Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Davis, Rayner E. Stephenson, 1952 

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RAYNOR* ELIZABETH STEPHENSON DAVIS

   Mrs. Raynor Elizabeth Davis, 86, a lifelong resident of the Berlin 
community, died at her home near Berlin on Friday, August 29, after an illness 
of several months.

   She was the widow of Clinton Lewis Davis, and the daughter of the late 
Richard Murrell and Martha Vick Stephenson of this county.  She was one of the 
oldest members of the Millfield Baptist Church, in which she served for many 
years.

   Surviving are a son, Garland Davis of Ivor; a brother, Edgar V. Stephenson, 
Sr., of Ivor; and two sisters, Mrs. Charles B. Kello of Norfolk and Mrs. F.H. 
Stephenson of Ivor.

   Funeral services for Mrs. Davis were held on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock 
at the graveside at the old home place near Berlin, with Rev. [...; illegible] 
Orrell, pastor of Millfield Baptist Church officiating [...; illegible] Lennon 
of Clover, Halifax County.

   The pallbearers were J. Woodard Jones, Charles B. Kello, Jr., Samuel B. 
Kello, Clarence M. Stephenson, Edgar V. Stephenson, Jr., and H.W. Stephenson. 
Honorary pallbearers were L.H. Babb, B.F. Boothe, L.H. Boothe, W.C. Bryant, 
A.R. Gardner, T.M. Pulley, W.C. Rawls, Roy Stephenson and H.W. Wade.


Raynor Elizabeth (STEPHENSON; Mrs. Clinton L.) DAVIS, 
lifelong resident of Berlin, d. 29 Aug 1952, at home, age 86, 
interred in the STEPHENSON family cemetery**, Appleton Rd., 31 Aug 1952, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Sep. 5, 1952, p. 13 

**Her parents also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (I-28B): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol1.txt 

We previous had them listed in Millfield Bapt.Ch. cem (MV-I-17 & -24). 

*Her marker gives Rayner, not Raynor, as does her husband's obit 
   ("Tidewater News," Aug. 18, 1939, p. 5), posted (with their marriage 
   record appended) at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/d120c2ob.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/southampton/obits/d120r1ob.txt