Obituaries
Jimmie Bane Watts
Jan 8, 2022
Mr. Jimmie Bane Watts of Scottsburg, VA passed away on Saturday, January 8, 2022 in South Boston, Va. He was born in Halifax County on October 8, 1935 and was 86 years old. He was the son of the late Samuel William Watts and the late Ruby Snead Watts and was married to Carolyn Faye Watts who survives. He was...
Bobbie Reese Hill
Jan 8, 2022
Mrs. Bobbie Reese Hill of Nathalie, VA, passed away January 8th, 2022. She was born in Charlotte County, Virginia on November 15th, 1936 to the late Robert and Cecil Coates Reese and was 85 years of age. She was married to Will Rogers Hill who survives. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Republican Grove. A caring and...
Jesse Linwood Baker
Jan 8, 2022
Mr. Jesse “Dick” Linwood Baker of Halifax, VA passed away January 8th, 2022. He was born, February 4, 1936, in Tarboro, North Carolina to the late John Frank and Louise Elizabeth Matthews Baker and was 85 years old. He was married to the late Dorothy “Christine” Moore for 64 years. He was a retired supervisor at J.P. Stevens. He loved...
Mary Lois Tharpe Crenshaw Buchannan
Jan 2, 2022
Mary Lois Tharpe Crenshaw Buchannan danced her way to heaven on Sunday, January 2, 2022 at the age of 88 years. Born in Saxe, VA on September 2, 1933, Lois was a redhead in every sense of the word and if you knew her, you never forgot her.
As a young wife and mother, she and her first husband Claude...
Walter Leonard Riddle
Jan 1, 2022
Walter Leonard Riddle of Danville, VA passed away January 1, 2022. He was born in South Boston, VA on October 30, 1939 and was 82 years of age. He was the son of the late Walter C. Riddle and the late Edna Riddle.
He was a member of Dan River Baptist Church where he loved singing in the...
James P. Cassada
Jan 1, 2022
Mr. James P. Cassada, Jr. of South Boston, VA passed away Saturday, January 1, 2022 at the Clarksville Health and Rehab. He was born September 1, 1942 in Halifax County, VA and was 79 years old. He was the son of the late James Preston Cassada, Sr., and the late Evelyn Morse Cassada and was married to Diane Roberts Cassada,...
Mitchell Dean Bray
Jan 1, 2022
Mr. Mitchell Dean Bray of Nathalie, VA passed way Saturday, January 1, 2022 at the South Boston Health and Rehab. He was born June 1, 1954 in Halifax County, VA and was 67 years old. He was the son of the late John L. Bray and the late Bernice S. Bray.
He was a member of the Liberty United...
Jean Fears Moorefield
Dec 31, 2021
Mrs. Jean Fears Moorefield of Nathalie, VA passed away on Friday, December 31, 2021 at Lynchburg General Hospital. She was born in Halifax County, VA on September 14, 1951 and was 70 years old. She was the daughter of the late Joe Joseph Fears, Jr. and the late Louise Seamster Fears. She was a member of Providence Presbyterian Church and...
Timmy Carol Vassar
Dec 29, 2021
Timmy Carol Vassar of Clover, VA passed away December 29, 2021. He was born in Halifax County, VA on December 18, 1960 and was 61 years of age. He was the son of Jane Elizabeth Duffey Vassar Tate and the late Henry Arnold Vassar. He was married to Deborah Hazelwood Vassar who survives.
He was a member of Mt....
Bernice Covington Conner
Dec 28, 2021
Mrs. Bernice Covington Conner of Nathalie, VA passed away on Tuesday, December 28, 2021 at her home. She was born in Halifax County on September 15, 1922 and was 99 years old. She was the daughter of the late Spencer Edward Covington and Bessie B. Conner and was married to the late Fulton Carrington Conner. She was a member of...
Cary Hightower Barksdale, Sr.
Dec 25, 2021
Cary Hightower Barksdale, Sr. of Paces, VA passed away December 25, 2021. He was born in Danville, VA on November 21, 1941 and was 80 years of age. He was the son of the late Charles Beverly Barksdale and the late Mary Schofield Barnes Barksdale. He was married to Marsha Jeter Barksdale who survives.
He was a life time...
Rebecca Lynn Whitlow
Dec 24, 2021
The family of Rebecca Lynn Whitlow, who unexpectedly passed away on December 24th 2021, will be having a celebration of her life at First Baptist Church of South Boston on Saturday, April 2nd, 2022 at 11:00 A.M. Visitation with her family will be held before the service, from 10:00am to 11:00am at the church. Several of her close musical friends...
Rebecca Lynn Whitlow
Dec 24, 2021
An accomplished vocal artist, Rebecca Lynn Whitlow who performed in concert and operas in the United States and abroad, was born on February 25, 1963 in Winston-Salem, NC. She was the beloved daughter of Mr. Thomas Wilborn Whitlow and Mrs. Dora West Whitlow. She died suddenly and unexpectedly at her family home in South Boston on Christmas Eve, while visiting...
Nancy S. Voncannon
Dec 23, 2021
Mrs. Nancy Richardson Satterfield Voncannon passed away Thursday, December 23, 2021 at the Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital. She was born September 8, 1943 in Halifax County, VA and was 78 years old. She was the daughter of the late Ben Richardson and the late Julia Satterfield Richardson.
She was a member of the Beth Car Baptist Church and the...
Mary Owen White
Dec 23, 2021
Mary Thomas Owen White of Nathalie, VA passed away December 23, 2021. She was born in Halifax County, VA on December 18, 1938 and was 83 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Dewey Overton Owen and the late Aileen West Owen. She was married to the late William Joseph “Will” White, Sr.
She was a...
Gladys Stevens Dodson
Dec 22, 2021
Gladys Stevens Dodson of Halifax, VA passed away December 22, 2021 peacefully at home. She was born in Halifax County, VA on February 10, 1924 and was 97 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Thomas E. Stevens and the late Nora Price Stevens. She was married to the late William Efford “Jerry” Dodson.
She was...
Christopher Michael Bomar
Dec 20, 2021
Christopher Michael “Mikey” Bomar of South Boston, VA passed away December 20, 2021. He was born in Halifax County, VA on August 25, 1977 and was 44 years of age. He was the son of the late Michael Thomas Bomar and the late Christy Lynn Whitlow Bomar. He was married to Jennifer Justus Bomar who survives.
He was a...
Edward Dean Wilborn
Dec 18, 2021
Edward Dean “Poncho” Wilborn of Scottsburg, VA passed away December 18, 2021 from Congestive Heart Failure. He was born in South Boston, VA on February 4, 1964 and was 57 years of age. He was the son of the late Raymond Edward Wilborn and the late Lillian Irene Hudson.
He was a former truck driver which was his...
Charles Howard Blackman
Dec 17, 2021
Mr. Charles Howard Blackman of Halifax, VA passed away Friday, December 17, 2021 at the Berry Hill Health and Rehab. He was born June 8, 1939 in Johnston County, NC and was 82 years old. He was the son of the late John A. Blackman and the late Mettie Clifton Blackman and was married to the late Marjorie L.B. Blackman.
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Mary Wilbur Johnson Cassada
Dec 15, 2021
Mary Wilbur Johnson Cassada of South Boston died Wednesday, December 15, 2021, at Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital at the age of 89. She had enjoyed full independence, health and vitality until about two weeks ago.
Born December 23, 1931, in Reidsville, N.C., she was the daughter of Wilbur Henry Johnson and Mary Belle Hall Johnson. She grew up in Reidsville and...
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