Minnie Elder Weatherford


Minnie Elder Weatherford died Feb. 2, 2015. She was born in Halifax County on July 8, 1939, a daughter of the late Willie D. Elder and Minnie Singleton Elder. She was married to the late Willie Weatherford.

Ms. Weatherford is survived by one daughter, Donna Wilson and two sons, Kenneth and Donald Weatherford, all of Richmond; six grandchildren, Derek Wilson, Shawna Wilson Kranz, Tabitha, Allen Michael, Brittney and Brandon Weatherford, all of Richmond; two great-grandchildren, Keegan Wilson and Claudia Kranz; two sisters, Beatrice Fears of Danville and Estella Guill of Nathalie and a beloved sister-in-law, Brenda Elder of Nathalie; and a number of nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by one son, Thomas Wayne Weatherford, five brothers, James “Jim”, Arthur Lacy, Roy Edward, Barkley Jr. and Howard Wentford Elder and three sisters, Susan Tanksley, Valley Mae Moorefield and Hazel Butler Wright.

Memorial services will be held Thursday, Feb. 19 at 1 p.m. at Childrey Baptist Church, Nathalie, with Rev. Jerry Stanfield conducting the service.

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