Obit: Raiford B. Kilgore; Plain Dealing (Bossier Parish), La. 10-22-1982

Submitted by: Kay McMahan-Noska**
Date: 2-5-1999
Source: Plain Dealing Post



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Parish Native Raiford Kilgore Died Friday

Services for Mr. Raiford B. Kilgore, 88, were held at 3 p.m. Sunday Oct.
24, 1982 at the Walker's Chapel Methodist Church, where he was a member.
Rev. C.B. Kranow officated. Soloist was James Ray King. Burial was in
Plain Dealing Cemetery, under the direction of Bailey Mortuary of
Springhill.
Mr. Kilgore died Friday Oct. 22, at the Community Hospital in
Springhill, after a long illness. 
Mr. Kilgore, a native and former resident of Bossier Parish had made his
home in Springhill for the last 5 years. He was a retired farmer, former
member of the Bossier Parish School Board and Bossier Parish Police
Jury.
Survivors include his wife, Myrtice Matlock Kilgore of Springhill, one
son Robert Lee Wells of Ruston, La.; 3 daughters: Helen Frye of
Tuscaloose, Alabama, Bernice Decker of Dallas, Texas, and Beth Miller of
Bayton, Texas. One sister, Seawilla King of Cotton Valley, 7
Grandchildren, and 6 Great-Grandchildren.
Pallbearers were his nephews: Rupert Braley Kilgore, George Ronald
Kilgore, Jerry Allen Kilgore, Homer Gerald Matlock, James Edgar Frazier
Jr. and Allan Lamar Matlock. 
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(**Note from submitter- Raiford Kilgore was son of Kate Anderson & James F. 
"Dock" Kilgore.)