Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bradshaw, Peter C., 1928 

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RHODA ELIZABETH LANKFORD BRADSHAW 

WALTERS NEWS 
Mrs. Floyd Carr 
[...] 

  The Walters people share their deepest sympathy with the families of the 
Rev. Elisha Bradshaw and Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Bradshaw in the sad hours caused 
by the death of the former's mother, Mrs. Rhoda Bradshaw, Tuesday. 

[...] 

  Mr. and Mrs. Shelton Carr arrived Tuesday to attend the funeral of Mrs. 
Carr's grandmother, Mrs. Rhoda Bradshaw. 

[...] 

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MRS. RHODA L. BRADSHAW 

  Mrs. Rhoda Lankford Bradshaw, 84, widow of John Bradshaw, died at her home 
in Isle of Wight County Tuesday.  She is survived by two sons, the Rev. Elisha 
Bradshaw and Johnnie Bradshaw, of Walters; four daughters, Mrs. Flora Joyner 
and Mrs. F.A. Whitley of Carrsville; Mrs. B.W. Daughtrey and Mrs. Charlie 
Daughtrey of Franklin; one brother, Elihu Lankford; one sister, Mrs. Jane Duke 
of Carrsville; 15 grandchildren and one great-grandchild; many nieces and 
nephews. 

  Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at Beaver 
Dam Baptist Church by the Rev. J.T. Garland Moore with burial in the church 
cemetery.  Pallbearers were Willie Bradshaw, Walter Bradshaw, L.R. Griffin, 
Paul Lankford, N.R. Norfleet, Elvin Whitley, Lee Fowler and Julian Carr. 


"Rhodie" Rhoda Elizabeth (LANKFORD; Mrs. John) BRADSHAW, 
b. 28 Apr 1853, Isle of Wight Co., d. 21 Sep 1937, at home, Isle of Wight Co., 
interred in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery*, near Carrsville, 22 Sep 1937, 
"Suffolk News-Herald," Vol. 15, No. 156, Wed., Sep. 22, 1937, p. 3, 
   clipping posted with Find a Grave Memorial #127625698, 
   by Martha Fontaine Byrum; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 32, No. 51, Fri., Sep. 24, 1937, p. 4 

*Additional information: 

Beaver Dam list (BD-10), an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/bvrdam.txt 

Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #42: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Martha Fontaine Byrum - 
   is also posted with Find a Grave Memorial #127625698. 

D.Cert. 22517 (Windsor #4) 

She was the daughter of Elihu & Charlotte "Lottie" (CORBITT) LANKFORD. 

Her husband (1839 - 1922) was a Confederate veteran, having served 
   as a private in Co. F, 61st VA Infantry. 

Rhoda applied for a Confederate widow's pension 23 Nov 1934, stating John was 
   wounded in service and had to use a crutch all his life and was unable to 
   do much work.  The application gives m. 1856 [err; 1877] and that John 
   d. May 1923 [err; May 1922]. 


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and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

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