Holmes County Herald

Lexington Native In Who's Who

EDITOR'S NOTE: Herbert, Raford Watson, native of Lexington now with the Foreign Service, has been named in Who's Who in America, for his distinguished record with the Service on foreign soil. Below is contents of his biography which appears in the Who's Who book. The Dyer house, of which Mrs. Eloise Watson Herbert, Raford's mother, writes about, is pictured above.

RAFORD WATSON HERBERT IN WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA

Herbert, Raford Watson, Foreign Service officer, born in Lexington, March 11, 1915, son of John Garrott and Eloise Watson Herbert; B. A. Southwestern College, Memphis, Tenn., 1936; LL.B. Georgetown University 1940: married Patricia Elizabeth Thompson December 11, 1945: children, Lucinda Jane. Penelope Elizabeth, Clive Raford; with Department of Justice 1940-1942; Vice Consul Mendoza, Rosario, also Buenos Aires, Argentina 1943-46; Political attache American Embassy Montevideo Uruguay 1947-49; Special Assistant to American Ambassador Rio de Janeiro. Brazil 1950-52; 1st Secretary of American Embassy, Santiago, Chile 1955; Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Omicron Delta Kappa: Home Lexington, Miss.; office, American Embassy, Santiago, Chile.

Holmes county data: John Garrott Herbert. Sr.. Raford's father, died in 1951. His maternal grandparents were Dr. James Raford Watson and Fannie Lansdale Dyer. Raford is named for his grandfather. His great grandparents on his grandmother's side, Mrs. J. R. Watson, were Mr. James M. Dyer and his wife Melissa Lansdale, daughter of Judge and Mrs. Lansdale. James M. Dyer is recorded in Archives of Miss. for the period of Secession and War between the states He is in the History of Miss. Mr. Dyer was one of the foremost lawyers in the state. The Dyer home of that period was built by the same English architect, as the first capitol of Miss. and the architect is buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery in Lexington. The home of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Dyer. after their death was donated to Lexington in later years by their estate, and was known (ironically)as "Terry Stone'. It's reputation was state wide as an educational and cultural part of the history of Lexington.

Eloise Watson Herbert, Raford's mother's home is at 102 College Street. Raford and Patsy Herbert, have a home in Chevy Chase, Md.

All reports seem to agree, that the earthquakes in Chile in the latter part of May and June were probably the greatest in recorded history. The gratitude of the Chileans, to the United States and other countries shows what a basically fine people they are.