Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Raiford, W. Henry, 1969 

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HENRY W. RAIFORD 

  Henry William Raiford, 53, died Monday at 11:45 a.m. in his home on Route 3. 

  A native of Southampton County, he was a member of Trinity Christian Church, 
Suffolk.  He was an Army veteran of World War II. 

  He was the husband of Mrs. Thelma Pope Raiford and a son of the late Kenneth 
Henry and Mrs. Eula Baton [sic; Beaton] Raiford. 

  He was a pipefitter at St. Juliens Creek Naval Ammunition Depot. 

  Besides his widow, surviving are a daughter, Miss Cynthia Sue Raiford, and a 
son, Charlie Kenneth Raiford, both of the home; two sisters, Mrs. Charles Holt 
of Franklin and Mrs. Joseph Simmons of Selma, N.C.; a brother, John J. Raiford 
of Portsmouth; and a half brother, Emerson Raiford of Maysville, N.C. 

  A funeral service will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in I.O. Hill & Co. 
Funeral Home by the Rev. Earl J. Spring and Dr. R.E. Brittle.  Burial will be 
in Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens with military rites at the graveside. 

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HENRY WILLIAM RAIFORD 

  A funeral service for Henry William Raiford, who died Monday, was conducted 
at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the I.O. Hill & Co. Funeral Home by the Rev. Earl J. 
Spring and Dr. R.E. Brittle.  Burial was in Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens, 
near Driver. 

  Pallbearers were Grady J. Jenkins, McCoy Hicks, R.W. Weaver, Hayes Harrell, 
Carroll Riddick, G. Garland Coble, Garland A. Holland and E.R. Rodgers. 


William 'Henry' RAIFORD, pipefitter, Army veteran of WW-II, 
b. 23 Feb 1916, Southampton Co., suicide 18 Aug 1969, Suffolk, 
interred in Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens*, Driver, 20 Aug 1969, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 47, No. 198, Tues., Aug. 19, 1969, p. 8; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 47, No. 200, Thurs., Aug. 21, 1969, p. 14 

*Additional information: 

A photo of his grave marker - added by Joe Colby - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #108769872. 

D.Cert. 69-024806 

His parents, Kenneth Henry & Eula Holmes (BEATON) RAIFORD, 
   are buried in Black Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Black Creek list (BC-26): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/blkcrk.txt 


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