O'Sullivan Industries, a manufacturer of ready-to-assemble furniture, is competing with two other plants in its pursuit of an $11 million plant expansion here that would create about 100 new jobs.
Supervisors authorized a local match of up to $100,000 during their Thursday evening session, and the Industrial Development Authority is applying for a matching grant from the Governor's Opportunity Fund.

"I believe if the state will match what the Board of Supervisors has done, then I am 99.9 percent sure our board would approve Virginia," said Don Blevins, general manager of O'Sullivan Industries' plant here.
O'Sullivan Industries, Inc., the local corporation's parent company, is in the process of deciding where to locate its next capacity expansion.

"We've been working to get added capacity in South Boston to increase our production here and to provide additional jobs for the community.
"These grants are a major part of an excellent package the Halifax County Industrial Development Authority has put together to make locating the expansion in South Boston more advantageous for O'Sullivan."
Although O'Sullivan's board of directors must approve the expansion here, Blevins said that he thinks that "the incentive package will bring the project to the South Boston plant."
In a "fast growth market," Blevins described O'Sullivan as one of the biggest of home office furniture manufacturers.
O'Sullivan Industries, Inc. has plants in Lamar, Missouri, and Cedar City, Utah. Corporate headquarters are in Missouri.

The Virginia plant was built in 1988 and has been expanded twice since then.
"I hope this proposed expansion is the first of many more," Blevins said.

Supervisors studied revenue projections for both a 6-cent real estate tax rate hike and an 8-cent hike as they aired revenue options for a projected $4 million 2000-2001budget deficit.
The board ultimately asked staff to prepare a draft budget with a 6-cent hike, as well as changes in over a half-dozen other taxes and fees, for its April 3 meeting.
The new proposal would balance the recommended budget at $68,278,492, but would draw $2, 226,061 in unappropriated funds.
The original budget proposal, one reflecting a 10-cent real estate tax hike, called for only $2 million from unappropriated funds to balance the budget.
Although the $389,000 difference between what the school board is seeking in local funding and what supervisors have budgeted was briefly discussed, supervisors did not propose adding to the school funding.
The School Board adopted a record $43.3 million 2000-2001 school budget earlier this month. A public hearing is scheduled on April 20.
Revenue options aired Thursday night to balance the budget included:
· Real Estate :A 6-cent increase in the real estate tax rate, taking the rate from the current 31 cents per $100 assessed value to 37 cents. That increase would produce an estimated $5,182,208 in revenue, less than the $5,742,447 revenue an initial 10-cent hike recommendation would have produced.
·Taxes Public Service Co: Supervisors considered 36 cents at the Thursday evening meeting. That figure would produce $2,670,584 in revenue, less than the previously proposed 40 cents producing $2,988,446.
·Mobile Home Taxes: A 37-cent rate was aired.
·Machinery Tool Tax: A $1.26 rate was examined. That rate would produce $1,580,703 in revenue. In the first draft budget, $1.17 was recommended.
·Local Utility Taxes: Supervisors considered $3, a one-dollar increase over the earlier budget draft proposal of $2 for residential customers.
·Animal Licenses: A $5 fee, up $2 over an earlier recommendation for tags.
·Building Permits: Supervisors eyed a 20 percent overall increase in fee schedules..
· Planning Fees: The county's first draft budget recommended $700 but supervisors could consider a $1,000 figure for land-use applications, which includes rezoning.
·Emergency 911 Surcharge: Supervisors discussed a $1 charge, up 60 cents over the current 40 cents.
Water/Sewer
Supervisors want water/sewer systems to pay their own way.
"I think they need to be self-sufficient," agreed finance committee chairman Tom West.
The Clover, Riverdale and Grubby Road projects, operational costs and revenue, were discussed.
Supervisors also discussed the cost of paying the total premium package for county employees in the Virginia State Retirement System.
Supervisor Page Wilkerson, who serves on the Social Services Board, told supervisors that VSRS is an important part of the employment package in keeping employees.
"All but three jurisdictions in Virginia pay VSRS," former Halifax County administrator Dan Sleeper told supervisors. However, Sleeper said that the additional funds for the VSRS benefit were not included in the proposed budget. The proposed budget does include projections for the Continuing Education Center bonds approved by voters in referendum.
Revenue Options
As a result of annexation by the towns of South Boston and Halifax, both are now collecting utility taxes formerly collected by the county, noted supervisor R.E. "Dickie" Abbott. "But they are not paying for the landfill," he added.
Utility taxes help fund the county's landfill.
Supervisors also authorized the employment of an attorney as the county continues to try to collect utility taxes on natural gas.
Senior Citizens/Farmers
Supervisor James Edmunds II asked what impact a senior citizen's real estate tax break, which he had suggested, would have on the budget.
County staff was asked to seek additional information.
Edmunds's proposal offers relief to senior citizens on fixed incomes, as well as farmers.
In a written statement, the supervisor also called it "not fair to tax these two groups in order to provide services to much of the county that most of these two groups would not use, especially the school systems in regard to the seniors."
In his written statement, Edmunds proposed the following:
·Voluntary land use taxation. Land use taxation is a means by which a farmer could restrict the uses of his property to some form of agricultural use only and receive an adjustment on his real estate taxes.
By restricting the use of his property to agriculture, Edmunds said that it would be understood that a farmer could not make use of his property in any way other than would be specified in his agreement or he would be penalized by incurring the new tax rate plus interest to the county, should the farmer decide to get out of the land use agreement. The supervisor said that this action "would also curb the tendency of our county to being over-developed by not forcing the sale of farmland due to the inability to pay the real estate tax."
· Senior citizen tax break. Edmunds suggested freezing of the first $80,000 in value of real property for all those senior citizens over the age of 65. (Leave the first $80,000 of value at the current rate of $0.31 per $100 assessed value and any value in excess of $80,000 subject to the new rate) or perhaps allow this break to benefit only those senor citizens over the age of 65 receiving less than $25,000 per year per household.
Edmunds said that he realized that by implementing the two tax breaks, consideration would have to be made when setting the new tax rate to make up for the difference in the tax money received.
"However, at least we could justify our actions much easier by not placing a burden on those individuals who will never receive the benefit of a tax increase," he said. "At least the majority of the tax revenue would then be used by those who would use it most, the middle class working with children. I can think of no other alternatives to consider that would not be considered 'taxation without representation.'"

The Halifax County Planning Commission will hear several rezoning requests and hold a public hearing during its 7:30 p.m. Tuesday meeting at the Mary Bethune Complex.
Commissioners will hold a public hearing at 8 p.m. on a rezoning application from Paul E. Tucker to have one acre of land rezoned from M-2, general industrial, to A-1, agricultural.
The site is located on the south side of Route 639, .25 mile west of Route 640.
The Tucker family had the land rezoned M-2 to allow the construction and operation of a slaughterhouse and meat processing facility.
However, the slaughterhouse and processing facility were closed in June 1999, and the owners have no intent to reopen, according to Assistant Halifax County Administrator Jerry Lovelace.
A public hearing before the Board of Supervisors is scheduled April 3.
In other business, a rezoning application by Dunn & Sons Funeral Services for 1.2 acres for a funeral home at the northwest corner of the intersection of Route 832 and Route 676 will be before commissioners. The location is at the former White Oak Service Station property.
Commissioners will also hear a rezoning application request from Gerald and Frances King concerning one acre for an Auto Body Shop. The site is located on the east side of Route 501, 1,000 feet south of routes 40 and 632.

The memory of Kevin Hatcher was honored on Saturday with a plaque at Staunton River State Park.
Eddie and Shelby Hatcher, Kevin's parents, and Kevin's brother, Justin, also planted a dogwood tree next to the plaque near the boat ramp.
Hatcher, at age 18, lost his life in an auto accident on June 6, 1999.
The tree and plaque were the idea of Tim Vest, park manager. Vest wanted to honor the memory of Kevin, who spent much of his leisure time at the park.
"There's a saying that when the dogwood blooms, the strippers are running.
"Kevin loved to fish for stripped bass. All of the park staff knew him by sight. This was his second home," Vest said.
The Hatchers also remember Kevin's fondness for camping and fishing at the park.
"He rode his first bike here, camped here for the first time and generally grew up here," said Shelby Hatcher, Kevin's mother.
Eddie Hatcher, Kevin's father, agreed, "If I needed to find him, he was probably here."
Among the friends and family members who honored Kevin were David White, his wife Carolyn, and two daughters, from Fayetteville, N.C.
White had a special reason for the trip to Virginia. He received Kevin's donated heart in an operation last June.
"I had a massive heart attack on January 3, 1999, and was airlifted to a hospital in Chapel Hill, where I was put on a list for another heart," White said.
White received Hatcher's heart soon after Kevin's auto accident, and wanted to meet his family.
"I still go to the hospital and meet with others waiting for organ transplants. I let them know that it's beneficial for both donor and recipient families to meet," White said.
The Hatchers had decided to contact the organ procurement agency after hope for their son's recovery faded. Eddie Hatcher knew his son would have approved.
"Kevin was a giving person throughout his life," Hatcher said.
"Kevin had a picture taken during a blood drive in high school. He was lying on the gurney with a big grin on his face. I'll never forget it."
The Hatchers wanted to meet the recipient of Kevin's heart, but knew that the rules of organ procurement agenices regulated correspondence between donor and recipient.
David White's wife, Carolyn, said that "It is not normal for the families to meet one another.
"If there are children involved in organ transplants, a meeting seems to occur more often."
Four months after the operation, upon notification of the recipient's identity, Eddie Hatcher wrote a letter to the White family, enclosing a picture of Kevin.
Mrs. White responded via the Internet.
"When I saw Kevin's picture on the Website, I knew we had the right family," she said.
The Website was constructed as a memorial to Kevin by his brother, Justin.
"I don't see any reason for the families not to meet," said Eddie Hatcher. "It does nothing but good for both families involved."
Both the Hatcher and White families agreed that Kevin's giving spirit still lives through his heart and his two kidneys that were donated to others.
The Rev. Melvin Bradshaw, friend and mentor to the Hatchers, summarized the day's events, saying, "God didn't intend for this tragedy to happen, but in accepting Kevin at so early an age... gave the gift of life to someone else.
"In a sense, he never left."

The Town of South Boston will hold a community meeting at The Prizery on Wednesday, March 29, at 7:00 p.m., to address the Tobacco Warehouse District Revitalization plan.
The Prizery's address is 716 Seymour Dr.
The proposed Tobacco Warehouse District Revitalization Project will be presented in detail at the meeting.
The Town of South Boston, based on a study of the warehouse district, intends to submit an application in April for up to $790,000 in Community Block Grant Funds for development.
Tamyra Vest, community development coordinator, is hoping for a large turnout.
"The town is excited about this grant possibility because it will allow us to complement what is going on at the CEC and The Prizery," Vest said.
"The grant would make infrastructure and building improvements throughout the warehouse district.
"It is one more thing that will make the redevelopment of the downtown area much more vibrant, and active."

DANVILLE, Va. (AP) - Virginia tobacco growers have signed  contracts to sell at least 30 percent of this year's crop directly to tobacco companies, a change that deals another blow to the tobacco auction system.
Star Scientific Inc., a company that has developed a way to cure tobacco with lowered amounts of the cancer-causing agents  nitrosamines, has contracted with more than 200 tobacco farmers in  Virginia.
The Petersburg-based company will buy about 14.5 million pounds of Virginia tobacco this year, about 30 percent of the crop, said Jim Jennings, Star's vice-president of grower relations.
The stability of the arrangement attracted Keith Atkinson of  Pittsylvania County, who contracted with Star. ''In the past, you could have a wide swing in prices,'' at tobacco markets, he said. ''This is more exact. ... You can make better plans upfront, earlier in the year,'' he said.
With a Star contract, farmers get $2 per pound for their tobacco, about 25 cents more, on average, than a farmer would get for tobacco at auction, Jennings said.
The company supplies growers with barns that are specially  designed to cure tobacco leaf in a way that reduces nitrosamines. It costs more to operate the special curing barns, so farmers actually get about a 20-cent premium per pound, Jennings said.
Atkinson said the additional price benefit for him amounts to about 12 to 15 cents. But a key part of his decision to sign a contract with Star was the company's willingness to take a chance with his business, he said.
''It's the only time since I've been farming that anybody has been willing to invest in my operation,'' Atkinson said.
''It's a win-win situation from all perspectives,'' because the grower gets a higher price, the company gets a better quality leaf and the consumer gets a cigarette with reduced levels of carcinogens, Jennings said.
But the practice stands to hurt tobacco warehouses. ''It's putting tremendous pressure on the warehouses in Virginia,'' said Harry Lea, who operates Piedmont Big-Sale in Danville.
Lionel Edwards, general manager of the Flue-Cured Tobacco Stabilization Corporation in Raleigh, N.C., said the growth in contracting ''is hitting us in a very inconvenient year.''
''We have the smallest quota on record,'' he said. ''It's going to hit the warehouses pretty hard.''
Edwards said he also worries that farmers who contract will sell their best tobacco directly to the companies and bring the lower quality leaf to market.
Lea thinks the situation will only get worse for warehouses as major tobacco companies push for more contracting. ''We feel like contracting for the total system is imminent,'' he said.
Other companies appear to be moving in that direction. Winston Salem's RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company has contracts with flue-cured tobacco growers this year, but company officials declined to release how much tobacco they'll buy that way.
Philip Morris also has announced plans for a pilot program to purchase tobacco directly from burley tobacco growers in Tennessee and Kentucky.
''We're trying it on a limited scope to see how growers like it,'' said Kim Farlow, a Philip Morris spokeswoman. The company has no plans right now to contract with flue-cured tobacco growers in Virginia and North Carolina, she said.

Often its the small things that make the difference in a ball game.
Halifax County did the little things, as well as the big things, right here Friday night in a 14-0 one hit shutout of Patrick Henry of Roanoke.
"The whole package really came together," said Comets coach Kelvin Davis after his team racked up its third win in as many starts.
"We did all of the little things right. We hit the ball when we had runners in scoring position. Our pitching was there, everything was there."
Halifax County, led by Brian Medley who had a two for two night that included a grand slam homer in the bottom of the third inning and six RBIs, pounded Patrick Henry with 11 hits in the contest.
Matt Hastings also had two hits for the Comets, one RBI, and scored three times.
David Greene, Michael Priest, R.D. Cole, Scott Adams, Josh Milam, Justin Smith and designated hitter Chris Brewer all chipped in a hit each in the winning effort.
The story didn't stop there.
Comets starting hurler Todd Meadows spun three perfect innings, fanning six of the nine Patriot batters he faced and allowed no hits and no walks.
"Todd threw a whale of a game," Davis pointed out.
"He looked very comfortable on the mound. He just went out and did what he's supposed to do."
Jonathan Wallace came on in relief and pitched the fourth and fifth innings and did an excellent job as well.
Wallace struck out four of the seven batters he faced and allowed only one hit.
"We're going to look to him to do a lot of the closing for us," Davis said.
"He did a good job. I'm very comfortable with our pitching."
The Comets started the game by picking up a pair of runs in the bottom of the first inning which started with a double by Hastings.
Priest walked with one out and he as Hastings both stole a base to advance. Hastings scored on a passed ball to give the Comets a 1-0 lead and Priest, who advanced to third, scored when Medley hit a sacrifice fly to left field.
The Comets added seven more runs in the bottom of the second innings, taking advantage of six Patrick Henry errors and five hits.
Three of the hits, one each from Smith, Priest and Medley, produced runs.
Two runs scored as the result of passed balls that got past the Patrick Henry catcher, and two runs scored as the result of Patriot errors.
Sporting a 9-0 lead, the Comets added five more to the total in the bottom of the third inning to run their lead to 14-0.
Brewer kicked off the inning with a triple and scored on a base hit by Hastings.
Greene followed with another hit and Priest reached base on an error to load the bases.
Medley ripped the grand slam homer to clear the bases and send the Comets to the 14-0 lead.
Still with nobody out, Meadows reached base on an error and Adams followed with a base hit.
Meadows and Adams were left stranded on the sacks, however, as Patrick Henry finally managed to retire the side.
The Comets will now face Heritage High School this afternoon in a scrimmage game in Lynchburg.
Halifax County's next game will be Saturday when they host Group A Brentsville High School of Nokesville in a doubleheader that will start at 12 noon.

Halifax County High School's varsity girls softball team won its season opener here Friday night with a 12-0 shutout of Franklin County.
The Comets pounded Franklin County with 13 hits, four of which came in the bottom of the third inning when the Comets scored five runs to break the game open.
It was the best hitting performance that the Comets have staged through two early season scrimmage contests and this, the first game of the regular season.
The Comets got two hits each from Shonda Welch, pitcher Anna Lewis, and Shannon Torian. Welch had two RBIs in the contest.
Others producing a hit for the Comets included Nicole Davis who had a two RBI double, Brandi Conner who had a double, and Branda Best who had a run producing hit and finished the day with two RBIs.
Melanie Hoskins, Jenny Armistead, Joni Foster, and Lindsay Stolzenthaler also chipped in a hit for the Comets.
"Our hitting was much better," said Comets coach Melanie Saunders.

"And, we had people to come off the bench and hit the ball hard."
Coupled with the solid hitting was the pitching of Lewis and the solid play of the Comets defense.
Lewis held Franklin County to just five hits while fanning five batters and allowing only three walks.
"Defensively we were very solid," Saunders noted.
"I'm very pleased with that."
On the other side, Franklin County committed seven errors, a handful of which directly resulted in runs for the Comets.
That, and the good hitting allowed the Comets to take advantage of a majority of situations to score runs when they had runners in scoring position.
"We took advantage of their errors and many of the opportunities they gave us," Saunders said.
"We still have some base running things we need to work on some more. But, overall, I was pleased."
The Comets grabbed a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning when Conner walked to lead off the inning and scored on a sacrifice by Branda Best.
Halifax County rallied to score five runs in the bottom of the third inning on the strength of four consecutive hits, one each from Hoskins, Armistead, Stolzenthaler and Davis with Davis' hit producing two runs.
And, they were aided by Franklin County errors on three of those hits.
Halifax County plated another run in the bottom of the fourth inning, that coming after Welch and Lewis both reached base on hits and stole a base.
Welch trotted across the plate to score Halifax County's seventh run of the game when Best grounded out.
The Comets posted four more runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to go up 11-0 with a two RBI triple by Welch, a run scoring double by Lewis and a run scoring hit by Best being the big plays.
Halifax County plated its final run in the bottom of the sixth inning when Foster led off with a single, advanced to third on a hit by Davis and scored on double by Conner.
The Comets will return to action today when they travel to Lynchburg to face Heritage. Game time is 5 p.m.

Halifax County will have a pair of home games late in the week, facing Person High here Thursday at 4 p.m. and squaring off against Dinwiddie in a doubleheader here Friday at 5 p.m.

James Clinton Dance, age 69, of Halifax, died March 22, 2000, at Halifax Regional Hospital.
Mr. Dance was born in Halifax County on March 28, 1930.
Survivors include his wife, Cecil Dance; two daughters, Angela Dance of Reisterstown, Md. and Amy Dance-Lewis of Owings Mills, Md.; three sons, Wendell Wilkerson of Evans, Ga., Kovacs Dance and Rev. Leander Dance, both of Halifax; eight grandchildren; and one sister, Rosa Lyons of Mitchellville, Md.
Funeral services for Mr. Dance were held March 25 at 11 a.m. at Banister Hill Baptist Church with burial in the Coleman Family Cemetery. The Revs. William Carr and Leander Dance officiated.

Linda M. Hofmann, 58, of Hampton, died March 21, 2000, in Portsmouth Naval Hospital.
She was a life long member of the United Methodist Church and attended Fox Hill First United Methodist in Hampton.
Mrs. Hofmann is survived by her husband, Lt. Col. USAF (Ret.) Larry E. Hofmann; her mother, Merle Heckard of Lake Junaliuska, N.C.; a son and a daughter and their spouses, Mark and Robin Guthrie of Glenwood, Md. and Alison and James Dowla of Owings Mills, Md.; two grandchildren, Travis and Meagan Guthrie; five step-children and their spouses, Lt. Col. USAF (Ret.) Steven and Karen Hofmann of O'Fallon, Ill., Stanley Hofmann of Chester, Sandra and Bryan Keith Graham of Chester, Scott and Sharon Hofmann of Midlothian and Sharon and Edwin Pardue of Stafford; five step-grandchildren and their spouses, Airman First Class Kristin Hofmann Brooks and her husband, Andrew, Kevin Hofmann, Pamela Graham, Bryan Paul Graham and Maura Graham. She was preceded in death by her father, Dr. Cecil L. Heckard; one brother, William C. Heckard; and her first husband, Aubrey A. Guthrie of Nathalie and Chester, who served as Captain in the USAF.
A funeral service will be held in the Fort Myers Post Chapel, Fort Myers at 9 a.m. March 29 with Dr. Kenneth Newsome officiating. Chaplain Col. USA (Ret.) Floyd Heckard will assist. Burial will follow in Arlington National Cemetery.
The family will receive friends Tuesday evening, March 28, from 6:00 until 8:00, at Robert J. Murphy Funeral Home in Arlington.
Those wishing to give memorials are asked to consider the Twenty First-Century Fund, Fox Hill First United Methodist Church, 1 Salt Ponds Road, Hampton, 23664.

Edward Hale Kell, age 83, of Troutville, formerly of Altavista, died March 23, 2000, in the Veterans Hospital, Salem. He was the husband of Catherine Nichols Kell of Altavista.
Mr. Kell was born November 15, 1916, in Welch, W.Va., the son of Fred and Annie Pearl Hale Kell. He was a graduate of VPI and was a member of the Halifax County Sports "Hall of Fame." He was a retired teacher and coach with the Halifax County and Campbell County schools and a U.S. Army Air Corps veteran of WWII.
Survivors include his wife; one stepson, Carl East of Forest and one step-grandson.
Graveside services for Mr. Kell will be held at 11 a.m. today, March 27, in Altavista Memorial Park by the Rev. Latta Terry with military honors provided by the VFW Post 4165 and the DAV Chapter 46..

Tom Ernest Moore, age 81, of Clarksville, died March 25, 2000, at his home.
A native of Watertown, NY, Mr. Moore was married to Frances Taylor Moore. He retired after 24 years of service with the U.S. Government.
Funeral services will be held today, March 27 at 2 p.m. in the Bethlehem Baptist Church near Dillwyn. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Survivors of Mr. Moore include his wife; one daughter, Betty Alison Ford of Ruckersville; two sons, Dr. Earle W. Moore of Chase City and Col. Ernest Stephen Moore of Vienna; three grandchildren, Tiffany Moore Duerr, Joy Alison Moore and Stacey Moore Fontenot; two brothers, Ralph Moore of Reseda, Calif. and Glenn Moore of Sterling, Conn.
Those wishing to give memorials are asked to consider The Church of the Ascension, 12941 Braddock Rd., Centreville, 22020.

Sallie Ann Lovelace, 78, of South Boston, died March 22, 2000, at Halifax Regional Hospital.
Mrs. Lovelace was born in Halifax County on May 16, 1921.
Survivors include a sister, Arnetha Ross of Charlottesville.
Funeral services for Mrs. Lovelace were held March 26 at 2 p.m. at County Line Baptist Church, Vernon Hill. Burial was in the Lovelace Family Cemetery. The Rev. Otis Dillard officiated.

Mattie Lee Lowery Melton, age 86, of 669 Olive Branch Road, Roxboro, N.C., died March 24, 2000, at Person Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Melton was born in Halifax County, the daughter of Walker and Mary Ida Ford Lowery and was married to Thomas Andrew Melton. She was a member of Olive Branch Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband; two sons, Cecil and Lawrence Melton, both of Roxboro; one daughter, Hilda M. Wrenn of Durham, N.C.; two sisters, Marie Melton of Durham and Mabel M. Puryear of Roxboro; seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mrs. Melton will be held at 2 p.m. today, March 27, at Olive Branch Baptist Church with the Revs. Victor Blackwell and David Woodhouse officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Those wishing to give memorials are asked to consider Olive Branch Baptist Church, 7588 Dirgie Mine Road, Roxboro, 27573, or Home Health & Hospice of Person County, 325 S. Morgan St., Roxboro.

Lelia Daniel Mulchi, age 85, of Clarksville, died March 24, 2000, in Duke Medical Center, Durham, N.C.
Mrs. Mulchi was a native of Mecklenburg County and a long time member of Buffalo Baptist Tabernacle. She was married to Allen Mason Mulchi.
Funeral services will be held today, March 27, at 2 p.m. at Buffalo Baptist Tabernacle. Burial will follow in Oakhurst Cemetery, Clarksville.
Surviving Mrs. Mulchi are three daughters and sons-in-law, Frances and Elbert Sizemore of Richmond, Annie Lee and B.C. Owen of Clarksville and Christine and Charles Hackney of Charlotte, N.C.; two sisters, Lonie D. Forlines of South Boston and Vanie D. Williams of Buffalo Junction; three brothers, Robert Daniel of South Boston, George Daniel of Virgilina and Jeff Daniel of Richmond; four grandchildren, Pam H . Peters, Steve Sizemore, Donna Sizemore Coggins and Ann O. Dalton; five great-grandchildren, Josh Peters, Richie Coggins, Jacob Peters, Charlie Coggins and Mason Sizemore.

Those wishing to give memorials are asked to consider Buffalo Baptist Tabernacle, 2326 Hwy. 58, Buffalo Jct. 24529.

Beatrice Satterfield Carter, age 82, of 3117 Henderson Road, Alton, died March 25, 2000, at her home.
Mrs. Carter was born in Halifax County on December 19, 1917, the daughter of John Banks Satterfield and Henrietta Richardson Satterfield and was married to Henry Longfellow Carter. She was a member of Bibleway Word of Faith Church in Milton, N.C.
Survivors include two daughters, Mary O. Carter of Brooklyn, N.Y. and Esther M. Howard of Danville; two sons, John Carter of Danville and Cedric Leroy Carter of Alton; six grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; two sisters, Rebecca Stephens of Mamaroneck, N.Y. and Christine Early of Cambria Heights, N.Y.; and one brother, Roger D. Satterfield of Milton. She was preceded in death by one daughter, Gladys Jeanette Carter; and one son, William Henry Carter.
Funeral services for Mrs. Carter will be held March 29 at 1 p.m. at Bibleway Word of Faith Church with the Bishop Edward Breedlove officiating. Burial will follow in New Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery in Alton.
The family will receive friends Tuesday from 6 until 7 p.m. at the chapel of Jeffress Funeral Home and other times at the home.

Bennett Owen Short, age 74, of Stagecoach Road, Nathalie, died March 25, 2000, at Halifax Regional Hospital.
Mr. Short was born in Halifax County on July 16, 1925, the son of Floyd S. Short and Palelia Moon Short and was married to Rebecca Dalton Short. He was a member of Mulberry Baptist Church, an Army Veteran of WWII and a retired farmer.
In addition to his wife, survivors include one son, Ricky Owen Short of Cody; four sisters, Geneva Matley of Salisbury, N.C., Thelma Massie, Fleccie Fisher and Elizabeth Wood, all of Lynchburg. He was preceded in death by three brothers, Jim Short, Cedric Short and Eric Short; four sisters, Evelyn Gilliland, Mary Fathering, Virginia Ingram and Ada Saunders.
A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. March 28 at Mulberry Baptist Church Cemetery by the Rev. Richard Saunders. Military Rites at the grave by the Lynchburg American Legion.

The family will receive friends at the home.