Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lankford, Elihu, 1952 

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ELIHU LANKFORD

   Elihu Lankford, 83, widely known farmer of the Carrsville community, died 
in a Norfolk hospital at 2:30 o’clock on Tuesday, August 19, after an illness 
of several months.

   He was the husband of the late Mrs. Mary Howell Lankford and son of the 
late Elihu and Mrs. Lottie Corbitt Lankford of Isle of Wight County.  He was 
one of the oldest members of Mt. Carmel Christian Church, near Walters.

   Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. L. Britt Holland and Mrs. Milton Miles, 
both of Franklin, and Miss Tyree Lankford of Carrsville; two sons, Johnnie 
Lankford of Norfolk and Forrest Lankford of Emporia; two grandchildren; and 
several nephews and nieces.

   Funeral services for Mr. Lankford were conducted at 3 o’clock Thursday 
afternoon at Mt. Carmel Christian Church by Rev. Edwin C. Thornton, pastor of 
Beaver Dam Baptist Church.  Burial was in the church cemetery.*

   Active pallbearers were Samuel Bradshaw, Jimmie Carr, Julian Carr, B.W. 
Daughtrey, Charlie Daughtrey, Tom Lankford, Percy A. Whitley and Everett C. 
Williams.


Elihu LANKFORD (Jr.), Carrsville farmer, 
Isle of Wight Co. native, d. 19 Aug 1952, Norfolk, age 83, 
interred in Mt. Carmel Christian Church Cemetery*, Walters, 
   21 Aug 1952, 
marked in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 65**), Franklin, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 22, 1952, p. 4 

*He does not appear on the cemetery list for Mt. Carmel Christian Church in 
   Walters, compiled by the Isle of Wight County Historical Society 
   Gravesite Survey Task Force {IWCHS GSSTF}.  Their list is posted at: 
http://www.iwchs.com/Documents/Mt%20Carmel%20Church_Walters%20Hwy_Cemetery.doc 

**He is marked with his wife, & daughter Dorothea HOLLAND. 
   It is unclear if and/or when his remains were moved (or even if the 
   obituary is correct). His wife had died in 1931. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 


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