The Virginian-Pilot
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DATE: Thursday, November 24, 1994            TAG: 9411240554
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B15  EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: ROCKY MOUNT                        LENGTH: Short :   26 lines

JESSIE B. WILLIFORD

Jessie Boyd Williford, 85, died Tuesday, Nov. 22, 1994.

He was born Oct. 17, 1909, in Wilson County, son of the late Charles D. and Mary Ethridge Williford. He was a retired Rocky Mount police officer and a member of Calvary Baptist Church.

Survivors include two sons, J.B. Williford Jr. of Poquoson, Va., and Danny E. Williford of Chesapeake; three sisters, Mamie Farmer of Wilmington, Annette Bailey of Saratoga and Gladys Worrell of Goldsboro; and five grandchildren, Scott Williford, Amanda Williford, Nikki Williford, Clifford Williford and Chris Williford.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Johnson Funeral Home, Sunset Ave. Chapel, with Dr. Harry Fowler officiating. Burial will follow in Pineview Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today in the funeral home and other times at the home, 612 S. Tillery St.

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