Funeral service for Barbara Whitehead Lankford, 81, will be Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at 2:00 PM at East Highland Baptist Church with Bro. Walter Blackman officiating and Peck Funeral Home directing. Burial will be in Hartselle City Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday, February 22, 2017 from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM at the Church.
Mrs. Lankford died on Sunday, February 19, 2017 at her residence. She was born July 25, 1935, in Lauderdale County to Jesse Thurston Whitehead, Sr. and Clara Odell Dean Whitehead.
Barbara was a devoted wife and mother. She and Milton were married for almost 60 years. Barbara was born in Rogersville, Alabama. She was the youngest of ten siblings. She graduated from Lauderdale County High School and then worked for Southern Bell Telephone Company. She was a charter member of East Highland Baptist Church.
Survivors include :
her Husband;
Milton Lankford
Three Sons:
Charles Lankford,
Gene Lankford (Lea) and
Roger Lankford
One Sister:
Emogene Hyatt
Three Grandchildren:
Jason Patrick Lankford, Whitney Brooke Gower and Matthew Blake Lankford.
and a special friend, Addie Copeland, who was like a daughter to her.
Pallbearers will be Roland Grantland, Kent Johnson, Allen Drinkard, Russell Ellis, Bill Smelser, and Dudley White.
The family requests that memorials be made to the East Highland Baptist Church Building Fund.
Peck Funeral Home
