Obituaries
Jimmy Ray Brumfield, Jr.
Aug 11, 2017
Mr. Jimmy Ray Brumfield, Jr. of Clover, VA passed away Friday, August 11, 2017. He was born February 20, 1990 in Pittsylvania County, VA and was 27 years old. He was the son of Wendi Brumfield and Jimmy Brumfield, Sr. and was married to Dawn Brumfield. He was of the Baptist faith. Mr. Jimmy Ray Brumfield is survived...
Virginia Santaford Throckmorton
Aug 7, 2017
Virginia Lacks Moorefield Throckmorton departed this life on Monday, August 7, 2017 at the home of her son Elijah Daniel Moorefield at the age of 87. She was the daughter of the late Leander Benjamin Lacks and the late Lula Williams Lacks. She was preceded in death by her first husband Elijah Daniel Moorefield and her second husband Hewill H....
Danet Powell Irby
Aug 5, 2017
Mrs. Danet Powell Irby of Roxboro, NC and formerly of Halifax County, VA passed away on August 5, 2017 at the Hock Family Pavilion in Durham, NC. She was born in Halifax County on August 10, 1948 and was 68 years old. She was the daughter of the late Calvin Coolidge Powell and Sallie Hazelwood Powell and was married to...
Paul Lewis Loyd
Aug 3, 2017
Paul Lewis Loyd of Brookneal, VA passed away August 3, 2017. He was born in Halifax County, VA on March 5, 1932 and was 85 years of age. He was the son of the late William Loyd and the late Lena Rebecca Shipp. He was a member of Winns Creek Baptist Church. Paul Lewis Loyd is survived...
Edith Rebecca Holsinger
Aug 3, 2017
Edith Rebecca Holsinger of South Boston, VA passed away August 3, 2017. She was born in Halifax County, VA on December 3, 1912 and was 104 years of age. She was the daughter of the late John Geil Holsinger and the late Lydia Ellen Beam Holsinger. She was an active member of Scottsburg Baptist Church for 32 years. She...
Denise Webster
Jul 31, 2017
Denise Daniel Webster of South Boston, VA passed away July 31, 2017. She was born in Halifax County, VA on February 15, 1961 and was 56 years of age. She was the daughter of Norman Daniel, Jr. and Barbara Lunsford Daniel. Denise Daniel Webster is survived by: Two SonsJoshua Kyle Webster of South Boston, VA and girlfriend Brandee Nicolle...
Ralph Weldon Lowery
Jul 27, 2017
Mr. Ralph Weldon Lowery of South Boston, VA passed away on Thursday, July 27, 2017 at Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital after a period of declining health. He was born in Halifax County on June 3, 1939 and was 78 years old. He was the son of the late Evie Lowery and Annie Cole Lowery and was married to Nancy Snead...
Mary Archer Osborne
Jul 23, 2017
Mary Archer Booker Osborne died peacefully on Sunday, July 23, 2017 at Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital from complications of pneumonia. She had resided at Commonwealth Senior Living for the past several years. Daughter of Katherine D. H. Booker and Frank E. Booker, Jr. she was born on September 11, 1950, in Danville, VA and grew up in Halifax, Virginia. She...
Agnes Seay
Jul 19, 2017
Agnes Newton Seay of South Boston, VA passed away July 19, 2017. She was born in Halifax County, VA on December 6, 1919 and was 97 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Frank Newton and the late Mary Terry Newton. She was married to the late Charlie A. Seay for 65 years. She was a...
Jewel Saunders
Jul 13, 2017
Jewel Dodson Saunders of Nathalie, VA passed away July 13, 2017. She was born in Halifax County on April 17, 1937and was 80 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Harry Dodson and the late Nolie Hall Dodson. She was married John Saunders who survives. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Millstone where she...
Arlene Frances Saunders
Jul 3, 2017
Arlene Frances Saunders of Halifax, VA passed away July 3, 2017. She was born in Halifax County, VA on March 31, 1932 and was 85 years old. She was the daughter of the late Wilson B. Saunders and the late Blanche Gilliland Saunders. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Republican Grove. Arlene Frances Saunders...
Leroy Donald Jacobson
Jul 1, 2017
Leroy Donald Jacobson of South Boston, VA passed away July 1, 2017. He was born in Connecticut on July 5, 1944 and was 73 years of age. He was the son of the late Donald Jacobson and Gladys Jacobson. He was married to Georgiann Alvanos Jacobson who survives. He served in the United States Coast Guard and retired as...
Louise Powell Hawkins
Jul 1, 2017
Mrs. Louise Powell Hawkins of Lynchburg, VA formerly of Halifax County, VA passed away Saturday, July 1, 2017 at the Lynchburg General Hospital. She was born October 25, 1923 in Halifax County, VA and was 93 years old. She was the daughter of the late Charles Henry Powell and the late Annie Smith Powell and was married to the late...
Carol Ann Smith Moorefield
Jun 30, 2017
Mrs. Carol Ann Smith Moorefield of Halifax, VA passed away Friday, June 30, 2017 at the Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital. She was born September 21, 1938 in Cambridge, Massachusetts and was 78 years old. She was the daughter of the late Lawrence Jensen and the late Violet Jensen and was happily married for 57 years to William Frank Moorefield, Jr.,...
Elizabeth Anne Barksdale
Jun 28, 2017
Elizabeth Anne “Bettie” Barksdale, age 92, passed away Wednesday, June 28, 2017, at Sunnyside Retirement Community. She was reared in Halifax County, the daughter of the late Randolph and Elizabeth Pittman Barksdale. She was predeceased by her sister, Emily Barksdale Bugg. In 1946 Bettie graduated from Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia. She taught at Halifax High School...
Ronnie Forrest Francisco
Jun 27, 2017
Ronnie Forrest Francisco of Scottsburg, VA passed away June 27, 2017. He was born in Halifax County, VA on September 30, 1943 and was 73 years of age. He was the son of the late Edward Francisco and the late Eva Franklin “Frenchie” Francisco. He was married to Jean Duffey Francisco who survives. He was a member of Bethel...
Dorothy Hough Farquhar
Jun 24, 2017
Mrs. Dorothy H. Farquhar of Alton, VA passed away Saturday, June 24, 2017 at her home. She was born July 22, 1911 in Lawton, Oklahoma and was 105 years old. She was the daughter of the late Maurice Hough and the late Clyda Belle Parks Hough of Lawton, OK and was married to the late Fred Elwood Farquhar of Bellaire,...
Lena Magaline Conner
Jun 22, 2017
Lena Magaline Conner of South Boston went home to be with the Lord on Thursday June 22, 2017. She was the daughter of the late Brace Thornton Harris and the late Fannie Lucy Waller. She was the wife of the late Rawley Lindberg “RL" Conner. She worked at Newberry’s, and later in the cafeteria at Halifax High school. She was...
Paul Joseph Damiano, Jr.
Jun 21, 2017
Paul Joseph Damiano, Jr. of South Boston, VA passed away June 21, 2017. He was born in Patterson, NJ on January 3, 1949 and was 68 years of age. He was the son of the late Paul Joseph Damiano, Sr. and the late Luccia Camerino Damiano. He was married to the late Catherine Joyce Ford Damiano. Paul was a selfless,...
Mervin Cecil Martin
Jun 19, 2017
Mr. Mervin Cecil Martin, Sr. of South Boston, VA passed away Monday, June 19, 2017 at the Chase City Health and Rehab. He was born January 18, 1943 in Clover, VA and was 74 years old. He was the son of the late John Clem Martin and the late Louise Powell Martin and was married to Gloria Ann Martin, who...