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Blanche Langford Shields

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Birth	:	17 May 1914 Alachua County, Florida, USA
Death	:	7 Oct 2009
Burial	:	Forest Meadows Memorial Park East, Gainesville, Alachua County, USA
Coordinate	:	29.6382275, -82.2782440
Description	:	Blanche Langford Shields, 95, was born May 17, 1914 in Alachua County, FL to Ossie and John Langford. She was one of 14 brothers and sisters, all of whom preceded her in death except for a younger sister, Cloyce Young of Cornersville, TN. She married Thomas Edwin Shields in 1932 and they had two children, Carolyn Shields Eldridge (Bill) of Winston-Salem, NC and John Thomas Shields (Sharyn) of Tallahassee, FL. She has two grandchildren, Stephen W. Eldridge (Julie) of Amarillo, TX and Tracy E. Coplen (Noel) of Wingo, KY and five great-grandchildren. She was a member of the South Fork... Read More	Blanche Langford Shields, 95, was born May 17, 1914 in Alachua County, FL to Ossie and John Langford. She was one of 14 brothers and sisters, all of whom preceded her in death except for a younger sister, Cloyce Young of Cornersville, TN. She married Thomas Edwin Shields in 1932 and they had two children, Carolyn Shields Eldridge (Bill) of Winston-Salem, NC and John Thomas Shields (Sharyn) of Tallahassee, FL. She has two grandchildren, Stephen W. Eldridge (Julie) of Amarillo, TX and Tracy E. Coplen (Noel) of Wingo, KY and five great-grandchildren. She was a member of the South Fork Church of Christ in Winston-Salem, NC. For most of her life she was a stay-at-home mother, but at age 60 she went to work at the University of Florida law library where she stayed to retirement at age 70. She lived most of her life in Florida (Plant City, Gainesville, Tampa and Ocala). In 1999 she came to Winston-Salem, NC to an independent living facility. After a fall, she moved to an assisted living facility. She passed away on October 7, 2009 and will be buried beside her husband who died in January 1987.

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Latitude: 29.6382275
Longitude: -82.2782440

Family Members:

Parent

Ocela A. Barco Langford

(1876 - 1919)

Spouse

Thomas E Shields

(1907 - 1987)

Siblings

Cora Viola Langford Osborne

(1894 - 1948)

Nina Estelle Langford Hines

(1900 - 1937)

Myra Langford Feagle

(1903 - 1992)

Adgel C Langford

(1909 - 1990)

Alene Reta Langford Smith

(1911 - 1996)

Children

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Forest Meadows Memorial Park East
Gainesville, Alachua County, USA
Coordinate: 29.6382275, -82.2782440

2. Pine Grove Cemetery
Gainesville, Alachua County, USA
Coordinate: 29.6318000, -82.3127250

3. B’Nai Israel Cemetery
Gainesville, Alachua County, USA
Coordinate: 29.6514120, -82.3107510

4. Evergreen Cemetery
Gainesville, Alachua County, USA
Coordinate: 29.6282997, -82.3153000

5. Florida Farm Colony Cemetery
Gainesville, Alachua County, USA
Coordinate: 29.6717220, -82.2932620

6. Patrick Memorial Gardens
Gainesville, Alachua County, USA
Coordinate: 29.6740160, -82.2560590

7. Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Memorial Garden
Gainesville, Alachua County, USA
Coordinate: 29.6532110, -82.3244000

8. First United Methodist Church Memorial Garden
Gainesville, Alachua County, USA
Coordinate: 29.6554600, -82.3239120

9. Means and Bailey Family Cemetery
Gainesville, Alachua County, USA
Coordinate: 29.6645456, -82.3294027

10. Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery
Gainesville, Alachua County, USA
Coordinate: 29.5904800, -82.2371020

11. Sand Hill Cemetery
Gainesville, Alachua County, USA
Coordinate: 29.6794000, -82.3348500

12. Hopewell Baptist Cemetery
Alachua County, USA
Coordinate: 29.6788387, -82.3355926

13. Grass Lawn Cemetery
Gainesville, Alachua County, USA
Coordinate: 29.6788690, -82.3360130

14. Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Gainesville, Alachua County, USA
Coordinate: 29.6795006, -82.3380966

15. Serenola Community Cemetery
Gainesville, Alachua County, USA
Coordinate: 29.6138500, -82.3495100

16. Saint John's AME Church Cemetery
Fairbanks, Alachua County, USA
Coordinate: 29.7108470, -82.2556720

17. Oak Ridge Cemetery
Micanopy, Alachua County, USA
Coordinate: 29.5592003, -82.2585983

18. Westminster Presbyterian Church Memorial Garden
Gainesville, Alachua County, USA
Coordinate: 29.6663334, -82.3718179

19. Saint Pauls Memorial Cemetery
Alachua County, USA
Coordinate: 29.6228008, -82.1802979

20. Fairbanks Cemetery
Alachua County, USA
Coordinate: 29.7261009, -82.2556000

21. Mize Cemetery
Alachua County, USA
Coordinate: 29.7261009, -82.2556000

22. Kelley Cemetery
Windsor, Alachua County, USA
Coordinate: 29.6480101, -82.1747106

23. Windsor Methodist Cemetery
Windsor, Alachua County, USA
Coordinate: 29.6490898, -82.1747131

24. East Newport Cemetery
Daysville, Alachua County, USA
Coordinate: 29.6401200, -82.3877530