Obituary:  Lanster Arthur Rankins Jr.
Source:  The Daily Progress, June 16, 2003
Contributor:  Dennis Truslow, aquaair@erols.com
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  Lanster Arthur Rankins Jr., 66, of Gordonsville, died Saturday, June 14, 2003, 
at his residence.
  Born September 1936 in Nelson County he was a son of the late Arthur Rankins Sr., 
and Rosa Saylor Rankins. He was a member of Union Baptist Church in Gordonsville.
  He is survived by his wife Carolyn Rankins of Gordonsville; one daughter, Charlene 
Cooper of Charlottesville; three sons, Arthur Scott, of Charlottesville, Michael 
Scott, of Charlottesville, and Charles Cooper; one step-son, Chris Cooper, of 
Richmond; three sisters, Lucille Rush, of Charlottesville, Alice Jones, of 
Charlottesville, and Ruth Carter, of California; six grandchildren, Shawn Washington, 
Brandon Scott, Nyesha Cooper, Michael Scott, Angel Herndon Scott, and Michelle Scott; 
two great-grandchildren; and his mother-in-law, Mildred Cooper.
  Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, June 18, 2003, at Union 
Baptist Church with interment to follow in Woodberry Cemetery in Gordonsville. The 
Rev. James T. Jackson will officiate.
  The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday evening at Preddy 
Funeral Home in Gordonsville.

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