Southampton-Albemarle County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Raiford, Lora K. Burgess, 1963 

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LORA KATHERINE BURGESS RAIFORD

   Mrs. Lora Burgess Raiford, 83 years of age, widow of Dr. Rufus L. 
Raiford, founder of the Raiford Memorial Hospital of Franklin, died 
in Atlanta Nursing Home early Friday morning after a short illness. 
She was a native of Scottsville, Albemarle County, Virginia and the 
daughter of the late Daniel Morgan and Mrs. Mary Abigail Smith Burgess.

   She was married to Dr. Rufus L. Raiford in 1906, they lived in Sedley, 
Va., and in 1929 founded the Raiford Memorial Hospital in Franklin.  She 
was a member of the High Street Methodist Church.

   Surviving her are two sons and one foster son, Dr. Morgan S. Raiford 
of Atlanta, Dr. Fletcher L. Raiford of Henderson, N.C., and Fred O’Dell 
[sic; Odell*] of Richmond.  Eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

   A funeral service was conducted at the grave in Poplar Spring Cemetery 
on Sunday at 2 p.m. by the Rev. Gilliam C. Bentley pastor of High Street 
Methodist Church.

   Pallbearers were: Dr. T.A. Morgan, Dr. J.W. Lambdin, Dr. Henry L. 
Gardner, Jr., Dr. Kurt Hirsch, Dr. Gordon Birdsong, G.E. Pillow, Jesse 
Reel and Dr. James P. Broaddus.


Lora Katherine (BURGESS; Mrs. Rufus L.) RAIFORD, 
Scottsville native, d. 5 Apr 1963, Atlanta, age 83, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 131**), Franklin, 
   7 Apr 1963, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 11, 1963, Sect. I, p. 6 

**Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list:
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

*ODELL should not carry apostrophe.  Fred was the son of Lora's sister Grace, 
   who died when Fred was 3; both are buried in Rosemont Cemetery, Sedley. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Rosemont list (S-51):
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/rosemont.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," July 2, 1948, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r163r1ob.txt 


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