Family
Raiford was the youngest of eight siblings born to Ernest E. and Nannie Tillery Raiford of Greensboro, North Carolina, and the brother of lawman and humanitarian Conrad L. Raiford.
Raiford was married to Edith Leoni of Italy, with whom he bore a son, Kim Leoni Raiford. After Raiford and Leoni divorced, he married Shirley Arleen Clarke of New York; his blended family now included Robert, Susan and Timothy James, all of whom Raiford helped rear from youth. Following his and Clarke's divorce, Raiford married Rosemary Paul of New York.
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