Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lankford, Lilly B. West, 1957 

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LILLY BELLE WEST LANKFORD

MRS. DAVID LANKFORD, SR.

   Mrs. Lilly West Lankford, 72, widow of David Lankford, died at 9:45 o'clock 
Wednesday night, February 27, at the home in Unity of her daughter, Mrs. Roger 
Drewry, with whom she had made her home since the death of her husband in 
August, 1956.

   A native of Nansemond county, she was the daughter of the late Judson and 
Maria Howell West. She was a former resident of Burdette, holding membership in 
the Black Creek Baptist Church.

   In addition to Mrs. Drewry survivors are two sons, David Lankford of Ivor 
and Hudson Lankford of Philadelphia, Pa.; five grandchildren, Mrs. A. Boykins 
and Bob, Jim and Ray Drewry of Zuni and Mason Lankford of Norfolk; three great-
grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Novella Howell of Portsmouth; two brothers, H.C. 
West of Smithfield and W.J. West of Holland; and a number of nieces and nephews.

   Services for Mrs. Lankford were conducted Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock at 
Black Creek Baptist Church by Revs. R.E. Brittle, Leonard B. Allen and E.C. 
Thornton. Burial was in the church cemetery.

   Active pallbearers were Herman Bradshaw, William J. Byrd, Ryland Duck, Dr. 
F.L. Steele, William R. Taylor, Gilmer West, Hugh A. West and E.H. Whitley.


[Lilly Belle (WEST; Mrs. David) LANKFORD, d. 27 Feb 1957, age 72, 
 interred in Black Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, 2 Mar 1957, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), 7 Mar 1957] 

[file transcribed by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
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