In 1993, tobacco farmers could choose any of seven warehouses. When the 2000 selling season ended, there were just three.
In early February, two of those, the Planters and Star, merged.
And now, managers of the grower-owned cooperative Victory Warehouse in Riverdale have decided to close.
"Not enough pounds," said Victory Warehouse board chairman and Alton leaf grower Steve Hoskins.
The Victory Warehouse cooperative is composed of 72 members and had operated for 20 seasons. Last season, the Victory sold over 1,000,000 pounds of tobacco.
Even then, the writing was on the wall. Leaf growers, including Hoskins, began contracting directly with tobacco companies for the sale of part or even all of their crop.
As for the possible future of the Victory Warehouse facility in Riverdale, managers say that they have not made any decision. The warehouse lies in a flood plain and when the Dan River overflows, it often inundates half-century old structure.
Halifax County's effective quota ­ the volume of tobacco it can sell in 2001­ is 9,770,180 lbs. That amount reflects a 1.1 percent increase over the 2000 effective quota.
Controlled also are the number of acres of tobacco that can be planted. In 2001, Halifax County is allotted 5,423 acres.
Growers have until April 15 to designate which warehouse they intend to sell their 2001 crop. Normally at this time of the year, 90 percent of the entire quota has been designated but USDA Farm Service Agency officials say just 10 percent has been targeted for sale in warehouses thus far.
"If it's going under contract, they don't have to do anything," local FSA representative Kevin Bohon said this week.
But growers are still obligated to report their acreage and where their pounds of tobacco are sold. "That's about the only thing we've got to hang over their head," said Bohon.
Now that the traditional methods of acreage/poundage control enforcement somewhat out of place, how will the USDA determine compliance?
Bohon admits that the current scenario would appear to discourage grower compliance but he cautions those who might attempt to overplant or sell overmarketed pounds.
To enforce acreage allotments, the USDA conducts aerial surveillance and closely examines marketing records.
Allotment holders who violate controls could be penalized by acreage/poundage reductions or, in cases of fraud, face fines and imprisonment.
Mostly gone this year will be the price support system, USDA graders and leaving at question the future of the grower-owned Flue-Cured Tobacco Cooperative Stabilization Corporation.
Stabilization takes in pounds at support price levels and attempts to sell the same at a later date. Stabilization sold a total of 146.2 million pounds - 9.73 percent of total producer sales in 2000.
Current Stabilization inventories consists of 47.8 million pounds of 1998 crop and 26.5 million pounds of 2000 crop. The 1999 crop inventory, 88 million pounds, was sold on a bid basis at a loss.

In the midst of his 11-day campaign kick--off, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mark Warner rejected "politics as usual" during a South Boston stop Monday, calling instead for innovative solutions and citing his record.
"The world is going through fundamental changes in health care, education and technology ...," said the successful Northern Virginia businessman.
"I think I have a record of trying to bring innovative solutions to the problems that we face."
Warner, who has created over 70 companies employing 20,000 people, is a founding partner of Columbia Capital Corporation, a technology venture capital fund in Alexandria.
The gubernatorial hopeful named Techriders, an organization that takes computers into churches and attempts to bridge the digital divide by teaching new technology skills, as one example. Virginia Health Care Foundation, which has provided health care for 400,000 underserved Virginians was named as well as a Southside Rising, a $7 million capital venture group.
The Southside venture group funds young businesses that would have trouble obtaining funding and allows expansion of others, according to South Boston businessman John Cannon, one of the group's members.
Averett College senior Chris Elliott told about 35 Warner supporters that he was working with the Techriders program.
"There is a digital divide in our country and in our state today," Elliott said. "And that divide is like so many other divides where things are passing people by. And technology is passing people by, but we live in a technological society."
Elliott said that in four churches in the Danville area, the group has taught over 200 people new technology skills.
Targeting fiscal issues, and VDOT in particular, Warner said, "Government, like a family, must live within its means."
The businessman said that VDOT needed a new management team. He said the current team could not produce a project on time or on budget, citing a $300 million budget overrun on a Northern Virginia project.
With the global economic transition, Warner said Virginia must have a skilled workforce.
"A top priority is to make education in Virginia first in the country and first in the world," he said.
He also advanced his plan for attracting and keeping better teachers, a plan that calls for the involvement of large, high-growth companies. With tax initiatives, Warner advocated seeking contributions of stock or stock options from companies to put in a mutual fund that would issue shares to all of the state's communities.
The shares could be used to help recruit teachers, to reward teachers who improve the quality of teaching or those who teach in a disadvantaged area, explained Warner.
"We could say in Virginia that we have a stock option plan for teachers," Warner said.
The businessman also emphasized the importance of community colleges and of vocational educations.
Southside also needs a transportation network, he said, naming Route 501 and the completion of Route 58.
Statewide, Warner said there was a need for rails, telecommunications ­ to allow Southsiders to continue to live here but seek higher-paying jobs via Northern Virginia ­  and fiber optics.
The businessman said that he would add a large conduit pipe for fiber optics when constructing roads in the state to "lay down the infrastructure." If the conduit was not used right away, he said that the state could lease it out and "actually make money off of our roads."
"We need a businessman in the governor's mansion who will not accept politics as usual in this commonwealth," said Delegate W.W. "Ted" Bennett of Warner. Bennett described Warner's "exceptional managerial talents" and his innovative solutions to problems, naming the Virginia Health Care Foundation as one example.

South Boston Town Council voted 6-0, with one abstention, on Monday night to keep the 24-hours supervisory requirement in place for Gateway-Halifax Apartments after an emotional public hearing.
Southside Community Services Board (SCSB) had sought the deletion of the supervisory provision, one of five conditions in a 1991 Special Use Permit granted to them by town council to operate the 10-unit apartment complex for the mentally disabled.
Emotions ran high on both sides of the issue during the public hearing.
Just as he did at the Planning Com's public hearing last month, SCSB executive director Jules Modlinski raised issues of funding and resident's rights when addressing council.
According to Modlinski, 24-hour supervision at the complex costs approximately $70,000 each year, but that a decline in state revenue dollars since 1991 has put a strain on the SCSB budget, necessitating a cutback in supervision at the complex to two shifts per day for approximately the past one and one-half years.
The decision to cut back supervision at the complex was his, according to Modlinski, saying that he had tried to approach council on three separate occasions before removing the third shift of supervision.
Modlinski said that Medicaid is now the primary funding source for his agency, but that it cannot by law fund 24-hour supervision.
When asked by council members if SCSB had sought other funding sources, Modlinski replied that he didn't think the public would agree to pay for a service, that, in his and the SCSB board's opinion, was not necessary or needed at the complex.
"The state prohibits supervision for individuals [at the complex] who do not need or want it," said Modlinski.
"The level of services required are much lower for individuals who reside there," added Modlinski, saying that potential residents are screened as to there eligibility to reside there.
In defending the resident's right to live independently, Modlinski again indicated that opposition to deleting the 24-hour supervisory requirement was due to unjust fear of the residents of Gateway-Halifax.
Modlinski pointed out that the first and second shift have always been in place and that he had gotten approval last week to hire a residential services case manager to spend up to 20 hours per week at the complex to assist residents with budget planning, transportation and medication management.
"This service would be voluntary on the part of the residents," said Modlinski.
Jeff Pittman, a resident of the complex and member of SCSB, mentioned Lincoln, Beethoven and Van Gogh as examples of productive and well-known people touched by mental illness.
"One out of five individuals will experience mental illness in their lifetime," said Pittman, quoting a 1999 Surgeon General's report on mental illness in the United States.
Pittman emphasized that although in many cases people can recover from mental illness, two major barriers remain - stigma and discrimination.
"I could understand council's insistence on maintaining the provision in question if I or any other resident of Gateway-Halifax had posed a real threat to the peace and safety of the surrounding community," said Pittman.
Pittman ended his comments by saying that he bears no shame or guilt for being mentally disabled, but if council voted to continue to maintain the 24-hour supervisory provision, he would be ashamed to identify himself as a citizen of South Boston.
Joyce Willis, of the Department of Mental Health Substance Emergency Services and Prevention explained mental illness as a product of inbalances in an individual's brain chemistry.
Willis, during her comments, said that people who are treated for mental illnesses are no different than those who are treated for physical maladies such as diabetes.
Willis said she understood the concerns of neighboring residents, and suggested that it would be good for residents of the neighboring area to meet and get to know the residents, and thereby see they were not a threat to them.
Neighbors Voice Opposition
Five town residents spoke in opposition to any modification in the permit, with most saying that security for the neighborhood was an issue.
Charles Phillips of Berry Hill Road said that "he took Modlinski at good faith," when Modlinski told him that all conditions in the permit would be met.
"To me, something isn't right," said Phillips. If nothing has changed since 1991, and you couldn't have it (24-hour supervision), then why did you promise it to us?
"I don't think the citizens of South Boston need to be shaken around like this, saying one thing one year and another thing two or three years down the road.
"This is about a special permit application. Money has nothing to do with it."
Priscilla Sanford, whose mother resides at the complex, had a more personal view of the issue.
"As far as these people being a danger, I don't feel they'd be a danger to anybody but themselves," Sanford said.
Sanford mentioned that her daughter got off the bus every day at the complex and had to walk through the complex from apartment one to ten to get to her grandmother's apartment.
"There's not a person there who doesn't know my little girl - there's not a person there who wouldn't take her by the hand to the door," said Sanford.
"But they all have bad days," added Sanford, saying that her mother suffered from seizures when she first arrived, sometimes being injured and lying on the floor until she could reach a phone and call her for help.
"These people moved into this place knowing that supervision was there - if it was a problem why go there.
"To me, they can function in the daytime, at night is when the problems can get close to you. What happens on the nights you can't sleep?"
Sanford said that it wouldn't be an invasion of privacy for the residents to have supervision.
Why not be safe rather than sorry," said Sanford, questioning why this issue rose to the level it has when all of this (supervision) was supposed to be there anyway.
Charles Edwards recalled lessons he learned during his 30-years as a teacher and counselor in the local school system.
"I would certainly feel better if there were 24-hour a day, seven-day a-week supervision," said Edwards.
Edwards, who was coordinator and teacher in the alternative education evening program said that he learned that "the more supervision, the better."
"Even with supervision, problems occur," added Edwards, saying that even with screening procedures in place that sometimes things "slip by."
Arnetta Roberts and Joe Estes reminded council that nearby residents specified all of the special use conditions be in place in order for them to accept Gateway-Halifax Apartments in the first place.
"This shouldn't be an emotional issue," said Roberts. I want council to remember that neighboring residents have rights."
Council Comments
South Boston Mayor Glen Abernathy who, as a member of town council helped construct the Special Use Permit in 1991, started his comments by "thanking the SCSB for everything they do on a daily basis for all of the citizens of Halifax County, not just the ones they serve directly."
Abernathy said the arguments presented at the hearing were the same as the ones presented 10 years ago.
"We worked for two to three months on this," said Abernathy.
"We reached an agreement, and the community services board affirmed the agreement by obtaining a building permit.
"The agreement in my mind is as strong today as it was 10 years ago, and I would ask my fellow members of council to do the honorable thing and live up to the agreement."
Modlinski's comments concerning his lack of cooperation from town officials in placing the issue on council agenda came under fire on Monday.
Councilman Tom Raab reminded Modlinski that SCSB was informed of that very procedure after SCSB representatives appeared before the December meeting of the town's council committees.
"You had the process of putting the supervisory issue on the agenda for council," Raab told Modlinski.
"Have you not gone through the channels to pursue this?"
Modlinski responded that he didn't know the procedure until he asked town Planning and Zoning Administrator Lee Pambid.
Councilman Coleman Speece asked Modlinski if a "proforma" financial study of the complex originally included funds for 24-hour supervision, to which Modlinski answered that he didn't anticipate the change in the funding structure.
Speece then made reference to an earlier letter to council from SCSB.
That letter to council implied that "it was discriminatory to require 24-hour supervision for only one apartment facility (Gateway-Halifax) without just cause.
"Is Gateway not unique in that they have mentally disabled residents?" Speece asked Modlinski.
"Unique is not the issue, but because it was singled out due to its being unique could be an issue," answered Modlinski.
Councilman Buddy Wilborn, who arrived during the later stages of the public hearing, abstained from voting but went on the record as supporting the planning commission's recommendation to deny any modification to the special use permit.
Other Business
· Town Council voted on Monday to support a resolution for a $25,000 planning grant to extend town water and sewer service to the Shepherds Gate community.
The grant, to be applied for through the Department of Housing and Community Development, will fund a preliminary engineering report, income survey and user agreements and an environmental assessment.
Council members, on a recommendation by Tom Raab, voted to appropriate $9,000 in this year's budget on a pro ratia basis for the Dixie Youth and Dixie Majors and Pre-Majors programs.
According to the proposal, both groups would have their sign ups and turn in a list with names and addresses to be verified by Matthew McCargo, director of the South Boston Recreation Department.
The total number of players would then be divided into $9,000, coming up with the dollar amount per player.
· The first of two public hearings, required before a Community Development Block Grant application is submitted to the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (VHCD), received no public comment at Monday's meeting.
Town Community Development Coordinator Tamyra Vest told council that the town's application last year for $800,000 in construction funds for the Tobacco Warehouse District Revitalization Project was six communities below the line of funding.
Vest informed council that the town was advised by the VHCD to reapply for the grant this year, with modifications.
· Council unanimously adopted a resolution requesting the Halifax County Board of Supervisors to give serious consideration to the establishment of two comprehensive election districts for the Town of South Boston.
· Council authorized town finance officer Vandie Saunders to proceed with a $1 million VRA loan for landfill closure and a $1.5 million bond anticipation loan for town sewer infiltration and inflow work.
Council was informed that it will need to consider a resolution authorizing the bond on first reading on March 19 and hold a public hearing and adopt the resolution on second reading at the April 9 meeting.
· Council authorized the awarding of sewer pipe and manhole rehabilitation project contracts at its Monday meeting.
The total amount for the contracts to be awarded is $1,336,283 ($1.5 million with contingencies).
Due to council's actions, the contracts were to be awarded yesterday.

Gail W. Bosiger has been named as the new principal of Halifax County Middle School.
She will succeed Bristol Martin Jr. who is retiring from the post at the end of the school year.
Bosiger, who will have served a one-year term as an assistant principal at the school, will begin her new duties July 1.
The appointment of Bosiger as the new principal at Halifax County Middle School was made Monday night by the Halifax County School Board.
Bosiger has spent much of her professional career at Halifax County High School.
She spent a total of 17 years as a teacher in the science department at Halifax County High School, ending at the conclusion of the 1992-1993 school year.
Bosiger was named as an assistant principal at Halifax County High School for the start of the 1993-94 school year and she remained in that position since that time.
She received her undergraduate degree in chemistry from radford University and her master's degree in administration and supervision from the University of Virginia.

Halifax Education Association officials are calling upon the Halifax County School Board to provide a six percent salary hike and full funding of group health insurance premiums for the county's teachers next year.
The chances of that actually happening, however, appear to be slim to none.
Governor Jim Gilmore announced Monday that the state's budget crisis is over and that he will not cut funding for K-12 education.
While the announcement that the governor will not cut funding for K-12 education is good news for some, the bad news is that there is no sign that any additional dollars will come into play.
As a result, Halifax County's educators will likely not see a significant salary hike next year - that is - unless the Halifax County Board of Supervisors makes up the difference with local money.
The Halifax County school system has been in something of a stalemate while waiting for state officials to provide state revenue figures for the county.
Work is continuing on a budget proposal for the 2001-2002 school year but the budget process cannot move forward until the state numbers are plugged in.
School Superintendent Dennis Witt said last week he feels school system personnel need a three or four percent pay hike and assistance to cover the cost of group health insurance premiums.
That, however, isn't close to what the HEA is proposing.
And, it is not known if the final budget numbers will allow the school system to provide the more modest increases Witt said he would like to see.
HEA president Henry Weston told the School Board Monday night that the language in the state law requires that it develop a budget that will address the educational needs of the school system.
"That is your responsibility," Weston told the body.
"We urge you to accept and execute that responsibility.
"With that having been done, it is then incumbent upon the citizens of Halifax County and the employees of the school system to keep the pressure on the Board of Supervisors to fund that budget request," he added.
Weston told the body the HEA understands that the School Board has no taxing authority.
"But you do have a voice and a major role to play in the budget development process," Weston said.
"This process and your voice in it should be used to raise the standard for compensation in Halifax County."
Weston told the School Board that the county's teachers are asked to do more and commit more each year to prepare the county's students to be active participating citizens in the current millennium.
"We're providing instruction for a more diverse and often less self-disciplined student population," Weston pointed out.
"The needs of our students require us to do more social work, more police work, more parenting and more nursing.
"The SOL assessment program requires us to maintain comprehensive data management systems to monitor our students' progress," he continued.
"We take graduate courses, attend classes and seminars and are working to become certified in the new technology standards mandated by the state."
In addition, Weston pointed out that there is no incentive for attracting and keeping teachers and that there is an even greater shortage of minority teachers.
Weston said the HEA is also greatly concerned about the rising cost of group health insurance premiums.
He pointed out that in 1998, the county paid 76 percent of the cost of the individual employee's health insurance premium.
As a result of changes that have occurred since that time, Weston said, the School Board's current contribution to the group health insurance premium covers only 52 percent of the cost.
"This situation leaves employees in a desperate situation as try to "make ends meet," Weston stated.
Halifax County School Board Chairman Steve Anderson told Weston that Governor Gilmore has put no money into budget for teacher raises.
As a result, Anderson said, the funding situation is more dire than Weston's title for his remarks, "It's Beyond Time To be Concerned."
"I'm not even sure if the word "concerned" is justifiable in the situation we face," Anderson said.
"We recognize the job that you as teachers do and I appreciate the job you as teachers do.
"We recognize there is a concern," added Anderson.
"It helps us when we know where you are on this issue."

Halifax County High School's varsity boys soccer team was in need of a good start.
It got one Monday night in a preseason scrimmage game here against Dan River.
The Comets, with Adam Slayton scoring two goals and Trey Rogers scoring one, upended Dan River High School's fledgling team 3-1.
Halifax County held a 2-0 lead at the half and added an insurance goal in the second stanza to secure the win.
"This is Dan River's first year with a soccer program but I thought we played a good game," said Brady Taylor, the new head coach of the Comets.
"I was happy to see the guys working together. One of the things we've been stressing in practice is teamwork. We don't have any superstars on this team and we need to work together to win games."
Taylor said he felt the scrimmage game was a good way to launch the new season.
"We noticed some things we need to work on," Taylor pointed out.
"But, overall, I believe we did a good job. Jordan Clark gave us a good defensive effort, something we'll need all season. I was also happy with the play of Taylor Hasty, Cameron Collie and the Crawley brothers (Brandon and Bryant Crawley) in the midfield.
"Those guys really communicate well on the field and gave the front line good scoring opportunities," added Taylor.
Monday night's scrimmage game is the only test Taylor's team will have before it opens the regular season play next Wednesday with a home game against Franklin County.
The home opener against Franklin County next Wednesday will launch a busy season-opening week for the Comets soccer team.
After facing Franklin County, the Comets will journey to Dinwiddie a week from Saturday to compete in the annual soccer tournament hosted by the Generals.
"Hopefully we can keep this type of effort up going into the Franklin County game next Wednesday," Taylor said, "and continue with a good effort in the Dinwiddie tournament next Saturday.
"As long as we continue to work together, we'll win some games."

Dr. Howard Bruce Wilson, 76, of Richmond, died March 11.
Survivors include his wife, Rose Sadler Wilson of the home; his children, Jeanne Wilson Gohn, Donna G. Wilbourne of South Boston, Candy Hessler, Charlotte Finch, Howard, Paris and Scott Wilson; and seven grandchildren.
Dr. Wilson earned a PhD in Statistics from the University of Denver, A BA/MA in Mathematics from Colorado State, and attended both Colorado School of Mines and the University of Minnesota. He worked for almost 50 years in the Management and Computer fields at Boeing, Mobil Oil, Allied Chemical and Reynolds Metal's Company. He retired from Reynolds Metals as head of the Information Systems Department. He began a second career in teaching in the Business School at Virginia Commonwealth University.
A funeral service for Dr. Wilson will be held today, March 14 at 2 p.m. at Second Baptist Church in Richmond. Burial will follow in Westhampton Memorial Park.

Those wishing to give memorials are asked to consider the Second Baptist Church Building Fund, 9614 River Road, Richmond.

John Edward Garner of Nathalie died March 9 at Halifax Regional Hospital.
Survivors include his wife, Irene R. Garner; two sons, Charles Garner and his wife, JoAnn of Nathalie and Ernest Garner and his wife, Martha of Clover; one daughter, Linda Waller and her husband, Louis of Nathalie; and 10 grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mr. Garner were held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at New Shiloh Baptist Church in Nathalie with burial in the church cemetery.

Edna Powell Foster, 90, of 1034 Delaware Street, Clover, died March 9 at her home.
Mrs. Foster was born in Halifax County on July 30, 1910, the daughter of George Powell and Lillie Stroud Powell and was married to John A. Foster. She was a member of St. Matthew Baptist Church.
Survivors include six daughters, Bernice Dixon and Agnes Strange, both of South Boston, Annie Clark and Nadine Staten, both of Clover, Betty Delaware and Irene Faulkner, both of Alexandria; five sons, Burrell Foster of Hampton, Robert Foster of Woodbridge, Willie Foster and George Foster, both of Clover and John Davis of Newport News; two sisters, Margaret Ann Mitchell and Sally Heinz, both of Baltimore, Md.; 44 grandchildren; 75 great-grandchildren; and 18 great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mrs. Foster will be held today, March 14 at noon at St. Matthew Baptist Church with the Rev. Jefferson Goode officiating. Burial will follow in Zion Grove Baptist Church Cemetery.

Martin Flay Kemp, 90, of South Boston, formerly of Dare County, N.C., died March 12 at his home.
Mr. Kemp was born November 3, 1910, in Gum Neck, N.C. and was a retired heavy equipment operator. He was a member of Mt. Carmel United Methodist Church and was a veteran of WWII, having served in the U.S. Army.
Mr. Kemp was the son of Charles F. and Mary Frances Armstrong Kemp and was married to Melba Jones Kemp.
Survivors include his wife of the home; two daughters, Mary Fay Kemp-Korb and husband, Bob of Raleigh, N.C. and Frances Kay Gilbert and husband, Michael of South Boston; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Funeral services for Mr. Kemp will be held at Twiford's Colony Chapel in Manteo, N.C. today, March 14 at 11 a.m. with the Revs. R.W. "Bobby" Beasley and Stafford Berry officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Carmel United Methodist Church Cemetery.

Amos Edward Farrar, 77, of 6039 Morton's Ferry Road, Clover, died March 11 at Halifax Regional Hospital.
Mr. Farrar was born in Halifax County on March 5, 1924, the son of Van Farrar and Lucy Coleman Farrar and was married to Jannie Coleman Farrar. He as a member of Bethel Grove Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife of the home; three daughters, Edna Wimbush of Lynchburg, Shirley Williams of Nathalie and Rosa Farrar of District Heights, Md.; five sons, Amos Eugene Farrar of Halifax, John Wayne Farrar and James Wesley Farrar, both of Nathalie, Willie Thomas Farrar of South Boston and Ronnie Lee Farrar of Upper Marlboro, Md.; 12 grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; two sons-in-law, Silas Wimbush and Ray Williams; four daughters-in-law, Delois Farrar, Catherine Farrar, Pamela Farrar and Lisa Farrar.
Funeral services for Mr. Farrar will be held March 15 at 2 p.m. at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church with the Rev. James E. Traynham officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
The family will receive friends at the home.

Delois Wilborne Coleman, 55, of 8042 Hunting Creek Road, Clover, died March 11 in Clover.
Mrs. Coleman was born in Halifax County on September 5, 1945, the daughter or Rosa Hill Wilborne and Charles Wilborne and was married to Ernest Felix Coleman. She was a member of Bethel Grove Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband; one daughter, Tonya Coleman of Richmond; one son, Jerome Coleman of Clover; four grandchildren; her mother of Clover; two sisters, Joyce Wilborne Smith and Charlene Bowman, both of Drakes Branch; one brother, Raymond Wilborne of Danville; and one Godson, Mario Sadler of Scottsburg.
Funeral services for Mrs. Coleman will be held March 16 at 3:30 p.m. at Bethel Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Michael Terry officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
The family will receive friends at the home.

Ronnie Lee Boyd, 55, of 2158 Golden Leaf Road, Nathalie, died March 11 at Halifax Regional Hospital.
Mr. Boyd was born in Campbell County on March 11, 1946, the son of Lee Grant Boyd and Hallie Mae Pannell Bailey and was married to Mary Carr Boyd. He was a member of Second Buffalo Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife; one daughter, Mary Boyd Jones of Nathalie; two sons, Wayne Boyd of the home and Ronnie Leroy Boyd of Nathalie; four grandchildren; seven sisters, Sallie Boyd, Alease Armistead and Dorothy Boyd, all of Nathalie, Kathryn Austin of Gretna, Margaurite Gravely of Boston, Mass., Ossie Little of Rustburg and Dorothy Younger of Lynchburg; five brothers, Leroy Payne of Baltimore, Md., William Payne of Long Island, John Bailey of Lynchburg, Bradshaw Palmer of Fort Washington, Md. and Thomas Boyd of Nathalie.
Funeral services for Mr. Boyd will be held March 16 at 2 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.

Raymond Hagood Francisco, 67, of 5100 Bethel Road, Scottsburg, died March 12 at Halifax Regional Hospital.
Mr. Francisco was born in Halifax County on January 14, 1934, the son of Edward J. Francisco and Eva Frenchie Franklin Francisco and was married to Betty Owen Francisco. He was a member and past deacon of Bethel Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife of the home; one son and daughter-in-law, Kevin and Margaret Francisco of Ft. Polk, La.; two daughters and sons-in-law, Kimberly F. and Freddie Newby of South Boston and Karen F. and Harry Yeaman of Hampton; five grandchildren, Harry L. Yeaman III, Freddie Newby III, Clinton Yeaman, James Newby, and Brason Francisco; two brothers, Harry Francisco of Richmond and Ronnie Francisco of Scottsburg; five sisters, Louise Fallen of Rice, Ruby Williams of Scottsburg, Margaret Bowman and Peggy Press, both of Chesterfield, and Rebecca Hodges of Richmond.
Funeral arrangements were incomplete at press time.

Lacy Andrew Jennings, 76, of 3180 Buffalo Road, Long Island, died March 12 in Virginia Baptist Hospital.
Mr. Jennings was born in Halifax County on December 2, 1924, the son of Goldie Edward Jennings and Homie Pannell Jennings and was married to Roberta Coleman Jennings. He was a retired employee of the Lynchburg Foundry Co. and was a member of First Buffalo Baptist Church, where he served as adult Sunday school teacher, chairman of the trustee board, church treasurer and the senior choir.
Survivors include his wife of the home; one daughter, Dr. Juliet C. Jennings of Danville; one brother, Dossie E. Jennings of Md.; his stepmother, Sylvia S. Jennings of Long Island; and one brother-in-law, Franklin P. Waller of Gladys. He was preceded in death by one sister, Hazel J. Waller.
Funeral services for Mr. Jennings will be held March 17 at 1 p.m. at First Buffalo Baptist Church in Long Island with the Revs. Samuel Mitchell and Samuel Terry conducting the service. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
The family is receiving friends at the home.