Newspaper article about a visit by Mrs. George Wood from 
January 18, 1958 Beacon News
Submitted by Dot Golliher



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 Local History Revived With Visit of Former Resident-1958

Stirring an interest in local history was a visit last Thursday from Mr. and 
Mrs. George A. Wood, of Route 2, Culberson, N. C.  Though only the Beacon-News 
office and the home of Mrs. E. M. Trezevant, next door remained as she remembered them, 
Mrs. Wood stated that she had returned to Rayville, here former home, on a pilgrimage of 
reminiscence.

Looking for old landmarks, she explained that she was the former Miss Beth Liddell, daughter 
of a beloved physician of earlier Rayville history, and niece of the first parish sheriff.  
Research uncovered for her the obituary of her father, written in the Richland Beacon News 
following his death on February 24, 1890.  Dr. L. Liddell was only 34 at time of his passing, 
and had practiced in the Rayville community for about 15 years.  He left his wife, the forner 
Miss Kate Clark of this community, and four children with the survivors continuing to live in 
Rayville for a number of years.
     
Mrs. Wood recalled old times in Rayville, and stated that she had become deeply attached, also 
to Mangham, Buckner and Charlieville, where she had taught as a young lady.  She taught piano 
in Mangham, and in the other two communities had lived in homes of some of the older families, 
conducting classes for young children of the plantations there. Of interest to people who recall 
the Liddell family is her report on the "four little children," mentioned in Dr. Liddell’s 
obituary as surviving him.  She herself was one, and lives with her husband in Culberson, N. C..  
The other three are Moses Voley Liddell, and architect, now living in Long Island, N. Y.; 
Dr. T. C. Liddell, a physician in El Paso, Texas; and the late Louis Liddell, who was killed 
in a wreck in Douglas, Arizona.