Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lankford, N. Bynum, 1939 

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NAPOLEAN BYNUM LANKFORD 

   N. Bynum Lankford, 62, died last Saturday night at his home near 
Carrsville, having been in failing health for several years.  Mr. Lankford 
was the son of the late Jesse and Louise Lankford of Isle of Wight County.

   Mr. Lankford is survived by his wife, Annie Bell Lankford; five sons, 
Ocie Lee and Herman H. Lankford of Norfolk, and Bernard, Edward and Clifton 
Lankford of Colosse; four daughters, Mrs. Vivian E. Gray of Norfolk, Mrs. 
Ray Oliver of Smithfield, Mrs. Clyde Vaughan of Franklin and Mrs. Archer 
Edwards of Windsor; three brothers, Paul and Tom Lankford, of Carrsville 
and Jesse Lankford of Hampton; four sisters, Mrs. Bettie West of Smithfield, 
Mrs. Sarah Joyner of Walters, Mrs. Jennie Carr of Norfolk and Mrs. J.R. Howell 
of Franklin, besides 10 grandchildren, a number of nieces and nephews, and an 
uncle, Elihu Lankford of Carrsville.

   Services were conducted Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock from Beaver Dam 
Baptist Church by the pastor, the Rev. J.T. Garland Moore, assisted by the 
Rev. R.M. Pleasants of Campostella Baptist Church, Norfolk.  The choir of the 
church sang "Abide with Me" and "Safe in the Arms of Jesus," after which a 
quartette composed of Mrs. Guthrie Ballard, Mrs. Lofton Rhodes, John and Jim 
Avis of Colosse Baptist Church sang "Good Night and Good Morning."

   A pall of Ascension lilies and pink roses covered the casket, and there 
were many beautiful floral tributes.  Pallbearers were John E. Beale, Nettie 
Bradshaw, Elvin Whitley, Randolph Rose, Clyde Hall, Johnnie Stevens, Elisha 
Duck and Tom Hall.  Friends and neighbors served as honorary bearers.


Napolean Bynum LANKFORD, farmer, 
Isle of Wight Co. native, d. 12 Jul 1939, at home, near Carrsville, age 62, 
interred in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery*, near Franklin, 14 Jul 1939, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 14, 1939

*Beaver Dam list (BD-56), an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/bvrdam.txt 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Aug. 22, 1947, p. 7) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/l521a3ob.txt 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

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