ELIZABETH WAS BORN ON DEC. 13, 1938. SHE WENT TO BE WITH THE LORD SEPT. 14, 2016. SHE BECAME A CHRISTIAN WHEN SHE WAS ABOUT 12 YEARS OLD AND WAS BAPTIZED IN SAMSON, ALABAMA. SHE IS PREDECEASED BY HER PARENTS, FRED COTTON AND FRANCIS WILSON COTTON FROM GENEVA CO, ALABAMA AND HER BROTHER WILBURN FLOYD COTTON OF TRENTON MISSOURI. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HER HUSBAND, JOHNNY RAYFORD LANDINGHAM, HER TWO SONS, DENNIS RANDALL AND CATHERINE (KAY) WHITMIRE LANDINGHAM, DANNY WAYNE AND PAMELA RUTH STRICKLAND LANDINGHAM, ALSO HER THREE GRANDCHILDREN,JOSHUA RANDELL LANDINGHAM, MEGAN CATHERINE LANDINGHAM, MALLORY ELIZABETH LANDINGHAM. ALSO TWO BROTHERS, RAYMOND DYKES COTTON AND KA COTTON OF RUTRIDGE, ALABAMA, DEWEY ALLEN (PETE) AND BEVERLY COTTON OF STARKVILLE, MISSISSIPPI. THREE SISTERS, GWENDOLYN AND JERRY STAFFORD OF DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, FLORIDA, BETTY JOYCE AND LEWIS CHANEY OF CLAYTON, ALABAMA, AND MARGIE AREE MERRILL OF LUVERNE, ALABAMA. ELIZABETH WAS EMPLOYED BY SUNSHINE GROCERY COMPANY, FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH DAY CARE/RECEPTIONIST, AND BCM RECEPTIONIST/DRAFTMAN FOR 12 YEARS. ELIZABETH WAS SELECTEDAS CITIZEN OF THE YEAR OF LYNN HAVEN IN 2007 AND GOOD SAMIRITAN OF THE YEAR FOR 2005 IN THE CITY OF LYNN HAVEN, FL. ELIZABETH WAS A HOMEMAKER AND A MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF LYNN HAVEN, WHERE SHE SERVED ON THE BAPTISMAL COMMITTEE, THE LORDS SUPPER COMMITTEE, CHAIRMAN OF BEREAVEMENT FOOD COMMITTEE. SHE TAUGHT 3 YEAR OLDS IN SUNDAY SCHOOL WITH JANIE MAPLES AND DANANNE OWENS RANDALL FOR 16 YEARS. LATER SHE MOVED UP TO TEACH A LADIES CLASS FOR MANY YEARS. SHE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE CHOIR AND SERVED AS A SOLOIST. SHE SERVED AS VACATION BIBLE SCHOOl DIRECTOR AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH LYNN HAVEN FL, BLUE LAKE AT CHIPLEY, FLORIDA, AND LAKESIDE BAPTIST CHURCH IN PERRY, FLORIDA. ELIZABETH WAS PRIVILEGED TO PAINT THE SCENE BEHIND THE BAPISMAL IN 6 DIFFERENT CHURCHES, 3 IN PERRY, FLORIDA, 1 IN PANAMA CITY, 1 AT DEER POINT LAKE AND 1 IN LYNN HAVEN FL. WRITING, NEEDLE WORK AND SEWING WERE HER HOBBIES. SHE ALSO LIKED TO COOK AND COLLECT RECIPES. ELIZABETH AND JOHNNY WERE MARRIED SEPT. 5, 1959 AND SEPT. 5, 2016 WAS THEIR 57 ^TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. THERE WILL BE A CELEBRATION OF LIFE AT THE LYNN HAVEN FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH SEPT. 25TH AT 2 PM. SHE REQUESTED THAT INSTEAD OF FLOWERS THAT A DONATION BE MADE TO THE LYNN HAVEN FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH CHILDERNS BUILDING FUND WHICH WILL BE A GIFT THAT KEEPS GIVING.