Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lankford, Sarah E. Bradshaw, 1949 

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Sarah B. Lankford Buried Saturday 

  Mrs. Sarah Bradshaw Lankford, 93, well known resident of Isle of Wight 
County, near Franklin, died early Thursday night, August 24th [sic; 25th], 
after an illness of many months. 

  Mrs. Lankford was the widow of Elisha Lankford, who preceded her in death 
July 18.  She was the oldest member of Beaver Dam Baptist Church.  She was 
the daughter of the late Joseph and Annie Beale Bradshaw of Isle of Wight 
County. 

  She is survived by a number of nieces and nephews. 

  The body was taken to Beaver Dam Church Cemetery for graveside services at 
4 o'clock Saturday. Rev. E.C. Thornton officiated. 


"Sadie" Sarah Elizabeth (BRADSHAW; Mrs. Elisha) LANKFORD, 
b. 30 Aug 1857, Windsor, d. 25 Aug 1949, Carrsville, 
interred in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery*, near Franklin, 19 Jul 1949, 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 32, No. 14, Wed., Aug. 31, 1949, p. 1, 
   posted with Find a Grave Mem. #127511309 by Martha Fontaine Byrum 

*Beaver Dam list (BD-55), an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/bvrdam.txt 

Her parents are also buried there.  (BD-10) 

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

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. 18524 (Windsor #12) 

Her husband's obits ("Tidewater News" & "Smithfield Times," July 1949) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/l521e5ob.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/l521s4ob.txt