Nansemond-Surry-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Raiford, Ashby G., 1970 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ ASHBY GORDON RAIFORD SUFFOLK - A funeral service for Ashby Gordon Raiford was conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. in Purviance Funeral Chapel, Wakefield, by the Rev. John Gettier and the Rev. J.L. McTeer. Burial was in Oakwood Cemetery, Surry. Pallbearers were Marvin Raiford, James Raiford, Charles Stallard, Kenneth West, Herman Butcher, James Jones, Paul Acey and Kem Kenneth Marr. Raiford, 65, of 200 Palmyra Drive, died in Louise Obici Memorial Hospital Thursday morning after a long illness. A native of Southampton County, he was a son of James P. and Mrs. Addie Morris Raiford and the husband of Mrs. Eva West Raiford. He was a member of Wakefield Baptist Church. Besides his widow, surviving are a son, Carl A. Raiford of Hampton; a sister, Mrs. Ruth R. Ward of Newport News; a brother, Marion J. Raiford of Ivor; and three grandchildren. Ashby Gordon RAIFORD, of Suffolk, Southampton Co. native, d. 26 Nov 1970, Suffolk, age 65, interred in Oakwood Cemetery*, Surry, 28 Nov 1970, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Dec. 3, 1970 *His in-laws, John E. & Mary A. "Minnie" (HATCH) WEST, are buried there also. Ashby's marker & a shorter funeral notice are pictured with his Find a Grave Memorial, #86721826. His parents are buried in Millfield Baptist Church Cemetery. Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (I-22): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol1.txt His father's obit ("Tidewater News," June 24, 1965, p. 14), with his marriage record record appended, is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r163j4ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/r163a4ob.txt