Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lankford, David, 1956 

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DAVID LANKFORD 

  David Lankford, 72, retired merchant, died Thursday, August 9, at 6:45 p.m. 
at Obici Memorial Hospital, Suffolk, after a short illness. 

  Mr. Lankford, a native of Southampton County, had operated a grocery store 
in the Burdette community for over 40 years.  He was a son of the late Joseph 
and Mrs. Emma Duke Lankford and was a member of Black Creek Baptist Church. 

  Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lily West Lankford; one daughter, Mrs. Roger 
Drewry of Zuni; two sons, David Lankford, Jr., of Ivor, and Hudson Lankford 
of Philadelphia; three sisters, Mrs. E.H. Whitley and Mrs. N.H. Bradshaw of 
Carrsville, and Mrs. Dora Duke of Suffolk; one brother, G.D. Lankford of Zuni; 
five grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and a number of nieces and 
nephews. 

  Funeral services were conducted Sunday at 4 p.m. at Black Creek Baptist 
Church by Rev. Lynn Allen, pastor, and Rev. R.E. Brittle.  Burial was in the 
church cemetery. 

  Active pallbearers were Herman Bradshaw, William J. Byrd, Ryland Duck, 
Gilmen [sic; Gilmer] West, Raymond Taylor, Harrell Whitley, Edward Taylor and 
J.J. West. 


David LANKFORD, retired merchant, 
b. 15 Oct 1884, Isle of Wight Co., d. 9 Aug 1956, Suffolk, 
interred in Black Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, 12 Aug 1956, 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 51, No. 44, Thurs., Aug. 16, 1956, 
   Sect. 2, p. 6 

*Additional information: 

Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} 
   Cemetery Project, Black Creek list (BC-20): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/blkcrk.txt 

Photos of his gravestone & foot stone - added by Martha Fontaine Byrum - 
   are posted with Find a Grave Memorial #193124765. 

D.Cert. 20032 (Chuckatuck #181) 

His widow's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald," & "Tidewater News," Mar. 1957) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/l521l1ob.txt 

His parents are buried in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery, near Carrsville. 
   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 


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

file at: 
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