OBITUARY
LANKFORD, Mrs. Villa Laura of Austin. Age 94. Died 2/25/1983 (Friday) in the home of a daughter in Austin. Services held (Monday) in Colonial Chapel of Cook-Walden Funeral Home of Austin. Burial in the Austin Memorial Park Cemetery. Revs. G.S. McGill and Howard Preece officiated.
She was BORN 12/17/1888, the daughter of the late Will and Ella Brown. Married Homer Hamilton Lankford in 1905. Preceded in death by her husband, 3 sons, Vester, Aubrey (Bill) and E.E. Lankford.
SURVIVORS: 6 daughters, Louise Long, Lottie Sherry, Ruth Massey, Alberta Shields, Mable Copeland, and Alma Doherty, all of Austin; 2 sons, Harvey Lankford of Humbel and L.L. Lankford of Austin; sister, Mable Criddle of Austin; brother, Bill Brown of Waco; 29 grandchildren; 56 great-grandchildren; 26 great-great-grandchildren; sister-in-law, Mrs. Iris Catchings of Thorndale; cousin, Mrs. Charlyce Kincaid of Thorndale.
OBITUARY
LANKFORD, Mrs. Villa Laura of Austin. Age 94. Died 2/25/1983 (Friday) in the home of a daughter in Austin. Services held (Monday) in Colonial Chapel of Cook-Walden Funeral Home of Austin. Burial in the Austin Memorial Park Cemetery. Revs. G.S. McGill and Howard Preece officiated.
She was BORN 12/17/1888, the daughter of the late Will and Ella Brown. Married Homer Hamilton Lankford in 1905. Preceded in death by her husband, 3 sons, Vester, Aubrey (Bill) and E.E. Lankford.
SURVIVORS: 6 daughters, Louise Long, Lottie Sherry, Ruth Massey, Alberta Shields, Mable Copeland, and Alma Doherty, all of Austin; 2 sons, Harvey Lankford of Humbel and L.L. Lankford of Austin; sister, Mable Criddle of Austin; brother, Bill Brown of Waco; 29 grandchildren; 56 great-grandchildren; 26 great-great-grandchildren; sister-in-law, Mrs. Iris Catchings of Thorndale; cousin, Mrs. Charlyce Kincaid of Thorndale.
Family Members
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Eustace Eufolda "Bud" Lankford
1906–1982
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Vester Arvid "Blackie" Lankford
1908–1936
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Alma Edna Lankford Doherty
1910–1983
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Lovie Lee Lankford
1912–2008
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Aubrey Carroll "Bill" Lankford
1914–1957
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Lottie Lucille Lankford Sherry
1916–2005
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Mabel Inez Lankford Copeland
1918–1987
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Lela Ruth Lankford Massey
1921–2009
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Mary Alberta Lankford Shields
1923–1999
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Dorothy Louise Lankford Long
1926–2021
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Eugene Harvey Lankford
1928–2003
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