HOLLIS WILTON ALFORD

AAFA #0196

1921–1998

ODESSA AMERICAN

Odessa, Ector Co., TX—Wednesday, 7 October 1998

Included in “In Remembrance,” AAFA ACTION, Spring 1999

JOAQUIN—Hollis Wilton Alford, 76, of Hemphill, a retired teacher, died Friday, Oct. 2, 1998, at Lufkin Memorial Hospital.

            Services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Truitt Chapel with the Revs. Ronald Baker, Douglas Alford and Robert Shaddock officiating. Burial will be at Haven of Rest Cemetery in Beaumont. Arrangements by Starr Funeral Home Inc.

            He was born in Keltys and moved to Hemphill 30 years ago from Corpus Christi. He was an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II.

            SURVIVORS: Wife, Arliene Alford of Hemphill; sons, Roy L. Alfred [sic] of Conroe [AAFA #0208] and David E. Alford of Alto [AAFA #0615]; brothers, Roy C. Alford of Gardendale and Douglas L. Alford of Graham [AAFA #0204].

In another article:

BEAUMONT ENTERPRISE

Beaumont, Jefferson Co., TX—Tuesday, 6 October 1998

Included in “In Remembrance,” AAFA ACTION, Spring 1999

            Hollis Wilton Alford, 76, of Hemphill died Oct. 2 at Lufkin Memorial Hospital in Lufkin.

            Funeral will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Truitt Chapel in Joaquin with cremation at Haven of Rest Crematory in Beaumont under the direction of Starr Funeral Home in Hemphill.

            A native of Keltys and a former resident of Corpus Christi, he lived in Hemphill 30 years and was a retired school teacher for the Hemphill Independent School District. He was an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II.

            Survivors include his wife, Arliene Alford of Hemphill; sons, Roy L. Alford [AAFA #0208] of Conroe and David E. Alford [AAFA #0615] of Alto; brothers, Roy C. Alford of Gardendale and Douglas L. Alford [AAFA #0204] of Graham; and nieces and nephews.

Photos from Sholar Cemetery, Shelby Co., TX—www.findagrave.com

AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Hollis W. Alford (SS# issued in TX) was born 24 Dec 1921, last residence Hemphill, Sabine Co., TX.

            We included the obituaries of his wife, Margaret Arliene Ferguson Alford; and his grandson Mitchell Lee Alford in Texas Obituaries.

            Hollis was the son of Elton Clyde Alford and Viola Sawyer. Elton was the son of Julius Caesar Alford and Melissa Anderson.

            Hollis and Arliene were regulars at AAFA meetings as long as his health would permit. Those who were at the meetings in Houston, TX, Jackson, MS, or Destin, FL will remember them. They were registered for the St. Francisville meeting but had to cancel. It was the same for the Richmond, VA meeting, but sons Roy and Dave did attend as they had at previous meetings. Wife Arliene and sons remain active in AAFA, but Hollis will be missed.

            His lineage: Hollis Wilton 1921 TX¹, Elton Clyde 1894 TX², Julius Caesar 1864 TX³, Marmaduke 1833 AL⁴, John 1801 NC⁵.