Obituary of MARY BETTY GALTRESS RAIFORD LANIER ADAMS The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) - Friday, January 6, 1995 Mary Betty Adams, 89, of Froggy Hollow Drive, died Thursday, Jan. 5, 1995. Mrs. Adams, a native of Southampton County, was retired as a nurse's aide. She was a member of Sedley Baptist Church and Virginia Rebekah Lodge (NU)13, Norfolk. She was the widow of Lewis B. Adams and was the daughter of the late William Richard and Tina Raiford Galtress. Survivors include a daughter, Mildred R. Cornett, and a son, Rudolph T. Raiford, both of Sedley; three stepchildren, Isabell Hartman of Virginia Beach and Norman Adams and Bobby Adams of Norfolk; three sisters, Martha G. Duke of Ivor, Dorothy G. Denson of Suffolk and Jean G. Vaughan of Franklin; three brothers, Thomas Galtress of Franklin, R. Alton Galtress of Sedley and George H. Galtress of Carrsville; 21 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Adams was predeceased by four children, Harold E. Raiford, Roland V. Raiford, Francis N. Raiford and Randolph T. Raiford. The funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday in Wright Funeral Home, Franklin, by the Rev. David Johnson. Burial will be at Black Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today and suggest memorials be made to Sedley Baptist Church Building Fund or the Courtland or Ivor Rescue Squads. Edition: FINAL Section: LOCAL Page: B4 Mary Elizabeth, born October 20, 1905 The 1st child of Willie & Tena Galtress[The Galtress Post Edition 4, October 20, 1991] "The first thing I remember clearly was when I was 5 years old I walked to school with a teacher that boarded with a family that lived near us, as she was afraid to walk the one mile to school by herself. I wasn't allowed to study, but I had a cloth book of my own that I took to school, and I learned everything that was in it by heart. It was a one-room school at Vicksville, and the one teacher taught grades 1 through 7. I remember World War I, and the depression. We never went hungry, but food was awful scarce sometimes. We took our lunch to school and would sit at our desk to eat it in cold weather, in warm weather we took our lunches outside to eat. I remember when Model T Fords were real Poplar, and when people could let their animals go loose anywhere they wanted to. We had a milk cow that was in the road and a Model T hit her, and broke her right front leg. Papa and some neighbors put the front of her body in a sling and fastened it to a big tree limb, and she stayed lifted up until she healed. After she got well she limped but walked well enough to be a good milk cow again. Her name was "Lucy". I remember when our barn burned down, and one of our mules was burned to death and another one was burned real bad, but Papa doctored it back to where it was well. Her name was "Rhoda". I remember when Grandpa Galtress built us a new barn. In 1918 they did away with the Vicksville one-room schoolhouse and we had to walk 3 miles to Berlin School. There were no school busses until about 1926. A lot of the time in the fall we children had to stay home from school to pick cotton. I remember when we had devotions every morning in school. Grandmother Raiford lived with us all of our lives until she died in June of 1924, she was 82 years old." ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** Narrative summary of the obituary ––– Narrative Summary of the Obituary ––– Mary Betty Galtress Raiford Lanier Adams died 5 Jan 1995 at age 89, leaving children, stepchildren, siblings, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Funeral services for Mary Betty Galtress Raiford Lanier Adams were held 7 Jan 1995 at Wright Funeral Home in Franklin, with burial at Black Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, officiated by Rev. David Johnson. ** TRANSCRIPT** ––– Transcript ––– MARY BETTY GALTRESS RAIFORD LANIER ADAMS The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) - Friday, January 6, 1995 Mary Betty Adams, 89, of Froggy Hollow Drive, died Thursday, Jan. 5, 1995. Mrs. Adams, a native of Southampton County, was retired as a nurse's aide. She was a member of Sedley Baptist Church and Virginia Rebekah Lodge (NU)13, Norfolk. She was the widow of Lewis B. Adams and was the daughter of the late William Richard and Tina Raiford Galtress. Survivors include a daughter, Mildred R. Cornett, and a son, Rudolph T. Raiford, both of Sedley; three stepchildren, Isabell Hartman of Virginia Beach and Norman Adams and Bobby Adams of Norfolk; three sisters, Martha G. Duke of Ivor, Dorothy G. Denson of Suffolk and Jean G. Vaughan of Franklin; three brothers, Thomas Galtress of Franklin, R. Alton Galtress of Sedley and George H. Galtress of Carrsville; 21 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Adams was predeceased by four children, Harold E. Raiford, Roland V. Raiford, Francis N. Raiford and Randolph T. Raiford. The funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday in Wright Funeral Home, Franklin, by the Rev. David Johnson. Burial will be at Black Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today and suggest memorials be made to Sedley Baptist Church Building Fund or the Courtland or Ivor Rescue Squads. Mary Elizabeth, born October 20, 1905 The 1st child of Willie & Tena Galtress[The Galtress Post Edition 4, October 20, 1991] "The first thing I remember clearly was when I was 5 years old I walked to school with a teacher that boarded with a family that lived near us, as she was afraid to walk the one mile to school by herself. I wasn't allowed to study, but I had a cloth book of my own that I took to school, and I learned everything that was in it by heart. It was a one-room school at Vicksville, and the one teacher taught grades 1 through 7. I remember World War I, and the depression. We never went hungry, but food was awful scarce sometimes. We took our lunch to school and would sit at our desk to eat it in cold weather, in warm weather we took our lunches outside to eat. I remember when Model T Fords were real Poplar, and when people could let their animals go loose anywhere they wanted to. We had a milk cow that was in the road and a Model T hit her, and broke her right front leg. Papa and some neighbors put the front of her body in a sling and fastened it to a big tree limb, and she stayed lifted up until she healed. After she got well she limped but walked well enough to be a good milk cow again. Her name was "Lucy". I remember when our barn burned down, and one of our mules was burned to death and another one was burned real bad, but Papa doctored it back to where it was well. Her name was "Rhoda". I remember when Grandpa Galtress built us a new barn. In 1918 they did away with the Vicksville one-room schoolhouse and we had to walk 3 miles to Berlin School. There were no school busses until about 1926. A lot of the time in the fall we children had to stay home from school to pick cotton. I remember when we had devotions every morning in school. Grandmother Raiford lived with us all of our lives until she died in June of 1924, she was 82 years old." Vital Statistics ––– Vital Statistics ––– |----------------------------------------------------------| | Name | Value | | Name | Value | | Name | Mary Betty Galtress Raiford Lanier Adams | | Age | 89 years | | Birth | About 1905; [89 years before 1994] | | Death | 5 January 1995; [location not explicitly stated] | |----------------------------------------------------------| ** Table of Relationships ––– Table of Relationships ––– |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Name | Relationship | Residence | | Name | Relationship | Residence | | Mary Betty Galtress Raiford Lanier Adams | Decedent | Froggy Hollow Drive | | Lewis B. Adams | Husband, predeceased | Not stated | | William Richard Galtress | Father, predeceased | Not stated | | Tina Raiford Galtress | Mother, predeceased | Not stated | | Mildred R. Cornett | Daughter, survivor | Sedley | | Rudolph T. Raiford | Son, survivor | Sedley | | Isabell Hartman | Stepchild, survivor | Virginia Beach | | Norman Adams | Stepchild, survivor | Norfolk | | Bobby Adams | Stepchild, survivor | Norfolk | | Martha G. Duke | Sister, survivor | Ivor | | Dorothy G. Denson | Sister, survivor | Suffolk | | Jean G. Vaughan | Sister, survivor | Franklin | | Thomas Galtress | Brother, survivor | Franklin | | R. Alton Galtress | Brother, survivor | Sedley | | George H. Galtress | Brother, survivor | Carrsville | | Harold E. Raiford | Child, predeceased | Not stated | | Roland V. Raiford | Child, predeceased | Not stated | | Francis N. Raiford | Child, predeceased | Not stated | | Randolph T. Raiford | Child, predeceased | Not stated | | Rev. David Johnson | Funeral officiant | Franklin | |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ** Publication Details ––– Publication Details ––– |---------------------------------| | Field | Value | | Field | Value | | Location | Norfolk, Virginia | | Name | The Virginian-Pilot | | Date | 6 January 1995 | | Edition | FINAL | | Section | LOCAL | | Page | B4 | |---------------------------------| [Contributed by Bruce Saunders, bs4403@verizon.net] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may have contributed to the creation of this text. Please verify critical information, as AI-generated content can include errors.] [This file is https://go-stp.com/BruceObituaries/ShowText.html?Adams, Mary Betty Galtress Raiford Lanier.txt]