Support document drafts released by South Boston and the county on Monday provide more detailed information on water/sewer proposals in the wake of a boundary agreement last week.
The boundary line adjustment agreement between the two governing bodies said the compromise would "avoid the necessity of a contested annexation case that would require substantial expenditures of funds and impair the working relationship" between town council and the board of supervisors.
Estimates by county and town officials range from $500,000 to $1 million in a contested annexation suit.
The proposed boundary agreement also notes that major industries surrounding the town will remain in the county.
In the agreement the town will gain approximately 4,071 acres of land adjacent to its northern and souther boundaries, an area which will expand its tax resources.
A public hearing will be held Dec. 15 at Halifax High School on the boundary agreement proposal.
South Boston Town Council and county supervisors will then vote on the agreement. If approved, the settlement would go to circuit court for final approval.
The new boundary line would become effective at midnight on December 31, 1997.
Included in the draft documents released this week is a town resolution to enter into a cooperative agreement with the county to make available to the county, on a wholesale basis, public water and sewer service to help attract industrial and commercial businesses and to serve residential areas lying outside of the town's corporate limits.
The following principles will guide the development of a water and sewer agreement between the two entities, according to the draft.
---The county will receive 130,000 gallons of sewer capacity per day from South Boston. The sewerage will be delivered to town owned lines through existing meters and/or through five new meters at points on the west boundary of 58, the east boundary of 58, Sheppards Gate, Old Halifax Road near Oak Hill, and the Northern boundary of the town west of 501.
The county will located and eliminate where feasible and practical all inflow and infiltration into the sewer lines leading to the meters. The meters may be owned by either the town or the county according to the agreement between the two parties. The approximate locations of the meters will be established at the time the agreement is executed and prior to boundary adjustment.
---The county will receive 250,000 gallons of water capacity per day from South Boston (not including any capacity being provided at the time of execution of the new agreement). The water will be delivered to county owned lines through five meters at points on the west boundary of 58, the east boundary of 58, Sheppards Gate, Old Halifax Road near Oak Hill, and the northern boundary of the town west of 501. The meters may be owned by either the town or the county according to agreement between the two parties. The approximate locations of the meters will be established at the time the agreement is executed and prior to boundary adjustment.
---The rate for water and sewer charges will be based upon 80 percent of the average of all rates used to compute in-town rates. The county will be responsible for not exceeding its allocated capacity. In the event the capacity is exceeded the county will pay an additional surcharge for exceeding the daily allotment computed on a quarterly basis for average daily usage. The rate will be one and one half times (1.5) the existing monthly charge. Representatives of both jurisdictions will be responsible for reading the meters monthly.
---New lines outside the town limits would be owned and maintained by the county according to established state standards.
---The county will pay all construction costs for lines outside the town limits.
---In case of future boundary adjustments the town will pay the county for all lines incorporated into the new boundaries. The rates would be based on accepted accounting standards for public capital assets including debt service and depreciation. The county would own no new lines within the town.
---In the event new lines are required within the town to serve the county, the county would pay for the cost of constructing the lines if they are for the exclusive use to serve county needs or would share the cost if the lines serve in-town needs. In the event the town desires to use water or sewer lines constructed by the county, the town would compensate the county for use of the lines according to the same standards referenced in item seven. The cost basis for sharing the cost for line construction would be based upon the ration of the gallons used between county and in-town customers along the new line.
---In the event of the expansion of water and/or sewer facilities the county would have the right to purchase additional capacity by paying for the cost of the additional capacity including the costs associated with: (a.) construction; (b.) engineering (shared %); (c.) feasibility study (shared %); (d.) legal fees for associated costs such as bonding, contracts, etc. (shared %); (e.) administrative costs such as grant, permit and application fees (shared %); (f.) debt service; (g.) other costs that may be clearly established.
It is anticipated that this agreement will remain in effect until modified by the parties, and would include periodic review, according to the draft.
Also in a draft resolution, the town will not seek a boundary adjustment with the county of Halifax for a period of at least 12 years.
However, there is an important option for residents in the resolution.
The town, "recognizing that registered voters in some areas adjacent to the new Town boundaries may wish to petition Town Council and the County Board of Supervisors for voluntary boundary adjustment, is committed to including residents or businesses within the town boundaries in order to receive town services if fifty-one percent of the registered voters within an adjacent and clearly defined area petition the Town Council for inclusion within Town Boundaries."
The opening day of deer season produced a bad omen for deer hunters seeking to use high-powered rifles: The accidental shooting death of a prized Siberian Husky by a rifle-toting hunter near Turbeville.
That omen trailed a hoard of deer hunters into the the meeting room of the Halifax County Board of Supervisors Monday night, which later voted 5-3 to maintain the countywide ban on using rifles to hunt deer.
Voting to keep the ban on rifles were supervisors Dickie Abbott, Joe Satterfield, Earl Watts, William Coleman, and Garland Ricketts. Voting against the motion were supervisors Tom West, Bill Abbott, and Robbie Smart. The motion was made by Dickie Abbott and seconded by Coleman.
The motion that killed the use of rifles was preceded by an unsuccessful motion by Smart to organize a committee to study the issue, before making a vote.
"We've got an eight-man committee tonight," commented Dickie Abbott prior to the 4-3 denial of Smart's motion.
Voting against Smart's motion, which was seconded by Bill Abbott, were Dickie Abbott, Watts, Coleman, and Ricketts. Voting in favor were Smart, Bill Abbott, and West. Board chairman Satterfield abstained from voting on Smart's motion.
In setting the parameters of his motion, Dickie Abbott expressed his desire for the board to produce a clear cut vote, one way or the other, on the hotly-debated issue. "I don't want no room for any wiggling," he pointed out.
Opponents of Rifle Use
Fears of many landowners materialized Monday morning when a South Carolina hunter shot and killed a Siberian Husky just west of Turbeville. The dog, owned by Mike and Cathy Murray, was valued at over $600.
Todd Oland Bayne, 33, of Easley, S.C. allegedly killed the dog at a range of about 300 yards, while perched in a tree stand with a .30-06 rifle equipped with a scope, officials said. The incident occurred at about 8 a.m.
He was charged with three misdemeanor counts of hunting with a rifle, no hunting license, and hunting without a big game license, according to Lt. Gary Arrington, of the Law Enforcement Division of the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.
"The subject thought he was shooting a coyote," explained Game Warden Andy Danison.
That incident, coupled with over a dozen landowners who made fuming presentations to the board about their own bad experiences from deer hunters, marked the opposition.
L.T. Ferguson, a resident of the northern end of the county, expressed his concern over the safety issue. "I'm afraid if we open it up in our county, it won't be safe," he told the board. "They can kill from a mile or so...if you can take a rifle and shoot through an eight-inch tree, imagine what it would do with a mobile home."
Thomas Hines, also of northern Halifax County, expressed his opposition to rifle use, despite the fact that he is an avid hunter. "How many of these hunters are landowners?" he asked.
He reasoned that an ordinance legalizing the use of rifles would convince many landowners who currently allow hunters on their land to change their minds and post their properties.
Bernard Mitzler told the board that since the county currently has only one game warden, the violations of rifle use could not be properly enforced. "They can't enforce laws now," he said. "You turn them (deer hunters) loose with rifles...forget it."
George Turnbull of the Elmo community agreed. "Every year, we have trouble with deer hunters," he said. "If they have rifles, it frightens me."
Baxter Wilson told the board that the issue of controlling deer can better be done by issuing more stamps (state permits for deer kills), rather than by allowing the use of rifles.
Hatcher Crenshaw, a Virginia Department of Corrections' Senior Firearms Instructor at the Mecklenburg Correctional Center in Boydton also spoke out against rifle use. In the course of his duties, he trains over 400 people a year in the use of firearms.
"A rifle held at a 33 degree angle can be lethal at five miles," he told the board.
Laws, permits, and ordinances may be passed and given, but they often have little bearing on the realities of situations in the field, he said.
"All these pieces of paper are nice," Crenshaw said. "But I have yet to see a piece of paper stop a .30-.30 caliber slug."
Proponents of Rifle Use
Hudson Reese, a farmer near Scottsburg who also is a member of the Halifax County Planning Commission, was one of numerous supporters for using rifles to hunt deer.
After describing his own hunting accident and the death of two friends in hunting-related incidents, Reese told the board that he still believes lifting the rifle ban would not create dangerous situations in the county.
His own injury and the death of one of his friends came from shotguns, he related. The other incident was at point blank range "and it wouldn't have made any difference" what kind of weapon was used, he added.
"A lot of things attributed to rifles (could only have been done with) field artillery," Reese said.
Most cases of wounded deer are caused by the use of shotguns and such unfortunate circumstances could be greatly reduced if rifles were allowed, according to Reese.
The use of rifles would also result in more deer kills, which would help solve a major problem for the state's agricultural economy, he continued. "I suffer tremendous damage on my own crops," Reese pointed out.
"There's nothing I like better than to see cars stop at my (fresh vegetable) stand with license plates from Pennsylvania, New York, or Florida," he told the board.
If more deer can be killed, then more of his crops would survive, which, in turn, would bring more out-of-county money to the Halifax County, he pointed out.
J.T. Davis, an insurance agent, farmer, and a member of the Halifax County Safety Association, agreed. "There is $20 million dollars a year in crop damage (statewide) caused by deer," he told the board.
With the tobacco growing industry in decline, alternative crops are needed, but will be drastically harmed by the large population of deer, according to Davis.
Another major problem attributed to deer are frequent collisions with vehicles. In 1996, there were $5.5 million in damages caused in such collisions, which also resulted in a total of 11 human deaths, according to Davis.
Comparing insurance policies that he writes to residents of neighboring Campbell County, which does allow rifle hunting, their rates are an average of $28 less than rates in Halifax County, he told the board.
"That's about $325,000 a year more in comp coverage, mainly because of deer," he said.
Davis described four proposals that he believed would be an acceptable compromise to both proponents and opponents of rifle use.
Deer hunting could be done with rifles as long as the person is hunting from a tree stand that is at least eight feet high; have written permission from the landowner where he is hunting; no rifles on public land; and having no loaded weapon while on the ground, outlined Davis.
A.E. Adams told the board that there is an issue much more important than hunting with a rifle or shotgun. "This (ban) is not so much about rifles, but instead, its effect on personal freedoms," he told the board.
Adams suggested that the board approve the use of rifles for a trial period. "Try it for two years," he said. "See what happens."
Game Department Views
Two high-ranking members of the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, Lt. Arrington and Captain John Heslep were asked to attend the meeting in a neutral, advisory role. They are based at the Region Two Law Enforcement Division at Forest, between Lynchburg and Bedford.
Captain Heslep, who reiterated that he and Lt. Arrington were taking no position on the issue, outlined methods that farmers could use to legally increase the number of deer killed on their crop-damaged land.
Farmers can call game wardens who would survey the damage and provide extra stamps that would allow for extra kills, as long as they occurred on the farmer's land, he pointed out.
A farmer who doesn't wish to kill the deer himself can give or even sell the stamps to deer hunters, if legal guidelines are followed, he added.
As for the negative views of deer hunters, citizens should remember that it is a case of percentages.
"It doesn't matter what laws you pass or how many game wardens we put in Halifax County," Captain Heslep told the board. "It's that small percentage that causes the trouble.
"If you pass 1,000 cars on Rt. 360 on the way to Richmond and one weaves back and forth across the road, that's the only one you'll remember."
If the boundary adjustment agreement between Halifax County and the Town of South Boston is approved, a sea change in local law enforcement is destined to take place.
However, top officials of both the Halifax County Sheriff's Department and the South Boston Police Department quickly point out that there will be no lapse in public safety.
"I think, regardless of jurisdictional boundary lines, there will continue to be a close working relationship between law enforcement officers in this area," commented Halifax County Sheriff Jeff Oakes. "Politics and jurisdictions should never get in the way of public safety."
South Boston Police Chief Jim Hall agreed. "We will have on the street whatever the number of officers it takes to provide for public safety," he said. "We have always worked closely with other agencies and we will continue to do so."
Both Sheriff Oakes and Chief Hall pointed to the Tri-County Drug Task Force as an example of that unity and how successful such efforts can be in fighting crime.
"I have no doubt that at any high-impact situation, you'll see law enforcement officers of different agencies back each other up, pitch in to find suspects, and do whatever is necessary to enforce laws," Sheriff Oakes said.
"The browns and the blues of uniforms are the same when it comes to law enforcement and public safety," Chief Hall said.
If the boundary adjustment takes place, the primary "response" jurisdictions of the Halifax County Sheriff's Department and the South Boston Police Department will greatly change.
South Boston officials expect to hire five new patrol officers, one full-time dispatcher, and one part-time dispatcher, according to South Boston Town Manager Ken McLawhon.
It will cost approximately $33,000 (including the first year's salary) per new patrolman position, for a total of about $165,000 to make the five patrolman addition, according to McLawhon.
The department is also expected to add three new patrol cars to their existing patrol fleet of seven cars, officials said.
No change in the command structure of the South Boston Police Department will take place, as all new positions will be patrolmen and dispatchers, Chief Hall said.
Currently, the department is divided into two categories, Investigations and Patrol, with a Lieutenant in charge of each category, answerable to the Chief, who has the rank of Colonel.
"The department will not be top heavy," McLawhon pointed out.
Unlike the SBPD, the number of employees of the sheriff's department is dictated by the State Compensation Board. In turn, the State Compensation Board makes those determinations by population/deputy ratios approved by the Virginia General Assembly, which is expected to change the current ratio in their next session, according to Sheriff Oakes.
"It looks like we may be picking up seven new positions in the spring, but that'll just get us to where we're supposed to be," he pointed out. "That'll have nothing to do with the boundary adjustment, since its based on overall county population."
Although a look at a map may indicate a decrease in the work load of deputies, the structure of the local legal system shows otherwise. The boundary adjustment will not change the sheriff's department responsibility over serving civil and criminal papers from the court system.
That's why the State Compensation Board bases its ratio on the total number of citizens of an area that has a consolidated court system, Sheriff Oakes explained.
"Serving papers takes up a lot of our time and those duties will remain the same, in accordance with state law," Sheriff Oakes continued.
"Once in a while, if we have a person in South Boston that's difficult to find, we'll leave the papers with the South Boston PD, because they'll use all their shifts to watch out for him or her," he said. "But, generally, we still serve most of the summons."
Along with remaining the long arm of the circuit, general district, civil, and juvenile and domestic relations courts, the Halifax County Sheriff's Department will continue to be responsible for security in each courtroom, Sheriff Oakes said.
The major change for the sheriff's department will be felt by the deputy who is on patrol.
"I'd say about 85 percent of the commercial establishments that we currently check each night will now be the responsibility of the South Boston Police Department," Sheriff Oakes said.
Among shopping centers that will now be in the primary jurisdiction of South Boston are the Tri-Rivers Plaza which contains Wal-Mart as well as other stores; the Halifax Square Shopping Center and the Centerville Shopping Center in Centerville; and the Riverdale Plaza Shopping Center in Riverdale.
"That decreases the number of shopping centers we look after from four down to none," Sheriff Oakes said. "Consequently, that increases South Boston's number from one (Hupps Mill Plaza) to five."
Officials of South Boston see no geographic problem for that issue, since "all of the shopping centers are based along a major corridor," which will enhance response time, according to McLawhon .
Other responsibilities that will shift to the South Boston Police Department will be providing a law enforcement officer for bus traffic duty at the Halifax County Middle School.
Originally, deputies conducted such duties at the entrance to the middle school and the Halifax County High School, but bus traffic was arranged earlier this year to leave the schools only through the middle school exit, Sheriff Oakes said.
Directing funeral traffic at the busy intersections of U.S. 58 and U.S. 501 (Riverdale) and U.S. 501 and Rt. 129 (Centerville) will be a responsibility of the South Boston Police Department, rather than the sheriff's department.
Directing flood traffic in Riverdale will now be a responsibility for the South Boston Police on both sides of the Tucker C. Watkins Memorial Bridge, officials said.
A major concern of the jurisdictional shift will be necessary changes to the data bases of both the town's and county's 911 systems, pointed out Sheriff Oakes.
"I'm not sure, but I believe that all of the changes in the data base will have to be done manually," he said.
Jerry Lovelace, Assistant County Administrator for Planning and Zoning and who oversees the implementation of the county's 911 system, is currently in the process of checking with the telephone provider to determine how and at what cost the 911 address changes will be made.
"It could be that the data on an entire street would be all that is needed to change, rather than doing it by individual resident or business," he said. "We don't know at this point in time."
Beyond the technical and jurisdictional questions, the existing level of public safety will be maintained through a "settling of the dust" period, officials of both South Boston and Halifax County pointed out.
"The main thing that we in the law enforcement community know is that we have sworn duties to perform," reflected Sheriff Oakes. "That will never change."
By DAVID REED
Associated Press Writer
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) - The picture of poverty changed dramatically after the last recession ended in Virginia, with the number of poor children growing 34 percent from 1989 to 1993, University of Virginia researchers found.
The most dramatic rise in the school-age poverty rate came in wealthy northern Virginia suburbs while poverty decreased in many rural areas and small cities, the study's author, Michael Spar said Tuesday.
The study by U.Va.'s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service will likely cause a shift in the distribution of federal funds to schools in Virginia, Spar said.
The total number of Virginians living in poverty grew from 611,611 in 1989 to 781,769 in 1993, an increase of about 170,000 people, or 28 percent. The state's population grew 6 percent during the period, from 6.1 million to just below 6.5 million.
A family of four is considered impoverished if their total income is less than $15,911.
The number of impoverished children between the ages of 5 and 17 increased by nearly 46,000, from 134,522 to 180,329.
The report analyzes recently released U.S. Census Bureau estimates that are based on tax information supplied by the Internal Revenue Service. The new poverty estimates were made after Congress realized it needed more frequent information on poverty than provided every 10 years by the census.
''It's startling,'' Ted Edlich, director of the social service agency Total Action Against Poverty in Roanoke, said of the study results.
While the economy has improved during the past four years, Edlich said updated figures probably will show the poverty rate continuing to rise because the state is moving from a manufacturing economy to a lower-wage service economy and is allocating less money to programs that help the poor.
Edlich and Spar said they believe there are more poor children because they are losing out in the competition for government funds.
''Programs that help children have not had vigorous support,'' Edlich said. ''There has not been the kind of subsidy for working families that there has been for elderly.''
''It's because children don't have a particularly strong lobby and they don't vote,'' Spar said. ''To a certain extent, they've been overlooked.''
Three other contributing causes cited by Spar were increases in the divorce rate, illegitimate births and immigration.
In 13 localities, mostly small, rural counties, the school-age poverty rate fell from 1989 to 1993. In 13 other localities, including many in northern Virginia, the poverty rate among children increased more than 60 percent.
The Halifax County High School boys varsity basketball team of 1997-98 will be previewed on two occasions next week as the new season approaches.
The Comets will have game-type scrimmages twice--on Monday, November 24, beginning at 6 p.m., against Dan River High School, and on Saturday, November 29, starting at 11 a.m., against Western Branch High of Chesapeake. Both of the scrimmages will be here.
In announcing the scrimmages, Coach Don Thompson said he is feeling optimistic about this season's squad, which apparently has a good measure of experience and depth.
Thompson noted that the scrimmages are open to the public, and there will be no admission charge.
The season will officially open on Tuesday, December 5, when William Fleming of Roanoke pays a call. The Comets will play four straight home games to start--Person of Roanoke, Patrick Henry and Pulaski County following Fleming into the Halifax County gym.
There is an adage in racing that money buys speed.
In many cases, it's the truth.
But, David Blankenship and car owner Steve James of Clarksville demonstrated one of the exceptions to the rule in winning the 1997 South Boston Speedway NASCAR Winston Racing Series title.
Competing against some of the more well heeled teams on the regional NASCAR Winston Racing Series Late Model Stock Car Division circuit, Blankenship used consistency to claw his way to a record sixth career South Boston Speedway NASCAR Winston Racing Series championship.
"Some teams with the largest amount of money available for Late Model Stock Car racing compete at South Boston Speedway," Blankenship said.
"We're very, very grateful for the sponsors that we have had to support us this year," added Blankenship, "but, we're not one of those teams. It was the hard work of Steve James and the crew that created a race car that allowed us to win the championship."
James says he had as good a sponsorship package this season as a majority of the drivers and teams that compete at the South Boston Speedway on a regular basis. But, there was a small handful of teams that were better off financially.
"If you count the regulars at South Boston Speedway and leave out the Grubbs and B.A. Wilson, we're probably as well off or maybe a little better off financially than the rest of the field," James said.
"I'm probably operating off of between $25,000 and $30,000 a year but that is way less than what some others are financially equipped to spend."
After having finished only a handful of points behind B.A. Wilson of Glen Allen while racking up seven wins in the course of the 1996 title quest, Blankenship was hoping to have that momentum carry over to the 1997 campaign.
"After last year, and winning seven races, we expected to be very strong this year," Blankenship explained.
"We felt that this year would be pretty easy. But, it wasn't."
The 1997 season, instead, was a tough season. With new body rules that mandated a switch from the Camaro and Pontiac Firebird bodies over to the newer Pontiac Grand Prix body and other changes to contend with, Blankenship logged only two top five finishes in his first four starts. And, it wasn't until June 13 that Blankenship found his way to the winner's circle. Meanwhile, Wilson, who was Blankenship's chief rival for the championship posted two wins and seven top five finishes in his first eight starts.
"We struggled," Blankenship pointed out.
"We did everything we could do to the car. We would change the race car from one week to the next trying to make it more competitive. We were going to the track one week with the car entirely different than it was the week before. It was a lot of experience and a lot of hard work that made it a competitive car."
James explained that the new Pontiac Grand Prix body was the primary thing that forced the changes.
"The body made the car not turn the front end as good as it used to," James explained.
"I don't know why. I know we used to run a soft setup on the Camaro and we were real good. We used the exact same chassis and the exact same shocks and springs but it wouldn't work."
James said the car would work well at a "comfortable" speed but, when the need came to change the car for more speed, the car just wouldn't handle. As a result, he made the switch from a three link car, put a new front end on the chassis, and switched it to a truck arm system.
"We just never could get dialed in at South Boston," James noted.
"We went to Orange County twice and ran sixth and seventh which I didn't feel was too bad. We ran good at both Martinsville and Richmond and we went to Southampton and won six of the seven times were were there."
Consistency became Blankenship's path to the title. Starting with the May 10 twinbill, Blankenship finished out of the top five only once in the remaining 14 race stretch of the regular season while recording seven second place finishes in that period.
And, while Blankenship was piling up a consistent string of finishes, Wilson failed to win again after recording his sixth triumph of the season on July 12. And, in the crucial stretch run, Wilson finished higher than fifth only once in the last five races of the regular season.
With only one victory, James said he was surprised that Blankenship won his record sixth career South Boston Speedway NASCAR Winston Racing Series title, a title that marked James' third career Late Model Stock car Division title as a car owner.
"I never thought we would have won it," James said.
"I'm surprised we won the title. We stood a lot better chance of winning it last year when we won seven races. It was the year that we should have won the title. But, we fell out of two races with blown engines and that took the championship away."
"B.A. finished every race last year," added James, "and we didn't. We finished every race this year and he didn't and that was the difference."
Richard Garland Cabaniss of 1115 Mt. Laurel Road, Clover died November 16, 1997 at his home. He was 57 years of age at the time of his death.
Mr. Cabaniss was born in Halifax County on February 1, 1940 the son of Richard Gold Cabaniss and Virginia Clark Cabaniss. He was a member of Clover Baptist Church.
Survivors include one daughter, Dolores C. Cole of South Boston; one son, Ricky L. Cabaniss of South Boston; his mother of Clover; one sister, Aggie C. Reynolds of Danville; one brother, Louis Cabaniss of Falls Church; and one grandson, Chad Cole of South Boston. He was preceded in death by his father; one brother, Frank Cabaniss; and one sister, Alberta Cabaniss.
Funeral services for Mr. Cabaniss will be held Thursday, November 20 at 2 p.m. at Powell Funeral Home chapel with Rev. Raymond Quick officiating. Burial will take place in Clover Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at Powell Funeral Home tonight, November 19 from 7 until 8:30 p.m., and other times at the home of his mother, 1119 Mt. Laurel Road, Clover.
Barbara Glass Viar of 748 Magnolia Drive, South Boston died Saturday, November 15, 1997 at Medical College of Virginia Hospital in Richmond. She was 63 years of age at the time of her death.
Mrs. Viar was born in Halifax County on August 26, 1934 the daughter of Norman Glass and Recie Anne Glass and was married to Arthur Allen Viar.
Survivors include her husband; one son and daughter-in-law, Arthur Allen and Amy D. Viar Jr., both of Stuart; four sisters, Carrie Midkiff, Louise Lester, Shirley Saunders, all of Halifax, and Janie Daniel of South Boston; three brothers, Thomas Glass, Noel Glass and Woody Glass, all of Halifax; four grandchildren, Erick Mills, Amy Diane Viar, Christopher Viar and Arianne Damiano.
Funeral services for Mrs. Viar were held Monday, November 17 at 2 p.m. at Powell Funeral Home chapel with Rev. Rudolph Jacobs conducting the service. Burial was in Halifax Memorial Gardens.
Branford Hugo Ballou of Halifax died Saturday, November 15, 1997 at the age of 73.
Mr. Ballou was born in Halifax County on December 20, 1923 the son of John Ballou and Melinda Jones Ballou and was married to Rachel E. Ballou. He was a member of Banister Hill Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife; three sons, Robert, Brad and Felix, all of Halifax; two brothers, Edward and David Ballou, both of Washington, DC; three grandchildren; one daughter-in-law, Carolyn Ballou, and other relatives and friends.
Funeral services for Mr. Ballou will be held Thursday, November 20 at 1 p.m. at Banister Hill Baptist Church with Dr. William Carr conducting the service. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
The family will receive friends at the home, 1040 L.P. Bailey Memorial Highway, Halifax.
Robert Edward Zimmerman of Alton died Saturday, November 15, 1997 at Halifax Regional Hospital. He was 58 years of age at the time of his death.
Mr. Zimmerman was born in Person County, NC the son of Jesse Lamberth Zimmerman and Ursula Thomas Zimmerman.
Funeral services will be held at Ephesus Baptist Church in Semora, NC today, November 19 at 2 p.m. with Rev. Leonard Watlington officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Survivors of Mr. Zimmerman include two daughters, Melinda Z. Jacques and Jessie Z. Holbrook, both of Roxboro, NC; three sons, Robert Edward Zimmerman Jr. and David Ray Wrenn, both of Roxboro and Willie Lee Wrenn of Leasburg, NC; seven brothers, Jesse Lamberth 'Buddy' Zimmerman Jr., Carlton Owen Zimmerman, Carroll Merritt 'Pete' Zimmerman and James Nichols Zimmerman, all of Roxboro, Bernice Love Zimmerman of Burlington, NC, Henry Lee Zimmerman of Efland, NC, and Jerry Wayne Zimmerman of Oxford, NC; four sisters, Dorothy Z. Bradsher of Burlington, Betty Jean Z. Overby of Bryan, TX, DeLayne Z. Bowes of Alton and Carolyn Faye Z. Gainey of South Boston; 14 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.