Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lankford, Lillie B. West, 1957 

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LILLY BELLE WEST LANKFORD

Mrs. Lillie W. Lankford, To Be Buried Saturday 

  Mrs. Lillie West Lankford, 72, died today [sic*] at the home of her 
daughter, Mrs. Roger Drewry, at Unity.  She is the widow of David Lankford 
Sr., a native of Nansemond County and a former resident of the Burdette 
section.  She was a member of the Black Creek Baptist Church.  Besides her 
daughter she is survived by two sons David Lankford of Ivor, Va., and Hudson 
Lankford of Philadelphia.  One sister, Mrs. Novella Howell of Portsmouth, 
two brothers, H.C. West of Smithfield and W.J. West of Holland. 

  Five grandchildren, three great grandchildren and several nieces and 
nephews. 

  The funeral will be held Saturday at Black Creek Baptist Church. 

  The remains are at the Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield. 

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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.


Lillie Belle (WEST; Mrs. David Sr.) LANKFORD, 
b. 21 Jan 1885, Nansemond Co, d. 27 Feb 1957, at daughter's home, Unity, 
interred in Black Creek Baptist Church Cemetery*, 2 Mar 1957, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 35, No. 51, Fri., Mar. 1, 1957, p. 3; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 52, No. 21, Mar. 7, 1957, p. 3 

*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 her gravestone & foot stone - added by Martha Fontaine Byrum - 
   are posted with Find a Grave Mem. #193124784. 

D.Cert. 5107 (Berlin & Ivor #7) 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Aug. 16, 1956, II-6) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/l521d1ob.txt 

Her parents, Jas. Judson & Mariah L. (HOWELL) WEST, 
   are buried in the Holland Municipal Cemetery. 
   Holland list, an extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/holland.txt 


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