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Daughter of Marion Hitchcock & Regina McDowell
Wife of Jesse Stafford
STAFFORD, Grace (Hitchcock)
1887-1953
Services Held Tuesday for Local Woman Mrs. Grace Hitchcock Stafford, 66, well-known resident of this city, died Sunday afternoon in a local hospital following an illness of several years. The daughter of Marion and Reginia McDowell Hitchcock, she was born in this county, February 3, 1887. she was a member of the First Methodist Church. Known throughout-the community as "Ma", she was a friend to all who knew her. Loyalty and devotion to her friends was synonymous with her name. She operated the Central Restaurant on Court Street for a number of years prior to her illness. Surviving are one brother, Eveett Hitchcock, Shinnston, W. Va., one half-sister, Mrs. Beaulah Roberts, city, one half-brother, Clyde Melvin of Missouri, a step sister, Mrs. Lydia McKenzie, city, Mrs. W. E. Roberts and Betty Lou Gambill, both of this city, whom she reared. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the First Methodist Church with the Rev. W. f. Pettus officiating. Burial was made in the Stafford cemetery under the direction of the Paintsville Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald 9-30-1953
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1887 - 1953 (66 years)
