Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Raiford, Mary B. Howes, 1972 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ MARY B. HOWES RAIFORD Mrs. Mary H. Raiford, wife of E.W. Raiford, died February 19, 1972 in St. Petersburg, Fla. Graveside services will be held on Wednesday, April 26 at 1 p.m. in Poplar Spring cemetery.* In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Cancer Society. ****************************************************************************** MARY B. HOWES RAIFORD ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. - Mrs. Mary H. Raiford, 77, died Saturday, February 19, in a St. Petersburg Hospital. Born in Richmond, Indiana, she had resided in Ivor before moving to St. Petersburg 17 years ago. She was a member of Corinth Friends Meeting. Surviving are husband Elias W. Raiford and one brother Benjamin E. Howes of Richmond, Ind. Funeral and interment was in St. Petersburg with the Fred H. Kenfield Funeral Home in Charge of arrangements.* Mary B. (HOWES; Mrs. Elias W.) RAIFORD, Richmond, IN native, d. 19 Feb 1972, St. Petersburg, FL, age 78*, interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 131*), Franklin, 26 Apr 1972, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 20, 1972, Sect. A, p. 7; "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 2, 1972, Sect. A, p. 6 *Died a day shy of 78th birthday. Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r163m5ob.txt