Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Vitals.....Raiford, Rufus L., 1928 

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Rufus Leslie RAIFORD, 29 Jan 1928 - 5 Jul 1928, 
   death certificate abstract 

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Certificate of Death, Vol. 995, No. 17309 
Commonwealth of Virginia 
Department of Health 
Bureau of Vital Statistics {BVS} 

Place Of Death: Southampton Co. 
Magisterial District of Berlin & Ivor 
Registration District No. 875B 
Registered No. 9 


Full Name: Rufus Raiford 
Residence: Ivor, Va.  R.F.D. 
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Personal and Statistical Particulars 

Sex: M [Male] 
Color or Race: W [White] 
Single 
Date of Birth: Jan - 29. 1928 
Age: 5 Months, 6 Days 

Occupation: [check mark] 

Birthplace: Va. 

Father: 
-Name: Allen Raiford 
-Birthplace: Va. 

Mother 
-Maiden Name: Lizzie Joyner 
-Birthplace: Va. 

Informant: Dudley Raiford 
             Ivor, Va.  R.D. 

Filed: July 7, 1928 
Registrar: L.H. Babb 
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Medical Certificate of Death 
Date of Death: 7-5- 1928 

I Hereby Certify, 
That I attended deceased from 7-1- 1928 to 7-5- 1928 
That I last him alive on 7-5- 1928 
Death is said to have occurred, on the date stated above, at 9:30 P.M. 

The Cause of Death was as follows: 
      IlleoColitis [Health Dept. code 113]; Duration: 10 ds. 

Contributory: 
Bronchitis; Duration: 3 ds. 

Where was disease contracted if not at place of death? [check mark] 
Did an operation precede death? no  Date of [check mark] 
Was there an autopsy? no 
What test confirmed diagnosis? - 

(signed) R.L. Raiford, M.D., 
[not dated]  Sedley, Va. 

Burial: Family Burial Place, near Sedley*, 7-6-28 
Undertaker: William Joyner 
               Ivor, Va.  R.D. 

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The Library of Virginia (LVA), Richmond, VA 
Bureau Of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate 1928-995-17309 

Additional information: 
*Though unmarked, possibly buried with bro Junius Aaron (1912-1941), in a 
RAIFORD family cemetery, located near the intersection of Drake Rd. (Rt. 638) 
and Cobb Rd. (Rt. 642), about a mile SE of Sedley. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
      Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (IV-28): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt 
The children of Robert Allen & Lizzie May (JOYNER) RAIFORD are listed in a 
JOYNER family cemetery, location not given. (source for Rufus' middle name.) 
      Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 8 (VIII-31): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol8.txt 

Robert Allen Raiford, 24, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   sn/o Aquilla and Juanita Bristow Raiford, Farmer
Lizzie Joyner, 17, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   dt/o William Leonard and Clara Thomas Hundley Joyner
m. 26 Dec 1906, Beaton’s Chapel, Southampton Co., by Rev. G.C. Smith 
Southampton Co. MB12:520 {also, M.Reg., BVS copy, 1906/181} 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb12pt.txt 

The informant was Dudley Jack RAIFORD (1904-1978), who 
m. 16 Jun 1926 (Southampton M.Reg., BVS copy, 1926/107) 
Rufus' sis Stella Mae RAIFORD (1910-1998) - they were second cousins. 


Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: 
Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com) [brackets mine] 

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