Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lankford, Ulysses G., 1927 

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ULYSSES GRANT LANKFORD

U.G. LANKFORD DIES SUDDENLY SATURDAY IN CARRSVILLE STORE

   U.G. Lankford, a well-known citizen and merchant of Carrsville, died 
suddenly Saturday, July 23, at three o’clock, with an attack of acute 
indigestion, age 42 years.  His funeral was conducted Monday afternoon 
at 3 o’clock from Beaver Dam Baptist Church by his Pastor, the Rev. Geo. R. 
Pankey, assisted by Rev. L.F. Paulette of Holland and Rev. Elisha Bradshaw 
of Walters.  Several selections were sung by the choir including a duet by 
Misses Blanche Daughtrey and Mary Eley, and a solo by Bob Crumpler.  The 
floral offerings were numerous and beautiful.

   The body bearers were: Bynum, Jesse, Paul, Everett and Tom Lankford, 
Frank, Lawrence and Joe Gardner, and his body was laid to rest in the 
churchyard cemetery.

   He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Effie Gardner Lankford, his father, 
Jesse Lankford, five sisters and three brothers.

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News of Twenty-five Years Ago 

July 29, 1927 

   U.G. Lankford, 42, a Carrsville merchant and husband of Mrs. Effie Gardner 
Lankford, had died suddenly on Saturday, July 23, from an attack of acute 
indigestion. 


Ulysses Grant LANKFORD, Carrsville merchant, 
d. 23 Jul 1927, age 42, 
interred in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery*, near Franklin, 25 Jul 1927, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 29, 1927, p. 1; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 1, 1927, p. 3 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
   Beaver Dam list (BD-57): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/bvrdam.txt 

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