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Born at "Giant Poplars" in Houston, Halifax County, Virginia to the former Hallie Bailey Craddock, and her husband, William P. Barksdale Sr. His paternal grandfather, Elisha Barksdale] (1812–1887), had represented Halifax County in the Virginia House of Delegates for one term during the final years of the Civil War (1863-5), after purchasing the Union Iron Works with partners Jonathan B ...
Tyrone Davis (June 30, 1972 – October 2, 2022) was an American professional football player who was a tight end for eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the New York Jets and the Green Bay Packers from 1995 to 2002, having earlier played college football for the Virginia Cavaliers.
Beginning in 1958, during the Massive Resistance crisis, Anderson served in the Virginia House of Delegates, representing Halifax County and South Boston, Virginia from 1958 until 1972. He succeeded Roy B. Davis. Anderson won the 35th District seat unopposed in 1957, 1959 and 1961, handily defeated Republicans Flournoy G. Lacks in 1963 and ...
The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources said a treed bear fell and hit the hunter. The man, 58, later died at a hospital. Hunter dies in freak accident after bear falls from tree in Virginia
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
This is a list of people executed in Virginia after 1976. The Supreme Court decision in Gregg v. Georgia, issued in 1976, allowed for the reinstitution of the death penalty in the United States. Capital punishment in Virginia was abolished by the Virginia General Assembly in 2021. [1] [2]
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Jiří Suchý, 36, Czech ice hockey player (Halifax Mooseheads, Vítkovice, Poruba), traffic collision. [ 806 ] (death announced on this date) Zong Qinghou , 78, Chinese beverage industry executive, founder of the Hangzhou Wahaha Group , delegate to the National People's Congress (2002–2018).