Southampton-Prince Edward County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Raikes, Benjamin L., 1936 

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BENJAMIN L. RAIKES 

   Benjamin L. Raikes, 64, died at his home in Ivor January 19, following a 
brief illness.  He was a native of Prince Edward County, Virginia, and had 
been track foreman for the Norfolk & Western Railway at Ivor for 32 years, 
where he was a highly-esteemed citizen and a consistent member of the Ivor 
Baptist Church, quiet and reserved in his demeanor, charitable in his deeds 
and a man numbering many friends. 

   Mr. Raikes is survived by his wife, Mrs. Annie Harper Raikes; two sisters, 
Mrs. D.E. Bagby of Blackstone and Mrs. B.S. Oliver of Hampton-Sydney, and one 
brother, M.G. Raikes of Roanoke. 

   Funeral services were conducted at the grave in the Ivor cemetery by his 
Pastor, Rev. N.F. Jacobs, assisted by Rev. L.F. Callaham of the Methodist 
Church.  "Faith of Our Fathers" was sung by the choir, and the pallbearers 
were: R.E. Stewart, A.R. Gardner, G.C. Niblett, L.T. Saunders, W.P. Johnson, 
C.A. Holt, W.B. Smith, D.H. Pulley, H.S. Boone and W.C. Rawls. 


Benjamin Leigh RAIKES, retired N&W R.R. track foreman, 
Prince Edward Co. native, d. 19 Jan 1936, at home, Ivor, age 64, 
interred in Ivor Cemetery*, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 24, 1936, p. 5 

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


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