Elaine Lankford

Elaine Lankford, 77, passed peacefully into her Saviors arms at her home in Graham Saturday May 31, 2025. Funeral will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday June 4, 2025 at Faith Center Assembly of God. Burial will follow in South Bend Cemetery in Young County.

Elaine was born November 2, 1947 in Graham to the late Fleeta Louise (Ford) Burgess and William Edward “Bill” Burgess. Elaine graduated from East Texas State University with a bachelor of art degree. Elaine married the love of her life Dan Lankford August 30, 1969 in Graham. Elaine was a retired Farm Bureau Insurance Agent in Graham and a member of Faith Center Assembly of God. Elaine was very active in her Church and loved the Lord with all her heart. She was fantastic role model for every female who knew her. Her favorite thing was having her family around her table for a wonderful meal she had prepared. Elaine’s cobblers were loved far and wide, she made the best cobblers in the whole world. She was the greatest cook just like her mother Fleeta Louise.

Survivors; husband, Dan Lankford of Graham; daughter, Priscilla Cusenbary and husband Danny of Graham; son, Daniel Burgess Lankford of Graham; four grandchildren, Grant, Lilly, and Heidi Cusenbary, Haley Lankford; sisters, Jane Nail and Sherrye Nail both of Graham; sister-in-law Sandy Lankford Rutherford of North Richland Hills.

Elaine was preceded in death by her parents, W.E. and Fleeta Burgess, sister, Judy Butler and her husband Ron Butler, her father and mother-in-law, Tobe and June Lankford.

Visitation will be Wednesday 10:00 a.m. till service time at Faith Center Assembly of God.

Memorials may be made to; Tunnels to Towers Foundation, 2361 Hylan Boulevard, Staten Island, NY 10306 or South Bend Cemetery Association, 1310 S. Rodgers Dr., Graham, Texas 76450.