Dorothy Shope Raiford

Mrs. Dorothy Shope Raiford, 85, 7258 U. S. Hwy. 158 Stokesdale, N.C., and formerly of Statesville, N.C., died Wednesday evening at Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro. Born in Somerset County, Pennsylvania on June 21, 1927, she was a daughter of the late Mearle Gordon Shope and Reba Lowdermilk Shope. She was an R.N. at Davis Hospital prior to retirement and served in the U.S. Air Force at a First Lt. and R.N. She was a member of Galax Presbyterian Church in Galax, Va., and enjoyed being a grandmother, reading, knitting and baking. She was preceded in death by a son, Claude Raiford, III. On January 17, 1952, she married Mr. Claude E. Raiford, Jr. who survives.

Also surviving are sons: Richard Raiford (Elizabeth) of Carmel, Indiana, Rev. David Raiford (Jeannie) of Kannapolis, N.C. and Philip Raiford (Gretchen) of Eden, N.C. Also surviving are a brother, Richard Shope of Fairhaven, Mass., ten grandchildren and six great grandchildren.

Services celebrating Dorothy's life will be conducted at 2:00 P.M. Monday, May 20, 2013 at the Westmoreland Chapel of Bunch-Johnson Funeral Home with Dr. Tom Whartenby officiating. Burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. Sunday evening and from 1:00 until 2:00 Monday afternoon at Bunch-Johnson Funeral Home.

Condolences may be sent online to the family at www.bunchjohnsonfuneralhome.com. Memorials may be given to Galax Presbyterian Church P.O. Box 2, Galax, Va. 24333 or to the Hospice of the donor's choice. Bunch-Johnson Funeral Home is entrusted with the arrangements.