Obituaries
Mark Benton Hughes
Feb 15, 2022
Mark Benton Hughes of South Boston, VA passed away February 15, 2022. He was born in South Boston, VA on October 5, 1982 and was 39 years of age. He was the son of Barbara Watts Keatts and the late Robert Gaines Hughes, III.
He was a member of Fork Baptist Church and former volunteer at South Boston Fire...
Olive Clay Wagstaff
Feb 14, 2022
Olive Clay Wagstaff of Clover and Clarksville, VA passed away February 14, 2022. She was born in Halifax County, VA on April, 2, 1940 and was 81 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Woodrow Wilson Clay and the late Martha Conner Clay. She was married to the late George Grayson Wagstaff. After their marriage, she worked...
Lois Roark McCullough
Feb 13, 2022
Beloved mother and grandmother, Lois Roark McCullough, age 91 passed away peacefully on February 13, 2022 surrounded by family.
She was born October 8th, 1930 in the Nathalie/Stovall area to Maggie Hodnett Roark and Elijah B. Roark SR.
She graduated from C.H. Friend High School where she was voted most athletic in her senior class. She exceled in both basketball...
Howard Claiborne Phillips
Feb 13, 2022
Howard Claiborne “H.C.” Phillips, Sr. of Halifax, VA passed away February 13, 2022. He was born in Halifax County, VA on August 8, 1942 and was 79 years of age. He was the son of the late Henderson Lucas Phillips and the late Virgie Hall Phillips. He was married to Mary R. Phillips who survives.
He was a member...
Pamela Smith Bunn
Feb 11, 2022
Mrs. Pamela Smith Bunn of Clover, VA passed away Friday, February 11, 2022 at the Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital. She was born February 2, 1957 in Halifax County, VA and was 65 years old. She was the daughter of the late Jimmie Valentine Smith and the late Nannie Betterton Smith and was married to James H. Bunn, Jr., who survives....
Mark Thomas Nichols
Feb 8, 2022
Mark Thomas Nichols of Clover, VA passed away February 8, 2022. He was born in Halifax County, VA on April 15, 1992 and was 29 years of age. He was the son of Mark Cleon Nichols and Teresa Hazelwood Nichols. He was engaged to Heather Lankford who survives.
He was a member of Hunting Creek Baptist Church. Rocket man...
Sheila Parks Matze
Feb 8, 2022
Sheila Parks Matze of South Boston, VA passed away February 8, 2022. She was born in South Boston, VA on June 5, 1959 and was 62 years of age. She was the daughter of Mary Snead Parks and the late Broaddus Wilson Parks.
She was a member of Clover Baptist Church. Sheila loved cats, animals, her friends and...
Jackie Porter Smoot
Feb 8, 2022
Mrs. Helen Porter “Jackie” Smoot of South Boston, VA passed away on Tuesday, February 8, 2022.She was born in South Boston on January 3, 1949 and was 73 years old. She was the daughter of the late James W. Porter and the late Helen Coleman Phillips Porter and was married to Edward Lemuel Smoot, Jr. who survives.
She was a...
Donald Mitchell Bowes
Feb 4, 2022
Mr. Donald Mitchell Bowes of South Boston, VA passed away on Friday, February 4, 2022 at his home. He was born in Halifax County on December 4, 1956 and was 65 years old. He was the son of the late Raymond Banks Bowes and Faye Cliborne Solomon and was married to Mary Redd Bowes. He was employed by Louisiana Pacific....
Audrey Powell Pittard
Feb 3, 2022
Audrey Powell Pittard of Halifax, VA passed away February 3, 2022. She was born in Halifax County, VA on January 13, 1933 and was 89 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Mel Lacy Powell and the late Martha Nolan Powell. She was married to the late Johnnie Edward Pittard, Sr.
She was a member of...
James "Jody" Joseph Watts
Feb 3, 2022
James Joseph “Jody” Watts of Clarksville, VA passed away February 3, 2022. He was born in Halifax County, VA on February 11, 1947 and was 74 years of age. He was the son of the late Samuel Watts and the late Ruby Snead Watts. He was married to Barbara D. Watts who survives.
He was of the Baptist Faith....
Dwyane Edward Cash, Sr.
Jan 29, 2022
Dwyane Edward Cash, Sr. of Scottsburg, VA passed away January 29, 2022. He was born in Halifax County, VA on November 22, 1967 and was 54 years of age. He was the son of Roy Edward and Linda Conner Cash. He was married to Maureen Cash.
He attended Friendship United Methodist Church in Chase City.
Dwyane Edward...
Rebecca Francis Hogan
Jan 28, 2022
Rebecca Francis Hogan of Halifax, VA passed away January 28, 2022. She was born in Halifax County, VA on April 27, 1943 and was 78 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Hamon Francis and the late Lelia Cash Francis. She was married to the late Robert Lee Hogan.
She was a member of Centerville Baptist...
Wayne Vanus Gordon
Jan 27, 2022
Wayne Vanus Gordon of Danville, VA passed away January 27, 2022. He was born in Halifax County, VA on July 3, 1944 and was 78 years of age. He was the son of the late Eugene Gordon and the late Marjorie Wimberly Gordon. He was a member of Harmony United Methodist Church. Wayne Vanus Gordon is survived by: His Daughter...
Katie Lee Chappell
Jan 26, 2022
Katie Lee Abbott Chappell of Halifax County, VA passed away January 25,2022. She was born in Halifax County, VA on February 2, 1933 and was 87 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Joel Thomas Abbott and the late Alice Ray Hubbard Abbott. She was married to the late John Phillip Chappell, Jr.
She was a...
Ruby Nancy Magdalene Stump Helton Hogan
Jan 24, 2022
Ruby Nancy Magdalene Stump Helton Hogan of Alton, VA passed away January 24, 2022. She was born in Franklin County, VA on November 26, 1940 and was 81 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Melvin Wilson Stump and the late India Clay Stump.
She was of the Baptist faith.
Ruby Nancy Magdalene...
Bertha Seamster Mitchell
Jan 21, 2022
Mrs. Bertha Seamster Mitchell of Halifax, VA passed away on Friday, January 21, 2022. She was born in Halifax County on February 20, 1942 and was 79 years old. She was the daughter of the late James William Seamster and the late Ruby Moore Seamster and was married to the late Benjamin Franklin Mitchell Sr. She loved cooking, watching TV...
John Richard Gregory
Jan 21, 2022
Gregory, John Richard, 85, of South Boston, Virginia, passed away on January 21st, 2022. He was born in Rocky Gap, Virginia on November 28th, 1936 to John Higgenbotham Gregory and Ollie Mae Linkous Gregory. He was married for 66 years to Constance “Connie” Jones Gregory, who survives him. He is also survived by his son Richard “Rick”; four grandchildren, Lauren,...
Dorothy Throckmorton Ellington
Jan 18, 2022
Dorothy Throckmorton Ellington of South Boston, VA passed away January 18, 2022. She was born in Halifax County, VA on November 30, 1934 and was 87 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Claude T. Throckmorton and the late Annie Burton Throckmorton. She was married to the late Ryland Ellington.
She was a member of Scottsburg...
Ruth Martin Puryear
Jan 15, 2022
Ruth Martin Phillips Puryear of South Boston, VA passed away January 15, 2022. She was born in Scottsburg, VA on July 31, 1938 and was 83 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Leonard Martin and the late Gracie Lloyd Martin.
She was a member of Main Street United Methodist Church. Ruth loved working in the...
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