Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Raiford, Anna Babb, 1930 

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Mrs. ANNA B. RAIFORD 

Ivor, Va., July 23 - Mrs. Anna B. Raiford, widow of the Rev. Mills E. Raiford, 
died Saturday July 19, in the 78th year of her age.  She was born in Isle of 
Wight County, near Windsor November 13, 1852.  She was a member of Corinth 
Friend's Church.  She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Charles E. Neave, 
three grandsons, William, Walter and Edward Neave, one nephew, Herbert Babb, 
and one brother, Dr. B.F. Babb, all of Ivor.  The funeral was held at Corinth 
Monday afternoon and interment was in the family cemetery nearby. 

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ANNA BABB RAIFORD

   Mrs. Anna B. Raiford, one of the pioneer Friends of the Corinth community, 
passed away at her home Saturday, July 19, in her 78th year.  She was born in 
Isle of Wight County, Va., one of 7 children of John and Martha Babb.  She was 
married in 1878 to Mills E. Raiford, who died in 1914, and to this union one 
daughter was born.  A nephew, Herbert H. Babb, was reared in this home, as a 
son, and continued to make a home for her during her life time.  A number of 
other young people were given a home for longer or shorter periods of time, 
that they might have better educational advantages. 

   She was devoted to her church and a faithful attendant so long as health 
permitted.  She had been in failing health for some time, but her cheerful, 
loving spirit and firm faith in God as her personal Savior and Friend, 
brightened all her days and cheered all who came in contact with her. 

   Surviving her besides her nephew, Herbert H. Babb and the daughter Mrs. 
Charles E. Neave, are three grandsons, one brother, Dr. B.F. Babb of Ivor and 
a large number of nephews and nieces. 


Anna (BABB; Mrs. Mills E.) RAIFORD, 
b. 13 Nov 1852, near Windsor, d. 19 Jul 1930, at home, Corinth, 
interred in Corinth Friends Meeting (RAIFORD/BRADSHAW) Cemetery*, 
"The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," July 24, 1930; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 25, 1930 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (I-6): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol1.txt 

Additional information: 

Mills E. Raiford, 26, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   sn/o Philip & T. Raiford, [occ: blank] 
Anna Babb, 25, single, b. Isle of Wight Co., res. Southampton Co., 
   dt/o John & Martha Babb 
m.lic. 27 Dec 1877, by clerk L.R. Edwards 
I Certify, That on the 2.d day of the first month 1878, at 
Black creek meeting house, they took each other in Marriage 
according to the order of the Society of friends, 
under authority of the annexed License. 
                                            John Pretlow  F Clerk 
(Southampton Co. MB3:219) 
{mis-indexed "Raeford" by Brantley Southampton Project} 


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