Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Raiford, Ella D. Hedgepeth, 1947 

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ELLA DORA HEDGEPETH RAIFORD

   Mrs. Ella Dora Raiford, 75, wife of W. Burgess Raiford of the Ivor 
community, died at her home Friday, August 8, after an illness of many months.

   She was the daughter of the late James and Levinia Holt Hedgepeth of this 
county and held membership in Corinth Friends Meeting.

   Besides her husband she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Kennon Strowd 
and Mrs. Lewis Griffith, both of Chapel Hill, N.C.; two sons, Herman C. 
Raiford of Charlotte, N.C, and Algie Raiford of Ivor; and three grandchildren.

   Funeral services were held Sunday at 3 p.m. at Corinth Meeting House, with 
the Rev. Edmund Bloom and the Rev. James R. Stein officiating.

   Burial was in Rosemont Cemetery, Sedley.


Ella Dora (HEDGEPETH; Mrs. W. Burgess) RAIFORD, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 8 Aug 1947, at home, Ivor, age 75, 
interred in Rosemont Cemetery*, Sedley, 10 Aug 1947, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 15, 1947, p. 7 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
    Rosemont list (S-58):
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/rosemont.txt 

Additional information: 

William Burgess Raiford, 25, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   s/o James Everett and Martha C. Johnson Raiford, Farmer 
m. 02-16-1896 Bride’s parents’ residence by Rev. W.B. James 
Ella Dora Hedgepeth, 23, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   d/o James B. and Lavenia N. Holt Hedgepeth 
(Southampton Co. MB8:532; transcribed by Bruce Saunders: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb08pt.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/r163e3ob.txt