Nina L. Lankford, a 92-year-old resident of Pearls II Eden for Elders at Princeton, died at 12:15 p.m., Saturday, April 9, 2022 at Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton.
Her body was cremated under the direction of Slater-Neal Funeral Home of Trenton.
Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at Hodge Presbyterian Church in Trenton.
Inurnment will be in Maple Grove Cemetery, Trenton.
Nina was born on Feb. 28, 1930 in Princeton, the daughter of Tom and Esther Seymour Brown. After graduating from Cainsville High School, she attended cosmetology college in Kansas City and operated a salon in Spickard for several years.
She married W.J. “Dude” Lankford on Oct. 2, 1949. He preceded her in death.
The couple farmed for 55 years in the Princeton area before retiring and moving to Trenton in 2005.
Her family and friends will remember her kind and gentle personality and her devotion to the family. She enjoyed cooking, gardening and sewing, but she especially enjoyed her grandchildren and great- grandchildren and their many activities.
Nina’s survivors include one son, Benny (Debbie) Lankford of Princeton; two daughters Beverly Bosley and Gloria (Olin) Stephens of Trenton; eight grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-granddaughter.
In addition to her husband and her parents, she was preceded in death by two sisters, Catherine Higdon and Ruby Hagan; a son-in-law, Mike Bosley; a grandson, Ryan Bosley; three great- grandchildren, Izabella, Tegan and Tatum Leeper; and one infant great-great-granddaughter, Elyna Ann Shimer.
Memorials have been suggested to the donor’s own church family.
Online condolences may be left at www.resthavenmort.com.
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