Supervisors and South Boston Town Council members tentatively agreed during a joint meeting Monday night to continue meeting on a monthly basis to discuss an urban planning area, and to invite Halifax Town Council to join them.
The next meeting is set for 6 p.m. on Monday, March 22, at the Mary Bethune Conference Room in Halifax.
While the Centerville/ South Boston/ Town of Halifax/county urban area drew opening discussion, the governing bodies seemed to end the evening focusing on comprehensive planning or investigation of a number of areas.
A future office complex and industrial park were named during the ongoing discussion as desirable.
"We have to learn to talk to each other and trust each other," said Joe Satterfield, chairman of the Board of Supervisors as the meeting got underway.
While not setting specific boundaries, South Boston Mayor Glen Abernathy said the town had thought of putting a compass on Centerville (drawing a circle) and then coming up with some meaningful proposals which would help in drawing some cost estimates.
"I don't think the town wants to control growth in anyway," said Abernathy, adding they wanted "to promote growth in the whole area. We don't want to control anything."
The Public Service Authority topic drew a suggestion from the mayor that non-connected areas might have different rates.
"Spend time and energy on how to better utilize what we have now," said the mayor.
Supervisor Robbie Smart suggested there might be greater fund opportunities with a "multi-community face."
Abernathy asked if the desire was to interconnect all the water/sewer system?
"Ultimately that would make sense," answered supervisor Garland Ricketts of the county's long-range water and sewer plan. "You are talking decades into the future," explained the supervisor following the meeting.
Other town council members raised questions about a new industrial park and a possible office complex.
"We need to take inventory of our needs," said supervisor Tom West, suggesting a 10 to 15 year projection.
Supervisor Garland Ricketts introduced Bedford County's agreement and its revenue sharing plan into discussion.
"I think that is important to the county. If we can work in that way and leave the annexation dragon sleeping," said Ricketts.
Mayor Abernathy recalled thinking the Bedford plan "the most simple and far reaching agreement" in the state when he read it some time ago.
Town council members and supervisors asked that copies of the Bedford agreement be obtained for review by the next meeting.
Transportation, water/sewer/ possibly natural gas were among needs and resources needed/desired for future economic development.
"We want to make sure rural citizens don't pay an undue price to advance services in the urban area," said Ricketts yesterday.
The supervisor said there was a sense of cooperation between town and county to do better things for the community.
Halifax County is currently in the process of updating its comprehensive plan with a target completion date set for fall 1999, according to county assistant administrator Jerry Lovelace.
Town manager Ted Daniel noted during the Monday night session that South Boston also needs to update its comprehensive plan.
The new county comprehensive plan is expected to have signatories from three towns, Halifax, Scottsburg and Virgilina and will include a series of public hearings
County comprehensive plan consultant Bill Turner is to be invited to the towns/county joint March meeting as a resource person.

The Corps of Engineers is investigating a possible flood plain evacuation plan for the Riverdale section along the 501 corridor from the Dan River to Highway 58.
The plan is described as "basically a property and structure purchase," according to Jerry Lovelace, assistant county administrator.
"At this point the Corps is developing its plan and cost study for this evacuation proposal and it is 'very preliminary' at this point," stressed the assistant administrator.
He said a study normally takes six to 12 months.
This plan follows an earlier Corps of Engineers's study investigating potential structural measures that would either eliminate or significantly reduce the flooding impact in the Riverdale community.
"They looked at a dam and reservoir upstream from the 501 crossing. They looked at levies, flood walls, river channelization, all of those, and the result of the study was they were not feasible," explained Lovelace. He described that action as costly to implement and providing little relief and potentially increasing the adverse impact upstream on both the Dan River and its feeder tributaries.
Lovelace said the Corps notified them in October that the structural measures were not feasible.
In an evacuation plan, disposal of the materials from the removed structures is one issue, particularly whether local landfills could accommodate the debris, explained Lovelace. Another factor involved is the cost share between the Corps and the locality which the assistant administrator said is generally a 75-25 split.
"A question yet to be answered is does the Corps consider in-kind services as a part of the local share," questioned Lovelace. In this case, Lovelace suggested in-kind would be land disposal fees, demolition permit fees and possibly some manpower.
Suggestions that concrete and asphalt left at the site might be used for recreation programs were discussed.
In other business, the Board of Supervisors authorized a letter to Gov. Gilmore requesting him to enact House Bill 2635 to provide funding for the tobacco commission discussed at the Virginia Tobacco Trade Show and Conference here and also seeking his support for House Bill 2100 for funding for Highway 58.
Supervisors also passed an emergency ordinance regarding Clover residents' water and sewer billing.
Supervisors will hold a public hearing on Monday, March 1, at 8 p.m. in the Mary Bethune Office complex on integrating the water and sewer rates for the Town of Clover with no increase in the current rates. However, billing will be done monthly as opposed to bimonthly.

Charges are pending in an accidednt that left two people injured early Friday morning near the Charlotte County line off Route 501.
State Police reports indicated that James E. Jackson, 51, of Nathalie, was traveling on Hog Wallow Road (Route 632) around 2:55 a.m. approximately eight-tenths of a mile east of Route 501 when he lost control of his car and ran off the right side of the road, struck a tree and overturned several times.
Both Jackson and a passenger in his vehicle, 49 -year-old Barbara Pannell, were injured.
The car Jackson was driving, a 1989 Chevrolet two-door, was totaled.
Trooper G.M. Gilliam is in charge of the investigation.
A Virginia Beach woman suffered minor injuries Thursday afternoon when she lost control of her vehicle on Route 58 near Riverdale.
State Police reports indicated that Susan Titi, 49, was traveling west on Route 58 when she lost control of her 1995 Acura, ran off the right side of the road and struck a guardrail approximately 300 feet from Old Cluster Springs Road (Route 704).
Damage to the Acura was estimated at $1,000.
Trooper D.J. Cline charged Titi with reckless driving.
Later that day an Alexandria man was injured when his vehicle overturned on U.S. 58 where it intersects with Mt. Carmel Road.
State Police reports indicated that Earl Wayne Williams, 45, suffered minor injuries when he ran off the right side of U.S. 58, came back across the roadway into the median, and struck an embankment causing his 1996 Chrysler four-door to overturn.
The vehicle was a total loss.
Investigating Trooper G.M. Gilliam charged Williams with reckless driving.
State Police are asking the the public's help regarding an accident that occurred Friday morning at the intersection of U.S. 501 and River Road.
Local State Police requested Tuesday that anyone who witnessed the 8 a.m., two-vehicle collision involving a 1995 Mazda four-door and 1966 Ford pick-up truck please call 476-1887.

During a three-hour meeting with North Carolina Department of Transportation officials here Wednesday, Person County representatives systematically touted the virtues of four primary road construction projects.
The four-laning of U. S. 501 North from Roxboro to the Virginia state line has top priority among those projects. An eastern bypass of Roxboro for U. S. 501 occupies second place on that priority list. Third on the list is a southern by-pass of Roxboro for U. S. 158. The four-mile bypass would extend from U. S. 158 West at Dee Long Road cross-country to intersect with U. S. 158 East, just east of the Old Durham Road.
The fourth road priority on the local list is support of a proposed "northern alignment" in Durham County. That road project, sometimes referred to as the "Eno . Loop," would, Person officials argued, give Personians easier access to Interstate 85.
Of the four Person County priorities, the four-laning of U. S. 501 North appeared ready, a year ago, to become reality. However, last fall, when the North Carolina Department of Transportation realized a shortfall of funds, the project was pushed back by five years. Construction was once scheduled to begin in 2000. Now, in the DOT's seven-year Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), the 501North project is scheduled to begin in 2006.
That proposed TIP is what Wednesday's roads meeting was all about. Through the meeting, DOT officials were seeking comments on and suggestions for the draft TIP, which will be submitted to the North Carolina Board of Transportation for approval in July.
The draft excludes the U.S. 501 eastern Roxboro bypass as well as the U.S. 158 southern bypass. Funding for the latter will depend on how much money the General Assembly makes available for intrastate roads projects. The Eno Loop in Durham County is still in the talking stage. A final route for that project has yet to be established.
Nonetheless, the Person County contingent of speakers that appeared before DOT representatives Wednesday put forth a united front.
Leigh Woodall, the former Person County commissioner who has chaired the Roxboro-Person County Thoroughfare Advisory Committee for four years, was the lead speaker for the Person County contingent. Woodall said the Thoroughfare Advisory Committee has attempted to supply "one voice (about road priorities) for Person County."
He backgrounded the dynamic industrial recruitment success of Person County in the 1990s. He said the Person County Executive Support and "roads leading to Durham" played roles in the recruitment success.
He pointed out, however, that since 1987, when the final leg of U. S. 501 South was four-laned, "not a dime of new money has been spent on [new road] construction in Person County."
Woodall reminded DOT officials that the State of Virginia has gone forward with its U. S. 501 fourlaning from South Boston, to the North Carolina line. Then, he added that the U S. 501 North fourlaning in Person County "has been on the TIP a long time.
"Allow the right-of-way acquisition to go forward now," Woodall asked the DOT officials. With the currently planned delay in the 501 North project, Woodall said, "we will be talking about 17 years without a dime of new construction.... Seventeen years is too long." Woodall urged the DOT representatives to put the 501 North project back on a schedule that will move it along quickly.
About a U. S. 501 eastern bypass of Roxboro, Woodall pointed out that the project has the support of local citizens. About a southern bypass of Roxboro for U. S. 158, Woodall noted that it will give us the only east- west connector in the City of Roxboro."
He contended that the U. S. 158 bypass should be a first priority when the DOT begins to dispense funds for intrastate projects. About the Eno Loop in Durham County, Woodall said, that governmental entities, businesses and industries in Person County favor the idea of easier access to I-85. Then, he added, "We are endorsing the concept of a northern alignment [in Durham County], not a specific route."
In summary, Woodall said, "We are not requesting that new projects be added for Roxboro and Person County this year." Instead, he said, Person officials want the U. S. 501 North project restored to quick-funding status and the eastern bypass for U. S. 501 returned to the TIP.
Several Roxboro and Person County representatives who followed Woodall echoed his statements about the four road projects and the priority position for each.
Much later in the meeting, however, a couple of speakers-Person County Commissioner Eugene Berryhill and Personian Bobby Hicks -voiced different ideas about how the two U. S. 501 projects should stack up on the priority list."
Berryhill recalled that the DOT first proposed a U. S. 501 bypass of Roxboro 30 years ago.
"We put our fate in your hands, the hands of the DOT, waiting for you to give us a 501 bypass," said Berryhill. "It appears that we have waited too long."
While acknowledging a pressing need for the U. S. 501 North fourlaning project, Berryhill said he believes there is a more critical need for a 501 bypass, owing to the heavy volume that floods Madison Boulevard.
"We have people, particularly senior citizens, who will not travel on Madison Boulevard because of the traffic," he said. "I would like for you to take [a50l bypass] under real consideration now.
Hicks resides in the area that will be affected by the U. S. 501 North project's tie-in with N. C. 49 North. Hicks said that he thinks a 501 bypass is more of a need than is the four-laning of 50l North.
"I and quite a number of fellow citizens disagree" with the order of those two priorities as presented by Woodall, Hicks said. "Should we entertain that 501 four-laning first, that eastern bypass is going to be a long time coming."
Other Roxboro and Person County spokespersons, however, agreed with the road priorities, as presented by Woodall.
Roxboro Mayor Lois Winstead, who serves on the Thoroughfare Advisory Committee, presented the DOT representatives a resolution, adopted this week by Roxboro City Council, supporting the priorities as presented.
"We are united in our aims and goals," said Mayor Winstead. "I ask and we ask that there be great consideration for in our (DOT) division. Our transportation needs, we do not feel, are being met. We ask that you help us and restore the eastern bypass to the TIP and move forward with 501 North."
S. Edwin Knott, chairman of the Person Board of County Commissioners, told the DOT representatives, "We are focused on four major construction projects. We strongly recommend that you get (501 North) back on schedule.... We now ask that you do your part" by moving forward on the Person County priorities.
Alan S. Hicks, chairman of the Person County Economic Development Commission, said, "We are bold enough to submit to you that we think we are the next Morrisville (a rapidly growing Raleigh suburb)... Where [the Person projects] are [in terms of completion time] is going to determine the growth and the quality of life" in Roxboro and Person County in the future. "I beg you," Hicks concluded, "don't send us the wrong message."
Other Person representatives who championed the four priority projects were Sally Humphries, president of the Roxboro Area Chamber of Commerce; Ronnie Bugnar, superintendent of Person County Schools; Dr. H. James (Jim) Owen, president of Piedmont Community College; and Shane McCarthy, representing U. S. 501 North industrial resident Louisiana-Pacific Corp..
McCarthy addressed the L-P wood processing operation here.
"The operation calls for numbers of log trucks to show up daily, 50 to 100 a day," he said.
Most of those log trucks, McCarthy said, approach the L-P plant from the south, meaning that the trucks move through Roxboro on Madison Boulevard. He said that Louisiana-Pacific supports road improvements that would take those trucks out of Roxboro.
Deputy Secretary David King, the top DOT at the meeting, said at the outset the DOT will spend about $8.5 billion on road projects during the next seven years. He explained that the DOT realized, through an audit about a year ago, that it had less money to spend than anticipated. Reasons given for the shortfall were that the DOT had not been factoring the inflation rate and project cost overruns into its budget.
"We have a finite amount of money .. .to devote to road construction and road maintenance," King said. "...We have added inflation this year. Heretofore, we have not done that.... Cost overruns are factored in. Cost overruns ... are a part of the business.
"A lot of folks have been disappointed to see their projects either slide out of the program altogether or be pushed back by a couple of years.
"The good news is we're swallowing our cod liver oil all in one year and, next year, this inflation and cost overruns will already be factored in."
King explained that the TIP as presented Wednesday is still a draft, and awaits action by the state Board of Transportation in July. Prior to that action, he said, information gathered at meetings, such as the one held in Roxboro, will be reviewed. That information, he said, could have an effect on the final form of the TIP.
King also said that the draft TIP is not a perfect document.
"We do have things in there that are out of order or out of priority,' he said. "What we're doing in that document is planning out seven years' worth of projects."
State Rep. Gordon P. Allen, D-Person, who also sits on the Roxboro Person County Thoroughfare Advisory Committee, spoke late in the three-hour meeting and said that the highway-using public must come to understand that funds for highway projects are limited.
The major problem today is money," said Allen. "We've got to find some way to educate the people to the fact that we're out of money." Allen added that the people of North Carolina must understand that they must be willing to put up the money for road improvements, before those improvements can come about.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A Virginia beach legislator angered  colleagues from southside, southwest and northern Virginia by urging Gov. Jim Gilmore to veto a proposed $659 million bond issue for highways.
The money would be used for projects in traffic-choked northern  Virginia and for U.S. 58, which stretches across Virginia's  southern border from the Cumberland Gap to Virginia Beach. The U.S. 58 project is viewed by many in southwest and southside Virginia as a means to bolster the flagging economy in those regions.
Del. Robert McDonnell, R-Virginia Beach, confirmed Monday that he met with Gilmore last week and urged him to oppose the bond  issue, which is backed by a coalition of legislators from the affected regions.
''It doesn't make any sense to me to be spending money in this  manner,'' McDonnell said. ''I've conveyed to the governor my distress with all of the bonds.''
Backers of the road bonds expressed irritation with McDonnell's  actions.
''It's just petty,'' said Del. John Rollison, R-Prince William.
''He didn't have the courtesy to contact me or Jack Rollison and it's our number one priority for the delegation,'' said Del. Vincent F. Callahan Jr., R-Fairfax.
McDonnell said he believes the highway projects are necessary, but he opposes borrowing money when the state has a surplus of nearly $1 billion.
Gilmore spokesman Mark Miner said the governor has not decided  whether he will support the bond issue.

Motivated by shrinking quotas, the operators of two major South Boston tobacco warehouses have announced a merger between the New Brick-Planters Warehouse and the Independent Warehouse.
Monday George Tribble and Charles Payne announced their plans to consolidate all their sales into the Planters Tobacco Warehouse located on Wilbborn Avenue and First Street in the heart of South Boston.
"Over the past two years we've had approximately a 34 percent cut in quota, which is causing a lot of warehouses to merge," said Tribble, operator of the Independent Warehouse since 1963. "And as operators, we need to consolidate to better serve the farmers and meet their needs."
Payne, former partner of the late T.P. Nelson, has operated the New Brick-Planters Warehouses since 1980, said this season all sales will be conducted in the 55,000 square foot Planters Warehouse, one of the largest in South Boston.
Quota cuts have had a severe affect on the local tobacco market.
According to Payne, in just the past few years, sales through the South Boston Tobacco Market, which includes the New Brick-Planters, Independent, Victory, Banner and Star warehouses, have shrunk dramatically.
According to Farm Service Agency (FSA) figures, in 1997, nearly 17 million pounds of tobacco was sold through the South Boston Tobacco Market, while last year this figure dropped to just over 13.5 million pounds.
"Warehouse men lost just like the farmers from the reduction in pounds. We're just one of the casualties, and we can't continue to operate unless we unite," Payne said. "It's good that people who have been competitors can come together and be united. To better serve our customers and help keep South Boston alive, we had to consolidate."
Last year roughly three million pounds of tobacco were sold through New Brick-Planters warehouses, while Tribble estimated 2.8 pounds of tobacco were sold at Independent.
The growing movement toward baled tobacco also factors into Tribble and Payne's decision to merge.
"The new baling system takes a lot less floor space (about one-fifth of that needed for sheeted tobacco) and less people, so we can operate in a much smaller area. We've got three warehouses right here, and we could do it all in one. Even without the quota cut I believe there would have been mergers because we really don't need three buildings," Tribble said.
Tribble and Payne said there were no immediate plans for the two large brick structures that will no longer be used for tobacco sales.
"The future of the New Brick and Independent warehouse buildings hasn't been determined yet. These buildings have been here since 1917, and were at one time operating as Planters-Independent. Now they're back together," Tribble said.

Margaret Brooks Bass of Gladys died Saturday, February 13, 1999 in Sentara Hampton General Hospital. She was the wife of the late Walter Barksdale Bass Sr.
Born August 24, 1914 in Campbell County, Mrs. Bass was a daughter of John Lawson brooks and Annie Marshall Brooks. She was a member of Kedron Baptist Church and a 1931 graduate of Gladys High School, where she was an avid participant in basketball and track. Mrs. Bass also attended Phillips Business College in Lynchburg.
Survivors include two sons, Walter B. Bass Jr. and wife, Lou Ann of Gladys, and Dr. John M. Bass of South Hill; one daughter, Carolyn Bass Witherspoon and her husband, John of Hampton; one brother, Lawson Brooks of Gladys, two sisters, Madeline Wingfield of Lynchburg and Rachel Coates of Radford; seven grandchildren, Jim Witherspoon of Hampton, Elizabeth W. Hubbard and her husband, Tim of South Riding, W.B. Bass III and wife, Dona of Gladys, Leanne Bass of Forest, Allen Bass of Blacksburg, Jay Bass of Christiansburg, and Jeff Bass of Charlottesville; and one great-grandson, Hunter Bass of Gladys. She was preceded in death by three brothers, Lewis, Guy and Woodrow Brooks.
A funeral service was conducted Tuesday, February 16 at 2 p.m. in Kedron Baptist Church by Revs. Donald Ray Cockes and William H. Pollok with burial in the church cemetery.
Those wishing to give memorials are asked to consider Citizens Emergency Crew, PO Box 158, Gladys, VA 24554 or Gladys Volunteer Fire Department, PO Box 85, Gladys, VA 24554.

Clarence Drewry Rice of 1137 Wilborn Road, Virgilina died Sunday, February 14, 1999 at Halifax Regional Hospital. He was 80 years of age at the time of his death.
Mr. Rice was born in Halifax County on October 29, 1918 the son of Johnnie B. Rice and Emma Tuck Rice and was married to Morine E. Rice. He was a member of Union United Church of Christ, where he also was a deacon, and was retired from Rochester Button Co.
A funeral will be held at Union United Church of Christ today, February 17 at 2 p.m. with Rev. Bobby Whitfield officiating. Burial will follow in Virgilina Cemetery.

Surviving Mr. Rice are his wife; one son, Allen C. Rice of Fairburn, GA; one daughter, Iris R. Murray of Virgilina; one brother, Claude Rice of Virgilina; two sisters, Pearl R. Yancey of Virgilina and Elsie R. Murray of Colonial Heights; four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Mildred Annie Newby Tillotson, 83, of Clarksville died Monday, February 15, 1999 in the Senior Citizens Nursing Home in Henderson, NC.
Mrs. Tillotson was born April 13, 1915 in Granville County, NC the daughter of Kate Munn and James Monroe Newby and was married to James Kenneth Tillotson. She was a member of Marrow's Chapel United Methodist Church.

Funeral services will be held today, February 17 at 11 a.m. at Marrow's Chapel United Methodist Church with Revs. William Burns and Henry Lovelace officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Surviving Mrs. Tillotson are her husband; daughters, Ruth L. Tillotson Cooper of Richmond, M. Naomi Tillotson Hogge of Gloucester Point, Isabell Tillotson Salmons of Virgilina, Stella F. Tillotson Pennell of Fort Worth, TX; her grandchildren, Donna Jean Hogge of Gloucester Point, Kenneth Edward Hogge of Newport News, Lester Paul Hogge of Gloucester Point, William Marcus Salmons of Wake Forest, NC, James Marvin Salmons of Louisburg, NC, John Marshall Salmons of Garner, NC, Christopher Scott Pennell of Fort Worth; 12 great-grandchildren; one sister, Pattie Elliott of Henderson, NC. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Kate Inez Tillotson.

Charlie William Jennings of 1081 Cora Watts Trail, Nathalie died Sunday, February 14, 1999 at Halifax Regional Hospital. He was 73 years of age at the time of his death.
Mr. Jennings was born in Halifax County on February 18, 1925 the son of Heddly E. Jennings and Lelia Coates Jennings and was married to Lucille C. Jennings. He was a member of Ellis Creek Baptist Church.
Funeral services will be held today, February 17 at 2 p.m. at Powell Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Charles Ward conducting the service. Burial will take place in Ellis Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.
Surviving Mr. Jennings are his wife of the home; two sons and daughters-in-law, Jimmy and Betty Jennings of Danville and Joseph and Faye Jennings of Lynchburg; one step-daughter and her husband, Marilyn and Jimmy Mann of Nathalie; one step-son, Teddy Ray Coates of Halifax; one brother, Herbert Jennings of Nathalie; one grandchild, Nicole Jennings; one step-grandchildren, Chris Barksdale of Lynchburg; two sisters, Virginia McKinney of Halifax and Katie Crews of South Boston. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Albert and Claudie Jennings and two sisters, Rosa Hailey and Ethel Cook.

Robert Cornelius Cliborne of 5114 Cluster Springs Road, Alton died Saturday, February 13, 1999 at his home. He was 86 years of age.
Mr. Cliborne was born in Halifax County on April 30, 1912 the son of George R. Cliborne and Ethel Nelson Cliborne and was married to Harrell Oakley Cliborne. He was a member of Harmony United Methodist Church, where he was a former Sunday school teacher and superintendent. He was owner/operator of Cliborne's Auto Parts & Repair.
The funeral will be held at Harmony United Methodist on Tuesday, February 16 at 11 a.m. with Rev. Michael Sullivan officiating. Burial will take place in Halifax Memorial Gardens.
Survivors of Mr. Cliborne include one daughter and son-in-law, Tinnell G. Boone and Jim Boone of Tampa, FL; two sisters, Ruth C. Smith and Eugenia C. Walker, both of Alton; two grandsons, Anthony F. Gentry of Keller, TX and Michael S. Gentry of Tampa.
The family will receive friends at Brooks Funeral Home tonight, February 15 from 7 until 8:30, and other times at the home.

Those wishing to give memorials are asked to consider Harmony United Methodist Church.

Simmie Foster Davis of Howard P. Anderson Road, Crystal Hill died Monday, February 15, 1999 at Halifax Regional Hospital. He was 81 years of age at the time of his death.
Mr. Davis was born in Halifax County on December 9, 1917 the son of John H. Davis Sr. and Lola Guthrie Davis and was married to Dorothy Lynn Davis. He was a member of Crystal Hill Southern Baptist Church, the Masons Kerns Memorial Lodge #143 of Crystal H ill and a veteran of World War II.
Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Steven and Gayle Davis of Lynchburg; one granddaughter, Karen Davis of Lynchburg; one grandson, Kevin Davis of Lynchburg; two sisters, Margaret D. Phillips of Brookneal and Frances D. and her husband, Wallace Lipscomb of Lynchburg; two brothers, John H. Davis Jr. and wife Liz of McBee, SC, and Walter W. Davis and wife Sue of Halifax County. He was preceded in death by one brother, Harold E. Davis Sr.
Funeral services for Mr. Davis will be held Thursday, February 18 at 2 p.m. at Crystal Hill Southern Baptist Church with Rev. Bernie Morris conducting the service. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

The family will receive friends at the home.
Those wishing to give memorials are asked to consider Crystal Hill Southern Baptist Church.

William Harrison 'Bill' Jones III of 1203 Bellevue Road, Halifax died Monday, February 15, 1999 at Durham Regional Hospital at the age of 62.
Mr. Jones was born in Halifax County on March 6, 1936 the son of William H. Jones Jr. and Elizabeth Landrum Jones and was married to Myrna Terry Jones. He was a member of Berry Hill Presbyterian Church, a Navy Veteran and was employed by the Town of South Boston.
The funeral will be held at Brooks Funeral Home Chapel Thursday, February 18 at 2 p.m. with Revs. Larry Frakes and Joe Brewer officiating. Burial will take place in Halifax Memorial Gardens.
Survivors of Mr. Jones include his wife; two sons, Calvin 'Sput' Jones of South Boston and Michael Terry Jones of Halifax; and three grandchildren.
The family will receive friends at Brooks Funeral Home tonight, February 17 from 7 until 8:30, and other times at the home.

Those wishing to give memorials are asked to consider South Boston Fire Company or Halifax County Rescue Squad.

Calvin Douglas Williams Sr. of 1901 Parker Avenue, South Boston died Monday, February 15, 1999 at Halifax Regional Hospital at the age of 67.
Mr. Williams was born in Halifax County on November 4, 1931 the son of James O. Williams and Marie Claybourne Williams Turbeville and was married to Joyce Williams. He was a member of Ebenezer CME Church.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Calvin D. Williams Jr. of Seattle, WA and Thomas Williams of Cincinnati, OH; three grandchildren, Sharon Williams of New York and Christopher Adams Williams and Matthew Williams, both of KY; his mother; two brothers, Edward Williams of New York and James Williams of South Boston.
Funeral services for Mr. Williams will be held Friday, February 19 at 11 a.m. at Ebenezer CME Church with Rev. John Ghee officiating. Burial will follow in Halifax Memorial Gardens.
The family will receive friends at the home.