Richard Bruce "Rick" Evans
Feb 28, 2013
Mr. Richard Bruce "Rick" Evans of 823 Greenway Dr., South Boston, VA died on Thursday, February 28, 2013 at the age of 59. He was born October 31, 1953 to Bernard Eugene Evans and Shirley Ann Hieatt Evans and was married to Tamara Sneed Evans. Rick was a retired maintenance manager at Mecklenburg Power Station for Delta Power Services, and...
Josie "Jo" Moorefield Davis
Feb 26, 2013
Ms. Josie “Jo” Moorefield Davis of 1012 Whitlow Trail, South Boston, died on Tuesday, February 26, 2013. She was born on October 23 to the late Willie Thomas Moorefield and the late Allie Moorefield. She was retired from Presto Products Co., and a member of Friendship Baptist Church, and she attended Southside Baptist Church. Survivors include three daughters, Nancy D....
Georgia Brann Yancey
Feb 25, 2013
Mrs. Georgia Brann Yancey of 1111 Red Bank Rd., Virgilina, VA died on Monday, February 25, 2013 at the age of 76. She was born in Halifax Co., VA on July 27, 1936 to the late Henry Howard Smith and the late Dexter Elliott Smith and was married to the late Rufus Anderson Yancey. Mrs. Yancey was a member of...
Ernest Clay
Feb 25, 2013
Mr. Ernest Clay of 200 Hamilton Blvd., South Boston, VA died Monday, February 25, 2013 at the age of 68. He was born in Halifax Co., VA on April 1, 1944 to the late Herman Clay and the late Ada Lovelace Clay. He is survived by one daughter, Rose Marie C. Langford and husband, Stanley of Scottsburg, VA; sisters-in-law, Janice...
Mason David Snead
Feb 24, 2013
Mr. Mason David "Dave" Snead of 1177 Guill Town Rd., Clover, VA died Sunday, February 24, 2013 at the age of 76. Mr. Snead was born in Halifax County, VA on February 15, 1937 to the late Hugh Lee Snead and the late Marie Culley Snead and was married to the late Julia Tharpe Snead. Mr. Snead was a retired...
Wayne "Cotton" Thurston Lowery
Feb 24, 2013
Mr. Wayne "Cotton" Thurston Lowery, Sr. of 4075 Lowery Rd., Virgilina, VA died on Sunday, February 24, 2013 at the age of 68. He was born on July 5, 1944 to the late Sherman Lowery and the late Virginia Pool Lowery and was married to Dianne Sadler Lowery. Mr. Lowery was the owner/operator of Cotton's Backhoe Service and was a...
Robert Doug Gravitt
Feb 24, 2013
Mr. Robert Douglas "Doug" Gravitt, Sr. of 6 Maplewood Dr., South Boston, VA died on Sunday, February 24, 2013 at the age of 85. He was born in Halifax Co., VA on July 25, 1927 to the late Jessie L. Gravitt, Sr. and the late Mary Ramsey Gravitt and was married to Irene Jones Gravitt. Mr. Gravitt was a member...
Gladys Yancey Franklin
Feb 23, 2013
Mrs. Gladys Yancey Franklin of 1052 John B. Scott Trail, Scottsburg, VA died Saturday, February 23, 2013 at the age of 78. She was born in Halifax Co., VA on December 20, 1934 to the late Walter H. Yancey and the late Gertrude Matthews Yancey Lane and was married to the late Robert M. Franklin, Sr. Mrs. Franklin was a...
Virginia Bohannon Bailey
Feb 21, 2013
Mrs. Virginia Bohannon Bailey of Virgilina, VA died Thursday, February 21, 2013 at the age of 99. She was born in Virgilina, VA on June 1, 1913 to the late Dr. Alvah Parrish Bohannon, Sr. and the late Annie Crowell Bohannon and was married to the late Francis M. Bailey. Mrs. Bailey was a graduate of Averett College and taught...
Chlorene Buchanan Wilkerson Tuck
Feb 19, 2013
Chlorene Buchanan Wilkerson Tuck, 93, passed away Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at Halifax Regional Hospital in South Boston. She was born August 5, 1919 to Luther Anna and Clara Buchanan. Memorial services will be held 2PM Sunday in the chapel at Watkins Cooper Lyon Funeral Home. Mrs. Tuck was preceded in death by her husbands, James Fonnie Wilkerson and James...
Barbara Jean Bennett Hailey
Feb 17, 2013
Barbara Jean Bennett Hailey, 83, passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 17, 2013. She was born in Altavista, Virginia on April 19, 1929 and was the daughter of Mae Stone Bennett and Albert Lloyd Bennett, Sr. She is preceded in death by her husband Oscar Cedric Hailey, Sr, a son Stephen Anthony Hailey and a sister, Genevee B. Hayden. Barbara...
Nancy Simmons Rice
Feb 8, 2013
Nancy Simmons Rice, 73, passed away Friday, February 8, 2013 at Halifax Regional Hospital. Nancy was born in Mecklenburg County on December 18, 1939 to the late George Robert Simmons and Elizabeth Tuck Simmons. Ms. Rice was employed with Burlington Mills in Halifax County prior to working at the Corner Diner and then Wayside Restaurant for 38 years. After retiring...
Ruby Jane Harris Link
Feb 7, 2013
Mrs. Ruby Jane Harris Link of 2076 Link Puryear Rd., South Boston, VA died Thursday, February 7, 2013 at the age of 66. She was born in Roxboro, NC on June 21, 1946 to the late Franklin Jack Harris and the late Mable Alkins Harris Snow and was married to the late William Henry “Bill” Link, Jr. Mrs. Link was...
Joan Wilbourne Tuck
Feb 6, 2013
Mrs. Joan Wilbourne Tuck of 4103 Wilson Rd., Virgilina, VA died Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at the age of 59. She was born in Mecklenburg Co., VA on July 2, 1953 to Edna Elizabeth Simmons Wilbourne and the late Luther Snead Wilbourne and was married to Wilson Lane Tuck. Mrs Tuck was a billing clerk at R.O. Harrell Trucking and...
Charles Henry Buck Russell, Iii
Feb 3, 2013
Charles Henry "Buck" Russell, III, 87, husband of Lucy Lowery Russell, passed away Sunday, February 3, 2013 at MeadowView Terrace. Buck was born August 27, 1925 to the late Charles Henry Russell, Jr. and Ella Louise Watkins Russell. He was a graduate of Clarksville High School and Virginia Polytechic Institute and he served his country in the United States Navy...
Hallie "Annie" Fleming Welcher
Jan 31, 2013
Mrs. Hallie "Annie" Fleming Welcher of 7160 Bill Tuck Hwy, Virgilina, VA died Thursday, January 31, 2013 at the age of 95. She was born in Maryland on December 8, 1917 to the late Walter Fleming and the late Bessie Kanney Fleming and was married to the late Floyd Calvin Welcher, Sr. Mrs. Welcher was a member of Grace Baptist...
Elizabeth Denise Oliver Mcgee
Jan 29, 2013
Elizabeth Denise Oliver McGee, 52, daughter of Lewis Carrell Oliver, Sr. and Frances Cornelia Brookman Oliver, passed away Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at her home. Liz was a graduate of Meadowbrook High School with the Class of 1978 and had worked in Administration for the School Board. Funeral services will be 11 AM Thursday in the chapel at Watkins Cooper...
William Adrian Bill Sehen
Jan 28, 2013
William Adrian "Bill" Sehen, 84, husband of Frances Louise Parrett Sehen, passed away Monday, January 28, 2013 at MeadowView Terrace in Clarksville. Born January 8, 1929 in Amelia to the late Raymond Ruppert and Roxie Jarrell Sehen, Bill served his country in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. He worked for the railroad, but was a truck driver...
