Setback increases for confined swine operations and a process for variance appeals were proposed during the Halifax County Planning Commission's work session this week.
The Commission will continue to study the issue, as well as address other business, during its regular Tuesday, January 26, meeting at Mary Bethune Complex. The meeting opens at 7:30 p.m.
During the lengthy Commission work session Tuesday evening, commissioners increased setback proposals as they continued their work to formulate a recommendation for the Halifax County Board of Supervisors on the issue.
Commissioners also agreed Tuesday evening to propose that a request for a variance to ordinance standards by a confined animal production operator be addressed to the Commission and the Board of Supervisors through a public hearing process.
A request for variance by a hog operator might come through his use of (future) successful technologies - possibly to address odor or water pollution - or to address land configuration problems.
Commissioner Hudson Reese suggested the commission consider a request for variance process.
It was also proposed that a variance be put on record in the courthouse to alert future property owners and neighbors.
The planning commission also set a cap of 5000 hogs per farm.
Discussing new technology as well as a suggestion by one commissioner that a wood barrier near the hog house fan might deflect odor, commissioner Hunter Ford was not impressed. "My feeling is they will have them flying before they are not smelling bad."
Ford said that when he was an estimated quarter of a mile from one swine operation in the county, the odor was unbearable. "This place was horrible, bad," recalled Ford.
In material distributed to commissioners by Southside Concerned Citizens that evening, Dr. Susan Schiffman of Duke University and the Swine Odor Task Force reported odors come from three sources: the barns, croplands where wastes are sprayed and from the lagoons where wastes are stored.
Gases that cause the odor tend to travel in a plume, or clump, and they can remain potent for considerable distances if not dispersed by wind or other forces, according to the report. Schiffman found that the gases were sometimes just as concentrated 1,500 feet from the barn as they were just outside the barn.
Lagoon closure was also discussed with commissioners learning from assistant county administrator Jerry Lovelace that no animals waste lagoons have been closed in Virginia. Therefore, Lovelace said that the $250,000 closure figure Southside Concerned Citizens had been given in another state could not be compared.
Commissioners also learned "no localities in Virginia have a bond requirement," according to Lovelace's research. SCC has recommended the hog producers carry a bond for possible environmental clean-up. Planning commission members directed Lovelace to continue to investigate the bonding issue to see if there is a performance bond available for that purpose and what the cost might be.
Considering the addition of new state inspectors this year as well as the number of swine operations in the county, commissioners decided against adding a fee proposal to fund local inspectors for the operations.
Commissioners also proposed increased setbacks, marking the third increase in some categories by the planning commission. In some cases, the integrator Carroll's Foods' setback recommendations were established.
During the Tuesday night session, three commissioners, Jim Davis, Ann Crabtree and Hunter Ford, spoke in favor of increased setbacks from adjacent property lines, which commissioners later increased from the last proposal of 300 ft. to a current proposal of 500 ft.
Commissioners agreed on the following setback proposals:
...Existing dwelling not owned by operator, original Halifax County 500 ft, proposed increase to 1500 ft. (same as Carroll's.)
...Adjacent property line, original Halifax County at 200 ft., proposed increase to 500 ft. Tuesday night (higher than Carroll's 100 ft).
---Public Roads, Halifax County was 400 ft., now proposed 500 ft.
---Adjoining Zoning District, Halifax County was 1,000 ft., now proposed 2,500 ft.
---Schools, churches, subdivisions, recreational areas, Halifax County was 1,000 ft., now proposed 2,500 ft.
---Incorporated towns, Halifax County was 1,000 ft., proposed now 2,500 ft.
...Drinking water sources, impoundments and wells, Halifax County 1,000, now proposed 1,500.
---Impoundment which is source for water drinking system and source water, Halifax County was 1,000, proposed 1,500.
It was also proposed that land application of liquid wastes shall be no closer than 500 feet to an existing dwelling except a 1000 ft. setback for land application by permanent, stationary pipe and discharge system.
Land application of liquid waste shall be no closer than 75 feet to any property line with 500 ft. for stationary pipe and discharge system.
Addressing surface waters, streams and rivers identified as blue line streams on the state geological map, commissioners removed the 100 ft. provision in place. Now it will be governed by DEQ Nutrient Management plan requirements. DEQ currently has the 100 ft. setback.

Halifax Town Council approved a boundary adjustment schedule Tuesday evening that seeks annexation by the town of county land effective December 31, 1999.
Council is expected to approve an annexation proposal at its March 9 meeting, according to the schedule released by town manager Robert Greene this week.
The town manager said Halifax is working on the annexation proposal which he described as "different" from the town's previous proposal.
The Town of Halifax sought additional territory during 1997 as South Boston also moved forward with its annexation plans. Ultimately, South Boston was granted about 4,000 additional acres of land and an estimated 2,509 residents effective at midnight, Dec. 31, as 1998 dawned, but the Town of Halifax failed to reach an agreement with the county on annexation.
During that round of meetings with supervisors, the Town of Halifax was seeking area that doubled the town's population, adding about 791 to the town's 742 population and substantially extended its boundaries.
The following Boundary Adjustment Schedule was presented during the Town of Halifax Council meeting Tuesday evening:
---Jan 12, present the schedule to Halifax Town Council.
---Feb. 9, meet in executive work session to proof the proposed boundary adjustment.
---Feb. 12, Send the proposed package to the town's annexation attorney, Carter Glass, for approval.
---March 9, Council to approve the boundary adjustment in their regular meeting.
---March 10, send copies of the proposal to the county administrator and all members of the Board of Supervisors.
---April 13, town Public Hearing on the proposal to be held at Halifax Town hall. Presentation of the proposal by the town manager with question and answer period after the presentation.
---May 3, "Tentative Date" for county to hold its Public Hearing. Presentation to be made by the town manager with question and answer period after presentation.
---May 24, Approval of the Dec. 31, 1999 effective date by the county.
In other business, town council approved the financial statement which showed the town revenue at 62.5 percent of budget and expenses at 61.6 percent at this time for the 1998-99 budget of $694,844, Greene reported.
Council noted the town was doing good job in keeping expenses in line with revenue.
Councilmen also reviewed the 1998 annual audit .
Council asked the town manager to precede with the proposal for sewer bond refinancing which town officials estimate could save the town up to $140,000.
The town manager informed council that the Halifax waste treatment plant needed significant upgrading to keep it in compliance with the Department of Environmental Quality requirements. Greene said some equipment is wearing out at the plant. The town manager said he had met with Wayne Satterfield, the town waste treatment manager, and that both had agreed that it would take approximately $60,000 to $70,000 to replace all the worn out mechanical equipment at the plant and lift stations. Council approved exploring four low interest funds to pay for the proposed improvements.

A twisted mass of steel already ablaze was spewing plastic and electrical fumes cloaked in dense smoke as Halifax Police Chief Shawn Sweeney rolled to a stop at the 501 head-on crash Tuesday afternoon.
Right behind Sweeney came VDOT employee Bobby Reagan and deputy sheriff Ronnie Lipscomb.
Inside the blazing 1983 Mazda Annette Corbin lay unconscious.
Two other victims, Cora L. Barbour and Balil D. Corbin, 6, were outside the car on the ground and a third person was near the guard rail, recalled Sweeney.
The first on the scene, the three knew they had to work fast.
Sweeney, who is an Emergency Medical Technician, tried to force the passenger door open to get to Corbin. But no luck.
Lipscomb and Reagan, who is a Triangle Volunteer Dept. volunteer with Sweeney, went inside through the opposite side of the car.
"Ronnie Lipscomb did not hesitate to jump in that car to get that woman out," said Sweeney yesterday.
Reagan, too, got behind the woman to support her head and neck as they fought to get her out of the burning car.
"The smoke was horrible," recalled Reagan yesterday. "Heavy and dense." Smoke inhalation by the victim added to the rescuers' urgency.
And Reagan didn't mind saying he was worried, knowing the car might explode at any time.
Unable to force the passenger door open, the Halifax police chief leaned into the broken glass, heat and smoke engulfing the inside.
"Sweeney supported the lady through the window, her back and legs, as we turned to carry her out the driver's side. You hate to move somebody, but when it's on fire you have to," said Reagan yesterday.
"It's a situation you don't know what's going to happen ...and you have to do something," added the VDOT employee.
Although Reagan is no stranger to accident scenes, he said he had never been to one that bad, "particularly being one of the first ones there."
"Some kind citizens stepped in and helped out with basic lifesaving measures," added Sweeney. "One gentleman maintained C spine control on one lady, basically holding the head in a neutral position and monitoring her airway to see that it was open," he explained.
"One lady had some severe open fractures to her leg as well as facial injuries," recalled the police chief.
Sweeney still remembers the youngest victim screaming, but to an EMT that carried some good news. "That meant an open airway and he was conscious."
"So much, so quick," recalled Reagan yesterday.
"My thanks to all involved," said Sweeney. The help from citizens standing by, the fire departments, the rescue squad flowed smoothly ..."
Sweeney also remembers seeing a lady in business clothes, a volunteer with another department, helping at the scene, ultimately leaving with the rescue squad and one of the victims.
"I think everybody did a great job working together," added Reagan.
"It was great. When everybody left there, they were still alive. In that kind of wreck, it could have been a lot worse," said the Triangle volunteer.

Duke Medical Center reported yesterday that Corbin, the lady pulled from the burning car by the three rescuers, was in critical but stable condition in intensive care.
Cora L. Barbour's condition was listed as critical but stable in Duke's ICU and six-year-old Balil Corbin was listed in stable condition by the medical center.

Two of three seriously injured victims of a fiery head-on crash late Tuesday afternoon on Route 501just north of Halifax were said to be in critical but stable condition yesterday at Duke University Medical Center.
Duke University Medical Center officials said 48-year-old Cora L. Barbour of Golden Leaf Road, Nathalie, the driver of one of the two vehicles and a passenger in her car, 31-year-old Annette Corbin, were in critical but stable condition and were being treated in the hospital's intensive care unit.
Another passenger in the car, six-year-old Balil D. Corbin, was listed in stable condition at the North Carolina medical center.
All three victims of the crash that occurred Tuesday at 5:05 p.m. on Route 501, two tenths of a mile north of the intersection of Route 360 were initially treated at Halifax Regional Hospital and were airlifted Tuesday night by emergency medical helicopter to Duke University Medical Center for further treatment.
A 17-year-old Nathalie youth who was driving the other car involved in the crash, was also injured.
Trooper S.M. Krantz has charged the youth with driving under the influence of drugs and possession of marijuana in connection with the crash.
An April 20 hearing has been set in Halifax County General District Court for the youth whose identity was not disclosed.
Krantz said the youth was traveling south on Route 501 and that his vehicle crossed the double solid center line of the highway and crashed head-on into the car driven by Barbour.
A fire erupted on both cars moments after the crash. Annette Corbin was trapped in the Barbour vehicle but was rescued by Town of Halifax Police Chief Shawn Sweeney, Halifax County Sheriff's Deputy Ronnie Lipscomb, and a Virginia Department of Highways employee, Bobby Reagan, the first persons to arrive at the crash site, just before the interior of the car became fully engulfed in flames.
The 1993 model foreign made car driven by the 17-year-old youth was destroyed in the crash as was the 1983 model foreign made car driven by Barbour.
Trooper Krantz estimated the loss of the youth's car at $7,000. The loss of Barbour's car was estimated at $4,000.

A tractor-trailer driver from Kentucky who found himself driving down the wrong lane of Route 58 Tuesday night luckily emerged with nothing more than a wrecker towing bill and a traffic ticket for reckless driving.
Trooper S.M. Krantz said 46-year-old Franklin L. Hooten of Adolphus, Ky. pulled out of the Express Mart on Route 58 west of Riverdale and headed east on Route 58 - albeit in the westbound lane.
Krantz stated that Hooten drove "a good mile" east on Route 58 in the westbound lane before he encountered oncoming traffic. Hooten, in an effort to avoid a collision, pulled his tractor-trailer rig into the median at a site about a tenth of a mile west of the Norfolk-Southern Railroad tracks in Riverdale.
It was there at about 9:10 p.m., Krantz said, that Hooten's rig got stuck. A wrecker had to be called to get the rig out of the median.
No mishaps and no damage resulted from the incident.
Trooper D.J. Cline charged 24-year-old Robert B. Cheek of Clover with reckless driving in the wake of a single vehicle mishap that occurred early Wednesday morning.
Cheek was injured in the crash that occurred at 6:45 a.m. on Route 746, two tenths of a mile south of the intersection of Route 600.
The trooper's report stated that the pickup truck driven by Cheek ran off of the right side of the road and went out of control. The vehicle then ran off of theleft side of the highway and overturned.
An estimated $6,000 damage was done to the 1992 model foreign made pickup truck driven by Cheek.
Tiffani Allice Hogg, 21, of Nathalie was injured in a single car crash that occurred Wednesday at 6:45 a.m. on Route 626, a mile north of the intersection of Route 360.
Trooper C.M. Fleming said that Hogg fell asleep and that her car ran off of the left side of the road. She overcorrected, the trooper said, and the car ran off of the right side of the road and struck an embankment.
Damage to the 1984 model foreign made car driven by Hogg was estimated at $1,500.
Hogg was charged with reckless driving.
Trooper Fleming charged 50-year-old Clarence Julian Fitzhugh of Cambridge, Md. with reckless driving after the tractor-trailer rig he was driving collided with a car driven by 66-year-old Edward Marvin Harris of South Boston.
That accident occurred Tuesday at 4 a.m. on Route 360, a half a mile west of the intersection of Route 92.
The trooper's report stated that the tractor-trailer rig driven by Fitzhugh struck the car driven by Harris while Fitzhugh was attempting to pass the car.
The 1997 model Lincoln driven by Harris sustained an estimated $28,950 damage while damage to the 1994 model tractor-trailer rig driven by Fitzhugh sustained an estimated $8,000 damage.
One injury was reported when a car and a pickup truck collided Tuesday at 9 a.m. on State Route 360 at the intersection of Route 613.
Four-year-old James Albert Brenner, III was injured in the collision that involved a car driven by Kimberly Jones Brenner, 30, of Scottsburg and a pickup truck driven by James Harold Brown, 58, of Clover.
An estimated $3,000 damage was done to the 1997 model pickup truck driven by Brown and an estimated $2,000 damage was done to the 1991 model car driven by Brenner.
Trooper Fleming charged Brown with reckless driving.
Charges are pending in connection with a hit and run driving mishap that occurred Saturday at 3:05 p.m. on Route 58, a tenth of a mile west of the intersection of Route 742.
Sixty-nine-year-old Josephus Bagbey, 69, of Nelson and a passenger in his car, 67-year-old Dorothy Mae Bagbey were injured when a pickup truck driven by 46-year-old Glen Erwin Moneymaker of Charlottesville collided with their vehicle.
Trooper D.T. Conner's report stated that the pickup truck driven by Moneymaker hit the car driven by Bagbey and went off of the left side of the road into the median. Moneymaker's vehicle then traveled back onto the road and struck the Bagbey auto again.
Both vehicles ran off of the left side of the road and struck a ditch embankment. The Moneymaker vehicle overturned, coming to rest on its wheels and then left the scene.
The 1984 model foreign made station wagon driven by Bagbey was declared a total loss with damage estimated at $7,000. An estimated $2,500 damage was done to the 1985 model pickup truck driven by Moneymaker.

Charges have been filed by South Boston Police against two men in connection with Wednesday night incident triggered by the theft of $10 by a hitchhiker.
Quentin Lemont Lovelace, 22 of 707 Edmunds Street, South Boston, has been charged with a misdemeanor petit larceny charge in connection with the theft of money belonging to Ronnie Eugene Snead of Clover.
And, in connection with events surrounding the incident, police have charged Eddwardo J. Ferguson of 526 Easley Street, South Boston with shooting at an occupied motor vehicle.
Ferguson is being held in jail and is slated to appear for a hearing in Halifax County General District Court on April 12.
A hearing for Lovelace has been set for February 8 in Halifax County General District Court.
South Boston Police Chief Jim Hall said yesterday that Officer Don McGregor is continuing to investigate the incident and is anticipating that additional charges will be made in the future.
Hall said that Snead reported to police at about 7:27 p.m. Wednesday that he had picked up a person in the area of Easley Street and Penick Avenue and that the person had taken $10 he had in the ashtray and ran from the vehicle.
The police chief stated that Snead told officers that he circled the block and spotted the person who had taken his money. Snead also told police that as he was backing his vehicle he heard shots fired and heard the bullets around his vehicle.
Snead said drove off and went to the police department to report the incident.
Police units were dispatched to search for the individuals and, at about 8 p.m., the man was spotted by police near the intersection of Wilborn Avenue and Edmunds Street.
The man ran, Chief Hall said, but Sgt. Dennis L. Blanks and Officers Freddie Edmunds and Daniel Frazier apprehended the man on Carrington Street and took him into custody. Officer McGregor was the investigating officer.
Later, at 1:14 a.m. yesterday, Officer McGregor, with assistance from Virginia State Trooper M.S. Roark, Jr., and South Boston Police Officers Brian Lovelace, Fletcher Daniel, and Frazier, arrested Ferguson and took him into custody.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Republican Gov. Jim Gilmore said he will consider accelerating his proposed grocery tax cut, as Democrats  are insisting, as long as it can be done without endangering his other priorities.
Gilmore, in his State of the Commonwealth speech Wednesday  night, also exorted state legislators to crack down on the flow of out-of-state garbage into Virginia landfills.
The speech came on the opening day of a 46-day session in which the General Assembly will consider Gilmore's proposal to cut the state sales tax on food from 4 1/2 percent to 2 1/2 percent over four years.
Democrats, who unsuccessfully pushed a similar cut last year as an alternative to Gilmore's signature car tax cut, want to cut the grocery tax faster than the governor has proposed.
''The food tax turns the grocery store cash register into the  government's personal piggy bank,'' Gilmore said. ''... The food tax simply doesn't make sense - it never has.''
Sen. Madison Marye, D-Montgomery and author of last year's failed food tax cut, shouted from the floor: ''You tell 'em,  Governor!''
Eliminating the food tax immediately - one of the options being  discussed by Democrats - would cost $450 million to $500 million a year.
''I'd consider proposals to accelerate the phase-out, if it's done responsibly,'' Gilmore said.
But he made clear he would not let the food tax cut or any other  spending plan undermine his top priority - the five-year phase-out of the personal property tax on most cars and trucks, which the legislature passed last year.
''Virginia's working men and women expect nothing less than the full implementation of the car tax cut. ... No excuses, no broken  promises,'' he said.
Gilmore's most forceful remarks focused on the out-of-state trash issue. Virginia imports 3.2 million tons of out-of-state trash annually, second only to Pennsylvania. A Texas-based waste disposal company said this week it wants to dump an additional 4,000 tons of New York City trash per day in Virginia.
''I am deeply concerned about the importation of out-of-state trash,'' Gilmore said. ''It represents a significant threat to our environment.''
He chided the legislature's Commission on the Future of the  Environment, which he said ''refused to recommend meaningful limits on out-of-state trash coming into the commonwealth.''
The commission last week voted to impose a dumping fee of $1 to $2 per ton, which could encourage some trash haulers to look elsewhere, and to toughen landfill regulations. The commission  rejected a proposed cap on landfill growth and a ban on garbage barges, but Gilmore said he will push legislation to accomplish those goals.
''I believe the commonwealth has a right - and I would say a duty - to ban the use of barges for the transportation of garbage on Virginia's waterways,'' he said.
Sen. Emmett W. Hanger Jr., R-Augusta and a member of the environmental commission, disagreed with Gilmore.
''I think the action that we took was very responsible,'' Hanger said. ''Certainly I would hope there would be some negotiating room there.''
Sen. Richard L. Saslaw, D-Fairfax, said after Gilmore's speech that he didn't like the idea of banning garbage barges. ''This could result in 1,000 trucks a day coming through northern Virginia,'' he said.
Much of Gilmore's speech was a recitation of proposals he already has announced - cutting public college tuition by 20 percent, earmarking lottery profits for public schools and appropriating $48 million for water quality improvement, for example.
But there were some new initiatives: a $3.3 million program to more quickly compile results of new standardized tests given public school students and creation of a Commission on Transportation Policy to examine highway needs.
He also asked the legislature to pass a bill requiring a 24-hour waiting period before a woman can have an abortion and announced that Volvo Trucks North America will spend $148 million to expand its Pulaski County plant, creating nearly 1,300 new jobs.
Gilmore said Virginia's money from the national tobacco settlement will be used to assist tobacco growers, create a health fund for children, provide community-based treatment for the mentally ill, pay for anti-smoking programs and finance transportation and education projects. The state expects to receive about $4 billion over 25 years under the settlement.

John Wesley Hall of South Boston died Wednesday, January 13, 1999 at Blue Ridge Rehab Center. He was 94 years of age at the time of his death. He was the son of Nathanial J. Hall.
Survivors include one niece, Eva W. Eades of Halifax and one nephew, Harvey Wood of South Boston.
Graveside services for Mr. Hall will be held today, January 15 at 4 p.m. in Union United Methodist Church with Rev. Rudolph Jacobs conducting the service.

Mary Bell Carrington Johnson of New York, NY, formerly of Halifax County, died January 11, 1999 at North General Hospital in New York at the age of 63.
Mrs. Johnson was born in Halifax County on June 28, 1935 the daughter of John Arthur Carrington and Mabel Barnett Carrington and was married to Roland Johnson. He was a member of Denniston Grove Baptist Church.
Survivors include one son, William J. Johnson of Alton; one sister, Barbara Claiborne of New York; one brother, Earl Carrington of Cleveland, OH; six grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one son, Bernard Johnson.

Funeral services for Mrs. Johnson will be held Saturday, January 16 at 2 p.m. at Denniston Grove Baptist Church with Rev. John Hubbard officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
The family will receive friends at the church two hours before the service.

Arthur Donald Tharpe of SunnyVale, CA died Saturday, January 9, 1999 in San Jose, CA at the home of his son. He was 60 years of age at the time of his death.
Mr. Tharpe was born June 30, 1938 in Red Oak the son of Emmitt Tharpe and Mittie Council Tharpe and was married to Audrie B. Tharpe. He was employed for 40 years at Lockheed Aircraft in SynnyVale and was of the Christian faith.
Survivors include one daughter, Tammi Cunningham of San Jose, CA; one son, Kevin Tharpe of San Jose; five grandchildren of San Jose; four sisters, Lottie Scearce of Danville, Josephine Lloyd and Catherine Tharpe, both of Halifax and Pauline Arthur of South Boston; five brothers, William Tharpe of Richmond, Gilbert Tharpe of Halifax, Vern Tharpe of Madera, CA, Euggie Tharpe of Victoria, and Royal Tharpe of South Hill; one special friend of SunnyVale. He was preceded in death by one brother George 'Buck' Tharpe.

A memorial service will be held at Oak Hill Funeral Home in San Jose today, January 15 at 2 p.m. A memorial service will be held locally at a later date.

Irene Harmon Allison Stines of South Boston, a native of Saltville, died Tuesday, January 12, 1999 at her home. She was 70 years of age at the time of her death.
Survivors include her husband, Jethro Stines; three sons, Brad Allison of Morganton, NC, Jim Allison of Austinville and Ralph Allison of VA Beach; four daughters, Carol Powers of Tannersville, Frances Newcomb of Stoneville, NC, Glenda Bryant of Waveland, MS and Polly Puryear of Mocksville, NC; one sister, Ortha Turner of Akron, OH; 20 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; five step-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Candy Allison and an infant daughter.
Funeral services for Mrs. Stines will be held at 11 a.m. today, January 15 at D.R. Henderson Funeral Home Chapel in Saltville with Rev. Benny Frye officiating. Burial will follow in Elizabeth Cemetery.

Douglas Rea Clark of 3323 Old Halifax Road, South Boston died Wednesday, January 13, 1999 at his home. He was 53 years of age at the time of his death.
Mr. Clark was born in Martinsville on February 2, 1945 the son of Elmer Tune Clark and Frances Rea Clark. He was pastor of Seven Oaks Baptist Church for many years and was owner of Doug's Antiques and Reproduction Furniture.
Survivors include three daughters, Wendy Michelle Clark and Karen Renee Clark, both of South Boston and Amy Elizabeth Auld of Virgilina; one son, Kenneth Rea Clark of South Boston; one grandchild, Alexis Victoria Clark of South Boston.
Funeral services for Mr. Clark will be held today, January 15 at 2 p.m. at Centerville Baptist Church with Revs. Richard Saunders and Rudolph Jacobs conducting the service. Burial will take place in Oak Ridge Cemetery.
Those wishing to give memorials are asked to consider the Halifax County Cancer Association.

Alice Spencer Wilbourne of 3110 Cherry Hill Church Road, South Boston died Wednesday, January 13, 1999 at her home. She was 95 years of age.
Mrs. Wilbourne was born in Halifax County on December 19, 1903 the daughter of James William Spencer and Lucy Oakes Spencer and was married to Cornelius Ernest Wilbourne. She was a member of Cherry Hill United Methodist Church where she was a long-time member of the United Methodist Women.
Survivors include a number of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services for Mrs. Wilbourne will be held Saturday, January 16 at 11 a.m. at Cherry Hill United Methodist Church with Revs. Don Davidson and Robert Lewis conducting the service. Burial will take place in the church cemetery.

The family will receive friends at Powell Funeral Home tonight, January 15 from 7 until 8:30, and other times at her home.

Myrtis Ann Puryear, 63, of Virgilina died Thursday, January 14, 1999 in Durham Regional Hospital.
Miss Puryear was born in Halifax County the daughter of John Robert and Mary Alice O'Geary Puryear. She lived all of her life in Virgilina and was a member of Union United Church of Christ.
A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, January 16 at Union United Church of Christ with Rev. Bobby Whitfield officiating. Burial will be in Virgilina Cemetery.
Survivors include one sister, Sally Morgan Talley; one niece, Judy Wiles and one nephew, Morgan Fontaine Talley, all of Virgilina.
The family will receive friends tonight, January 15 from 7 until 9:00 at Watkins Cooper Lyon Funeral Home in Clarksville.