Virginia Wright Lankford Stewart

STEWART, Virginia Wright Lankford, 89, a retired Richmond Public Schools teacher, died Thursday, November 13, 2008. She was predeceased by her husband, James LaFayette Stewart. She is survived by her children, Victoria S. Bethel and husband, David, and James Robert Stewart Sr. and wife, Pattie; four grand-children, Jacqueline Bethel, Bobby and Michael Carey Stewart and Bridget Crusan; one niece, two nephews, five great-nieces, two great-nephews, one great-great-nephew and one great-great-niece. Mrs. Stewart was the daughter of George Albert Lankford Sr. and Alice Carey Lankford of Capron, Va. She received her B.S. degree from Madison College (now James Madison University) in 1940. She taught school in Kempsville, Holland and Suffolk, Va. before coming to Richmond in 1952, where she taught until she retired in 1979. Prior to June 2000, Mrs. Stewart was a dedicated member of Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, where she served as a deacon and an elder for two terms. She was an active worker with the Presbyterian Women, where she served as Circle Leader for many years. Since June 2000, she has been a member of Tuckahoe Presbyterian Church and active with the Presbyterian Women there. A memorial service will be held 1 p.m Saturday, December 6, at Tuckahoe Presbyterian Church. Burial services will be private. The family suggests memorial contributions be made to Presbyterian Women Memorial Fund at Tuckahoe Presbyterian Church, 7000 Park Ave., Richmond, Va. 23226 or to Presbyterian Women Memorial Fund at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 1627 Monument Ave., Richmond, Va. 23220. The Central Chapel of Bennett Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.