By DOUG LOFTIS
Halifax County sheriff's deputies declined to rule out the possibility of charges against a Scottsburg area farmer upon whose property has been found a suspected stolen 1999 Caterpillar backhoe. The backhoe has an estimated value of $80,000, according to Sherrif's Department officials.
Because serial numbers have been removed from the machine, investigators are still in the process of determining its legal owner.
Investigators refused to identify the Halifax County landowner while in Person County, N.C., six persons have been charged in what is being described as a heavy equipment theft ring believed to have been in operation since November 2000.
Capt. L.W. Fears, with the Halifax County sheriff's department, said that the Scottsburg landowner "indicated" that he was not aware the backhoe was stolen.
Fears declined to say just how much the landowner may have paid for the tractor that he purchased during the month of December.
Person County, N.C. sheriff's officers say that the operation was organized to the point that "spotters" were used to locate pieces of equipment. Once located, others would begin "peddling it out," said Person County Sheriff Dennis Oakley.
One piece of equipment, just four months old when stolen, was sold for $5,000 and it was worth an estimated $167,000.
In late December, North Carolina authorities were able to trail another piece of stolen equipment, a practically new Caterpillar logging skidder worth $165,000, to near Virgilina. The skidder was stolen from a logging site in Granville County, N.C., and loaded onto a tractor-trailer.
Brakes on the trailer apparently locked and skid marks from the tires lead investigators from where it had been stolen to near Virgilina. From there, thieves apparently repaired the brakes and continued on.
That same piece of equipment, along with several other pieces believed stolen during the operation, have been recovered in North Carolina.
North Carolina investigators made their first two arrests last Friday. Twin brothers, Blake Love Clayton and Brent Wesley Clayton, both 25 and both residents of Roxboro,N.C., were each charged with a single count of possession of stolen property. They were jailed under $50,000 bond each and released on Tuesday.
Arrested Saturday was Virgil Lee McKinney, 30, of Semora, N.C., and charged with two counts of conspiracy, two counts of possession stolen property and one county of larceny.
He was initially held in jail under $100,000 bond, but McKinney's bond was reduced to $20,000 on Tuesday. As of yesterday he remained in jail.
Charged with two counts of conspiracy, one count of possession of stolen property and one count of larceny was 31-year-old Richard Lewis Wilbourne of Roxboro, N.C. Wilbourne's initial $100,000 bond was reduced to $40,000 but, as of yesterday, he was still in jail.
Held in jail under $40,000 bond is 28-year-old Randy Scott Reaves of Roxboro, N.C., who is charged with six counts of conspiracy and three counts of possessing stolen property.
Facing the highest number of charges is Hubert Timothy Whitfield of Virgilina Road, Roxboro, N.C. He is charged with eight counts of possession of stolen property and one count of larceny. Whitfield was placed under $750,000 bond.
(Portions of information for this article courtesy of Roxboro Courier-Times).

A Southside Community Services Board (SCSB) request to discontinue a 24-hour supervisory requirement at Halifax-Gateway Apartments met with stern opposition from neighboring residents at a planning commission public hearing on Wednesday.
The commission, after an intense question and answer session with SCSB director Jules Modlinski, voted four to one, with one abstention, to recommend to town council that the request be denied.
Modlinski's position could not have been enhanced by statements made by SCSB board members at December's council committees' meeting, which indicated that 24-hour supervision at the complex had not been in effect for several years.
The 24-hour supervisory requirement was one of five original conditions in a Special Use Permit constructed by town council in 1991 to allow construction of the 10-unit apartment complex for the mentally disabled on Berry Hill Rd.
Before speaking in favor of dropping the 24-hour supervisory condition from the permit, Modlinski stated that he, and he alone, was responsible for removal of midnight to morning supervision at the complex, which occurred about two years ago, according to the SCSB director.
Individual rights of the Gateway residents under state regulations and the lack of funding necessitated removal of 24-hour supervision, according to Modlinski.
"State regulations have requirements for protecting the human rights of each person we serve," said Modlinski.
Modlinski referred to a principle known as the "least restrictive environment," which means if an individual does not need to be given services at a restrictive level, then they must be given a service in a less restrictive environment.
"This means that if no supervison is required, then they should not be given that service. It's the right of the individual to refuse any service that he or she does not feel they want or feel they need," said Modlinski.
According to Modlinski, Gateway residents are required to be able to live independently, being able to cook their own meals, wash their clothes, and shop.
Additionally, Modlinski stated that the reduction of state funds had forced a reduction in supervision at the complex.
"Medicaid won't permit us to use funds for Halifax-Gateway," said Modlinski, adding that supervision costs $70,000 a year for the complex, creating "a difficult burden for our agency."
Modlinski also questioned why the complex, among all other apartment complexes in South Boston, was required to have 24-hour supervision.
"Fear should not be the basis for a Conditional Use Permit," said Modlinski.
"There's not been one major incident since we've been open, not because of supervisory conditions, but because residents are capable of supervising themselves."
Several Berry Hill Road neighbors spoke against the modification of the permit at the meeting.
Mark Estes, of Berry Hill Rd., started with a "simple analogy."
"When you go to build a house, you buy a piece of property. You look at deed restrictions that state you cannot have an outside clothes line. Several years later, your dryer breaks down," said Estes. You live with it or move somewhere else."
He denied that fear of Halifax-Gateway residents was the motivating factor for the supervision condition, and suggested that a live-in manager or landlord would ease his concerns, someone who could help in the case of an emergency such as a fire.
"The Special Use Permit was a concession - Berry Hill didn't want this to begin with," said Estes, referring to the allowance of a multi-unit complex in an area zoned for residential dwellings.
"Disabled people have the same rights other people have and I will fight until I die for that right.
"Fear is not what it's about - residents in town should have some control as to how their land is used," added Estes.
Neighboring residents, Harold Robinson Jr., Melissa Redd and Cecil Seamster also spoke in opposition to any modification, raising not only security concerns but also, in Robinson's comments, concerns over proper medical supervison of Gateway residents, if they were unsupervised.
Tom Raab, member of the planning commission which originally considered the conditions to allow the apartments' construction, said he believed the matter of trust was the issue.
It's my understanding that the apartments have not had 24-hour supervision under the restrictions put on them," said Robb.
"SCSB should have come to us a long time ago and asked for this to be changed before they dropped their supervision. If we can't trust them to do that, how can we trust them to do the other things?"
Raab agreed with Estes that a live-in resident for the purpose of 24-hour supervision might be a step in the right direction.
Berry Hill Road resident Charles Phillips spoke at the hearing, stating that he supported the Special Use Permit with conditions in 1991.
"I thought it was a good item. I thought 24-hour supervision was there to help them if they needed it," said Phillips.
"Supervision made sure there were no overnight guests and that everyone behaved. That's what we had and that's what we expect."
Modlinski's view that Halifax-Gateway was singled out for required supervision as opposed to other town apartment complexes was also countered at the hearing.
It was pointed out by commission member Ted Daniel that other apartment complexes in South Boston aren't located in an R-2 Residential District, are not owned by a public health agency, and that they do not operate under a Special Use Permit.
Commission members Fields Thomas and Reed Edwards sought to put the issues surrounding the SCSB into sharper focus.
Fields asked those who had earlier spoke against changing the permit if anything other than keeping the 24-hour supervisory condition would ease their concerns.
The response was a collective "no."
Edwards sympathized with Modlinski's position, but asked why Modlinski and SCSB accepted the condition of 24-hour supervision in 1991, if supervision was not permitted by state regulations in the first place.
According to Edwards, Modlinski breached the public trust in accepting those conditions.
"I don't see where the nature of the facility has changed since 1991-1992," said Edwards.
"If it hasn't changed, then the rules should not change."
The issue will next be scheduled for a public hearing before town council, who will render the final decision.
Other Business
In other business, the commission recommended conditional approval of a preliminary plat to subdivide a parcel of land in Ned Evans Park into six lots for housing construction sponsored by the local Habitat for Humanity

There is a healthy and lucrative Japanese market for the Princess Paulownia tree, a tree of Chinese descent that has been growing wild in Virginia for 150 years.
The Japanese use the Princess to create musical instruments, fine furniture and elegant carvings. The wood is prized and often used as a veneer.
The Princess survives Virginia's cold weather well, but there is a caveat, the Japanese want the tree to be 30 to 40 years old.
"The Japanese will pay $2 to $10 a board foot, depending on the size," said veteran forester Robert Edney.
Since 1994, retired sawmill owner and farmer Maynard Rudder has been experimenting with several other Paulownia varieties, with mixed results.
It is important, emphasized Edney, that county landowners realize there is not a ready market in place for varieties other than the Princess (tomentosa variety) Paulownia.
Rudder, who has about 20 acres in fast producing fortunei-Paulownia and elongata-Paulownia at his place off of Route 638, is not producing for the trees' early harvest.
Although both the fortunei and elongata trees reach first harvest at 12 to 15 years, Rudder plans to let his trees grow to add value to his farm.
Casting an experienced eye over Rudder's seven-year-old timber crop, Edney called the elongata "the best stand."
If a ready market were available, Edney estimated that at between 12 and 15 years Rudder could harvest and average $300 on the stump for the elongata, a white wood used as lumber core.
For delivered elongata logs, Edney estimated Rudder would average about $600.
"Paulownia wood is a very stable wood with very little shrinkage or distortion," said Edney. "And it also cures in 30 days."
Paulownia trees also have the ability to regenerate from their stumps after harvesting. The second generation will produce the same yield in an 8-year grow-out cycle as the first generation produced in a 10-year cycle. The quick growth is the result of a mature root system which is place from the previous cycle's growth, Edney explained.
"It is a light wood and takes a beautiful stain," added forester.
He said that after 7 or 8 years, a stand of 10 to 20 acres could produce a ready supply of timber for a woodworker due to the tree's regeneration.
Rudder was introduced to the Paulownia when he saw it advertised in a magazine that described it as fast growing. Rudder, his son and one other person placed an order.
The two Paulownia varieties are faster growing but they do not tolerate cold weather well, although the elongata appears to fare better here than the fortunei.
The trees are lovely in bloom, according to Rudder, featuring lavender blooms. Some of the trees produce a leaf spanning 36 inches.
"The Princess tree also has clusters of seeds that break the limbs down," added Rudder, who also has a few of the volunteers scattered at his farm.
The trees favor well-drained, light soil. "They can drown," advised Rudder.
But lack of moisture also can be a problem.
"Bedding is one of the most important things," continued Rudder. It makes the soil deeper so that it does not dry out as easily."
Edney said that he would encourage Paulownia plantations in counties to the east of Halifax County. "They like deep sandy loam, a light soil," said the forester.
The Paulownia is a popular tree that grows well in the southeast section of the United States, and in tropical climates.
Currently, former President Jimmy Carter maintains a small 13-acre Paulownia plantation at his farm in Plains, Georgia.
The former president recently combined his cabinet making skills with the use of Paulownia-elongata wood - from land that had been owned by Edney in Polk County, North Carolina - to raise funds for The Carter Center and its work. During the charity auction, a cabinet made by Carter sold for $230,000.
Robert Edney is on the board of directors of Georgia Caribbean International, Ltd., which is developing Paulownia plantations in Mexico, Nicaragua and Guyana. Georgia Caribbean will function as plantation, land-lease and contract, timber-management companies.
Timber Recommendation
Locally, Edney's recommendation to potential timber producers is loblolly pine.
"This is your best bet for fast growth. In 18 to 20 years thin the stand, and in about 30 to 35 years cut for saw timber," added Edney.
The forester said that loblolly "loves appling ( a yellowish soil) and cecils (a red soil). And we have a lot of cecils."

A "safety issue" is changing the landscape at Volens.
VDOT's heavy equipment began carving a new Route 501 North through the dangerous Route 603 "triangle" intersection at Volens last week.
It is a project Supervisor R.E. "Dickie" Abbott has been pushing for over 30 years.
A little over one-half mile in length, the project will claim one dwelling and several buildings along the new route, but VDOT officials are particularly pleased that they preserved all of the businesses along busy 501.
Estimated cost for the project is a little under $1 million, according to VDOT Resident Engineer Joe Barkley II, with completion set for July, 2001.
"We will be relocating both intersections of 603," Barkley said yesterday. The east intersection will be located to the north. The west intersection will be located to the south (one)."
"Safety is the issue," said the resident engineer.
"It is a dangerous place," Abbott said yesterday. "We've been trying to do this since I've been on the board, and that's been 33 years," said the pleased supervisor.
Volens native Sheila Pillow left her post at M.S. Roark Store yesterday to survey the path already cut through trees for the new road.
"You couldn't see," explained Pillow. "Most local people knew how dangerous it (the intersection) was. They're glad to see them doing something."
The new roadway will parallel the old 501 in the half-mile section, but VDOT will straighten curves and improve visibility.
Yesterday, the contractor's heavy equipment was parked at the site as occasional showers added to puddles already formed in sections of the muddy, future roadway.
Still, conditions have already improved at the intersection, according to Pillow and Abbott.
The contractor for the construction project is the Roy N. Ford Co. Inc. of Blairs.

Halifax County versus GW.
When you say that, you generally need to say little else.
It's time to throw out the past records, throw out the current records, throw out everything.
Anything that can happen, at least some of it anyhow, usually happens when the two teams square off on the hardwood.
Tonight's game at 7:30 p.m. at the Halifax County High School gym should be no exception.
Who can forget last year's thriller here when the two teams played here last year in what was the first meeting between the two teams in the regular season?
That's the night Fred Price lit up the Halifax County High School gym and led the Comets out of a 21 point deficit to knock off the Silver Eagles in a game that is on the list of the best all-time Halifax County-GW games.
Halifax County would like to repeat that accomplishment tonight - without getting down by a large margin - of course.
Tonight's game is a big game for both teams, as is the case most times when Halifax County and GW face each other.
For Halifax County, which has clinched third place in the Western District standings and can go no higher, tonight is the final home game of the season.
It is Senior Night, the night on which five Comets seniors, Carleton Roach, Dashawn Baird, Teddy Bradley, Terez Garland and Dante Ballou, will play in front of the home crowd for the final time.
"It's definitely a big night for those guys," said Comets coach Garrett Dillard.
"They've given us a lot over the past few seasons. We feel that if the seniors will come out and play and show everybody they really want this ball game, the other guys will step up and give them the same support and the same energy back."
Tonight is also Jersey Night, a night on which all South Boston and Halifax County youth league basketball players who come to the game wearing their basketball jerseys and arrive before 6:30 p.m., get in free to see the annual Halifax County -GW donnybrook.
That should help pad what was already expected to be a strong turnout of both Halifax County and GW supporters.
"I'm hoping that it will be a sellout," Dillard said.
"It would be great to have the place full."
Then there are the more serious things.
Tonight's game also represents a chance for the Comets (10-9 overall) to give third-year head coach Garrett Dillard his first winning season since taking over the reigns of the Comets basketball program.
This game is also the last game between Halifax County and GW as teams in what is known as the Western District.
Next year, the two schools will be in a new Western Valley District that will be composed of Halifax County, GW. E.C. Glass, Franklin County, Cave Spring and Patrick Henry.
There is also just the plain satisfaction that comes when Halifax County beats GW - with a little extra thrown in for good measure.
GW has won the regular season Western District title each year since 1995 and the Comets can end that reign with a win.
"This could be the end of an era for GW if we beat them," Dillard noted.
"The fact that we could dethrone them of their reign would be something that could propel us to the next level."
That statement from Dillard leads into what may be the most important factor surrounding tonight's game.
A win for the Comets would establish momentum for the team entering the Western District Tournament which opens Wednesday night.
The Comets pulled off a thrilling win last week against E.C. Glass but then lost woefully to Franklin County 83-61 Tuesday night.
A win tonight would give the team its sense of momentum back as it looks to next week.
"It's all about confidence," said Comets coach Garrett Dillard.
"If you have confidence, you can overcome some other things. You don't want to lose to Franklin County and lose to GW and then have to go on the road and face either GW or Albemarle in the first round of the tournament and have to win," Dillard pointed out.
"Mentally, this one game could get us over the top."
A lot rides on tonight's game for GW which is trying to posture itself for what would be a seventh consecutive Western District regular season basketball title.
If GW beats Halifax County tonight and Albemarle defeats E.C. Glass, as it is expected to do, GW and Albemarle will be tied for first place in the district standings.
GW and Albemarle would then have to play each other Monday night at a neutral site to determine the regular season championship and the automatic berth in the Northwest Region Tournament.
If Halifax County beats GW tonight, GW finishes second in the Western District behind Albemarle, that is, if Albemarle also wins tonight.
GW will be hindered somewhat by the loss of one of its big men, 6-7, 250-pound senior Richard Thomas.
Thomas is having to serve a one-game suspension after being ejected from last Friday's GW-Albemarle game and will not play.
Dillard says despite the loss of Thomas, GW will come in ready to play, knowing full well that its chance to win the district title rides on the outcome of the game.
"I'm sure their coach is telling those guys that if they win, it gives them a chance to be the Western District champions," Dillard said.
"Early on, I think they (GW) will come out really excited. We've just got to make sure that we don't let them run away and get a 15 or 20 point lead on us, something that we can't overcome.
"We've got to try to match their energy and try to keep the game close.
"I expect it to be a great atmosphere," added Dillard.
"I expect it will go down to the wire."

Monroe Barksdale, 70, of 6140 Leda Road, Nathalie, died February 11 at Halifax Regional Hospital.
Mr. Barksdale was born August 3, 1910, in Halifax County, the son of Kit Barksdale and Effie Boyd Barksdale and was married to Betty Barbour Barksdale. He was a member of Hickory Grove Baptist Church and was a Veteran of the Korean Conflict.
Survivors include his wife; four children, Elfreda Logan of Brooklyn, N.Y., Jacqueline Davis of Nathalie, Mary Hendricks of Far Rockaway, N.Y. and Ricky Barksdale of Atlanta, Ga.; six sisters; one brother; six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mr. Barksdale will be held February 17 at 2 p.m. at Hickory Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. A.L. Dean officiating. Burial will take place in the Barbour family cemetery.
The family will receive friends at Dunn & Sons Funeral Home in Halifax this evening, February 16 from 7:00 until 8:00, and other times at the home.

Jessie Edward Williams, 56, of 1052 Riverdale Drive, South Boston, died February 12 at his home.
Mr. Williams was born in Halifax County on November 19, 1944, the son of Joseph Williams and Lizzie Ragsdale Williams Younger and was married to Carroll Davis Williams. He was a member of Greater Mayfield Apostolic Church.
Survivors include his wife; three daughters, Yvette Green, Sonya Vass and Frederica Scott, all of South Boston; two sons, Jeffrey Davis of South Boston and Howard Vass of Danville; nine grandchildren; two sisters, Dorothy Carrington of New York and Doresa Lindsay of South Boston; two brothers, Robert Williams of Suitland, Md. and Irvin Williams of South Boston; and two sons-in-law.
Funeral services for Mr. Williams will be held February 18 at 2:30 p.m. at Greater Mayfield Apostolic Church with the Elder Bernard Wilkins officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Garden Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Lindsey, 800 Easley Street, South Boston.

Bossie Lee Black, 98, of 109 Fairmont Apartments, South Boston, formerly of Nathalie, died February 12 at The Woodview.
Mr. Black was born in Halifax County on September 12, 1902, the son of Ed Black and Ellen Waller Black and was married to Mozelle Boyd Black. He was a member of Second Buffalo Baptist Church.
Survivors include three daughters, Gazelle M. Black of Oxon Hill, Md., Nannie Herndon of Nathalie and Nancy B. Canada of South Boston; four sons, James Anderson Black of Nathalie, Earnest Black of Lynchburg, James Willie Hubbard of Washington, D.C. and McKinley Jordan of Altavista; 32 grandchildren; 62 great-grandchildren; 14 great-great-grandchildren; three sisters, Catherine Banks of Gladys, Minnie Webb of Nathalie and Sally Ann Jackson of Baltimore, Md.; and one brother, Olsie Black of Baltimore.
Funeral services for Mr. Black will be held February 17 at 4 p.m. at Second Buffalo Baptist Church with the Rev. William Yancey officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
The family will receive friends at the home.

Giles Eric Lacks, 93, of South Boston, died February 12 at Twin Oaks Convalescent Home.
Mr. Lacks was born in Halifax County on March 20, 1907, the son of Charles Henry Lacks and Amanda Pleasants Lacks. He was a member of Bethel Grove Baptist Church.
Survivors include one devoted niece, Ruth Jackson of Scottsburg; two sisters-in-law, Emily Lacks and Thurla Lacks, both of Clover.
Funeral services for Mr. Lacks will be held February 17 at 11 a.m. at Jeffress Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Sandy Palmer officiating. Burial will follow in Bethel Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Mt. Laurel.
The family will receive friends at the home of Ruth Jackson, 1180 Dryburg Road, Scottsburg.

John Joseph Johnson Sr., 65, of 5123 Hunting Creek Road, Nathalie, died February 14 at his home.
Mr. Johnson was born November 19, 1935, in Baltimore, Md., and was married to Patsy F. Johnson. He attended Hunting Creek Baptist Church, was a member of the Clover Lions Club and VFW Post 8243, was a U.S. Army Veteran and a retired truck driver for Daystrom Furniture, Inc.
A funeral service will be held February 17 at Hunting Creek Baptist Church at 2 p.m. The Revs. H.V. Conner and Melvin Bradshaw will conduct the service. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Survivors of Mr. Johnson include his mother, Ruth Johnson of Baltimore, Md.; two sons, John J. Johnson Jr. and wife, Sharon of Greensboro, N.C. and Gerald F. Johnson and wife, Betty of Nathalie; two daughters, Janet E. Johnson of Nathalie and Julie E. Johnson of Roanoke; two sisters, Elanore Frizzell of Mt. Airy, Md. and Orlie Meuller of Baltimore, Md; two brothers, Walter Johnson of Mesa, Ariz. and Milton Johnson of Long Beach, Calif.; and three grandchildren, Samantha M. Johnson of Greensboro, Alexander C. Johnson and Le Anna N. Johnson, both of Nathalie.
Those wishing to give memorials are asked to consider the Clover Lions Club.

Pearl L. Womack, 93, of Danville, died February 14 in Piney Forest Health Care Center, Danville.
Ms. Womack was born in Halifax County on January 30, 1908, the daughter of George Clemmons Womack and Ann Booth Womack. She was a member of Shelton Memorial Presbyterian Church.
She was survived by several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services for Ms. Womack will be held today, February 16 at 11 a.m. from the Wrenn-Yeatts North Main Chapel in Danville by the Rev. Paul Johnson. Burial will follow in Oak Level Presbyterian Church Cemetery.

Thomas Dewey Phillips, 57, of 2176 Rice School Road, Virgilina, died February 15 at his home.
Mr. Phillips was born in Halifax County on July 29, 1943, the son of George William Phillips Sr. and Claudia Redd Phillips, and was married to Marion Honeycutt Phillips. He was a member of North Fork Baptist Church, and was a farmer.
Survivors include his wife; one daughter, Vicky Cole and her husband, Bill of Virgilina; five sisters, Judy P. Coghill and Eunice Ann P. Morris, both of Virgilina, Linda P. Howerton and Gladys P. Elliott, both of South Boston, and Mary P. Bowen of Buffalo Junction; two brothers, George W. Phillips Jr. of Oxford, N.C. and Clarence "Lennie" Phillips of Roxboro, N.C.; one granddaughter, Jobeth Cole; one grandson, John Arthur Cole; his father-in-law, Melvin Honeycutt; and his mother-in-law, Rebecca Honeycutt of Virgilina.
A funeral service for Mr. Phillips will be held at North Fork Baptist Church, Virgilina, on February 17 at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Bill LaWall conducting the service. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
The family will receive friends at Brooks Funeral Home this evening, February 16, from 7:00 until 8:30, and other times at the home of Vicky and Bill Cole, Lowery Road, Virgilina. Those wishing to give memorials are asked to consider North Fork Baptist Church.

Homer Leo Rottler, 63, of 1021 Noblin Avenue, South Boston, died February 15 in Halifax Regional Hospital.
Mr. Rottler was born April 18, 1937, the son of Ruth Hallyburton and Frank Leo Rottler, and was married to Carole Duffie Rottler. He was a member of Calvary United Methodist Church, and was a construction worker for Fralin & Waldron.
A funeral service will be held February 17 at 11 a.m. at Brooks Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jack Stewart officiating. Burial will follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery.
Survivors of Mr. Rottler include his wife; one son, Scott Hadley Rottler of South Boston; two daughters, Rhonda R. Green of Halifax and Lori R. Cole of South Boston; one grandson, Ryan Edward Green and one granddaughter, Anna Carole Cole.
Those wishing to give memorials are asked to consider Halifax County Rescue Squad, PO Box 183, South Boston 24592.

Delia L. Jackson, 64, of 2313 Sutphin Road, South Boston, died February 14 at Halifax Regional Hospital.
Mrs. Jackson was born in Halifax County on January 16, 1936 and was married to Junious David Jackson.
Survivors include her husband; four sons, Michael D. Jackson, Rev. Fran S. Jackson and Rickey D. Jackson, all of South Boston, and Anthony Jackson of San Diego, Calif.; four daughters-in-law, Furness Jackson, Patricia L. Jackson, Eunice L. Jackson and Victoria M. Jackson; 15 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; three brothers, Linzy R. Lipscomb of Alexandria, Ernest Lipscomb and Clarence Hensley, both of South Boston; and three sisters, Sarah L. Jackson, Mary Battle and Alma L. Edmonds, all of South Boston. She was preceded in death by Robert Jackson, Roy Battle and Melvin R. Jackson.
Funeral services for Mrs. Jackson will be held February 18 at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church of News Ferry with the Rev. Ronnie Keene officiating.
The family will receive friends from 7:00 until 8:00 p.m. February 17 at the Chapel of Kent, Ballou and Crowder Funeral Service.