THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, December 29, 1994 TAG: 9412290334
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B5 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: FRANKLIN LENGTH: Short : 34 lines
Franklin Rodman ``Monk'' Raiford, 73, of Sedley Road, died Tuesday, Dec. 27, 1994.
Mr. Raiford was a lifelong resident of Southampton County and was the son of the late Lloyd M. and Helen Joyner Raiford. He was a merchant marine during World War II and was the retired owner of Raiford's Used Cars and was vice president and timber cruiser for Bar Logging Co. He was a member of Burdette Baptist Church. Mr. Raiford, an avid deer hunter, was the former president of Burdette Hunt Club.
Survivors include his wife, Barbara (Polly) Scott Raiford; three sons, Franklin R. Raiford Jr. of Franklin, Joseph B. Raiford of Suffolk and Howard E. (Butch) Raiford of Franklin; four sisters, Lucille R. Wellons of College Park, Md., Hazel R. Rhodes of Windsor, Margaret R. Shenberger of Salem and Earnestine R. Watkins of Greensboro, N.C.; two brothers, Joseph Edmond Raiford of Norfolk and Merritt L. Raiford of Courtland; two step grandchildren, Jenny and Amy Campbell.
A graveside funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 30, 1994 at Poplar Spring Cemetery by the Rev. Joseph E. Talley and the Rev. Charles Shenberger. The family will receive friends at Wright Funeral Home from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today and suggests memorials be made to either the Burdette Baptist Church, 35490 Burdette Road, Franklin, Va. 23851 or the Franklin Rescue Squad.
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