Obituaries
Nora Lynn Russell
Oct 7, 2013
Ms. Nora Lynn Russell of South Boston, Virginia died Monday, October 07, 2013 at The Woodview. She was born in Manassas, Virginia April 6, 1964 and was 49 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Charles Linville Russell, Sr. and is survived by her mother, Jo Anne Miller Russell. Ms. Russell was a Girl Scout Leader, assistant...
Arnold Glenn Sanders
Oct 7, 2013
Mr. Arnold"Glenn" Sanders of Alton, Virginia died Monday, October 7, 2013 at his home. He was born December 18, 1932 and was 80 years of age. He was the son of the late Robert Mark Sanders and Velma McGhee Sanders and is survived by his wife Harriett Yancey Sanders. Mr. Sanders was a charter member of Dan River Ruritan Club...
Moselle Butterworth Beatty
Oct 5, 2013
Mrs. Moselle Butterworth Beatty of Halifax, VA died Saturday, October 5, 2013 at Halifax Regional Hospital. She was born in Chestnut Hill, PA on October 28, 1920 and was 92 years old. She was the daughter of the late DeHaven Butterworth and Moselle Olive Williams Butterworth and was married to the late Paul Cousart Beatty. She was a member of...
Anita Carr Talbott
Oct 5, 2013
Mrs. Anita Carr Talbott of Greenville, SC, and formerly of South Boston, VA, died Saturday, October 5, 2013 in Greenville. She was born in Halifax County, VA on March 10, 1917 and was 96 years old. She was married to the late Arthur Crafton Talbott and was the daughter of the late Silas Baker Carr and Winnie Haley Carr. She...
Elsie Louise Austin Neal
Oct 3, 2013
Ms. Elsie Louise Austin Neal of Halifax, Virginia died October 3, 2013 at The Woodview. She was born in Schoolfield, Virginia April 11, 1931 and was 82 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Ezra Leonard Austin and Mary Pruitt Austin Adkins. Ms. Neal was a member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, Halifax Congregation. Ms....
Robert Lee Bourne
Oct 3, 2013
Mr. Robert Lee Bourne of Fries,Virginia died Thursday, October 3, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem, North Carolina. He was born in Seattle, Washington, February 12, 1944 and was 69 years of age. He was the son of the late Luther Lee Bourne and Dorothy Leah Jackson Bourne and is survived by his wife Betty Singletary Bourne. Mr....
Elsie Louise Austin Neal
Oct 3, 2013
Ms. Elsie Louise Austin Neal of Halifax, Virginia died October 3, 2013 at The Woodview. She was born in Schoolfield, Virginia April 11, 1931 and was 82 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Ezra Leonard Austin and Mary Pruitt Austin Adkins. Ms. Neal was a member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, Halifax Congregation. Ms....
Debra Crouch Walker
Oct 2, 2013
Mrs. Debra Crouch Walker of South Boston, Virginia died Wednesday, October 2, 2013 at Halifax Regional Hospital. She was born in Halifax County, NC on December 28, 1951 and was 61 years of age. She was the daughter of Lacy B. Crouch, Jr. and Rose Roberson Crouch and was preceded in death by her husband Earl Wayne Walker & grandson...
Lottie Irene Fallen Smith
Oct 1, 2013
Mrs. Lottie "Irene" Fallen Smith of South Boston, Virginia died Tuesday, October 1, 2013 at The Woodview. She was born in Halifax County, Virginia November 11, 1930 and was 82 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Leslie Fallen and Allie Wilkerson Fallen. Mrs. Smith was a member of the First Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Irene Fallen Smith...
Julian Randolph Harrison, Jr.
Oct 1, 2013
Mr. Julian Randolph Harrison, Jr. of South Boston, Virginia died Tuesday, October 1, 2013 at Southside Regional Medical Center in Petersburg, Virginia. He was born in Suffolk County, Virginia May 20, 1937 and was 76 years of age. He was the son of the late Julian Randolph Harrison, Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Whitmore Harrison and is survived by his wife...
Elna Short Burton
Sep 30, 2013
For memorials, please consider the Bethel Baptist Church Mrs. Elna Short Burton of Halifax, Virginia died Tuesday, September 30, 2013 at her home. She was born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia October 28, 1926 and was 86 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Lundy Short and Lena Fuller Short and was also preceded in death by her...
Thomas Delano Whitt
Sep 29, 2013
Mr. Thomas Delano Whitt, Sr. of Sandy Hook , Virginia died September 29, 2013 at his home. He was born in Halifax County, Virginia December 22, 1932 and was 80 years of age. He was the son of the late Gaby Whitt and Elsie Talley Whitt and is survived by his wife Elizabeth Hughes Whitt. Mr. Whitt was a member...
Lilly Bishop McDowell
Sep 26, 2013
Mrs. Lilly Bishop McDowell of Cluster Springs, Virginia died Thursday, September 26, 2013 in South Boston, Virginia. She was born February 17, 1958 in Halifax County, Virginia. She was the daughter of the late James Charles Bishop, Sr. and Gertrude Poole Bishop and is survived by her husband Hugh Watson McDowell, Jr. and two daughters, Morgan Elizabeth McDowell of South...
Dell Stacey Thomason
Sep 21, 2013
Mr. Dell Stacey Thomason of 2207 Cluster Springs Road, South Boston, VA passed away Saturday, September 21, 2013 at Berry Hill Health and Rehab Center. He was born in Halifax County on April 25, 1964 and was 49 years old. He was the son of Maxwell Lane "Bo" Thomason Sr. and Pearl Puryear Thomason who survive. He was a member...
Frances Dease Wagstaff
Sep 21, 2013
Mrs. Frances Dease Wagstaff of Halifax, Virginia died Saturday September 21, 2013 at Halifax Regional Hospital. She was born in Salisbury , NC on February 10, 1927 and was 86 years old. She was the daughter of the late Linwood Johnson Dease and Maggie Mae Honeysuckle Dease and was married to Robert Wilkie Wagstaff. She was a member of Bethel...
Allen Goode Puckett, Jr.
Sep 19, 2013
Mr. Allen Goode Puckett, Jr. of Scottsburg, Virginia died Thursday, September 19, 2013 At Virginia Baptist Hospital in Lynchburg, Virginia. He was born in Halifax County, Virginia August 19, 1928 and was 85 years of age. He was married first to Susie Hazel Duffey Puckett then to Mary Ellen Betterton McCormick Puckett, both preceded him in death. Mr. Puckett was...
Elmer James (Jim) Moore
Sep 17, 2013
Elmer James (Jim) Moore, Jr., formerly of Gastonia, N.C. passed away peacefully September 17, 2013 surrounded in love by his daughters and the staff at Woodview Nursing Home in South Boston, Virginia. He was born November 13, 1930 in Fort Pierce, Florida to Elmer James Moore, Sr., and Thelma Louise Moore. The family moved to Atlanta where he lived until...
Maxine Iola Jones Rice
Sep 14, 2013
Maxine Iola Jones Rice, age 69, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Saturday, September 14, 2013, after a courageous battle with cancer that weakened her body, but never her faith in Jehovah God and her deep and caring love for others. She leaves to treasure her memory, her loving and devoted husband John Davis Rice of their home in...
Hugh Tyrus Edmondson
Sep 12, 2013
Mr. Hugh Tyrus Edmondson of J. D. Hagood Highway, Clover, Virginia died Thursday, September 12, 2013 at his home. He was born May 6, 1919 in Halifax County, Virginia and was 94 years of age. He was the son of the late Frank Edward Edmondson and Mabel Ligon Edmondson and was also preceded in death by his wife Grace Nichols...