Katherine Randolph Goode
Aug 16, 2008
Katherine Randolph Goode, former resident of Heartfields, and a retired employee of the Virginia Employment Commission, died on Saturday, August 16, 2008, following a period of declining health. Katherine was born in Boydton, Virginia on April 10, 1916, the daughter of the late John Chambers and Lucille Pleasants Goode. She was predeceased by her sisters, Mary Louise Goode Hutcheson of...
Michael Franklin Hand
Aug 13, 2008
Michael Franklin Hand, 54, husband of Nina Thomasson Hand, died Wednesday, August 13, 2008 at Halifax Regional Hospital. Son of the late Grover Franklin and Marguerite Ward Hand, Michael was born and reared in Leaksville, NC and was a graduate of Fielddale High School. While furthering his education he obtained a degree in Electrical Engineering. He was a member of...
Pearl Tuck Adcock
Jul 24, 2008
Pearl Tuck Adcock, 73, widow of Harvey Ray Adcock, died Thursday, July 24, 2008 at her home. Daughter of the late Edward Presley and Patty Adcock Tuck, Pearl was born in Virgilina and grew up in Nelson. She was a member of Nelson Baptist Church and was retired from Burlington Industries with 36 years service, many of those as a...
J. T. Taylor
Jul 12, 2008
John Thomas "J.T." Taylor, 74, died Saturday, July 12, 2008 at Duke Hospice in Hillsborough, NC. Born in Mecklenburg County on June 3, 1934, he was the son of Thomas Newton and Virginia Burton Taylor. Civic activities included: Vice-President of the Clarksville Junior Chamber of Commerce; Mecklenburg County Red Cross Board of Directors as Treasurer & Chairman; Kinderton Country Club...
Helen Louise Gregory Gooch
Jul 5, 2008
Helen Louise Gregory Gooch, 78, widow of Edwin Allen Gooch, died July 5th at home in the care of family. A native of the Skipwith Community, she was the daughter of Carl Thomasson and Louise Gillispie Gregory. Helen was a member of New Hope Baptist Church. She married Edwin of Boydton, VA. As a Navy family they lived all over...
John Harold Weary
Jul 3, 2008
John Harold Weary, 65, husband of Gail Walker Weary, died Thursday, July 03, 2008 at Halifax Regional Hospital in South Boston. Born and reared in Nelson, he was the son of Alfred K. Weary deceased and Mary Sue Nelson Weary of Clarksville. A graduate of Bluestone High School with the Class of 1960, John was employed with English Construction, and...
Mary Ann Jones
Jun 26, 2008
Mary Ann Rice Jones, 92, widow of Hartie J.Jones, Jr. died Thursday, June 26, 2008 at her home. The daughter of James and Lila Wooding Rice, Mary Ann was born in Halifax County and reared in Clarksville. A graduate of Clarksville High School, she worked at I.E. Maxey's store and Clarksville High School prior to raising her family. Graveside services...
Charlotte Watkins Cooper
Jun 21, 2008
Charlotte Watkins Cooper, 101, of Richmond, formerly of Clarksville, VA, passed away June 21 at her home at Westminster-Canterbury. Born in Virgilina, VA, Feb. 16, 1907, to William Devin and Sally Chandler Watkins, she attended North Carolina College for Women now University of North Carolina at Greensboro majoring in physical education. In 1928 she married James Edward Cooper of Graham,...
Elsie Shepherd Keeton
Jun 20, 2008
Mrs. Elsie Shepherd Keeton, 69, widow of Amos Britt Keeton, died Friday morning at Meadowview Terrace in Clarksville. Mrs. Keeton was native to Wilkes County, NC and moved to Buffalo Junction in the late 1950's. She was the loving mother of two daughters Dolly JamesChandler of Clarksville and Lisa David Keeton of Buffalo Junction and a son Andy Jackie Keeton...
Roy Hump Williamson
Jun 12, 2008
Mr. Roy Franklin "Hump" Williamson, 76, husband of Betty Stone Williamson, died Thursday, June 12, 2008 at his home. The son of the late Samuel Scott and Lucy Frazier Williamson, Hump was a retired tobacco and cattle farmer and a member of Hitesburg Baptist Church. Funeral services will be 2PM Sunday in the chapel at Watkins Cooper Lyon Funeral Home...
James Delbert Arrington
Jun 12, 2008
Mr. James Delbert "Dell" Arrington, 79, husband of Nancy Yancey Arrington, died Thursday, June 12, 2008 at his home. The son of Bossie Blandford and Mildred Burnett Arrington, he was a graduate of Clarksville High School and Danville Technical Institute. A member Averette Baptist Church, Dell served his country with the United States Air Force during the Korean Conflict and...
