Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Raiford, Mary K., 1952 

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MARY KATHERINE RAIFORD 

Zuni 

Mary K. Raiford Buried Today 

  ZUNI, Sept. 3 - Mary Katherine Raiford, 8, died Monday at a Suffolk 
Hospital.  She is survived by her mother, Mrs. Viola Raiford Clark, and 
step-father, Frank Raby Clark; one sister, Hazel Mae Raiford, all of Zuni; 
her maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. R.L. Bradshaw, of Franklin and her 
paternal grandmother, Mrs. Eula Raiford of Suffolk.  The body was taken to 
the Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, and was taken to Tucker Swamp Baptist 
Church at 1 p.m. Wednesday.  Services were held in the church at 3 p.m. with 
the Rev. L.E. Holzbach officiating, assisted by the Rev. R.W. Stephenson. 
Burial was in the Bradshaw family cemetery near Sedley. 

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   MARY KATHERINE RAIFORD 

  Mary Katherine Raiford, eight-year-old daughter of Mrs. Viola Raiford Clark, 
died in Suffolk at 3:30 o'clock Monday afternoon, September 1. 

  The little girl is survived by her mother; her stepfather, Frank Raby Clark; 
a sister, Hazel Mae Raiford; her maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. R.L. 
Bradshaw; and her paternal grandmother, Mrs. Eula Raiford. 

  Funeral services were conducted on Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at 
Tucker Swamp Baptist Church by the pastor, Rev. L.E. Holzbach, and Rev. R.D. 
Stephenson.  The choir sang "Safe in the Arms of Jesus" and "Beautiful Valley 
of Eden."  Burial was in the Bradshaw family cemetery at Sedley. 

  Active pallbearers were Donald Bowden, R.L. Bradshaw, Alpha Cobb, Earl Cobb, 
McCoy Fowler and J.J. Harrison, Jr.  Honorary pallbearers were members of the 
little girl's Sunday School class. 


Mary Katherine RAIFORD, daughter of C. Vinson & Viola E. (BRADSHAW) RAIFORD, 
b. 20 Mar 1944, Southampton Co., d. 1 Sep 1952, Southampton Co., 
interred in the POND (BRADSHAW) family cemetery*, Harris Rd., 3 Sep 1952, 
marked in Southampton Memorial Park (Devotion I, Plot 172*), 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 30, No. 209, Wed., Sep. 3, 1952, p. 2; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 47, No. 46, Fri., Sep. 5, 1952, p. 8 

*Additional information: 

Presumably buried with Viola's parents Rbt. Lee & "Myra" Almira J. (POND) 
   BRADSHAW.  Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (MV-I-72/73): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol1.txt 

Marked with her mother Viola E. (BRADSHAW RAIFORD; Mrs. Frank Raby) CLARK. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Southampton Memorial Park list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/somempk.txt 

She shares a flat bronze marker with her father, Claude Vinson RAIFORD; 
   it is unclear if either were actually moved there.  Photos of her marker - 
   added by Cyndi Harrison - are posted with Find a Grave Memorial #88033025. 

D.Cert. 21771 (Chuckatuck #284) 

Her father (1911 - 1946) was buried with his parents Kenneth Henry & Eula 
   Elizabeth (BEATON) RAIFORD in Black Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Black Creek list (BC-25/26): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/blkcrk.txt 


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