Elsie "Lynn" Powell Burton
Aug 15, 2021
SCOTTSBURG Mrs. Elsie "Lynn" Powell Burton passed away on Sunday, August 15, 2021 at the age of 37. Born in South Boston on November 21, 1983, she was the daughter of Henry Howard Powell and Alice Bunn Powell. She was married to the late Robert "Bobby" Burton. Lynn was employed by Southside Behavioral Health. She was a caring and generous...
Dorothy Buchanan Wilmoth
Aug 14, 2021
SOUTH BOSTON Dorothy B. Wilmoth passed away on August 14, 2021 at South Boston Health & Rehab at the age of 98. She was born in Clover, VA on December 21, 1922 to Eddie Austin Buchanan and John Richard Buchanan. Dorothy grew up on a farm and retired from Burlington Industries after 26 years of employment. She was a member...
Robert Berkley "Bobby" Burton
Aug 14, 2021
SCOTTSBURG Mr. Robert Berkley "Bobby" Burton III passed away on Saturday, August 14, 2021 at the age of 36. Born in South Boston on September 10, 1984, he was the son of Robert Berkley Burton, Jr and Joan Conner Burton. He was married to the late Elsie Lynn Powell Burton. Bobby was employed at Huber as a crane operator. He...
Jewel Triplett Kirby
Aug 13, 2021
CLARKSVILLE Jewel Triplett Kirby, age 99, passed away on August 13, 2021. She was born on January 16, 1922, to the late James D. and Margaret Church Triplett in Granite Falls, North Carolina and was the widow of her beloved husband of 78 years, Floyd William Kirby. She was also preceded in death by her sisters Georgia and Wanda, and...
Brenda Nunn Davis
Aug 10, 2021
SOUTH BOSTON Mrs. Brenda Joyce Nunn Davis went to her Heavenly home on Tuesday, August 10, 2021. Born on September 26, 1943, she was the daughter of the late James Leonard Nunn and the late Blanche Eugenia Davis Nunn. She was the youngest of seven siblings. Brenda was the wife of Pastor Larry “Rat” Davis of South Boston, VA for...
Barbara Slemp Crews
Aug 7, 2021
Barbara Slemp Crews, “Tillie,” widow of James Monroe Crews, Jr., passed away Saturday, August 7, 2021 at the age of 92.Barbara was born April 4, 1929 in Smith County Virginia to the late Vernon Ianson and Margaret Branch Slemp. Barbara was a Home Demonstration Agent with the state of Virginia before she married. Following her marriage, she and Jim traveled...
Frances Elizabeth Thompson Throckmorton
Aug 6, 2021
Frances Elizabeth Thompson Throckmorton, wife of the late Willie Bernard Throckmorton, passed away Friday, August 6, 2021, at the age of 89. Born in Halifax County on November 29, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Harry Hubbard and Evelyn Mays Thompson. Frances was retired from J.P. Stevens, where she worked as a cloth room inspector. She enjoyed gardening...
Nancy Elizabeth Boyd Baker
Aug 1, 2021
Nancy Elizabeth “Beth” Boyd Baker, passed away Sunday, August 1. During her 96 years Beth got to see all she dreamed and taste all that life offered. She shared great joys and sorrows, never met a stranger, and always tried to foster the best of those she knew. An educator and entrepreneur, Beth was always working toward her goals, most...
Tammie Seamons Rice
Jul 31, 2021
Mrs. Tammie Seamons Rice, 53, of Fairburn, Georgia passed away Saturday, July 31, 2021. Tammie was born Feb. 27, 1968, in South Boston. She was the youngest daughter to Laura Champion, and the late Frank Seamons. She had an older sister, Ann Seamons. Tammie moved to Georgia in 1985, and married Keith Rice in the spring of 1992. She only...
Michael Stuart Rickman
Jul 30, 2021
Michael Stuart Rickman, 66, of Maggie Valley, NC, passed away on Friday, July 30, 2021, at Maggie Valley Nursing and Rehab. Born in Halifax County, VA on May 26, 1955, and a native of Buffalo Junction, VA, Michael was the son of the late Stuart and Alease Rickman. He had always wanted to live in the Mountains of NC and...
William Avery Redd
Jul 29, 2021
Clarksville, VA --William “Lee” Avery Redd, beloved husband of Yvonne Speeks Redd, passed away on Thursday, July 29, 2021, at the age of 83. Born in Mecklenburg County on August 31, 1937, he was the son of the late William Wesley and Annie Mae Parker Redd. Lee was a graduate of Oak Hill High School and retired from Star Tobacco...
Charles Henderson Duncan
Jul 25, 2021
Charles Henderson Duncan, Jr., of Fairfax, VA, passed away July 25th, 2021 at the age of 69. Charles was born on October 22, 1951 in California to the late Charles Henderson Duncan, Sr. and the late Ara Oakley Duncan. Charley loved to travel, and visited many places in the United States, as well as other countries including England. As his...
William Warren Hosmer
Jul 24, 2021
William “Dub” Warren Hosmer of Clarksville, VA passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, July 24, 2021 at the age of 66. He was born on April 29, 1955 in Bartow, FL and was the son of the late William Allen and Anne Knepton Hosmer. Dub grew up in the Bartow area where he enjoyed fishing with his dad, time at the...
Marylee E. Salb
Jul 24, 2021
MaryLee E. Salb of Clarksville, VA, passed away on Saturday, July 24, 2021, at the age of 79. Born in Milwaukee, WI, on February 28, 1942, she was the daughter of the late Richard Salb and Suzanne LeTourneau Salb. Her family moved to Tipp City, OH in 1950 and MaryLee graduated from Tippecanoe High School. She was employed with Stouder...
Annie Parker Jones
Jul 23, 2021
Annie Parker Jones of Nelson, VA passed away on Friday, July 23, 2021 at the age of 94. She was born in Mecklenburg County on June 24, 1927, to the late David Jackson Parker and Nannie Bet Vaughan Parker. Annie was married to the late Ryland Edward Jones. She retired from Russell Stover Candies with over 25 years of service....
Ruby Reese Chumney
Jul 23, 2021
Chase City, VA – Ruby Reese Chumney, wife of the late Robert Ward Chumney, passed away on Friday, July 23, 2021, at the age of 84. Born in Skipwith, VA, on May 4, 1937, she was the daughter of the late Hunter Woodward Reese and the late Floyd Ellington Reese.Ruby was one of three children; her brothers, Gene and Gordon...
J H Cline
Jul 22, 2021
South Boston, VA J H Cline, Sr., husband of the late Elizabeth Atkins Cline, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, July 22, 2021, at the age of 94. Born in Augusta County, VA on November 4, 1926, he was the son of the late Glenn Elbert Cline and Bernice Ruth Suter Cline. J H was a United States...
Larry Lee Overby
Jul 22, 2021
Mr. Larry Lee Overby, Sr. of Clarksville, VA, passed away on Thursday, July 22, 2021, at the age of 77. Born in Mecklenburg County on July 26, 1943, he was the youngest son of the late Luddie Ambrose Overby and Idenia Owen Overby. He was the husband of 61 years to Patricia T. Overby. Larry was a certified welder with...
Judy Martin Newcomb
Jul 21, 2021
SCOTTSBURG Mrs. Judy Rose Martin Newcomb of Scottsburg passed away on Wednesday, July 21, 2021 at the age of 62. Born in Halifax County on December 13, 1958, she was the daughter of the late Ralph Monroe Martin and Louise Martin, who survives. She was the wife of 40 years to James Newcomb. Judy was employed with Clover Yarns. She...
Betty Robertson Throckmorton
Jul 21, 2021
SOUTH BOSTON Mrs. Betty Robertson Throckmorton of South Boston passed away on Wednesday, July 21, 2021. Born in Halifax County on October 15, 1947, she was the daughter of the late Raymond Robertson and the late Lula Richardson Bradsher. She was the wife of William W. "Bill" Throckmorton for 57 years. Betty enjoyed shopping, gardening and admiring her beautiful flowers....
