Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Raiford, Lizzie Bradshaw, 1954 

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LIZZIE BRADSHAW RAIFORD 

   Mrs. Lizzie Bradshaw Raiford, 71, well-known resident of the Franklin 
community and the widow of the late Robert Hudson Raiford, of Franklin, 
died Tuesday, February 9.

   She was the daughter of the late Murdock and Elizabeth Raiford* Bradshaw, 
of Southampton County.  She was a member of the Burdette Baptist Church.

   Surviving are one son, Robert H. Raiford, Jr., of Franklin; three 
daughters, Mrs. T.E. Britt and Mrs. J.T. Parker, both of Carrsville, and 
Mrs. J.B. Horne, of Suffolk; eight grandchildren; one brother, Lee Bradshaw, 
of Franklin, and number of nieces and nephews.

   Funeral services were conducted from the W.J.M. Holland and Sons Chapel 
on Wednesday at 2 p.m.  The Rev. Edwin Thornton, pastor of the Beaver Dam 
Baptist Church, officiated.  Burial was in the Black Creek Church cemetery.

   Pallbearers were George Bradshaw, Reginald Bradshaw, Otis Rainey, Oscar 
Joyner, Hurley Clarke and Arthur C. Carr.


"Lizzie" Elizabeth (BRADSHAW; Mrs. R. Hudson) RAIFORD, of the Franklin area, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 9 Feb 1954, Franklin, age 71, 
interred in Black Creek Baptist Church Cemetery**, 10 Feb 1954, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 11, 1954 

**Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Black Creek list (BC-26): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/blkcrk.txt 

*Her father married 3 first cousins, of which Martha Elizabeth RAIFORD 
   was the first.  All four are buried in the Corinth Friends 
   (RAIFORD/BRADSHAW) Cemetery. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (MV-I-2&3).
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol1.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 16, 1948, p. 12) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r163h2ob.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/r163l4ob.txt