetery fund treasurer, served also in several leadership positions and played the piano for weekly services. Mrs. Chandler was a member of the Halifax Women’s Club and the Berryman Green Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, having served as Regent and Secretary. She was a retired teacher from Halifax County Public School system, and previously taught at both Halifax Academy and in Richmond, VA. Her standing appointment with the ladies of her “Lunch Bunch” was one of her most-treasured standing weekly appointments.

Mrs. Chandler is survived by her two children, her son Joseph Luck Chandler, Jr and her daughter, Leslie Chandler Haralson and her husband Jason of Lantana, Texas; five grandsons, Joseph “Trey” Chandler, III, Samuel Chandler, Riley Barksdale Chandler, Timothy “Chase” Haralson, and Ian Chandler Haralson.

A funeral service will be held on Sunday, October 4, 2026 at 3:00 P.M. at Olive Branch United Methodist Church with the Reverand Brian Faison officiating.

The family will receive friends on Sunday, one hour prior to the service at the church.

Those wishing to give a memorial are asked to consider the Olive Branch Methodist Church Cemetery Fund, 2245 Wilkins Road, Alton, VA 24520.

Online condolences may be directed to www.powellfuneralinc.com.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Powell Funeral Home, 1603 Wilborn Ave., South Boston, 24592.