Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Vitals.....Raiford, Margaret E. Worrell, 1937 

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Margaret Elizabeth "Betty" (WORRELL HATFIELD; Mrs. Giles) RAIFORD, 
   26 Sep 1856 - 5 Jan 1937, death certificate abstract 

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Certificate of Death, Vol. 1560, No. 2424 
Commonwealth of Virginia 
Department of Health 
Bureau of Vital Statistics {BVS} 

Place Of Death: Southampton Co.; 
Magisterial District of Jerusalem 
Registration District No. 873-A; Registered No. 1 

Full Name: Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth Raiford 
                Franklin, Va  R.F.D. 
                 or Zuni, Va  R.F.D. 
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Personal and Statistical Particulars 

Sex: Female 
Color or Race: White 
Widowed; Husband of: Widowed [sic*] 

Date of Birth: Sept. 26_1856 

Age: 81 Years, 3 Months, 10 Days 

Occupation- 
Trade: Housekeeper 

Birthplace: Virginia 

Father: 
-Name: Benjamin Worrell 
-Birthplace: Virginia 

Mother 
-Maiden Name: Amanda Turner 
-Birthplace: Virginia 

Informant: Mrs. E.H. Beaton* 
            Franklin, Va  R.F.D. 

Burial, Cremation, or Removal: Home place**, near Black Creek, Jan. 6, 1937 
Undertaker: W.J.M. Holland & Son 
               Franklin, Va 

Filed: Jan. 6, 1937 
Registrar: Mrs. O.J. High 
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Medical Certificate of Death 
Date of Death: 1- 5-  37 

I Hereby Certify, That I attended deceased from 12-24-36 to 1-3-37 
I last her alive on 1-3-37 
Death is said to have occurred, on date stated above, at 3:00 P.M. 

The Principal Cause of Death was as follows: 
Softening of the Brain     Date of onset: Nov 1936 (?) [sic] 
   (Age) 
[Health Dept. code] 82c 

Contributory (Secondary): age 

Name of operation: none  Date of [check mark] 
What test confirmed diagnosis? Symp. [Symptoms] 
Was there an autopsy? no 

Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased? no 

(Signed)  R.L. Raiford, M.D. 
             Franklin, Va. 
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Additional information: 
*She married twice: 
 William B. Hatfield, 25 widowed, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
    sn/o William & Sally Hatfield, Farmer 
 Margaret E. Worrell, 20 Single, b. & res. Southampton, 
    dt/o Benjamin & Sarah A. Worrell 
 m. 18 Aug 1874, at William Hatfield Senr:['s], Southampton Co., 
    by Jno. A. Watkins 
 m.lic. 17 Aug 1874, by clerk L.R. Edwards; 
    signed by William Hatfield for William B. Hatfield 
 Southampton Co. MB2:309; transcribed by Matt Harris 
 http://www.brantleyassociation.com/southampton_project/gallery/mar_bk_2/index4.html 

 Giles Raiford, 40 Single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
    sn/o Robert & Mary Raiford, Farmer 
 Margaret E. Hatfield, 25 widow, b. & res. Southampton, 
    dt/o Benjamin & Amanda Worrell 
 m. 26 May 1881, at William Hatfield['s], Southampton Co., 
    by John T. Kitchen 
 m.lic. 23 May 1881, by clerk L.R. Edwards 
 Southampton Co. MB4:332; transcribed by Matt Harris 
 http://www.brantleyassociation.com/southampton_project/gallery/mar_bk_4/index4.html 

Informant "Mrs. E.H. Beaton" was Betty's daughter, by her 1st marriage. 
 Edward Hunter Beaton, 23, Single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
    sn/o Robert and Lucy Ann Beale Beaton, Farmer
 m. 01-18-1900 Southampton Co., Va. by Rev. J.T. Kitchen
 Mary Anna Hatfield, 21, Single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
    dt/o William B. and Margaret E. Hatfield
 Southampton Co. MB10:112; transcribed by Bruce Saunders 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb10pt.txt] 

**Interred in the CORBITT family cemetery, located on One Mile Rd. (Rt. 627), 
    near Unity, with second husband Giles RAIFORD (1841-1898). 
 Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
    Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol 6: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol6.txt 

Obituary ("Tidewater News" {Franklin, VA}, Jan. 8, 1937) posted at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r163m3ob.txt 


The Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA 
Bureau Of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate 1937 1560-2424 

Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: 
Matt Harris, Zoobug64@aol.com (Dec 2011) [brackets mine] 

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