Catawba County NcArchives Obituaries.....Hatfield, Livius Lafayette 1955 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Bruce Saunders bs4403@verizon.net June 4, 2014, 7:00 am THE TIDEWATER NEWS – 11-17-1955, II-17 LIVIUS LAFAYETTE HATFIELD L.L. Hatfield, prominent resident of Hickory, N.C., and former resident of Franklin, died in a Hickory hospital on October 27, following a brief illness. He was born in Southampton County, near Black Creek, on April 16, 1876. Mr. Hatfield was the son of the late William B. Hatfield and Margaret Worrell Hatfield Raiford. He was educated in the schools of Southampton County, and was graduated from Eastman Business School, Purghkeepsie, N.Y. He spent seven years in the mercantile business in Franklin, prior to going with Carter Webster & Company of Baltimore. He traveled for the company for several years. In 1913 Mr. Hatfield and family moved to Hickory, N.C., and 1929 went with the Lily Mills of Shelby, N.C., as sales representative for the company, a position he held until his final illness. On July 25, 1905, Mr. Hatfield was married to the former Miss Lydia Parrish of Baltimore, who survives with one daughter, Mrs. Warren Chappell of Westport, Conn., and two sons, William Reid Hatfield of Hickory and Weston Hatfield, of Winston-Salem, N.C. Lansing Hatfield, another son, died about a year ago. He is also survived by several grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Mary Hatfield Beaton of Black Creek; and two half-brothers, Linwood T. Raiford and Claude G. Raiford, both of Alexandria. Mr. Hatfield’s death removed one of Hickory’s most interested civic leaders and one of the church’s most active workers. He had devoted a lifetime to church affairs, and was identified prominently in the South Fork Baptist Association. After moving to Hickory in 1913, Mr. Hatfield indentified himself immediately with the First Baptist Church. He was on the board of deacons over a period of years, and moderator of the South Fork Baptist Association for 17 years. As a member of the board of the Biblical Recorder, Mr. Hatfield gave untiringly of his time and service. For many years he taught the Fellowship class, composed of a group of young men. It was from this body that the active pallbearers were selected for his funeral. Although he had spent half of his life in Hickory, he was loved and will be remembered by all of those in this area who knew him. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/catawba/obits/h/hatfield2564ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb