Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Hedgepeth, Lavinia A. Holt, 1922 

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LAVINIA HEDGEPETH

   On Tuesday, August 29th, Mrs. Lavinia Hedgepeth of the Corinth community 
quietly and peacefully went to meet her Savior, after eight weeks of illness.

   Mrs. Hedgepeth was 82 years old and had lived in the Corinth community 
since her marriage to James Hedgepeth, 60 years ago.  From early childhood 
she had learned to trust her Savior.  No one ever knew her who did not know 
that her life was on that had long been dedicated to Christ.  She was ever a 
kind mother and a good neighbor.  The sick and needy were never forgotten and 
the community has sustained a great loss in the passing away of this beautiful 
life.

   She had been a faithful member of Corinth Friends Church since its 
foundation many years ago, never failing to attend meeting until declining 
health prevented.

   The deceased was the mother of four children*, three of whom preceded her 
to the grave several years ago.  She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. W.B. 
Raiford, and nine grandchildren, Misses Opie [sic; Okie] and Clementine 
Raiford of Ivor, Annie Maie Raiford of Sedley, Mrs. C.H. Bradshaw of Franklin, 
Emerson and Algie Raiford of Ivor, Herman Raiford of Nashville, Tenn., Johnnie 
Stephenson of Ivor and Arthur Stephenson of Haddonfield, N.J.

   Her funeral took place at Corinth Friends Church Wednesday afternoon, 
August 30, where many friends and relatives gathered to pay the last sad 
tribute of respect to one whom they loved so well.  The many floral tributes 
at her funeral showed the high esteem in which she was held by her neighbors. 
The body was laid to rest in the old family burying ground, and through her 
voice is silent in death, yet will the memory of her beautiful life remain 
with us for years to come.


Lavinia Ann (HOLT; Mrs. James B.) HEDGEPETH [HEDGPETH], of Corinth, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 29 Aug 1922, age circa 82*, 
funeral, Corinth Friends Meeting, 30 Aug 1922; 
interred in the family cemetery*; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Sep. 8, 1922, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Site not known (May 2018) to the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} 
   Cemetery Project.  Her daughter Maggie (HEDGEPETH STEPHENSON; Mrs. Kenneth 
   H.) RAIFORD's grave, in a field near Corinth, is known to have been plowed 
   over.  Kenneth's 1st wife - Maggie's sis "Annie" Anastacia - was likely 
   also buried there.

She is not marked in the Corinth Friends (RAIFORD/BRADSHAW) Cemetery, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (I-4): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol1.txt 

Her first name appears variously Levina, Levinia &c.  

D.Cert. 18989 (B&I #18) gives b. 1 Mar 1840. 

Hinshaw's Quaker records give b. 11 Mar 1842; m. 25 Feb 1865. 

The 1900 Census gives b. Feb 1841, m. 34 yrs, 4 of 6 children surviving; 
   she & her husband were enumerated with their son James X. HEDGPETH. 
   (dwl 131/fam 134, Berlin & Ivor Dist. {ed 55}, Southampton Co., VA - 
   Owning Free from mortgage Farm #99) 

"Vinie Hedspeth," age 70 appears widowed in the 1910 Census in Berlin & Ivor 
   Dist., Southampton Co., OFF #121 (dwl/fam. 182), on the "Road Leading 
   From the Black Water Bridge to Vicksville." 

Lavina Hedgepeth, age 77 appears widowed in the 1920 Census in Berlin & Ivor 
   Dist., Southampton Co., (p. 1B) OFF - Farmnot enumerated in the Farm 
   Schedule.  The first 9p. give the location as "X Road"; 
   p. 5B, "Ivor Courtland Road." 

The surviving daughter mentioned in the text, Ella Dora (Mrs. Wm. Burgess) 
   RAIFORD, is buried in Rosemont Cemetery, Sedley. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Rosemont list (S-58): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/rosemont.txt 

She was also survived by a step-daughter, Ada Jane (Mrs. William H.) RAIFORD, 
   who is buried in the Corinth Friends Cemetery (MV-I-7).  Ada is given as 
   Lavinia's child in the Quaker records.  See further notes appended to 
   Ada's obit ("Tidewater News," June 30, 1939, p. 1), posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r163a6ob.txt 


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