Southampton County-Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lankford, Effie M. Wiggins, 1957 

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EFFIE WIGGINS LANKFORD

Mrs. Essie [sic] Lankford Buried at Franklin 

  FRANKLIN - Funeral services for Mrs. Essie Wiggins Lankford, who died Monday 
afternoon at her home in Norfolk, were conducted Wednesday at 3 p.m. at the 
W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home by the Rev. Ira D. Hudgins, pastor of the 
Franklin Baptist Church.  Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery.  Active 
pallbearers were Irvin Lankford, Sam W. Lankford, Jr., Jasper L. Norfleet, 
S.C. Branch, David Wiggins, Dr. Sidney Kitterman, John W. Wheeler and Jesse 
Vaughan. 

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Mrs. Effie W. Lankford

Mrs. Effie Wiggins Lankford, 84, a former resident of Franklin died Monday, 
September 2, at 1:50 p.m. at her home, 820 Duke Street, Norfolk.

She was the widow of William H. Lankford, who for many years conducted a 
furniture business in Franklin, and the daughter of the late John Bowers and 
Mrs. Mary Sarah Parker Wiggins of Southampton County.

Mrs. Lankford was a native of the Franklin community and had made her home in 
Norfolk for five years.  She was a member of the Franklin Baptist Church.

Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Mollie Norfleet of Portsmouth and Mrs. J. F. 
Kitterman of Norfolk; a brother, Jasper L. Wiggins of Edenton, N.C.; and a 
number of nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at 3 p.m. in the chapel of the 
W. J. M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home by Rev. Ira D. Hudgins, pastor of the 
Franklin Baptist Church.  Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

Active pallbearers were Irving Lankford, S. W. Lankford, Jr., Jasper L. 
Norfleet, S. C. Branch, David Wiggins, Dr. Sidney Kitterman, John W. Wheeler, 
Col. Richard P. Wheeler and Clyde Eley.


Effie Myrtis (WIGGINS; Mrs. William H.) LANKFORD, 
b. 17 Mar 1873, Franklin, d. 2 Sep 1957, at home, Norfolk, 
interred in Poplar Springs Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 72A*), Franklin, 
   4 Sep 1957, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 35, No. 210, Sep. 5, 1957, p. 9; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Sep. 5, 1957 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt 

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. 21318 (Norfolk #1521) 

Her marriage record - 

William Henry Lankford, 28, s, Hertford Co., N.C., Franklin, Va., 
   s/o James I. and Sarah E. Barnes Lankford, Merchant 
m. 01-08-1902 J.B. Wiggins’ residence by Rev. J.E. Jones 
Effie Myrtis Wiggins, 27, s, So.Co., So.Co., 
   d/o John Bowers and Mary Sarah Parker Wiggins 
(Southampton Co. MB10:579; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb10pt.txt) 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Nov. 22, 1940, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/l521w2ob.txt 


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