Genealogie Wylie » Lloyd Love Langford [Wl] (1913-1989)

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   Jim (Dr. Mo) Moshinskie, PhD CPTFollow
   Langford's Funeral Home, Raised Roof Ambulance, Jonesboro, Arkansas, 1971
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   Langford's Funeral Home, 725 South Main Street in Jonesboro, Arkansas, operated this beautiful high-top (sometimes referred to as a raised roof) Chevrolet Suburban Sentinel ambulance from 1971-1973 in Jonesboro. The word "Langford's" was done in a bright reflective stencil which really showed up good at night. The ambulance was custom built by the Wayne Corporation in Blytheville, Arkansas, not too far from Jonesboro.
   
   
   
   Suburban Sentinel Ambulances
   
   The Sentinel ambulance is shown parked in front of the white-columned Langford's Funeral Home, which since has been torn down. It was not only the first high-top ambulance in Jonesboro, but also the the first ambulance with a Federal electronic siren. The Wayne Corporation built these handsome units at the Cotner-Bevington (1959-1975) ambulance manufacturing plant in Blytheville, and the raised roof Sentinels first appeared on the market in 1971. The vehicles were also offered in 1972, but were not continued by the Wayne Corporation after that. This was due to the new national EMS Act of 1973 which reset the standards for ambulance construction, and vans and modular ambulances became more preferred.
   
   
   
   History of Langford's
   
   The late Lloyd L. Langford, Sr. was the owner of the funeral home then, and his son, Lloyd Jr., worked there too. W.B. Langford, the father of Lloyd Sr., had entered the undertaking business in Jonesboro in 1899. In 1927, the firm moved into a long, narrow building which had orginally been a hospital. In 1961, this building was completely remodeled to appear as it did in the above photograph.
   
   
   
   Other employees during this time were Richard Jernigan and his son, Richard Jr., and Doug Davis. The firm is now known as the Langford-Bookout Funeral Home, located in a new facility at 1900 W. Washington, Jonesboro, Arkansas. The former building on Main Street was torn down in 2007.
   
   
   
   End of Ambulance Service
   
   Langford's ended ambulance service on April 1, 1973.
   
   
   
   Gregg Funeral Home of Jonesboro, which was located right across the street from Langford's Funeral Home, also purchased a similar unit, but had it painted light blue and white. It also ended ambulance service in 1973 along with Langford's and Farmers Union Funeral Home.
   
   
   
   Only the Emerson Funeral Home remained in the ambulance service, and Emerson Ambulance Service still operates in Jonesboro.
   
   
   
   Click here to view hundreds of historical photographs of undertakers, funeral homes, professonal vehicles, and early ambulances collected since 1967 by Jim Moshinskie (Dr. Mo), PhD, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, USA. This also includes Special Interest Groups for several individual states.

Historische gebeurtenissen

• Geboortedag 22 februari 1913
• Dag van overlijden 2 mei 1989

Dezelfde geboorte/sterftedag

• Ook geboren op 22 februari
• Ook overleden op 2 mei

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