Diane Russell Lanford

Published 3:00 pm Friday, July 23, 2010

Diane Russell Lanford, 63, of Hillcrest Avenue, Landrum died Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home, Spartanburg, S.C.

Raised in Polk County, she was the daughter of Madge Johnson Russell Phillips of Columbus, and the late Grady Russell.&bsp; Surviving besides her mother is her daughter, Alana Lanford Gossett and son-in-law, Lee Gossett of Spartanburg, S.C., and brother Nick Russell and wife, Margie of Silva, N.C. She was preceded in death by a son, Kevin Jon Lanford, who died in 1992, and a daughter, Andrea Diane Lanford, who died at birth in 1969.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 24, 2010 in the McFarland Funeral Chapel, Tryon, with Dr. Chris Osborn officiating. &bsp;

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Burial will be in the Melvin Hill Church of the Brethren Cemetery, Green Creek.

Family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 24, 2010 just prior to the service in the McFarland Funeral Chapel.

Memorials may be made to the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home.

An on-line guest register may be signed at www.mcfarlandfuneralchapel.com.

McFarland Funeral Chapel, Tryon.