Halifax County Administrator Dan M. Sleeper will continue his post for at least the next two years, according to an agreement worked out Monday night with the Halifax County Board of Supervisors.
Under motion from supervisor Robbie Smart, Sleeper's current contract (which ends on March 1) was extended to March 1, 2000. The motion, which was seconded by supervisor Tom West, passed 7-1 with supervisor Dickie Abbot being the lone dissenter.
Smart's motion also called for a two-percent raise for Sleeper in the first year of the contract, awarding him an annual salary of $62,032. The motion included another two-percent raise for the second year, giving Sleeper a salary of $64,513.
Sleeper was also allowed the continued use of a county vehicle, which involves the deduction of $748 from his annual salary.
A termination clause was included in the agreement.
The contract extension was worked out during an executive session of about 45 minutes which was held during Monday night's regular monthly of the board.
No discussion on the matter was made when supervisors returned to open session following the executive session.
In other matters before the board:
· Sleeper outlined discussions which took place during last week's meeting of the Finance Committee on the current budget.
This year's county budget is expected to be about $600 in the black, despite the projected loss of over $409,958 in revenue for caused by market conditions and the recent boundary adjustment with the Town of South Boston, he said.
· Local funding of $1,220.30 was transferred from the sheriff's department budget and $142.39 was appropriated from the General Fund Surplus as the local funding share of a $12,203 state block grant that will purchase office equipment for the sheriff's department.
· A resolution of support was approved for the Southside Outreach Group, a newly-formed organization that was formed by local concerned citizens to improve local living conditions for citizens in need.
Speaking on behalf of the group, Detra Carr stated that the resolution of support would be sent with the organization's planning guide to state officials who will determine the non-profit nature of the group.
Southside Outreach will work in partnership with the Halifax County Community Action Agency to help needy county residents in a number of ways, Carr told the board.
"Most of us take for granted things like running water," Carr explained. The group will perform a variety of services to the needy, he added.
"Halifax County is our home and we want to help make it a better place," he told the board.
· The board approved the payment of $38 to Hugh Gravitt of Virgilina for injuries suffered by his 10 hens and one rooster.
· Supervisors heard a presentation from Ray Dorsett, Executive Director of the Old Dominion Resource Conservation and Development Corporation, on plans of the group during the 1998 year.
The quasi-govenment organization assists localities, civic groups, and other organizations in implementation of concepts that can benefit tourism and conservation.
The organization covers a a ten-county area which includes Halifax and Mecklenburg counties.
· Ronnie Vaughan, a pilot and President of the William M. Tuck Airport Association, and fellow pilot and association member Mark Stevens were appointed as new members of the William M. Tuck Airport Commission, which oversees operation of the local airport.
South Boston will use new tax revenues from a variety of sources in the newly incorporated areas, plus funds from the current year's budget, to pay for the bulk of increased equipment and labor costs brought on by the expansion.
Town Council adopted the necessary resolutions Monday night to trigger this plan, and also to release another $165,000 from a contingency fund already in the budget to help out.
Council first approved the purchase of new equipment ranging from a $125,000 refuse truck side loader down to 75 green boxes at $533 each, with the equipment and labor to operate it estimated at $422,560.
At the same time Council gave authorization to unencumber the $165,000 from a Reserve for Contingency to help pay for additional personnel staff, overtime and incidentals.
Council was following the recommendation of the Finance Committee in taking these steps, which will enable the town to utilize a "pay as we go" approach.
In addition to the more than $422,000 for the public works equipment and supporting labor costs, Council has approved a $94,850.50 expenditure for the Police Department, including $20,987 each for three new police cruisers and $34,059 each for the officers who drive them.
Of the $34,059, there is $21,778 for salary, with the remainder going for benefits, training, equipment, uniforms and other necessities.
During the discussion of costs and available funds, Finance Officer Vandie Saunders cited these revenues from the newly incorporated areas:
Business licenses, $250,000; bank stock tax, $73,600, street maintenance funds from the state, $64,000; Meals tax, $55,000; motor vehicle licenses, $20,000; room occupancy taxes, $13,000, and miscellaneous other sources, some $20 to $25,000, bringing the total to about $500,000. Sales tax revenues were not included in this total.
The plan was approved with only Councilman W. C. (Buddy) Wilborn dissenting.
Wilborn told fellow Council members and a small audience that he felt the town would be making residents from the "old" part of town pay the cost of services to the new.
Council member Debbie Morris vigorously disputed that contention and asserted that she believes there will be a tax reduction instead.
As for the equipment and services being funded, Wilborn had a number of questions about them, and he and Council member Bill Starke reached a small and short-lived argument, Starke's reply to Wilborn being essentially that this matter had been covered before and the Finance Committee had recommended the action.
Town Manager Ken McLawhon sought to assure Wilborn and the rest of Council that great care had been taken in the preparation of the last several budgets,which he termed as "austere budgets."
Vice mayor Radford Trent injected one other thought--that the town has "spent very little on equipment" the last three years, and had some catching up to do.
McLawhon, in response to a question, said there were approximately 100 municipal employees when he came to South Boston, and that number had been reduced to "about 90" prior to beginning the hiring of several new people in the expansion process.
There was a brief discussion about the Police Department and what was needed to handle the expanded town, with Chief Jim Hall fielding several questions.
He said far more police presence is needed in densely populated towns than in essentially rural counties, and the recommended for towns is one officer for every 400 residents
Chief Hall reported that response time by police in town is 3.2 minutes per call.
McLawhon advised Council that he had heard favorable comments from some new town residents on the police service, as well as many being pleased with the new garbage collection in their neighborhoods.
Council also had two visitors who wished to speak.
Thomas Hundley, a Fordland Estates resident, asked Council to change its meeting nights to avoid conflicts with the Halifax County Board of Supervisors.
Presently, both meet on the first Monday nights. Several Council members said they would be glad to discuss it.
On police, Hundley appealed to the town to do away with the department. "Why not let the sheriff take care of this? It won't cost you a penny," he said,.
Robert Crone, who runs a "mom and pop" automotive repair business in the Sinai area, said he was included in the expanded area before he knew anything about it, and is not financially able handle it.
"I'm sorry to get so emotional with you, but I don't know what we are going to do," he said.
Council had no relief to offer the man.
Also Monday night, Council adopted a highway mileage resolution incorporating the newly expanded area's road mileage into the town's system for highway maintenance funding.
Included are 8.4 lane miles of arterial streets, and 19.34 lane miles of local and collector streets.
Council voted to recommend to the circuit judge the reappointment of Robert Meeks to the South Boston Board of Zoning Appeals.
By LAURAN NEERGAARD
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Clinton is gambling that Congress will pass the long-shot tobacco deal: He's already banking on the money to increase cancer research, hire new teachers, and pay for a list of other programs.
But even Democrats have doubts.
''I am not as optimistic as I was about a tobacco agreement,'' said Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota.
The budget that Clinton sent to Congress Monday depends on $65.5 billion over five years in tobacco industry money, including $9.8 billion next year alone. And administration officials acknowledge if Congress doesn't approve that tobacco money, they don't know yet how they'd make up the difference.
''We expect them to do it. And the American people demand that they do it,'' Donna Shalala, the secretary of health and human services, said of congressional tobacco legislation. If not, she added, Clinton officials would have to hunt for more budget savings to pay for the new programs.
But Congress is far from certain to pass the complicated deal that cigarette makers proposed last year as a way of ending 40 state anti-tobacco lawsuits.
''The president is putting the cart before the horse,'' said Rep. Thomas Bliley, R-Va. ''So far he's negotiated it ... and promoted it. He's even spent the proceeds. The one thing he hasn't done is send Congress a tobacco bill.''
Clinton's plans for spending tobacco money include:
-$3.6 billion for scientific research next year and $25.3 billion over five years. Much would go to cancer research as part of Clinton's goal to increase cancer spending by 65 percent by 2003.
-A $750 million, three-year pilot program allowing Medicare recipients to try experimental cancer therapies.
-$2.3 billion next year and $14.8 billion over five years for states to hire 100,000 new teachers and improve child care.
-$900 million over five years to enroll 3 million poor children who are eligible for Medicaid but are not receiving the federal help.
-An extra $100 million for the Food and Drug Administration to enforce a federal ban on tobacco sales to minors and begin steps to make cigarettes safer.
-$22 billion by 2003 for states to spend mostly as they choose, as their share of the deal.
Money for these programs would come from raising cigarette prices by 65 cents a pack next year and $1.10 a pack by 2003.
In the settlement proposed last summer, tobacco companies promised to pay $368 billion over 25 years and curb tobacco marketing, in return for significant legal protections and limits on FDA regulation.
Lawmakers already have said $368 billion is not enough, and even staunch GOP tobacco supporters have questioned how they can offer legal protections to cigarette makers after secret documents last month showed R.J. Reynolds targeting minors as young as 14.
In addition, Republicans want any tobacco funds used only for health efforts, not new social programs.
However, Congress is likely to spend more on cancer regardless of the tobacco deal because it typically outspends Clinton on medical research.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A judge released the first $57 million of an $11 billion tobacco settlement to the state, and the governor plans to use the money for a pilot program to keep young people from smoking.
With the money in hand Monday, Gov. Lawton Chiles' office scheduled a four-day youth summit on tobacco starting March 29.
The meeting of nearly 600 teen-agers had been planned sooner but was delayed while court action kept the money frozen. A judge recently ordered fees for lawyers who negotiated the settlement to be determined by arbitration, paving the way for the release authorized Friday.
The money that moved into state treasury accounts Monday is part of $200 million that the settlement earmarked for a two-year anti-smoking pilot program.
The historic settlement of the lawsuit that sought compensation for
money spent treating sick smokers on Medicaid came Aug. 25. Cigarette-makers
agreed to pay $11 billion over 25 years and paid a $750 million installment
in September. The payment stayed in interest-bearing escrow accounts
during the court battles.
By CURT ANDERSON
AP Farm Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - Tobacco growers who insist on keeping a politically precarious government price support and supply control program could wind up with nothing out of the proposed national settlement, two tobacco-state lawmakers warned Tuesday.
''Tobacco is in trouble. It's gotten progressively worse over the years,'' said Rep. Ron Lewis, R-Ky. ''Do we want to continue to fight and allow our farmers to miss an opportunity to get something out of $368 billion?''
Lewis spoke during a hearing before a House Agriculture Committee panel that oversees the tobacco program that sets quotas on how much is grown and determines the price. One idea stemming from the proposed settlement of state health-related lawsuits would buy out growers at $8 a pound and abolish the tobacco program.
President Clinton has promised to protect the 124,000 tobacco farmers in any final settlement, but he has made no concrete proposals and included nothing for them in his fiscal 1999 budget plan.
Congress is far from certain to pass the tobacco settlement, a complicated deal that cigarette makers proposed last year to end 40 state anti-tobacco lawsuits. Under the deal, tobacco companies would pay $368.5 billion over 25 years and curb tobacco marketing in return for significant legal protections and limits on FDA regulation.
At the hearing, several growers' representatives said Congress must save some form of the tobacco program on top of agreeing to buy out quotas held by landowners and to make transition payments for tenant farmers.
Farm representatives from Virginia, Kentucky and Georgia each said that without a tobacco program keeping prices artificially high, land values and farmer income would plummet, devastating rural Southeast economies. Cigarette companies eventually would control most production on large-scale farms.
''I cannot overstate this program's importance to rural Kentucky,'' said Marshall Coyle, second vice president of the Kentucky Farm Bureau.
But Lewis and Rep. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., pointed out the political unpopularity of the tobacco program in much of Congress, where it is seen as government encouragement to grow a deadly product. Opponents came within seven votes last year of scrapping the program and within two votes the year before.
With the $368.5 billion settlement offering a chance for economic help amid such an atmosphere, the two lawmakers asked the farm groups to consider moving away from unwavering support of the program.
''I think we're kidding ourselves.... We'll fight for it, but we're going to lose it sometime,'' Chambliss said. ''Everybody's starting to stick their hand in that pot. I'm not sure if there's going to be any money left.''
Several grower representatives acknowledged that rank-and-file farmers generally favor the buyouts, although they are undecided about details of the various proposals now circulating in Congress.
''Everybody would take $8 (a pound) tomorrow if it was nontaxable, and then worry about what to do after that,'' said Bob Jenkins, president of the North Carolina Farm Bureau.
Important changes will be on the way for motorists this year as numerous road improvement projects will begin in Halifax County.
Joe Barkley, Resident Engineer for the Virginia Department of Transportation, outlined several of the construction efforts Monday night to the Halifax County Board of Supervisors.
Scheduled to start sometime in the next few months will be the long-planned Broad Street extension in the Town of South Boston, Barkley said.
The project begins at the 90-degree turn of Broad Street and Third Street, runs in a line to the Vaughan Armory, and then connects back onto Wilborn Avenue (U.S. 501) near existing Center Street, he explained.
The stretch of Wilborn Avenue from that intersection northwards to Hamilton Boulevard will also be improved during the project.
VDOT has already advertised the project for bids which will be opened on February 24. Construction efforts will begin in late-April or early-May, with an estimated completion date of December 1, 1999, Barkley said.
Fifteen homes will be taken down to make way for the project. Right-of-ways have already been secured for the project, Barkley pointed out.
Other VDOT developments:
· Another major project that has also been in the planning stages for quite a while is the John Randolph Bridge/Boulevard replacement and renovation project.
VDOT will advertise the project for bids in January, 1999, with a new bridge planned for the east side of the existing bridge, Barkley said.
Actual construction is expected to begin in April or May of 1999 and the entire project, which encompasses changes from Hodges Street to U.S. 58, is expected to take approximately two to three years, according to Barkley.
After the new bridge is built, the old bridge will be torn down, he told the board. Road improvement efforts from the east side of the bridge to Hodges Street will not disturb the existing Carter Field.
No final plan has been determined at this point, since negotiations are still underway with three property owners on the west side of Rt. 360, Barkley said.
· Later this summer, the eastbound structure of Terry's Bridge on U.S. 58, near the intersection of Rt. 613 will be replaced.
The project will be advertised for bids in July, with construction to begin sometime this fall, Barkley said.
The construction efforts will involve the closing of the eastbound bridge, with both east and west bound traffic to be routed on the existing westbound bridge, Barkley said.
The Terry's Bridge project will be completed sometime in 1999, he added.
· Bids will be advertised in late-March and construction efforts are scheduled to begin in mid-May for the renovation of U.S. 501 from Rt. 129 to Sinai Road (Rt. 654) in Centerville.
That project will involve the replacement of the grass median strip with a right/left turn lane and the installation of curb and gutters. Engineers are currently studying a change in the possible storm drain system in the vicinity of the Green's Folly Country Club, Barkley said.
The project is expected to be completed this year, he added.
· The traffic light at the new entrance to the Tri-Rivers Plaza will be activated in the next couple of weeks, possibly on February 16, depending on weather conditions, Barkley said.
Wal-Mart, which is the anchor store of the shopping center, is paying for half of the estimated $90,000 traffic light cost, with VDOT funding the other half, Barkley said.
· A feasibility study conducted by VDOT for the possible construction of a stoplight at the intersection of the south end of the Halifax Square Shopping Center and U.S. 501, also in Centerville, will be passed on to the Town of South Boston, Barkley told the board.
Since jurisdictions were changed by court order in the recent boundary adjustment issue, that project will now be studied by town officials.
The intersection does meet the requirement in terms of traffic count for a stoplight, Barkley said. No time frame has been set on whether the light will be constructed, he added.
· The VDOT facility on U.S. 501, just south of Halifax, will begin construction next month of a new shop. Bids are currently being reviewed and the project is expected to be completed by year's end, Barkley said.
By The Associated Press
A winter storm barreling into Virginia on Tuesday threatened to deliver a combination punch of rain and snow to the southwest mountains and batter coastal areas with gale force winds and high tides.
The National Weather Service said this storm is slower-moving and more powerful than one a week ago that dumped up to 20 inches of snow in mountainous Virginia, flooded rivers in the central part of the state and pounded the coast with 45 mph winds and tides four feet above normal. Two snow-related deaths were reported.
Early Tuesday, a flood watch was issued for the New River Valley and southwest mountains of Virginia as rain mixed with accumulated snow produced a menacing runoff. Colder air entering the state was expected to turn heavy rain into snow overnight and continue on Wednesday.
Forecasters warned that high winds and heavy snow could down trees, causing another round of power outages.
In coastal areas, the weather service predicted gale force winds, high seas and severe beach erosion.
Hampton police spokesman Cpl. Jeff Walden said the greatest danger of flooding is during high tides, which will be at 2:49 a.m. and 3:11 p.m. Wednesday and 3:56 a.m. and 4:17 p.m. Thursday.
Residents of Grandview and Buckroe Beach along the shoreline in Hampton and other low-lying areas should expect coastal flooding similar to the flooding during last week's storm, Walden said.
''We're looking for the worst of things with all the snow predicted in the southwest,'' said Mike LaCivita of the state Department of Emergency Services. ''We're also concerned about the coastal area. This time things look like they may be more serious ... with the high winds expected to accompany this storm.''
LaCivita said the state of emergency issued by Gov. Jim Gilmore last Wednesday was still in effect and National Guardsmen were activated to assist residents.
He said a variety of four-wheeled vehicles, including all-terrain vehicles, bulldozers and armored personnel carriers from various agencies, had been diverted to southwest Virginia to transport people to shelters.
The forecast was especially unwelcome news for American Electric Power, as crews worked Tuesday to restore power to about 3,400 customers in southwest parts of the state who had suffered in the cold for a week.
''We've got everybody and his brother working to restore power,'' spokesman Tom Ayres said. Problem areas included Clintwood, Abingdon and Lebanon, all with 700 to 900 customers without power.
Ayres said it was slow going as line crews slogged through snow carrying tools, wire and equipment in remote areas. About 735 linemen from as far away as Georgia and Ohio were brought in to assist with repairs.
At the Food Lion grocery in Tazewell, store manager Sue Neel said Tuesday the store was already running short of milk and supplies of cat and dog food.
''It's been madness since last Thursday when the weather broke and people were able to get out and stock up,'' Ms. Neel said.
Dickenson County school officials, weary from a week of power outages, closed schools and stranded buses, took the news of a second major storm in as many weeks with resignation.
''We haven't had school since last Tuesday, what with the power outages and road conditions. We have not had much time to do much of anything to prepare for the new storm,'' said Dickenson County transportation director Chester Robinette.
In Virginia Beach, Four Sails Resort general manager Robert Davis said little could be done to keep the ocean at bay.
''All we can do is sit and wait for it - and clean up later,'' he said.
A Monday afternoon collision between a horse and a well-drilling truck injured a Virgilina man, according to the Virginia State Police.
Walter D. Satterfield, 30, was riding a horse on Rt. 720 when the horse became "spooked" and was struck by a 1987 Ford truck driven by Ed Doss, 64, of Halifax, police said.
The 12:25 p.m. incident occurred 1.5 miles north of Rt. 344, according to the investigation.
Satterfield was injured and transported to the Halifax Regional Hospital for treatment. The horse suffered minor injuries, police said.
Damages to the well-drilling truck were estimated at $1,500. No charges were filed and the incident was investigated by Virginia State Trooper C.M. Fleming.
In other wrecks:
· Robert Jason Snead, 17, of Virgilina was injured Sunday evening in a single-vehicle wreck on Rt. 738, seven-tenths of a mile south of Rt. 602, police said.
Snead was driving a 1992 Dodge when he crossed the centerline, met an oncoming vehicle, swerved abruptly across the road. He lost control, ran off the roadway and crashed, police said.
Damages to the vehicle were estimated at $5,000. The 6 p.m. incident is still under investigation by Virginia State Trooper M.S. Roark Jr.
· A two-vehicle collision Sunday morning at the intersection of U.S. 501 and Rt. 658 in the Cluster Springs area caused no injuries, police said.
Clarissa Barnette Rogers, 50, of Alton was driving a 1989 Dodge when she pulled into the path of a 1996 Jeep driven by Gary Edward McQueen, 46, of Farmville, police said.
Damages to Rogers' vehicle were estimated at $1,500 and damages to McQueen's vehicle were estimated at $1,000, according to the investigation.
Rogers was charged with failure to yield right-of-way. The 10 a.m. incident was investigated by Trooper Fleming.
Annie Elizabeth Spence, 97, of Tangier, died Saturday, January 31, 1998 at McCready Hospital in Crisfield, MD.
Mrs. Spence was born in Halifax and was married to Sidney R. Spence. She was a member and former Sunday school teacher at Winns Creek Baptist Church. After moving to Tangier she attended Swain Memorial Methodist Church.
Survivors include two daughters, Stella Freed of Baltimore, MD and Lois Crockett of Tangier; three grandsons, Dennis Crockett of Tangier, Sheriff Robert Crockett of Onancock, and Peter Crockett Jr. of Tangier; and six great-grandchildren.
Services were held at Williams-Onancock Funeral Home at 1 p.m. February 3 with Rev. Wade Creedle Jr. officiating. Burial was at Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Onancock.
Ernest H. Conner, 77, of Newport News died Monday, January 12, 1998. A native of Halifax County, he had been a Peninsula resident for 48 years.
Mr. Conner was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, having served in World War II. He retired from Newport News Shipbuilding as an electrician in the maintenance department after 10 years of service. He was a member of West Hampton Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Catherine P. Conner; his daughter, Fannie M. Dixon of Hampton; two sons, David R. Conner of Gloucester and Ernest L. Conner of Yorktown; one brother, William W. Conner of South Boston; six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
A funeral service for Mr. Conner was held Wednesday, January 14 at Peninsula
Funeral Home by Rev. G. Thornton Hall. Burial was in Parklawn Memorial Park.
Daniel Mele Jr. of 1130 Dr. Merritt Road, Nathalie died Sunday, February 1, 1998 at Halifax Regional Hospital. He was 63 years of age.
Mr. Mele was born in Youngstown, OH on May 4, 1934 the son of Daniel Mele Sr. and Ann Gaytko Mele and was married to Shirley Ruth Dennis Mele. He was a member of French Lodge #270, VFW #8243 and a Vietnam Veteran. While in the Air Force he was assigned to Presidential Security for the 89th Division. After retirement he served with the U.S. Capital Police for the House of Representatives on Capital Hill.
Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Marjorie Ann McCauley of Charleston, WVa and Sammi Gilliam of Ashburn; two sons, Daniel Mele III and Donald David Mele, both of Nathalie; two sisters, Patricia Mele of Brookfield, OH and Joan Wilson of Statesville, NC; two brothers, Raymond T. Mele of Youngstown, OH and Donald J. Mele of St. Paul, MN; and four grandchildren.
Memorial services will be held at Arlington National Cemetery at a later date.
Those wishing to give memorials are asked to consider the American Lung Association, 311 South Blvd., Richmond, VA 23221.
Otha West Burnette of Danville died Sunday, February 1, 1998 at Roman Eagle Memorial Home. He was 88 years of age at the time of his death.
Mr. Burnette was born January 2, 1910 in Pittsylvania County the son of Joseph Burnette and Ethel Barbour Burnette and was married to Lena Taylor Burnette. He was a member of Grace Design United Methodist Church.
Survivors include one son, Bruce Burnette of Halifax; one daughter, Linda B. Lee of Galax; two brothers, Dallas Burnette and Wesley Burnette, both of Danville; four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mr. Burnette will be held today, February 4 at 11
a.m. at Grace Design United Methodist Church with Rev. Scott Holcomb-McLain
officiating. Burial will be in Leemont Cemetery.
James Bernard Enoch Jr. of Gladys died Sunday, February 1, 1998 at his home. He was 54 years of age.
Mr. Enoch was born in Campbell County on September 3, 1943 the son of James Bernard Enoch Sr. and Frances Monroe Enoch and was married to Carol Winters Enoch. He was a member of Mt. Carmel United Methodist Church, retired from Babcock & Wilcox and a Army Veteran. He was a member of Gladys Ruritan Club, American Legion Post #16, and past president of the United Methodist Men of Mt. Carmel Church.
Survivors include his wife; six daughters, April Enoch Hirtz of Lynchburg, Leigh DeJarnette of Lynchburg, Sarah DeJarnette of Burlington, NC, Gwendolen Enoch of Rustburg, Haley DeJarnette of Gladys, and Jamie Enoch of Rustburg; two brothers, Albert Enoch of VA Beach and Eddy Enoch of Lynchburg; two sisters, Martha Childress of VA Beach and Mae Wynn of Nathalie; four grandchildren, Michael Hirtz, David Hirtz, J. Hirtz, all of Lynchburg, and Amber Enoch of Rustburg.
A funeral service for Mr. Enoch will be held at 2 p.m. today, February 4 at Mt. Carmel United Methodist Church by Rev. Walter Mason with burial to follow at Sharon United Methodist Church Cemetery in Naruna.
Memorials may be made to Mt. Carmel United Methodist Church and the American
Cancer Society.
Mary Alice Wyatt Bowman died Saturday, January 31, 1998 at Halifax Regional Hospital. She was 71 years of age.
Mrs. Bowman was born March 27, 1926.
Survivors include three sons, Barry Bowman of Richmond, James and Gerald Bowman, both of South Boston; two daughters, Claudette Harris and Cathy Clark, both of South Boston; one step-son, Clem Boxley of Florida; one brother, Cleveland Wyatt of Brooklyn, NY; one sister, Virginia Taylor of Queens, NY; 11 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and other relatives and friends.
Funeral services for Mrs. Bowman will be held today, February 4 at 2 p.m. at Memorial Baptist Church in Riverdale with Rev. Richard Terry officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Henry E. Whitlow Jr. died Monday, February 2, 1998.
Mr. Whitlow is survived by his wife, Trudy; one daughter, Darlene W. Foster; one son, Horace E. Whitlow; three sisters, Nancy DeJarnette of Portsmouth, Virginia Carwile of Cullen, and Evelyn Marshall of Spout Springs; two brothers, Wayne M. Whitlow of Arlington, and R.L. 'Mickey' Whitlow of Glasgow, MT; two grandchildren, Jason Foster and Shawn Whitlow.
Funeral services will be held at Hebron United Methodist Church in Saxe on Saturday, February 7 at 11 a.m.
The family will receive friends Thursday from 4 to 6 p.m. at Demaine Springfield-Annandale Chapel, Backlick and Edsall Roads in Springfield with funeral service at 6 p.m. They will also receive friends on Friday at Browning Funeral Home in Keysville from 7 to 8:30 p.m.