Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lankford, Mary P. Vaughan, 1956 

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MARY VAUGHAN LANKFORD

MRS, MARY VAUGHAN LANKFORD

Mrs. Mary Vaughan Lankford (Miss Mollie), 76*, well-known resident of 
Franklin, died Wednesday, August 29, in Patrick Henry Hospital after a short 
illness.  Until recently she had made her home on South High Street, Franklin.

She was the widow of John Robert Lankford of Franklin, and the daughter of the 
late Randall and Matilda Gardner Vaughan of Isle of Wight County.  She was a 
member of the Franklin Baptist Church.

Surviving are one son, Charles Robert Lankford, of Cabimas, Venezuela, S. A., 
two grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow (Friday) at 3 p.m. in the chapel 
of the W. J. M. Holland and Sons Funeral home with Rev. Ira D. Hudgins, pastor 
of the Franklin Baptist Church, and Rev. R. D. Stephenson, a former pastor, 
officiating.

Interment will be in Poplar Spring Cemetery.  Pallbearers, all nephews of the 
deceased, will be Reginald, John, William, Randall, Clyde and Garland Vaughan. 


Mary Palatine "Miss Mollie" (VAUGHAN; Mrs. J. Robert) LANKFORD, 
Isle of Wight Co. native, d. 29 Aug 1956, Hampton, age 79*, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 2A; unmarked**), Franklin, 
   31 Aug 1956, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 30, 1956, Section I, p. 5 

**Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS}, Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," May 30, 1930, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/l521r2ob.txt 

*1900 Census (Windsor Dist., IoW Co. - e.d. 17, sheet 19A) gives b. June 1877. 
   That agrees with her marriage record (5 Feb 1913, IoW). 


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