Joe Satterfield was re-elected chairman of the Board of Supervisors and James Edmunds II was elected vice-chairman during the board's reorganization meeting Monday night.
The two supervisors will serve a two-year term.
Satterfield, one of three nominees for the chairman's post, took four of the six votes cast.
The chairman, nominated by Supervisor Tom West, received support from supervisors Page Wilkerson, David Martin, James Edmunds and West.
Supervisor R.E. Abbott, nominated by Lottie Nunn, received one vote, as did Nunn, who was nominated by Abbott.
Edmunds, ED-5, faced no opposition and was unanimously elected. Martin, ED-4, nominated Edmunds for the vice-chairman's post.
Corky Rorrer, ED-8 supervisor, was absent from the board meeting, and Satterfield abstained during the vote.
The four new supervisors elected to the board in the November election were Edmunds, Martin, Nunn and Rorrer.
Blood Alcohol Test
Commonwealth's Attorney John Greenbacker sought, and was granted, emergency funding from supervisors to continue the blood alcohol testing program here used in evaluating drivers suspected of operating a vehicle while under the influence.
Greenbacker said that a key legal loophole would be opened without the blood alcohol analysis capability.
He told supervisors that there were 18 blood alcohol cases during the last calendar year and that there are five pending cases.
A breathalyzer test or a blood test - the latter often used when the person being tested cannot use the breathalyzer due to respiratory problems - are commonly utilized by officers in driving under the influence cases.
Supervisors unanimously voted temporary funding of $2,500 during the Monday night session to help compensate those administering the test.
Greenbacker had explained that Halifax Regional Hospital had been administering the tests but that Dr. Gaylord Ray stopped the program effective Jan. 1, 2000, citing the cost to the hospital in personnel and time when those administering the tests were subpoenaed by defense attorneys to testify in court.
The commonwealth's attorney said it was estimated that the court appearances by hospital personnel were costing in excess of $200 each.
Liability concerns curtailed an earlier plan to utilize officers from the towns of South Boston and Halifax police and the Sheriff's Dept., according to Greenbacker. The prosecutor said that he received that news the day before New Year's.
Volunteer efforts through the Town of Halifax Police Chief Shawn Sweeney and three officers covered New Year's Day, but insurance covering them ended at midnight Monday, Jan. 3, according to County Administrator Dan Sleeper.
The emergency $2,500 fund will be used to compensate those administering the alcohol test. County officials will meet with Dr. Ray in seeking a permanent solution to the problem.
Public Hearing
Supervisors set a Monday, Jan. 24, public hearing date for a TEA-21 grant application to help construct a 17-mile horse and pedestrian trail between Staunton River Park and Staunton River Battlefield State Park.
The public hearing will be held at 7 p.m. at the Mary Bethune Complex in Halifax.
The TEA-21 public hearing action is in case the Clarkton Bridge project is not approved for restoration by VDOT. A grant had already been secured for the Clarkton project with Charlotte County.
Virginia Department of Transportation engineers and officials have been evaluating the Clarkton project and are to meet with county officials at 7 p.m. on Jan. 31 at the VDOT office in Halifax to discuss the project's fate.
Animal Shelter
The board did not take action on the purchase of two acres near the county's animal impoundment facility. Supervisor Lottie Nunn proposed that the matter be discussed at the board's annual retreat later this month. The board agreed.
Sleeper had warned supervisors that future residential development in the immediate area could surround the site. An alternate site at the landfill was discussed prior to the supervisors' decision to take the matter up at the retreat.
Abbott noted that the board had money in its budget to expand the animal impoundment facility for two years and that no action had been taken.
Supervisor Martin told the board that constituents in his district were concerned about government spending money to build facilities and then having to build again in a few years.
Sleeper advised the board that there is a possibility the Humane Society might be interested in operating the facility in the future, which would allow the animal control officers to devote full time to their duties throughout the county.
Board Appointments
The following citizens were appointed to serve with the Halifax County Improvement Council: Sue Kennedy and Lisa Long of ED-7 and Russell Thurston of ED-1 and Nikki Perkins of ED-2. Jennifer Hochstein, Litter Control/Recycling coordinator, urged supervisors to fill council vacancies as the council reorganizes.
In other business, Satterfield said that he hoped to have committee assignments by Friday.
Supervisors will conduct their annual board retreat Jan. 27-28 at Supervisor Edmunds' cabin. They are expected to meet with the School Board to discuss education issues; to review public safety issues with Sheriff Oakes, as well as E-911 issues; to discuss the landfill and a slate of local issues, including the Blue Ridge Regional Jail Authority, the Halifax County Service Authority and the county's Comprehensive Plan. A discussion of muzzleloading hunting season is also on the supervisors' retreat agenda.

By LIBBY QUAID
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - Chairmen of key congressional committees disagree on whether farm policy should be overhauled, but some lawmakers predict at least some tinkering with the market-oriented policies that became law in 1996.
''I think there's enough desire on the part of my farm-state colleagues to make changes,'' said Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, R-Mo., a member of the House Appropriations agriculture subcommittee.
She applauded Agriculture Committee Chairman Larry Combest, R-Texas, for scheduling hearings on farm policy from February through March in Washington and seven to 12 regions nationwide.
Shrinking export markets have sent prices for wheat, corn, soybeans and other crops plummeting, and the Agriculture Department forecast for 2000 is bleak, too. Farm income is predicted to drop $7.6 billion next year to $40.4 billion, unless Congress takes the unlikely step - because it is an election year - of another multibillion-dollar bailout.
''We're looking at the third year in a row of a disastrous ag situation,'' Combest said in a recent interview. ''We've got to look at this. Something is not working.''
Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman agreed, saying Congress has lurched from one patchwork emergency bill to the next. His comments came in October on the heels of an $8.7 billion emergency aid package.
''And we shouldn't wait until the expiration of the farm bill in 2002,'' Glickman said. ''The fact is, with two years of emergency payments to farmers, Congress has already seriously amended the farm bill. What is needed now is a thought-out, well-balanced farm bill that we can work on if we address it early in the year - before we are looking again at emergency farm legislation.''
Trouble is, there's not much consensus in Congress or among the major farm interest groups on what should be done.
Combest Senate counterpart, Agriculture Committee Chairman Dick Lugar, R-Ind., has no plans for hearings because he believes there is no need to change farm policy. Several farm-state Democrats, meanwhile, will be pushing to boost U.S. farm subsidies as a tool in trade negotiations with the Europeans.
Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., said change in farm policy, even before the current law expires in 2002, is inevitable. Citing statements by Glickman and by President Clinton and Vice President Al Gore, Roberts said the question is not whether Freedom to Farm will be rewritten, but when and how.
Roberts, who as House Agriculture Committee chairman was chief author of the 1996 reforms, argues it is disingenuous to blame the farm bill for a failing safety net when its components - a crop insurance overhaul, aggressive trade policies and regulatory and tax reforms - were never put in place.
Not only the administration but GOP leaders in Congress have failed, he said. This year, Roberts plans to introduce his own package that incorporates those elements as an alternative to rewriting farm policy.
''It's like Freedom to Farm was the horse you wanted to ride in the Derby, but you hobbled him first - there's no jockey, no saddle and all the rest,'' he said. ''We said these component parts had to be part of the policy or this wouldn't work.''
Many regard trade issues as having the best potential to shore up struggling farmers.
One of the administration's top priorities in a new round of global trade talks is to get the European Union to lower its farm subsidies. EU farm supports are worth $324 per acre, compared with $34 for the United States, according to the Agriculture Department. Canada and Australia are even lower.
Combest said his House panel also will consider proposals for bolstering U.S. export programs to counter European crop subsidies.

The first round of checks from the Phase II Tobacco Trust Fund began arriving in farmers' mailboxes across Virginia on Monday.
And while most tobacco producers are happy just to be receiving a check at all, some growers who also own their quota are complaining that their checks are not adding up right.
When Harold Bowen of Virgilina opened his checks, he noticed a big problem right away.
"It's about half off," said Bowen. "We got the two checks for the ones where we rent the quota, and they're right. But the check for where we own the quota is half what it should be."
For those farmers who spent hour after frustrating hour, day after day trying to collect all the necessary signatures and figures for their certification forms by the Nov. 19 deadline, the discrepancy in what they expected to receive and the actual dollar amount on the checks is very frustrating.
The Bowens are not alone.
Larry Spell, who farms near Elmo, said he has the same problem.
"When I looked at all of my checks, they didn't add up with the money I was going to get. I only got about half of what I expected, what I figured up, using the formula that was given to us," he said. "This issue needs to be brought up so farmers who do not receive their apportioned money can do something about it."
Spell urged other tobacco farmers to verify carefully that the information included on the checks, including the amount, is complete and accurate before taking them to the bank.
"One of my checks was written out to a Mary Spell with my Social Security number, and I don't even know a Mary Spell," he said. "I'm glad there is someone out there that is trying to do something for us tobacco farmers, but I think this should have been done locally."
But even with the glitches, farmers are glad to see these first payments, especially in light of the most recent quota cut of 18.5 percent.
"Any time anyone receives a check it is a positive note, and hopefully these checks that are going to be received over the next few days will cushion the blow of the last quota cut," said J.T. Davis, an active board member of the Concerned Friends for Tobacco and a member of the Virginia Tobacco Growers Association.
According to Halifax County Extension Agent Larry McPeters, compared to other states, Virginia farmers are in the best shape as far as what they are receiving from the available Phase II money.
"Virginia farmers are receiving 90 percent of the money available distribution, which is the best percentage of all the states. North Carolina's percentage is only 58 percent," McPeters said. "So we're tickled. There are going to be some complications and glitches, but, overall, we're doing very well. And once all of the checks are distributed, I think a lot of these problems will be cleared up."
The proceeds from this first round of payments from Phase II, approximately $25 million, will be split evenly between the producer and quota owner at 25.7¢ per pound, according to Davis.
And these checks are just part of some positive developments for tobacco farmers.
"There's also the $328 million that will be distributed to compensate producers in states that suffered a reduction of tobacco quota for the 1999 crop," he said.
According to a U.S. Department of Agriculture press release, these federal funds will be distributed using the same formula established to disburse the Trust payments.
"Farmers can expect to receive these checks, which will be equivalent to the Phase II payments, around the second quarter of this year," Davis said. "And then they're going to receive another check under Phase I, although the amounts will be totally up to the 31-member Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission."
But right now, farmers are focusing on this first round of checks.
To help them with any questions they might have concerning the checks that began arriving in the mail on Monday, Chase Manhattan Bank in New York, which is dispersing the checks, has provided a toll-free number (1-800-736-7197). So far hundreds of calls have been received, an official there said.
Another round of payments will be made in April for those who were eligible for the 1999 payment but did not complete their applications by the Nov. 19 deadline. These completed/amended applications must be received by March 1.
In the meantime, the Virginia Tobacco Trust Certification Board will be working to smooth out any wrinkles in the payment process, board member Don Anderson said.
"I got some of my checks yesterday, and there was some confusion, as these checks do not have printed on them the farm number and pounds that they are for. That's one change we'll address. This is a work in progress," Anderson said.
He suggested that farmers divide the amount of each check by .1278 in order to determine how many pounds the check is written for.
"It may be off by a pound or two because of rounded numbers, " he cautioned.

Charges against a private investigator implicated in the kidnapping of two children from their South Boston home were dismissed in the Halifax County Juvenile and Domestic Court yesterday.
John Graggs O'Leary, 66, of Keswick, had been charged with two counts of abduction stemming from the November 22 incident at the home of the children's mother on Peach Avenue in South Boston.
The children, a brother and sister, were six years old and nine at the time.
Two other unidentified suspects remain at large and warrants have been issued for the suspects.
Following the incident, O'Leary surrendered himself to South Boston Police Department investigators B.K. Lovelace and Wanda Garner and was released on bond.

O'Leary, an auxiliary officer at the Albemarle County Sheriff's Office, resigned from the sheriff's office shortly after he was charged.

A Nathalie woman was arrested Monday by sheriff's deputies on a grand larceny charge.
Pamela Jones Stovall, 32, of Ed Mason Lane, was charged with grand larceny after she allegedly stole over $200 in U.S. currency belonging to Annie Mae Moore.
Stovall is scheduled to appear in Halifax County General District Court on January 5.
In other police reports:
A 15-year-old youth from Crewe was charged with failure to yield the right of way Sunday afternoon in the wake of a two-vehicle crash that injured three people.
Trooper R.C. Compton said minor injuries occurred when a 1998 Chevrolet, driven by the youth, made a left turn into the path of a 1995 Mazda and was struck by the oncoming car at the intersection of Route 58 and Industrial Park Road (Route 931).
The Mazda, driven by Tiffany R. Coleman, 19, of Alton, struck the youth's vehicle on the right side causing an injury to Blair Bartlett, 37, a passenger in the youth's vehicle.
Coleman and Melvin Bailey, 22, a passenger in Coleman's vehicle were also injured by the 4:45 p.m. crash.
Bartlett, Coleman and Bailey were treated at Halifax Regional Hospital and released.
Damage to the Coleman vehicle was estimated at $10,000.
The youth's vehicle sustained $8,000 in estimated damage.
· Minor injuries resulted in a two-car crash that occurred Saturday evening when a 1993 Ford pickup, driven by James Alex Jones, 45, of Nathalie, attempted to pass another vehicle on Howard P. Anderson Road (Route 626), four-tenths of a mile north of Newbill Road (Route 621).
Trooper Compton said Jones had pulled out his vehicle to pass a 1972 Chevrolet, driven by Tina Marie Carrington, 23, of Nathalie.
The trooper stated that the Jones' vehicle was along side the Carrington vehicle when Carrington attempted to pass a vehicle in front of her, causing her vehicle to make contact with the Jones vehicle.
The Jones vehicle ran off the right side of the road causing injuries to Jones and his passenger, Connie Jones, 39.
Estimated damage to each vehicle was $500.
No charges were filed.

Halifax County has been awarded $22,356 in federal funds under the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board program.
The money will be distributed by a local board to help supplement food and shelter programs in the area.
The board is to be made up of representatives of The Salvation Army, American Red Cross, Catholic Charities, the United Way, Social Services, National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., Catholic Charities and private citizens.
To be eligible to receive funds, an organization must be nonprofit, have an accounting system, practice nondiscrimination, have demonstrated an ability to delivery emergency food and/or shelter, and if a private voluntary organization, must have a voluntary board.
For more information contact Sue Kennedy at 575-7916 or Rev. Roger Ford at 476-4294.
Application deadline is Wednesday, January 12.

Home at last.
After spending the initial portion of its season on the road, the Halifax County High School Blue Comets wrestlers will open Western District action here Thursday night against Albemarle.
The Comets' home opener against Albemarle will begin at 6:30 p.m. and will be held in the Halifax County High School gym.
"As far as dual matches are concerned, this is one of the most important of the season," said Comets coach Brady Taylor whose team enters Thursday night's contest with a 1-5 dual match record.
"You don't want to lose to a district team, especially when your seed in the district tournament is determined by the outcome."
Taylor says Thursday night's contest against Albemarle is important for another reason.
"Getting a win against Albemarle will be big," Taylor pointed out.
"We've got to set the tone, at least for our Western District matches, with this match."
The Comets have a real opportunity available to them this season in that two of their three Western District dual matches are at home.
Thursday night's match against Albemarle is the first one. A January 20 meeting here against E.C. Glass is the second one.
"We have Albemarle and Glass here," noted Taylor.
"If we can win pull off a win in both of those it will really help us when it comes time for the district tournament."
Jacob Jennings, who competes in the 152 pound weight class for the Comets, is confident that the Comets can prevail over the Patriots.
"I think we can beat them," Jennings said.
"This is one of the biggest district matches. If we beat them I think we can win the district title."
The Halifax County-Albemarle wrestling matchup has developed into a real rivalry over the past few years.
Over the past decade the Comets the Comets have won four regular season Western District titles and one district tournament title.
Albemarle has won three regular season titles, tied for another, and won seven district tournament titles.
And, up until the past two seasons, the regular season and district tournament titles have boiled down to a Halifax County-Albemarle showdown.
Taylor is hoping that the fact that the Comets-Patriots showdown has turned into a major rivalry will result in a good crowd coming out to support the Comets
"It would be great to have some good fan support," remarked Taylor.
"The more fans that come out, the better it is for us. I realize that a lot of people may not understand wrestling. But, even if they don't fully understand what is going on, I hope they will come out and yell and scream and support our kids and give them a big lift."
Jennings agreed.
"Having a good crowd gives us a better advantage," Jennings said.
"It gets you pumped up."
The Comets have gotten off to a slow start this season, going 1-5 in their first series of dual matches.
Part of that is attributed to early season injuries. Another factor has been that some of the less experienced grapplers have needed time to gain some experience.
In an effort to help out with the injury situation, Taylor gave his wrestlers the Christmas holiday season off with the idea that everyone returned Monday ready to do some intensive work.
That was a big departure from last year when Taylor gave the team only three days off during the Christmas holiday season.
"Last year I thought that (the short break) would help but it may have hurt us rather than helped us," Taylor said.
"So, this year I experimented and gave them a longer break. I figured the longer break would give the guys that were hurt a chance to heal up and it would break up some of the monotony of having practice every day and maybe help the guys get their heads back in it and come back more focused."
The Comets' injury list entering the Christmas break was pretty extensive with 119-pounder Nick Wilson (ankle), 145-pounder Charlie Hall, 189-pounder Terrence Bowman (leg), 171-pounder Barrett Thompson (hand), and 275-pounder Kevin Smith (elbow) hindered to various extents by injuries.
Taylor is optimistic that they will be ready to go Thursday night.
"I expect that they will all wrestle Thursday night just because it's Albemarle and its our first home match," Taylor said.
"Those guys realize how important this match is."
A lot of time and effort will be spent this week preparing for Thursday night's showdown.
"It's going to be a rough week," Taylor remarked.
"We've got a lot of work to do in a short time. It's going to be a pretty intense week. We'll do everything we can to prepare for Albemarle.
"I've got confidence in these guys," added Taylor.
"I think they'll be up for Albemarle."
Taylor says the key to winning Thursday night's Western District opener will be the heart of the Comet lineup in the middle weights.
"We've got to win the middle weights starting with Nick Wilson at 119 and win all the way up through Brian Hall at 152," Taylor stated.
"That seems to be where our strength is. But, that also seems to be where a lot of other teams are strong, too."
Taylor points out that the Comets will start out facing a 12 point deficit as a result of having to forfeit the 112-pound and 160-pound weight classes.
That, he says, puts more pressure on the 12 starters that will hit the mat to produce wins.
"As it stands, we're losing 12-0 before we even get on the floor," Taylor said.
"What that means is that we need to win two matches by pins or four by decision to make up for it.
"Kevin Smith is our ace in the hole," continued Taylor, "and he seems to be ready to take the role of finishing off matches for us. When we need him, we can count on him.
Guys like David Adams, Alex Haynie, Aaron Vaughan, and Barrett Thompson really need to pick it up. Getting wins out of those guys will also be a big key to the match."
Thursday night's match against Albemarle triggers what will be a busy late-week agenda for the Comet grapplers.
After a day off Friday, the Comets will travel to Lakeland High School in Suffolk where they will participate in Saturday's Lakeland Duals.
Halifax County will wrestle at least four dual matches in Saturday's tournament.
Among the teams that will join Halifax County in the event are host Lakeland, Nansemond River, Indian River, Churchland, and Green Run.
"I don't know about a lot of the teams that will be there," Taylor said
"But, I do know that the competition in that tournament has been tough down through the years and the field has always been real competitive."

That tournament also represents an opportunity for the Comets to get some momentum rolling.
"We have the opportunity to go there and have a chance to pick up some wins and get the ball rolling for the second half of the season," Taylor remarked.
"Hopefully we can go down there and do well, get some wins, and come back with a shot of confidence."

Halifax County High School basketball coach Garrett Dillard and his Comets players will face one of the nation's top high school teams here Friday night.
Mt. Zion from Durham, N.C., a nationally ranked and widely recognized prep team comes to town Friday night to face the Comets in an 8 p.m. contest at the Halifax County High School gym.
Loaded with several talented players that are legitimate Division I college prospects, Mt. Zion will represent the best team that the Comets will have faced thus far and will face this season.
It is a big task that the Comets will face in tackling Mt. Zion Friday night.
And, Dillard and his coaching staff are anxiously waiting to see how the Comets react coming off of a disappointing one point loss to Person High in the title game of last week's One Valley Bank Holiday Classic.
"It's gut check time for the players and coaches," Dillard said in the wake of his team's loss to Person High.
"We as coaches need to evaluate the people that are playing for us. And, the players need to evaluate themselves - are they working as hard as they can, are they giving a hundred percent all of the time."
The Comets will bring a 5-3 record into Friday night's game against the nationally ranked North Carolina team.
Dillard says that while Mt. Zion will be the toughest opponent his team will see this season, he feels it is a game his team can win.
"Certainly, we're going in with the idea we can win," Dillard said.
"I would hate to see us lose two games in a row. We plan to come out and play our best."
One of the big things that Dillard will be looking at Friday night is how much his Comets improve their overall play.
The Comets gave a good effort but the team's inability to hit open jump shots and make free throws were two big thorns in their collective side in the loss to Person High.
"We've got to do the little things that you need to do to win the ball game," Dillard said after his team's loss to Person High.
"We plan to use the game to tune the guys up and get ready to start district play."
Dillard is hoping that his team's Friday night's performance against Mt. Zion will be a good one.
"Hopefully, we will come out and play well and represent our school and the community well," he remarked.
The Comets-Mt. Zion game will be preceded by a special ninth grade game.
Halifax County High School jayvee boys coach Charles Sands and the ninth grade players from his jayvee squad will square off against a ninth grade team from Heritage High School in Lynchburg to open the night's hoops action.
Tipoff time for the ninth grade contest will be 6 p.m.

Charles Henry Snead Jr., age 67, of 3013 Neals Corner Road, Randolph died January 1, 2000, at Twin Oaks Nursing Home.
Mr. Snead was born in Charlotte County on November 2, 1932 the son of Angie Vaughter Snead and Charles Henry Snead Sr. and was married to Irene Pleasant Snead. He was a member of Gethsemane Presbyterian Church in Drakes Branch.
Survivors include his wife; five daughters, Yvette Dunkley and Shernitha Douglas, both of Clover, Sharon Smith of Ft. Walton Beach, Fla., Sheena Price and Gwendolyn Vaughan, both of Detroit, Mich.; three sons, Charles Henry Snead III of Chase City, Reginald Snead of Oswego, N.Y. and Ronnie Snead of Clover; 22 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; his mother of Randolph; five sisters, Delma Gilliam of Clover, Willie Cook and Zeanelle Brogdon, both of Randolph, Dorothy Hall of Charlotte Court House and Angie Snead of Greenwood, Fla.; four brothers, Perry Snead and Melvin Snead, both of Richmond, Harold Snead of Bridgeport, Conn. and Lee Snead of Randolph.

Funeral services for Mr. Snead will be January 5 at 1 p.m. at Bethel Grove Baptist Church with Rev. James Coleman officiating. Burial will follow in the Snead Family Cemetery in Randolph.

William Edward Wells, 82, of Marietta, Ga. died January 1, 2000, in St. Joseph's Hospital in Atlanta, Ga. He was of the Baptist faith.
Born March 8, 1917 in Pittsylvania County, he was the son of Eddie Laurens Wells and Clara Reynolds Wells. He was preceded in death by his only child, Craig J. Wells; and two sisters, Adele W. Henderson and Hazel W. Lowe.
Survivors include two sisters, Cordie W. Payne of Danville and Iris W. Hall of South Boston; three brothers, Stewart S. Wells of Callands, Raleigh T. Wells of Chatham and Rev. Clyde W. Wells of Martinsville; 10 nieces and four nephews.
Mr. Wells received a B.S. in Business Administration from Wayne State University, and a Masters in Counseling and Psychological Services from Georgia State University. He was an active member of Parents Without Partners. He was elected to the International Board of Directors in 1970.
Funeral services will be held January 5 at 2:30 p.m. at Barker Funeral Home Chapel in Danville. A private burial will be held at a later date.

Janie Allen Dance, age 102, of 3609 Old Halifax Road, South Boston died January 3, 2000, at Twin Oaks Nursing Home.
Mrs. Dance was born in Halifax County on October 3, 1897, the daughter of Robert Moon Allen and Marion Dunkley Allen and was married to Frank Warren Dance. She was a member of Dan River Baptist Church.
Survivors include one son, Frank Elbert Dance of South Boston; four daughters, Frances Evelyn Sneed of South Boston, Aurelia D. Lacy of Blacksburg, Marion D. Henderson of Halifax and Janye D. Powell of Athens, Ga.; three sisters, Elsie Drumheller of Bothell, Wash., Rosa Dickerson of Oxford, Penn. and Ethel Peek of South Boston; 12 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Funeral services for Mrs. Dance will be held January 6 at 11 a.m. at Powell Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Charles Stewart conducting the service. Burial will take place in Halifax Memorial Gardens.
The family will receive friends at Powell Funeral Home January 5 from 7:30 until 8:30 p.m. and other times at the home.

Those wishing to give memorials are asked to consider Halifax County Rescue Squad, Beth Car Baptist Church or a charity of your choice.

Pauline Ingram Jefferson, age 61, of Wirtz died January 3, 2000.
Mrs. Jefferson was born December 23, 1938, the daughter of Floyd Lee Newby Sr. and Ida Dalton Newby and was married to Grover Jefferson.
Survivors include her husband; one daughter, Sharon brown of Chatham; three sons and one daughter-in-law, Mike Ingram of Glade Hill, Timothy (Bubba) and Sharon Jefferson, Tonny Jefferson, all of Wirtz; two sisters, Lissie Mae Lewis of Halifax and Thelma Lewis of South Boston; one brother, Clifton Newby of South Boston; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mrs. Jefferson will be held at 11 a.m. January 6 at Lynch Funeral Home Chapel, Rocky Mount, with Revs. J.D. Hunt III and Albert Mosier officiating. Burial will follow in Liberty Christian Church Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. January 5, where the family will be from 7 until 9 p.m.

Jean White Landrum Welcher, age 59, of 1005 Landrum Trail, Vernon Hill, died January 4, 2000 at her home.
Mrs. Welcher was born in Halifax County on August 18, 1940, the daughter of Kermit L. Landrum and Elizabeth Womack Landrum and was married to Floyd Calvin Welcher Jr. She was a member of Ingram United Church of Christ.
Survivors include her husband; two sons, Michael Calvin Welcher of Virgilina and Ronald Lynn Welcher of South Boston; two grandchildren, Jared and Whitney Welcher of Virgilina; one sister, Jeannette Landrum Carter of South Boston; and her mother of Vernon Hill.
Graveside services for Mrs. Welcher will be held January 6 at 1 p.m. at Ingram Christian Church Cemetery with Rev. Dr. Eddie Walker conducting the service.
The family will receive friends at the home.
Those wishing to give memorials are asked to consider Oak Level Fire Department, Oak Level EMS or Halifax County Rescue Squad.

Willie Mitchell Hensley, age 87, of Buffalo Road, Long Island, died Tuesday, January 4, 2000, at his home. He was twice married, first tot he late Ruth Owen Hensley, secondly to Jean Alderson Hodnett Hensley.
Mr. Hensley was born in Bedford County on August 12,1912, the son of Lewis Franklin Hensley and Alice Staples Hensley. He was a member of Clover Bottom Baptist Church and a retired employee of Lynchburg College Maintenance Department.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by one stepdaughter, Dean H. Reeves of Alton; two stepsons, Carlton C. Hodnett Jr. of Brookneal and Daniel Hodnett of Avondale Estates, Ga.; four step-grandchildren; and four step-great-grandchildren.
A funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. January 6 at Henderson Funeral Home Chapel, Brookneal, by Rev. James Crocker with burial to follow in Fort Hill Memorial Park, Lynchburg.

The family will receive friends from 7:00 until 8:30 p.m. January 5 at Henderson Funeral Home and other times at the home.