Individual Details
Thomas Emmett Lansford
(22 Dec 1881 - 21 Jan 1968)
1907 Fort Worth, TX City Directory
Lansford, Minnis P., blksmith helper, T & P. residendence 1404 S. Henderson
Lansford, T. Emmett, fireman, Frisco System, h: 1404 S. Henderson
1910 Census. Ft Worth Ward 8, Tarrant, TX
Living with Minnis Lansford and his wife Etta
Emmett Lansford, cousin, 25, Single, b. TN, Fireman, Railroad
12 Sep 1918 World War I Draft Registration.
Thomas Emmett Lansford lived on RFD 1, Bowell, Choctaw Co, OK. He was 35, born 22 Nov 1882. He was a farmer. Mrs. Mary Lansford of the same address was his nearest relative. Medium height & build; blue eyes, brown hair.
1930 Census. Prec 4, Fannin, TX, Hh 181 (living next door to his parents)
Emmett Lansford, 42, b. TN, Cotton Farmer
Mary, wife, 28, b. TX
Minnis L, son, 11, b. OK
Audrey L, son, 6, b. OK
Joe C., son, 1 year, 3 months, b. TX
1940 Census. Blacktower, Curry Co, NM, Hh 25
Lived in Lindsay, Garvin Co, OK in 1935
Emmitt Lansford, 52, b. TN, Hired Hand, Green House
Mary, wife, 40, b. TX
Aubrey L., son, 17, b. OK
Joe C., son, 11, b. TX
1950 Census. Clovis, Curry Co, NM, Hh 236
Thomas E. Lansford, 63, b. TN, Greenhouse (Plant grower), Retail Floral Co
Mary J., wife, 50, b. TX
Minnes L., son, 31, b. OK, Flower designer, Retail Floral Co
Aubrey L, son, 26, b. OK, Cable Splicer, Telephone Co
Buried Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens, Clovis, Curry Co, NM
Clovis News-Journal, Clovis, NM, 23 Jan 1968, Tuesday, p.12
Last Rites Scheduled for Thomas Lansford
Funeral services for Thomas E. Lansford, 87, who died about midnight Sunday at Memorial Hospital, were to be held today at 4 pm at Dale Lee Sherwood Memorial Chapel with Rev. Royce Herndon of the Trinity Methodist Church officiating.
Mr. Lansford, who had lived in the area since 1939, is survived by two sons, Aubrey of Clovis and Joe of Fort Lupton, Colo.; a sister, Mrs. Avo Dillard of Durant, Okla.; a brother, Wesley of Whiteright, Tex.,; and four grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary in 1963; and by two sons.
Pall bearers at the service today were to be Donald Leatherwood, Odis Newman, Willis Newman, Jack Dunlap, John Wilson, and Roy Kirby.
Burial will be in Lawn Haven Cemetery under the direction of Sherwood Mortuary.
Events
Birth | 22 Dec 1881 | Tennessee | |||
Marriage | 24 Dec 1915 | Mary Jane Leatherwood | |||
Death | 21 Jan 1968 | Clovis, Curry County, New Mexico |
Families
Spouse | Mary Jane Leatherwood (1902 - ) |
Child | Minnis L. Lansford (1919 - ) |
Child | Living |
Child | Living |
Father | William Henry Lansford (1854 - 1941) |
Mother | Harriet Emily Pippin (1856 - 1938) |
Sibling | Laura F. Lansford (1877 - 1941) |
Sibling | John Wade Lansford (1877 - 1959) |
Sibling | James Crawford Lansford (1886 - 1960) |
Sibling | Alta Jane Lansford (1888 - 1947) |
Sibling | Kittie Avo Lansford (1889 - 1971) |
Sibling | Robert Wesley Lansford (1893 - 1972) |
Endnotes
1. Unknown author; copies of Family Group Sheets sent by Juanita Pippin Deatherage, originally from her "cousin" in McKinney, TX; received, 2 Feb 1998..
2. US Census 1900 TN, Putnam Co; 1st Civil Dist; p.10b; Dwelling 194.
3. Unknown author; copies of Family Group Sheets sent by Juanita Pippin Deatherage, originally from her "cousin" in McKinney, TX; received, 2 Feb 1998..
4. Unknown author; copies of Family Group Sheets sent by Juanita Pippin Deatherage, originally from her "cousin" in McKinney, TX; received, 2 Feb 1998..