Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Raiford, Elizabeth F. Babb, 1920 

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     Mrs. Elizabeth F. Raiford. 

  [Special to The Times-Dispatch.] 

  IVOR, VA., August 9. - The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Frances Raiford, whose 
death occurred at her home near here Saturday morning, took place at Corinth 
Friends Church, of which the deceased was a member, yesterday afternoon at 3 
o'clock. Rev. Lindley D. Clark, of Washington, D.C., officiating.  Interment 
was in the family cemetery. 

  She is survived by two sons, E. Paul Raiford, of Akron, Ohio, and Edward F. 
Raiford, of Newport News; four daughters, Mrs. W. S. Urquhart, of Sidley [sic; 
Sedley], and Misses Mabel V., Mary Law [sic; Lou] and Lula J. Raiford; two 
brothers, Dr. B.F. Babb and Cornelius T. Babb; and two sisters, Mrs. James M. 
Bradshaw and Mrs. Anna B. Raiford, also survive, besides a host of nieces, 
nephews and grandchildren. 

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DEATH OF MRS. E. J. RAIFORD 
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  Mrs. Elizabeth Frances Raiford, the wife of Mr. E.J. Raiford, one of the 
most prominent citizens of the Corinth community, died at her home near 
Corinth Saturday morning about 5 o'clock.  The deceased was a good and true 
wife and mother, a consistent member of Corinth Friends Church and a noble 
Christian character, who possessed a wide circle of friends and neighbors. 
She had been in failing health for some time, and had recently fractured 
her hip in a fall, which had confined her to her bed and hastened the end. 

  Mrs. Raiford, the daughter of John and Martha Babb, was born in Isle of 
Wight county February 14, 1861, moving to Southampton county in early 
childhood.  In May, 1883, she married Edward J. Raiford, who survives her. 
The deceased is survived by two sons, E. Paul Raiford of Akron, O., and 
Edward F. Raiford of Newport News; four daughters, Mrs. W.S. Urquhart of 
Sedley and Misses Mabel V., Mary Lou and Lula J. Raiford.  Two brothers, Dr. 
B.F. Babb and Cornelius T. Babb, and two sisters, Mrs. James M. Bradshaw and 
Mrs. Anna B. Raiford, also survive, besides a number of nieces, nephews and 
grandchildren. 

  The funeral services took place Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock and were held 
at Corinth Church by Rev. Lindley Clark of Washington, D.C., in the presence 
of a large company of sorrowing friends. 

  The active pallbearers were her three sons, E. Paul and Edward F. Raiford 
and W.S. Urquhart of Sedley, and nephews, Benj. T. Babb of Franklin, J.J. 
Bradshaw of Norfolk and Howard, Herbert and Levy Babb.  The honorary 
pallbearers were John C. Bradshaw, John E. Babb, Dr. R.L. Raiford, Charles 
Neave, Philip Raiford, Rowland Babb, James Wood and McCauley Babb. 


"Bettie" Elizabeth Frances (BABB; Mrs. Edward J.) RAIFORD, 
b. 14 Feb 1861, Isle of Wight Co., d. 7 Aug 1920, at home, Corinth, 
interred in Corinth Friends Meeting (RAIFORD/BRADSHAW) Cemetery*, 8 Aug 1920, 
"Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Aug. 10, 1920, p. 10, col. 5; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug 13, 1920, p. 1 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (I-5): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol1.txt 

Her husband remarried, but he is buried with Bettie.  His obit 
   ("Tidewater News," May 18, 1923, p. 10) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r163e6ob.txt 


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