A decision Sunday to establish a separate community board of directors that would govern the Halifax County Rescue Squad, could set into motion some of the most dramatic changes in the organization's lengthy history.
Before Sunday's decision to establish a board separate and apart from the membership, dissention between the volunteers and paid career personnel was becoming evident.
The rescue squad is presently governed by elected members consisting of Larry Smith-president, Larry Nelson-vice president, Jason Dickerson-captain and Allen Lloyd-secretary.
Smith, somewhat reluctant to discuss the squad's intentions, said that the idea had been discussed since last August.
Dr. Gaylord Wray, Director of Halifax Regional Hospital's Emergency Room Physicians serves as Operational Medical Director for the Halifax County Rescue Squad , heralded the decision saying that the "squad really wants to do the right thing."
"They can use the expertise of other people," said Dr. Ray whose responsibilities with the rescue squad are voluntary.
That board would consist perhaps of as many as 11 persons and would include a cross-segment of community leaders, professionals and business persons.
The rescue squad board of directors has the authority to both hire and discharge both paid and volunteer members but Sunday's decision to establish a separate community board of directors would change that.
The squad's eight paid professionals met with county officials seeking both assistance in day-to-day operations and management.
There is indication they will meet with the Halifax County Board of Supervisors in February to make a similar appeal for assistance and supervision.
Jamie Long was hired last June as career staff member and is one of eight paid rescue squad emergency medical technicians. Long, a certified paramedic who presently commutes from his Victoria home to South Boston, is also responsible for recruitment and retention of squad members.
Long says the squad is in serious need of more volunteers in order to meet the growing demand for emergency services especially since the county's 911 calling system went into effect.
The squad has a number of levels of volunteer membership beginning with regular members, probationary members, life members, associate support, associate/switchboard and junior members. Regular members are required to pull one overnight per month or a weekend day shift.
Career or salaried personnel are assigned rooms on the upper level of the rescue squad building; a place where they sleep and actually live during duty hours which include one 24-hour shift every three days.
Salaried members are paid from funds collected for services charged by the rescue squad. The squad began charging $200 per call a year two years ago. About 2,250 calls were logged in 1998.
The squad also benefits from contributions through the Halifax County United Way.
The eight paid professionals are augmented by a volunteer staff of about 70 members. It would seem that 70 volunteers would be a sufficient number of responders but, according to Long, too many are simply not productive.
"They really don't want to get involved," said Long while describing how too many just "hang around" the squad building "just to say they've been here!"
Long defends the "many good members" the Halifax County Rescue Squad has, but a number are unwilling or--for whatever reasons won't--function as a team members,according to Long.
"It's almost like a bureaucracy," said Long who resents the fact that volunteer members can call the shots and are able to supervise paid career members.
Dr. Ray prefers to describe the problems as "political" but sees the need for both paid and volunteer members as critical to the demand for emergency services in this largely rural community.
The emergency room physician does foresee the time when the county's rescue squad might be staffed with primarily paid professionals. "But in the next five to eight years, I don't see that happening."
What he would like to see is the establishment of several rescue squad substations at places such as Turbeville, Volens and Virgilina.
Substations would not only be staffed with paramedics, but have the support equipment needed to provide the level of care in emergencies, he said.
Most often, first responders to emergencies in the far reaches of the county are firemen volunteers who have only had basic levels of training not to mention the lack of equipment that would be needed, for example, to save the life of a heart patient, he added.
That equipment, and personnel, are now housed at the Halifax County Rescue Squad building on Hamilton Avenue. The facility underwent a major expansion last year, a move that Dr. Ray believes may have failed to take into account the long-term needs of Halifax County.
By establishing and equipping substations, faster, more professional first response would be effected he said.
Planning and budgeting for their needs have been largely an internal matter for the rescue squad. Not even Dr. Ray has been successful in obtaining a working budget despite repeated request, he said.
Under the direction of a community board--which might include an accountant or an attorney--more efficient use of resources and long-term objectives could be met, he added.
"I'm an ardent supporter of volunteers. They do a job I wouldn't do and I don't think we can live without them." said Dr. Ray.

General District Court is looking for a temporary home, a public hearing on a public nudity ordinance is set for February and the Institute for Environmental Negotiation's proposal to conduct an Ad Hog group to consider hog farm setbacks here is tabled by Halifax County supervisors.
These were among issues addressed by the Halifax County Board of Supervisors during their regular Monday night session.
The Public Community Nudity Standards Ordinance public hearing is set for the Board's February 1 meeting at 8 p.m. in the Conference Room at Mary Bethune Complex. It is the first such county ordinance, according to assistant county administrator Jerry Lovelace.
The ordinance is "to enforce community standards of decency in public areas and in those premises to which the public may be admitted."
With the Halifax County Planning Commission meeting twice this month and expected to make a recommendation to supervisors early this year on hog production issues, supervisors tabled the IEN proposal with the understanding there was no time limit associated with acceptance of the proposal.
Supervisors heard a Building and Grounds Committee suggestion that General District Court be moved to the Mary Bethune Complex during courthouse renovation to its space, but it was a suggestion open to options.
The idea is not particularly popular with those who use the space at the Bethune Complex and location there would also require renovation for temporary court/office use, county administrator Dan Sleeper told supervisors. The administrator told supervisors it had been suggested the Spencer Building, located just south of Halifax, might be an alternative. Sleeper is to explore that option with the owner considering space and costs.
Supervisor Bill Abbott of Building and Grounds said they are anxious to begin work at the courthouse.
"We thought we could gear up after the treasurer and commissioner moved out," said Abbott of the move to new offices at the Bethune Complex.
"By the end of this month or next month we hope to take out actual walls using county help," said the supervisor. Abbott estimates it may be spring or summer before construction begins in the "major renovation," with a possible year timetable.

State Department of Transportation Resident Engineer J.D. Barkley II presented revision recommendations resulting from the Six-Year Plan public hearing December 8 and supervisors unanimously approved the Six-Year Plan during their Monday night Board meeting.
Barkley also reported the 501 project in Centerville is shut down for the winter. He said VDOT would finish paving in the spring. He also noted the double left turn lanes onto 129 from 501 south.
The engineer said the Broad Street project is ongoing with new lanes open in front of the hospital. East side construction also includes working on the box culvert at Hupps Mill entrance off 501.
Barkley reported the 360 Terry's Bridge project is ongoing. Weather has hampered work but the constructor hopes to get a detour in to start work on bridge with good weather. The Richmond-bound lane bridge will be replaced and road raised.
Work on Route 678 near Union Ruritan Club will get underway in spring of the year to straighten curves with spot improvements. Maintenance work, deck rehabilitation, on bridges at Hyco River and Tucker Watkins Bridge is scheduled.
Barkley also said the Randolph Bridge at 360 is delayed. County officials are sending a letter to the state in that project's behalf.
New projects included Route 603 Lennig Road located 0.7 NW Route 627, railroad crossing, at estimated cost of $38,500. Barkley noted HES funding to improve grade at railroad crossing and listed the work as priority five.
Advertisement dates were revised on Projects 729, 621 and 647, priorities seven, eight and 13 respectively.
The following unpaved road projects were added to the Priority Listing as a result of the public hearing. Added were: Route 870 from Rt. 628 to dead end, 0.35 length with estimated cost of $50,000; Route 894 from Route 744 to 0.4 ME Route 744 at 0.40 length and estimated cost of $55,000; Route 1206 from Route 96 to Route 1203 at 0.09 length at estimated cost of $25,000; Route 1207 from Rt. 96 to Rt. 1203 at 0.09 length and estimated cost of $25,000; Route 1207 from Route 1203 to Route 96 at 0.08 length and estimated cost of $25,000; Route 1210 from Route 96 to dead end at 0.09 length at estimated cost of $25,000.
Supervisor R.E. asked Barkley about the Volens project to reconstruct Route 501 at the intersection of 603, which includes turning lanes. It has design approval now it is a matter of getting funding to advertise $1.5 million project.
"I know people have been after me for 30 years," said Supervisor Abbott of the project.

In the good news department, the county administrator reported the county had a good audit with a balance June 30, 1998 of $4,409,365 compared to $3,416,826 on July 1 of 1977 in the general fund. Sleeper said he was particularly pleased considering county revenue loss due to annexation and that it was the year before real estate reassessment.
The Board received the audit with their packages prior to the Monday night meeting.
In other business, supervisors also heard a presentation by Linda Lewis of the Southside Center for Violence Prevention who asked for supervisors support in the organization's attempt to establish a 31-room domestic violence safe house for victims from 12 counties at Fort Pickett. She said that there are no such facilities in the counties now.
Lewis said the facility could be operating within months following land use approval at Pickett. She said teachers and attorneys already have volunteered services.
Lewis said the project needed start-up seed money and that she wanted to include Halifax County in their plans wand was asking for support.
While the Monday night session was informational only, Lewis said she would seek some funding if the project gets underway. She also said she would be seeking grants for the project.
Lewis told supervisors that in Virginia there were 31 domestic violence homicides in 1997 and that every 12 minutes a victim seeks help from a domestic violence program and that every two hours one of those victims is denied shelter because they are full. She also shared the story of woman in a neighboring county murdered by her husband.
Counties involvement sought includes Amelia, Buckingham, Charlotte, Cumberland, Lunenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward, Brunswick, Mecklenburg, Dinwiddie and Halifax.
During three public hearings Monday night, supervisors unanimously approved proposed exemption of taxes - valued at $39,441 with taxes due of $122.22 - for the Blanks Memorial Foundation on historic Halifax Church in Providence; added their approval to a proposed grant application by Old Dominion RC&D Council for Federal Highway Funds for improvement to Clarkton Bridge over the Staunton River at Route 620 between Halifax County and Charlotte County; approved a proposed grant application by Old Dominion RC&D Council for T21 Federal Highway Funds for development of the Civil Rights Education Heritage Trail through 13 localities of Southside Virginia.
The Town of Clover's transition from incorporated town to part of the county is ongoing, reported the county administrator, with the county receiving Clover's records and a review of the books scheduled this month by an auditor. Supervisors also approved the establishment of a fund for cash inherited from the town.
With the county now working with three systems, Riverdale, Clover water/sewer and Grubby Road, supervisors approved advertising for a person for maintenance of systems and operation.
Sleeper is in the process of developing a budget for Clover and it will become a part of the county's enterprise fund.
The Danville W.W. Moore Detention Home proposal for service to Halifax County at $74 per diem per occupant with eight guaranteed beds for juveniles was discussed by supervisors but with no action taken.
The Board also approved a drought disaster resolution asking Gov. James Gilmore to invoke the provision establishing a severe drought and providing the necessary monetary relief to the agricultural sectors of Halifax County.
Supervisors also approved resolutions of appreciation honoring Halifax County-South Boston Dixie Boys manager Joey Hastings; coach Mark Stevens; coach Mike King.
Following the Board's return from executive session concerning personnel issues, supervisors denied by vote of 6-2 a special request for supplemental funding for the Commonwealth's Attorney staff.
The Board of Supervisors will conduct its annual retreat on January 28 and 29 at Wellspring.

A dozen Halifax County residents are included on a state police Internet website listing information about known violent sex offenders in Virginia.
Five of the dozen local sex offenders listed on the Internet site are from South Boston and two of them list Halifax addresses. Others have addresses of Java, Nathalie, Vernon Hill, Scottsburg, and Sutherlin.
The state police website shows a listing for five Charlotte County residents, one of which is a Brookneal area resident. There were 26 individuals listed for both Pittsylvania County and Campbell County.
There were 25 individuals from neighboring Mecklenburg County listed on the website. However, 19 of them had addresses listed as the Mecklenburg Correctional Center at Boydton.
The listing, which includes names, addresses and some photographs of more than 4,600 violent sex offenders, can be accessed on the Virginia State Police website at www.vsp.state.va.us.
Unlawful use of the information found on the state police website for the purpose of intimidating or harassing the individual is prohibited and is punishable as a Class I misdemeanor under state laws.
According to a published Associated Press story, the website, which went online December 29, attracted 259,829 visitors between then and Monday afternoon, state police officials said.
A similar site in North Carolina attracted 340,000 visitors in its first month.
The heavy activity on the website has caused state police to take steps to upgrade the site's capacity to handle the volume of visitors.

A South Boston service station operator and a part time employee received a suspended five year prison sentence Monday after being convicted in circuit court on a felony perjury charge.
In a plea agreement, 46-year-old Willie Jeff Henderson, III of Crystal Hill and Wilbur Lloyd Bradshaw, 46, of Alton both entered Alford Pleas of guilty to a perjury charge alleging that they falsified automobile speedometer calibrations in an affidavit prepared for submittal as evidence in a court trial proceeding.
Circuit Court Judge William Wellons conditioned the suspended sentences for Henderson and Bradshaw upon their good behavior for five years.
The judge also ordered both men to pay court costs.
Commonwealth Attorney John E. Greenbacker, Jr. stated that initially Henderson and Bradshaw provided friends and certain individuals they knew who had received speeding tickets with falsified speedometer calibrations as a favor.
Those individuals would then take the calibrations and present them in General District Court in order to receive favorable treatment in the disposition of their speeding tickets.
"As this thing snowballed, just about every person represented by local counsel in speeding cases show up with Bridgeview Exxon calibrations saying their speedometers were off," Greenbacker stated.
"Some of them had their tickets reduced and some had defective equipment citations."
According to a state police report filed in the case, three different undercover officers took vehicles to Bridgeview Exxon for speedometer calibration. On each occasion, the undercover officer claimed to have received a speeding ticket and, on each occasion, the officer involved received a falsified calibration.
The first of those visits to Bridgeview Exxon by undercover officers incident occurred May 5. Other visits by undercover officers occurred on May 28 and June 9.
The speedometers of the vehicles used by the undercover officers had been calibrated by state police to show their true readings prior to their being taken to Bridgeview Exxon.

A 44-year-old Virgilina man who was stabbed by a teenage family member Monday night was listed in stable condition yesterday afternoon at Halifax Regional Hospital.
Sheriff's Department Capt. L.W. Fears said yesterday that 44-year-old Larry Wilson of Hudson Road, Virgilina, was stabbed several times by a 16-year-old family member during a domestic dispute.
The youth, whose identity was not disclosed, was arrested by deputies and charged with malicious wounding.
Authorities transported the youth to the W.W. Moore Detention Center in Danville to be held for an arraignment hearing which is expected to be held later this week in Halifax County Juvenile And Domestic Relations District Court.
A trial date for the youth has not yet been set.
Fears said that the sheriff's department received a call at about 9 p.m. regarding a domestic dispute. A few minutes later, a second call came to the sheriff's department reporting that someone had been stabbed.
Wilson was stabbed several times, Fears said, with one of the wounds being a stab wound to the chest.
Deputies seized a knife at the scene.
Four deputies responded to the call.
Investigation of the incident is continuing.
In other crime:
South Boston Police are continuing to probe the theft of coins and rings that resulted from the break-in of a Centerville area business Monday night.
According to a report filed by Officer Tim VanAernem, someone threw a cinderblock through a window at the Southfax Insurance Agency, Inc. and Southern Gold & Diamonds office owned by Bryant Whitt, entered the building, and stole an undetermined amount of coins and rings.
Lt. H.B. Rice noted that the culprit appeared to have lost some of the items that had been pilfered in his haste of trying to get out of the building.
The break-in and theft at the establishment located at 4014 Halifax Road was reported at 11:08 p.m.

The ages of three children involved in a December 31 auto accident near Ringgold in Pittsylvania County, were published incorrectly in the Monday issue of The Gazette-Virginian.
Killed in that same crash was the mother of the children, 33-year old Evelyn Alesia Edmonds of South Boston.
All three children remain patients at Duke University Medical Center. Christopher, 11, suffered two broken legs, Gerald Jr.-13, sustained heel and elbow injuries and 6-year old Corey had a broken leg and head injuries.
Their conditions have been ungraded from critical to stable.
All were traveling to Danville on Highway 729 in Pittsylvania County when their vehicle skidded on a bridge, ran off the road and struck a tree.
Funeral services for Mrs. Edmonds will be held tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. at County Line Baptist Church beginning at 2 p.m. Burial will follow at Millstone Baptist Church.

An elderly South Boston woman was listed in serious condition in the intensive care unit at Duke University Medical Center yesterday where she is being treated for injuries she received in a single car crash on Hyco Road early Sunday night.
Trooper D.J. Cline said rescue workers needed half an hour to cut 67-year-old Lottie W. Pool free from the twisted wreckage of her 1996 model auto which crashed into a tree on Route 744, two tenths of a mile east of the intersection of Route 501 at about 7:10 p.m. Sunday.
Pool was initially treated here at Halifax Regional Hospital and later airlifted to Duke University Medical Center for further treatment.
The trooper stated that it appeared that Pool had blacked out and that her car ran off of the right side of the road and crashed into a tree.
Pool's car, a 1996 model Lincoln, was declared a total loss with an estimated $15,000 damage.
Investigation of the crash is continuing.
That mishap was one of many that occurred over the long holiday weekend. Several of the accidents were related to the sleet and freezing rain that helped ring in the new year for local residents.
No injuries were reported in a two vehicle crash that occurred Sunday at 5:50 p.m. at the intersection of Routes 716 and 729.
That crash involved a car driven by 17-year-old Cale J. Husted of South Boston and 62-year-old Handy S. Gary of Halifax.
Damage to the 1996 model car driven by Husted was estimated at $900 and an estimated $200 damage was done to the 1975 model car driven by Gary.
Trooper Cline's report noted that charges are pending.
An estimated $1,500 damage was done to a 1998 model foreign made car driven by 48-year-old Belva T. Owen of South Boston in a single vehicle mishap that occurred Sunday at 3 p.m. on Route 684, two tenths of a mile west of the intersection of Route 683.
Trooper Cline reported that Owen lost control of the vehicle on an icy patch of road and the car ran off of the highway and struck an embankment.
No charged were filed in connection with the mishap.
Eighteen-year-old Raven Nicole Epps of Halifax escaped injury in a single car crash that occurred Sunday at 1:04 p.m. on Route 610, two miles east of the intersection of Route 643.
According to a report filed by Trooper S.M. Krantz, the 1993 model foreign made car driven by Epps ran off of the right side of the highway and struck a mailbox owned by Isaac Barrett of Halifax.
Damage to the vehicle driven by Epps was estimated at $1,000 and an estimated $50 damage was done to the mailbox owned by Barrett.
Trooper Krantz charged Epps with reckless driving; driving too fast for road conditions.
Sixty-eight-year-old Charlie R. Hill of South Boston was injured in a single car crash that occurred Saturday at 6 p.m. on Route 501, three tenths of a mile north of the intersection of Route 610.
According to Trooper Cline's report, Hill slowed for traffic and lost control of his car on the icy road. Hill's car then ran off of the left side of the road.
Damage to the car, a 1991 model auto, was estimated at $4,000.
No charges were filed in connection with the accident.
Otis Thomas Hughes, 55, of Saxe was injured in a single vehicle accident that occurred Saturday at 5:30 p.m. on U.S. Route 360, three tenths of a mile west of the intersection of Route 92.
Sgt. J.L. Hopkins reported that Hughes lost control of his pickup on the icy road and that the truck slid off of the right side of the road, struck an embankment, and overturned.
The 1983 model pickup truck was declared a total loss with damage estimated at $3,000.
No charged were filed in connection with the accident.
No injuries were reported in the wake of a single vehicle accident that occurred Saturday at 5 p.m. on Route 610, three quarters of a mile from the intersection of Route 360.
Trooper Cline reported that 21-year-old Claiborne C. Pottage, Jr. of Halifax lost control of the pickup truck he was driving on an icy patch of road and that the truck ran off of the right side of the road and struck a fence.
Damage to the 1994 model pickup truck driven by Pottage was estimated at $5,000. An estimated $200 damage was done to the fence.
No charges were filed by Trooper Cline in connection with the accident.

Sgt. Hopkins said no injuries resulted from a two vehicle crash that occurred Saturday at 4:55 p.m. on Route 607, a tenth of a mile north of the intersection of Route 800.
That accident involved a car driven by 34-year-old Jacqueline J. Carrington of Nathalie and a car driven by 31-year-old Ruth Valerie Faulkner of Saxe.
According to the report filed by Sgt. Hopkins, Carrington lost control of her car on the icy road. The car went off of the left side of the road, came back across the road and struck the Faulkner vehicle.
Damage to the 1993 model car driven by Carrington was estimated at $600. An estimated $1,200 damage was done to the 1988 model car driven by Faulkner.
No charges were filed in connection with the crash.
Two persons were injured in a two car crash that occurred New Year's Day at 10 a.m. at the intersection of Routes 58 and 703.
That accident involved a car driven by Henry Johnson Crawley, 64, of South Boston and a car driven by Kevin Maurice Jones, 20, of Alton.
Jones and a passenger in his auto, 17-year-old Shana Price were injured in the Friday morning crash.
According to a report filed by Trooper G.M. Gilliam, the car driven by Crawley pulled out in front of the Jones vehicle and was struck by the Jones vehicle.
The 1994 model car driven by Crawley was declared a total loss with damage estimated at $6,000. The 1998 model foreign made car driven by Jones was also declared a total loss with damage estimated at $12,000.
Trooper Gilliam charged Crawley with failure to yield the right of way.
A 22-year-old Brookneal woman, Deborah Ann Wilbourn, and a passenger, 26-year-old Mitchell Allen Waller, were injured Thursday night when the pickup truck driven by Wilbourn went out of control on an icy spot in a curve and slid into a tree.
The 8:45 p.m. mishap occurred on Route 603, a mile east of the intersection of Route 501.
Damage to the 1988 model pickup truck was estimated at $2,000.
No charges were filed by Trooper M.S. Roark, Jr. in connection with the accident.
Numerous other minor mishaps, the majority of which occurred during or immediately after last weekend's ice storm, were also reported by state police.
No injuries were reported in the wake of a two vehicle accident that occurred yesterday morning on Main Street near the intersection of Edmunds Boulevard in Halifax.
Halifax Police Lt. G.T. Stanley charged 36-year-old Claudette H. Lipscomb of 1011 Ragland Loop Road, Halifax with following too close after the 1995 model foreign made vehicle driven by Lipscomb ran into the rear of a car driven by 60-year-old Carol Ann Moorefield of 2158 L.P. Bailey Hwy., Halifax at about 9:12 a.m.
Stanley said that both vehicles were headed south on Main Street at the time of the mishap. Moorefield, he noted, had stopped for a pedestrian crossing the street in the crosswalk and that Lipscomb hit the Moorefield vehicle in the rear.
Damage to the vehicle driven by Lipscomb was estimated at $2,500. An estimated $2,000 damage was done to the 1994 model car driven by Moorefield.

Mary Geraldine Waller, 67, of 2152 Buffalo Road, Long Island, died Saturday, January 2, 1999 at Danville Regional Medical Center.
She was born in Halifax County on March 22, 1931 the daughter of Otis Waller and Gracie Guthrie Waller and was a member of Buffalo Baptist Church.
Survivors include three brothers, Windfrey Waller of Lynchburg, Kenneth Waller of Madison Heights and Bennie Waller of Long Island; four sisters, Beatrice Jordan of Danville, Helen Miller of Richmond, Arlene Harris and Jean Waller, both of Long Island.

A funeral service for Miss Waller was held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, January 5 at Henderson Funeral Home Chapel by Rev. Alfred Rimmer. Burial followed at Clover Bottom Baptist Church Cemetery.

George Edward Solomon of 503 Greenway Drive, South Boston died Monday, January 4, 1999 at Duke University Medical Center. He was 77 years of age.
Mr. Solomon was born in Halifax County on May 10, 1921 the son of George Eddie Solomon and Lucy Oakes Solomon and was married to Mildred Snow Solomon. He was a member of Centerville Baptist Church and was retired from J.P. Stevens.
Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Debra S. Girotti and her husband, Tom of Williamsburg, and Betty Lou Solomon of Greenville, SC; one sister, Bernice Solomon of Richmond; four grandchildren, Micah, Hannah, Jonathan and Sarah Girotti of Williamsburg.

Funeral services for Mr. Solomon will be held today, January 6 at 11 a.m. at Powell Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Richard Saunders conducting the service. Burial will take place in Oak Ridge Cemetery.

Minnie Fears Wallen of 4130 Coles Ferry Road, Nathalie died Tuesday, January 5, 1999 at her home. She was 70 years of age.
Mrs. Wallen was born in Halifax County on October 14, 1928 the daughter of Joe Lee Fears and Virginia Coates Fears. She was a member of Ellis Creek Baptist Church.
Survivors include two daughters, Lois Ann Noblin of South Boston and Wanda Gale Roller of Nathalie; two sisters, Lillian Hamlett of Brookneal and Viola Carr of Nathalie; one brother, John Fears of Brookneal and two grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mrs. Wallen will be held tomorrow, January 7 at 2 p.m. at Ellis Creek Baptist Church with burial to take place in the church cemetery.

The family will receive friends at Powell Funeral Home tonight, January 6 from 7 until 8:30, and other times at the home.

Cathy G. Redd Irby of Moore, SC died Monday, January 4, 1999 at Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital in Columbia, SC. She was 40 years of age.
Mrs. Irby was born November 10, 1958 in New Bern, NC the daughter of John Clifton Redd and Iris C. Redd and was married to James W. Irby Jr. She was employed as Administrative Assistant of Human Resources for Belk and was a member of Clover United Methodist Church.
The funeral will be held at Brooks Funeral Home Chapel on Thursday, January 7 at 2 p.m. with Rev. Ann Norton officiating. Burial will take place in the Austin Family Cemetery in Clover.
Mrs. Irby is survived by her husband; her mother, Iris C. Redd of Clover; her grandmother, Doris Cavanaugh of Maysville, NC; one daughter, Dana Maria Irby of Moore; one son, Toby Alan Irby of Moore; and one half-sister, Allison Pack of Charleston, SC. She was preceded in death by her father, and one sister, Joy Redd Martin.
The family will receive friends at Brooks Funeral Home tonight, January 6 from 7 until 8:30, and other times at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Irby in Clover.

Those wishing to give memorials are asked to consider the Lukemia Society of America or the American Cancer Society.