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Abbie <I>Taff</I> Lanford

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Abbie Taff Lanford

Birth
Anderson County, South Carolina, USA
Death
16 Jul 1940 (aged 50)
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA GPS-Latitude: 34.8453526, Longitude: -82.4424669
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Source: Greenville News, p15
Date:18 July 1940, Thursday

Mrs. Abbie T. Lanford

Funeral services for Mrs. Abbie Taff Lanford , former resident of this city, who died in at Atlanta hospital at 8 o'clock Tuesday morning, will be held this afternoon at 5:30 o'clock at the graveside in Graceland cemetery. The services will be conducted by Rev. Paul F. Beacham and the interment will be made in the family plot in the cemetery.

The following were asked to meet at the Mackey mortuary at 5 o'clock to serve as pallbearers : Luke Lanford, Grady Steadman, Wyman McDaniel, Marion Anchors, William Allen and Harold Glaze.

Mrs. Lanford had lived in Atlanta for the past 15 years, having gone there from Greenville. She was a daughter of the late E.A. Taff and the late Emma Campbell Taff and was born and reared in Anderson county, near Pelzer.

Her husband, C.C. Lanford, survives her with one son, Jack Lanford, and three daughters, Mrs. Louise Anchors, Miss Sarah Lanford and Miss Martha Emma Lanford.

She is also survived by her father, E.A. Taff; one brother, Fred A. Taff, and two sisters, Mrs. J.E. McKinney and Mrs. Marie Marqus. One grandchild also survives.

Until the hour of the service the body will remain at the Mackey mortuary.
Source: Greenville News, p15
Date:18 July 1940, Thursday

Mrs. Abbie T. Lanford

Funeral services for Mrs. Abbie Taff Lanford , former resident of this city, who died in at Atlanta hospital at 8 o'clock Tuesday morning, will be held this afternoon at 5:30 o'clock at the graveside in Graceland cemetery. The services will be conducted by Rev. Paul F. Beacham and the interment will be made in the family plot in the cemetery.

The following were asked to meet at the Mackey mortuary at 5 o'clock to serve as pallbearers : Luke Lanford, Grady Steadman, Wyman McDaniel, Marion Anchors, William Allen and Harold Glaze.

Mrs. Lanford had lived in Atlanta for the past 15 years, having gone there from Greenville. She was a daughter of the late E.A. Taff and the late Emma Campbell Taff and was born and reared in Anderson county, near Pelzer.

Her husband, C.C. Lanford, survives her with one son, Jack Lanford, and three daughters, Mrs. Louise Anchors, Miss Sarah Lanford and Miss Martha Emma Lanford.

She is also survived by her father, E.A. Taff; one brother, Fred A. Taff, and two sisters, Mrs. J.E. McKinney and Mrs. Marie Marqus. One grandchild also survives.

Until the hour of the service the body will remain at the Mackey mortuary.


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  • Created by: Kelly Jane O
  • Added: Jan 16, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32969203/abbie-lanford: accessed ), memorial page for Abbie Taff Lanford (10 Dec 1889–16 Jul 1940), Find a Grave Memorial ID 32969203, citing Graceland West Cemetery and Mausoleum, Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Kelly Jane O (contributor 46850092).