Southampton-Greensville County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Spence, Myrtle B. Raiford, 1960 

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MYRTLE RAIFORD SPENCE

   EMPORIA - Mrs. Myrtle Raiford Spence, 47, of Emporia, formerly of 
Southampton County, died Tuesday night in Raiford Memorial Hospital after 
illness of many weeks.

   She was the wife of Frank Roy Spence of Emporia and a daughter of Allen 
and Mrs. Lizzie Joyner Raiford of Franklin.  She was a member of Corinth 
Friends Meeting House since childhood.

   Survivors, besides her husband and parents, are three daughters, Mrs. 
Mollie Harrup, Mrs. Peggie Richardson and Miss Brenda Delbridge of Emporia; 
two sons, George Thomas Delbridge and Joseph Edward Delbridge of Emporia; 
two grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Thomas Galtress and Mrs. Woodson 
Eanes of Franklin and Mrs. Dudley Raiford of Ivor, and one brother, Timothy 
Raiford of Franklin.

   A funeral service was held today at 2 p.m. at Holland Funeral Home, 
Franklin, by the Rev. James A. Coney, pastor of Corinth Friends Meeting 
House, and the Rev. Ira D. Hudgins, pastor of Franklin Baptist Church. 
Burial was in the family cemetery near Sedley.

   Pallbearers were Wilroy Stephenson, Elton Stephenson, Elton Raiford, 
Edgar Lowe, Shelton Lowe and Willie Stieh, Jr.


Myrtle Beatrice (RAIFORD DELBRIDGE; Mrs. Frank R.) SPENCE, of Emporia, 
formerly of Southampton Co., d. 20 Dec 1960, Franklin, age 47, 
interred in the family cemetery*, near Sedley, 22 Dec 1960, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Dec. 22, 1960, sect. 1, p. 2] 

*Location not known (Jun 2012) to the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project. 
Several siblings, most of whom died as children, are listed in her mother's 
   JOYNER family's cemetery- it's location is not known. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 8 (VIII-31):
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol8.txt 
At least one of her brothers, Junius A. (1912-1941) is buried in a RAIFORD 
   family cemetery, near Sedley, near the intersection of Drake & Cobb Rds. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (IV-28):
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt 

Additional information: 
Myrtle's father Robert Allen usually went by his middle name. 

Robert Allen Raiford, 24, s, Single, b.& res. Sout, 
   sn/o Aquilla and Juanita Bristow Raiford, Farmer
m. 12-26-1906 Beaton’s Chapel, So.Co., Va. by Rev. G.C. Smith
Lizzie Joyner, 17, Single, b. & res. Sout, 
   dt/o William Leonard and Clara Thomas Hundley Joyner
(Southampton Co. MB12:520; transcribed by Bruce Saunders. 
 Southampton Co. M.Reg. {BVS copy}, 1906 - #181.) 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb12pt.txt

Myrtle 1m. Joseph Edward DELBRIDGE (Sr.). 

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/s152m1ob.txt