Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lankford, Samuel H., 1918 

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SAMUEL H. LANKFORD

   Samuel H. Lankford, son of Mrs. Indiana Lankford and the late Andrew 
Lankford, died at his home in this community November 8, in his twenty-first 
year.  He was an industrious and worthy young man and is survived by his 
mother, three brothers and one sister.  The funeral services were conducted 
from the home on the following day by Rev. H.H. Butler and Dr. C.H. Rowland 
and interment was made in the family burying ground. 

Samuel H. LANKFORD, 
d. 8 Nov 1918, at home, age 21, 
interred in the LANKFORD family cemetery*, Sedley Rd., 9 Nov 1918, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 15, 1918, p. 2 

*Near the Dixie Plant Farms sheds; is parents were also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 5 (V-15): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol5.txt 

Most of those graves were moved to Rosemont Cemetery, Sedley. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Rosemont list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/rosemont.txt 

His mother was accidently shot & killed, 7 Dec 1933.  Her great-nephew 
   Guy EDWARDS was acquitted for the shooting, 16 May 1935.  The article 
   ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," May 16, 1935) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/news/19350516td.txt 


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