13 things about Nathalie, Virginia’s Sylvia Whitlow McCurry

Sylvia Whitlow McCurry was from Nathalie, Halifax County, Virginia, United States. Born in Halifax County to George H. Whitlow and Gladys Whitlow, McCurry is Felton Edison Whitlow and June Vernessa Whitlow‘s sister.

BIOGRAPHY

McCurry and her first husband Carroll Walker Compton have a son named Carroll Taza Compton and three daughters namely Wynona Compton, Shawna Compton and Emma Jean Compton. McCurry was the stepmother of her second husband Arthur Elmer McCurry‘s children Nicky McCurry and Maxine McCurry.

Sylvia was buried in South Boston, Halifax County. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. Her sister June, who was born on April 14, 1931, died on May 8, 1931.
2. In December 1956, she gave birth to Wynona.
3. In 1958, she gave birth to Carroll Taza.
4. On March 6, 1965, she gave birth to Emma in South Boston.
5. Her mother turned 65 on February 27, 1975 and died on December 12, 1975.
6. Her father turned 76 on August 5, 1978 and died on December 20, 1978.
7. In 1983, her son Carroll Taza died.
8. Her brother Felton turned 77 on September 3, 2002 and died on March 14, 2003.
9. Her second husband Arthur turned 86 on March 22, 2007 and died on November 1, 2007.
10. Her second husband Carroll Walker turned 80 on June 17, 2008 and died in Halifax County on February 11, 2009.
11. On June 18, 2017, her daughter Emma died in Halifax County.
12. On July 14, 2017, she turned 89.
13. On October 15, 2017, she died in Nathalie.

Sylvia’s daughter Emma was married to Russell Wayne Layne of Nathalie. She owned a convenience store in Cody, Halifax County called the Cody Store.

At 7:00 p.m. on June 17, 2017, Emma closed the store as she did every Saturday and by 7:30 p.m., she had finished with the closing duties and left the store. On June 20, 2017, she was reported missing.

On November 22, 2017, hunters found Emma’s remains scattered across the ground in a shallow grave in a heavily wooded area on Sandy Ridge Road in Nathalie. On November 27, 2024, Russell was arrested, served with an indictment for murder and booked into the Blue Ridge Regional Jail Authority in Lynchburg, Virginia.