Larry Baynes Horton
Mar 31, 2012
Mr. Larry Baynes Horton, Sr. of 5075 Mountain Road, Halifax, VA died Saturday, March 31, 2012 at the age of 70. He was born May 21, 1941 to the late James Horton and the late Jessie Walker Horton, and was married to Ann C. Horton. He was a retired employee of the South Boston Public Works Department and was a...
Elizabeth Brandon Tate
Mar 29, 2012
Mrs. Elizabeth Brandon Tate of 1123 Medley Rd., Alton, VA died Thursday, March 29, 2012 at the age of 75. She was born in Halifax Co., VA on April 30, 1936 to the late Earl Clinton Brandon and the late Maud Hall Brandon and was married to Carroll F. Tate. Mrs. Tate was a homemaker and was a member of...
Betty Francis Hill Corns
Mar 25, 2012
Mrs. Betty Francis Hill Corns of 11145 James D. Hagood Hwy., Clover, VA died Sunday, March 25, 2012 at the age of 94. She was born in Patrick Co., VA on December 7, 1917 to the late Willie Hill and the late Fannie Sue McBride Hill and was married to the late Moyr Washington Corns. She was retired from Tultex...
Mattie Elizabeth Giles Conner
Mar 21, 2012
Mrs. Mattie Elizabeth Giles Conner of 5196 James D. Hagood Hwy, Scottsburg, VA died Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at the age of 89. She was born May 23, 1922 to the late Joseph Washington Giles and the late Mammie Taylor Giles, and was married to the late Willie “Beezo” Conner. She was a homemaker and was of the Church of...
Walter Elmer Schwartz, Sr.
Mar 20, 2012
Norfolk – Walter Elmer Schwartz, Sr., 92, died on March 20, 2012 after a decline in health. Born December 25, 1919 in Reading, PA, he was the son of Clarence and Clara Schwartz. He served in every major invasion in the U.S. Army Air Corps during WWII, and he retired from the U.S. Naval Fire Department after 30 years of...
Dorothy Lucille Link Turner
Mar 20, 2012
Mrs. Dorothy Lucille Link Turner of 3135 Cedar Grove Rd., Alton, VA died Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at the age of 89. She was born March 29, 1922 to the late George Norman Link, Sr. and the late Annie Wilborn Link, and was married to Eddie L. “E. L.” Turner . Mrs. Turner was a retired sales clerk for Super...
John Patrick Donohue, Jr.
Mar 14, 2012
John Patrick Donohue, Jr., 65, husband of Nancy Taylor Donohue, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at his home. John was born November 24, 1946 in Weehawken, NJ to John Patrick, Sr. and Shirley Genshel Donohue. A member of St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, memorial services will be held there 1pm Monday, March 19, 2012 with the Reverend Susan...
Graham Leonard Jones
Mar 13, 2012
Graham Leonard Jones, 77, of Old Main St., Brookneal passed away Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at home. He was the husband of Hazel Wilkinson Jones for 55 years Mr. Jones was born in Buffalo Junction, September 14, 1934 son of the late Otha L. Jones and Jessie Irene Hite Jones. He was a member and former deacon of Brookneal Baptist...
Raymond Thornton Yancey
Mar 10, 2012
Raymond Thornton Yancey, 85, husband of Jane Overby Yancey, passed away Saturday, March 10, 2012 at Halifax Regional Hospital. Raymond was born August 28, 1926 in Granville Co., NC to the late George Washington and Lola Buchanan Yancey. After serving his country in U.S. Army during World War II, Raymond went to work with the Virginia Department of Transportation. He...
Florence Reese Bass
Mar 4, 2012
Florence Reese Bass, 85, died March 4, 2012. Florence was born to Allen Wade and Aurelia McCargo Reese Wade on July 5, 1926 in Mecklenburg County, VA. A homemaker, she raised her children and was then worked at various golf courses. The last fifteen years of her working career Florence was a drycleaner and seamstress. Mrs. Bass completed Cosmetology School...
Helen Marie Gupton Bomar
Mar 4, 2012
Helen Gupton Bomar, age 80, of Roxboro, N.C., formerly of South Boston, died Sunday, March 4, 2012. She was the daughter of the late E. Graham Gupton Sr. and Nora Royster Gupton and was married to the late E. Thornton Bomar Sr. She was a member of Ash Avenue Baptist Church in South Boston for 48 years. Survivors include two...
Margie Ambrose Conner
Feb 27, 2012
Mrs. Margie Ambrose Conner of 3212 Rogers Chapel Rd., Clover, VA died Monday, February 27, 2012 at the age of 86. She was born in Halifax Co., VA on April 28, 1925 to the late James E.V. Ambrose and the late Mary McCormick Ambrose and was married to the late John David Conner, Jr.. Mrs. Conner was a homemaker. She...
Forrest Dale Owen
Feb 22, 2012
Mr. Forrest Dale Owen of 103 Rose Hill Drive, South Boston, VA died Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at the age of 51. He was born in Danville, VA on September 19, 1960 to the late Alfred Gunn "Dick" Owen and the late Juanita Jones Owen. Mr. Owen was a former machine operator for D-SCAN and a former member of the...
Ida Newman
Feb 16, 2012
Ida Ludewig Newman, 87, widow of Edwin John Newman died on February 16, 2012 in Clarksville, VA. She was born on March 17, 1924 in Plainfield, New Jersey to the late Arthur and Mary Dox Ludewig . She is survived by her daughter Patricia Furrevig and her son Thomas Edwin Newman. Also surviving are three granddaughters, Janice Elliott, Heather Newman,...
William John Conner
Feb 12, 2012
Mr. William John Conner of 2006 Vaughan St., South Boston, VA died Sunday, February 12, 2012 at the age of 76. Mr. Conner was born in Halifax Co., VA on November 28, 1935 to the late Melvin Belt Conner and the late Martha Jones Conner and was married to Shirley Whitt Conner. He was a machine operator at Burlington Industries...
Kitty Wilkinson Anderson
Feb 10, 2012
Mrs. Kitty Wilkinson Anderson of 5215 James D. Hagood Hwy., South Boston, VA died Friday, February 10, 2012 at the age of 81. She was born in Halifax Co., VA on June 5, 1930 to the late Charles Howard Wilkinson, Sr. and the late Elsie Hazel Baker Wilkinson and was married to the late Isaac Carson Anderson, Sr.. Mrs. Anderson...
H. Larvester Puryear
Feb 2, 2012
Hosea Larvester Puryear, 87, died on February 2, 2012. He was born on February 19, 1924 to Howard and Lizzy W. Puryear. Larvester became a farmer and had a career as a sample weaver at Burlington Industries. His hobbies included model trains and gardening. He enjoyed Christmas lights and was a friend to all children. He is survived by his...
Delores Ann Elliott Schleigh
Jan 28, 2012
Mrs. Delores Ann Elliott Schleigh of 203 Nottingham Dr., South Boston, VA died Saturday, January 28, 2012 at the age of 81. She was born in Olean, NY on May 5, 1930 to the late Orin E. Elliott and the late Mary E. Elliott King and was married to the late Joseph A. Schleigh, Sr.. Mrs. Schleigh was a former...
