Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lankford, Clara Cotton, 1952 

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CLARA COTTON LANKFORD

   Mrs. Clara Cotton Lankford, 63, wife of Samuel W. Lankford of the Sycamore 
Church community, died at the residence on Tuesday afternoon, November 25, at 
1:45 o’clock after an illness of several years’ duration.

   A member of the Sycamore Baptist Church, Mrs. Lankford was the daughter of 
the late James S. and Mrs. Rosa Vaughan Cotton of this county.

   In addition to her husband, she is survived by six sons, James Irvin 
Lankford and Samuel W. Lankford, Jr., both of Norfolk, Royce B. Lankford of 
Nichols, Fla., and Hudson R. Lankford, William E. Lankford and Aubrey 
Lankford, all of Franklin; four daughters, Mrs. William H. Thompson and Mrs. 
Harold A. Walker, both of Norfolk, and Mrs. Sam B. Woods, Jr., and Miss Irene 
Lankford, both of Franklin; nine grandchildren; three brothers, W.O. Cotton, 
D.C. Cotton, Sr., and Pat Cotton, all of Franklin; and three sisters, Mrs. 
Clarence Cobb of Franklin, Mrs. Hinton Schramm of Newport News, and Mrs. G.C. 
Griffin of Chuckatuck.

   Services for Mrs. Lankford at Sycamore Baptist Church on Thursday afternoon 
at 2 o’clock were conducted by her pastor, Rev. L.M. Kanipe, assisted by Rev. 
R.D. Stephenson of Franklin.  Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were the six sons of the deceased and Russell B. Cotton and 
Clyde H. Eley.


Clara (COTTON; Mrs. Samuel W. {Sr.}) LANKFORD, of the Sycamore Church area, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 25 Nov 1952, at home, age 63, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 3, Section A, Plot 6*), Franklin, 
   26 Oct 1952, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 7, 1952, p. 11 

*Additional information: 

Her bro Delaware Cephus COTTON is buried in Annex 3, Sect. B, Plot 14; 
   their bro Willie Ocie COTTON, Annex 3, Sect. B, Plot 81B. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx3.txt 

Their bro Patrick D. COTTON, and their parents & paternal grandparents 
   (listed as COTTEN) are buried in a COTTON family cemetery across 
   Sycamore Church Rd. (Rt. 684) from Sycamore Baptist Church. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 2 (II-34 & -35): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol2.txt 

SAMUEL WINFIELD LANKFORD, 25, S, HERTFORD CO., N.C., SO.CO., FARMER, 
   S/O JAMES IRVING AND SARAH ELIZABETH BARNES LANKFORD 
M. 11-24-1908 SO.CO., VA. BY REV. J.E. JONES 
CLARA COTTON, 19, S, SO.CO., SO.CO., 
   D/O JAMES SEPHAS AND "MARY" MARGARETT ROSA VAUGHAN COTTON 
(Southampton Co. MB13; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb13pt.txt) 


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

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