- Date Of Birth: March 26, 1926
- Date Of Death: August 24, 2019
- State: Georgia
Samuel Terrell Lankford, age 93, died Saturday, August 24, 2019 at Piedmont Fayette Hospital in Fayetteville, Georgia. Born in Penfield, Georgia on March 26, 1926, he was the son of the late Carroll Harvey Lankford, Sr. and Floria Mae Burnette Lankford.
Sam left school at the age of 16 to work at Union Manufacturing in Union Point, Georgia; he obtained his GED in 1951. He served in the U.S.
Sam moved to Riverdale, Georgia in the early 1980s, living there until 2013. He spent the last six years of his life in senior care facilities.
He was preceded in death by his three brothers, Carroll “Sport” Lankford, Jr., Grover Lankford, and Clark Lankford; and two sisters, Lucile Epps and Alice Griffith. He is survived by his five children: Bonita Streetman (Randall) of Whitesburg, Georgia, Jennifer Craine (Don) of Daytona Beach, Florida, Denise Murphy (Charles) of Manassas Park, Virginia, Michael Lankford (Cindy) of Sharpsburg, Georgia, and Vanessa Marston (Randy) of Sharpsburg, Georgia; nine grandchildren: Brian Streetman, Jonathan Streetman, Emily Moody (Michael), Chris Murphy (Ashley), Kevin Murphy, Nikki Lankford, Chris Lankford (Stephanie), Kayla Marston, and Jennah MacPherson (Stevie); great-grandson, Brandon Streetman; two sisters, Elizabeth Epps and Betty Elrod; and a number of nieces and nephews.
