Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lankford, Effie Lankford, 1951 

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EFFIE LANKFORD LANKFORD

MRS. EFFIE L. LANKFORD

   Mrs. Effie L. Lankford, 73, a lifelong resident of the county, died 
suddenly on Thursday morning, July 19, at her home near Sedley.

   She was the wife of Oliver Grant Lankford, who survives her, and the 
daughter of the late Wallace and Martha Joyner Lankford of Southampton 
County.  She was a member of the Sedley Friends Meeting.

   In addition to her husband she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Kennie 
Blythe of Sedley and Mrs. H.A. Blythe of Franklin; and six grandchildren and 
six great-grandchildren.

   Services were held at the grave in the family cemetery near Sedley on 
Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock, with James A. Coney and Rev. E.N. Hassell 
officiating.  The active pallbearers were Arthur Carr, Presley Cobb, Elijah 
Joyner, H.A. Lankford, R.R. Lankford, and V.C. Lankford.


Effie (LANKFORD; Mrs. Oliver G.) LANKFORD, 
d. 19 Jul 1951, at home, near Sedley, age 73, 
interred in the LANKFORD-BLYTHE family cemetery*, Sedley Rd., 20 Jul 1951, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 27, 1951 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (IV-19): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Aug. 15, 1952, p. 6) 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/l521o1ob.txt 

Their marriage record (from FamilySearch.org) - 

Oliver Lankford, 21, b. 1868, sn/o David & Jane Lankford 
Effa Lankford, 19, b. 1870, dt/o Wiley & Martha Lankford 
m. 13 May 1889, Gatesville, Gates County, North Carolina 
["North Carolina, Marriages, 1759-1979," index, FamilySearch 
 (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F86F-6TL : accessed 05 Jul 2014), 
 FHL microfilm 422111]  


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

file at: 
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