Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Raiford, R. Wesley, 1940 

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ROBERT WESLEY RAIFORD

   Wesley Raiford, 54, farmer of the Walters community, died December 27 at 
the home of his sister, Mrs. J.H. English, after a lingering illness.  Mr. 
Raiford was the son of the late Jethro and Mrs. Mary Duke Raiford.  He was a 
member of Mt. Carmel Christian Church, where he served as deacon.  He was also 
a member of the Woodmen of the World and a World War veteran.

   Funeral services were conducted at Mt. Carmel Christian Church Sunday 
afternoon, December 29, at 2:30 o’clock by the Rev. T.F. Wright.  Pallbearers 
were: C.C. Bland, O.B. Joyner, Julian Carr, R.T. Bowden, F.H. Johnson, C.H. 
Joyner, John Bradshaw and E.W. Beale.


Robert Wesley RAIFORD, of Walters, farmer and WW-I veteran, 
d. 27 Dec 1940, at sister's home, age 54, 
interred in Mt. Carmel Christian Church Cemetery*, Walters, 29 Dec 1940, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 3, 1941 

*Mount Carmel list - an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/mtcarmel.txt 

Additional information: 

His surname was often spelled RAYFORD in earlier generations in Isle of 
   Wight Co. 

The obit ("Tidewater News," Sep. 26, 1957, Sect. II, p. 3) of his brother-in-
   law Joseph H. ENGLISH, Jr., is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/e524j1ob.txt 

Wesley served as a pallbearer for Joseph's bro John Thomas ENGLISH, whose obit 
   ("The Tidewater News," Mar. 8, 1929, p. 10) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/e524j2ob.txt 


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William J. DelMonte (JazzyBill@aol.com) and 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

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