Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Raiford, Junius A., 1941 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ JUNIUS A. RAIFORD Funeral services for Junius A. Raiford, 29, son of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Raiford of Sedley, who died Monday, were conducted Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Sedley Baptist Church. The pastor, the Rev. John B. Isom, conducted the rites, assisted by the Rev. James R. Stein of Corinth. Pallbearers were Herman Barnes, Lee Raiford, Emmett Raiford, Maynard Pond, Clyde Eley, Jay Babb and Allen Saunders. Interment was in the family plot. In addition to his parents, Mr. Raiford is survived by four sisters, Miss Bernice Raiford of Sedley, Mrs. Thos. Galtress of Ivor, Mrs. Dudley Raiford of Ivor, Mrs. Edwin Delbridge of Emporia; a brother, Timothy Raiford of Sedley and several nieces and nephews. [Junius Aaron RAIFORD, d. 13 Oct 1941, age 29, interred in the RAIFORD family cemetery*, near Sedley, 15 Oct 1941, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 17, 1941] [*located near the intersection of Drake Rd. (Rt. 638) & Cobb Rd. (Rt. 642); original transcription, by Pat Holland, gave "Junious." Southampton County Historical Society, Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (IV-28): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt He is also given with his siblings, on the list for the JOYNER family cemetery- that of his mother's family, Southampton County Historical Society, Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 8 (VIII-31): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol8.txt] Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by William J. DelMonte (JazzyBill@aol.com) and Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r163j2ob.txt