GLENN ASHTON ALFORD, SR.

AAFA #0038

1919 LA –2002 LA

 

 

THE TIMES-PICAYUNE

New Orleans, LA—Monday, 16 September 2002

 

            Glenn A. Alford Sr., a retired Louisiana State Police lieutenant, died Saturday at St. Tammany Parish Hospital. He was 83. Mr. Alford was born in Tangipahoa Parish and lived in Covington for the past 61 years.

            Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth Givens Alford; two sons, John and Glenn Alford Jr; four daughters, Nancy A. Kynerd, Susan A. Monlezun, Mary Lou Alford and Carolyn A. Ward; a sister, Warrene A. Pierce; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

            A funeral will be held today at 2 p.m. at E.J. Fielding Funeral Home, 2260 W. 21st Ave., Covington. Visitation will begin at noon. Burial will be at Pinecrest Memorial Gardens.

 

Photo from Pinecrest Memorial Gardens, Covington, St. Tammany Parish, LA—www.findagrave.com

Permission granted by the photographer, Katie O’Brien Simoneaux

 

AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Glenn Alford (SS# issued in LA) was born 13 July 1919.

            We included the obituaries of his wife, Elizabeth Givens Alford; and his uncle Joseph Henry Alford in Louisiana Obituaries.

            From Gil Alford:

 

      In September 1983 I wrote Glenn, he responded immediately, and that began a 19 year period of close friendship. We wrote often, he provided vast amounts of information, and he called on the phone frequently. On more than one occasion we met in Pike Co., MS where we explored cemeteries and the surroundings, and on one occasion we visited Glenn and Elizabeth at their home in Covington.

       Glenn attended the AAFA meetings in Jackson, MS, and St. Francisville, LA, and both times he made sure his cousin Claude Anding Alford, AAFA #0017, got there too.... Glenn was a close and dear friend and I’ll really miss him.

 

            He was born in Wilmer, Tangipahoa Parish, the son of Felder Fletcher Alford and Della Herring. Six generations of Glenn’s ancestors were included with his In Remembrance article, AAFA ACTION, Winter 2003.

            His lineage: Glenn Ashton 1919 LA¹, Felder Fletcher 1876 LA², Ira Payne 1822 MS³, Edwin Barksdale 1792 NC⁴, Jacob 1761 NC⁵, Julius 1717 VA⁶, James 1687 VA⁷, John 1645 VA⁸.