Obituaries
Frances W. Hall
Nov 24, 2020
Frances Bailey Wilson Hall of South Boston, VA passed away November 24, 2020. She was born in Mecklenburg, VA on January 1, 1938 and was 82 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Bailey Wilson and the late Geneva Rainey Wilson. She was married to the John Ramsey Hall, Jr. who survives.
She was a member...
Betty Francisco Conner
Nov 24, 2020
Betty Francisco Conner of Scottsburg, Va passed away on Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at the home of her daughter and son in law in Hampton, Va.
She was born in Halifax County, Va on May 26, 1938 and was 82 years old.
Betty was the daughter of the late Otis and Rosa Owen. She was married to Raymond Francisco for...
Ruth M. Conner
Nov 23, 2020
Ruth McGregor Conner of Halifax, VA passed away November 23, 2020. She was born in Pittsylvania County on May 30, 1932 and was 88 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Addie Thomas McGregor and the late Betsy Slayton McGregor. She was married to the late James Milford Conner.
She was a member of Mt. Vernon...
Joyce Strong
Nov 21, 2020
Joyce Strong, faithful wife, and loving mother to three children, passed away at age 88. She was born on December 30, 1931, in the town of Robersonville, North Carolina to Charles Johnson and Virginia Bailey. She and her first husband, Charles Eddinger, raised three children, Teresa, Stephen, and Gregory.
Joyce relocated to California in her youth. There she breezed through...
Virginia Wilson Duffer
Nov 21, 2020
Virginia Wilson Duffer of South Boston, VA passed away November 21, 2020. She was born in Halifax County, VA on August 7, 1937 and was 81 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Melvin M. Wilson and the late Edith B. Wilson. She was married to the late Paul C. Duffer.
She was a member of...
Mildred Virginia S. Seamster
Nov 21, 2020
Mrs. Mildred Virginia Satterfield Seamster of Halifax, VA passed away Saturday, November 21, 2020 at her home. She was born May 2, 1927 and was 93 years old. She was the daughter of the late Kenneth David Satterfield and the late Mary Elizabeth Forlines Satterfield and was married to the late Louis Howard Seamster.
She was a member of...
Lena Betterton Saunders
Nov 21, 2020
Mrs. Lena Betterton Saunders of Halifax, VA passed away Saturday, November 21, 2020 at the Sentara Woodview Nursing Home. She was born June 11, 1922 in Halifax County, VA and was 98 years old. She was the daughter of the late John Bell McCormick and the late Mary Ellen Jones McCormick. She was married first to the late John T....
Shirley Jean C. Gentry
Nov 20, 2020
Mrs. Shirley Jean Carr Gentry of South Boston, VA passed away Friday, November 20, 2020 at the South Boston Health and Rehab. She was born December 4, 1937 in Halifax County, VA and was 82 years old. She was the daughter of the late Willie Herman Carr, Sr. and the late Annie Sue Perkins Carr.
She was a...
Dixie Lee Francis Creasy
Nov 17, 2020
Dixie Lee Francis Creasy of Gretna, VA passed away November 17, 2020. She was born in Hurt, VA on June 3, 1947 and was 73 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Gollie Lee Francis and the late Leona Davis Francis. She was married to the late Bernard Creasy.
She was a member of Mountain Road...
Stephen Jackson Sams
Nov 13, 2020
Stephen Jackson Sams of South Boston, VA passed away November 13, 2020. He was born in Elizabethton, TN on May 29, 1940 and was 80 years of age. He was the son of the late Earl Chase Sams and the late Nell Harrison Sams. He was married to Judy Stitt Sams (formerly of Elizabethton, TN).
Stephen grew up in...
Billie Johnson Cole
Nov 13, 2020
Billie Johnson Cole of Vernon Hill, VA passed away November 13, 2020. She was born in Ringgold, GA on December 4, 1924 and was 95 years of age. She was the daughter of the late William A. Johnson and the late Eula J. Johnson. She was married to the late Joel Eugene Cole.
She was a member of Faith...
Wayne Preston Conner
Nov 11, 2020
Wayne Preston Conner of Scottsburg, VA passed away November 11, 2020. He was born in Halifax County, VA on February 13, 1941 and was 79 years of age. He was the son of the late Everett F. Conner and the late Ellie Saunders Conner.
He was a member of Hunting Creek Baptist Church. Wayne was a veteran of...
Joanna Louise Hollars
Nov 7, 2020
Joanna Louise Hollars of South Boston, VA passed away November 7, 2020. She was born in Alamance County, NC on April 6, 1970 and was 50 years of age. She was the daughter of Wanda Fay Harwood Hollars and the late Frank Hollars.
She was a member of County Line Baptist Church.
Joanna Louise Hollars is...
Sue Watson Williamson
Nov 3, 2020
Sue Watson Williamson of Sutherlin, VA passed away November 2, 2020. She was born in Pittsylvania County, VA on July 28, 1951 and was 69 years of age. She was the daughter of the late James Thomas Watson, Sr. and the late Helen Forsyth Watson.
She was a member of Kerns Memorial United Methodist Church where she sang in...
Andrew S. Anderson, Jr.
Nov 2, 2020
Andrew S Anderson, Jr (Andy), the son of Swanson and Louise Anderson, and was born in Halifax County. Although he traveled mainly to please his family, he remained a devoted Country resident for most of his adult life. He loved the Piedmont setting and the sporting life offered in our beautiful area. Andy was an avid sportsman; a terrific fisherman,...
Henry Jeffress Puryear
Nov 2, 2020
Henry Jeffress Puryear of Virgilina, VA passed away November 2, 2020. He was born in Halifax County, VA on October 1, 1959 and was 61 years of age. He son of the late Larvester Puryear and the late Ruth Averett Puryear.
He was a member of Nelson Baptist Church and a retired state employee of North Carolina.
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Imogene "Emma Lee" Whitt Robertson
Oct 30, 2020
Imogene "Emma Lee" Whitt Robertson of South Boston, VA passed away October 30, 2020. She was born in Halifax County, VA on October 22, 1923 and was 97 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Jack Buntin Whitt and the late Lillian Spencer Whitt. She was married to the late Virgil Robertson.
She was a member...
Tammy Anderson Abneyhughes
Oct 30, 2020
Tammy Anderson Abneyhughes, 41 of Nathalie, passed away peacefully at her home,
October 30, 2020, surrounded by her family, after a valiant fight with cancer.
She was the loving wife of Cynthia Abneyhughes and born February 21, 1979 to her late parents, Nancy Grove Epperson and Randy Anderson. In addition to her wife, she is survived by her brothers; R...
Min Ah Huang
Oct 29, 2020
Min Ah Huang of Halifax, VA passed away October 29, 2020. He was born in Guangdong, China on September 19, 1951 and was 69 years of age. He was married to Bao Quna Xie who survives.
Min Ah Huang is survived by:
His Wife
Bao Quna Xie
One Son
Zhao Huang (Brittany) of Norfolk
Three Grandchildren
One sister and...
Acie Alfred Francis
Oct 28, 2020
Acie Alfred Francis of Nathalie, VA passed away October 28, 2020. He was born in Halifax County, VA on July 3, 1933 and was 87 years of age. He was the son of the late Sam Francis and the late Hallie Clay Francis. He was married to Shelia Thurman Francis who survives.
He was a lifelong farmer and in...
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