OWEN WARREN ALFORD

AAFA #0321

1907 AL – 1991 AL

 

Photo from his grandson Robin Sterling

 

CULLMAN TIMES

Cullman, Cullman Co., AL—_____April 1991

 

            Funeral services for Owen Warren Alford, 84, of Houston [Winston Co.] will be today at 3 p.m. at Houston Memorial United Methodist Church. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery, Kilgore-Green Funeral Home directing.

            The body will lie in state one hour before the service.

            Mr. Alford died at Carraway Methodist Hospital Friday [April 5].

            He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Alford of Houston; four daughters, Mrs. Peggy Owens and Mrs. Evelyn Sterling, both of Addison, Mrs. Betty Godsey and Mrs. Owene Godsey, both of Houston; brother, Marshall Alford of Houston; sister, Myrtie Hunter of Houston; 11 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.

 

Photo from Houston Memorial United Methodist Church Cemetery, Winston Co. AL—www.findagrave.com

Permission granted by the photographer, Raven Smith Millwood

 

AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Owen W. Alford (SS# issued in AL) was born 2 April 1907 and died 5 April 1991, last residence Houston, Winston Co., AL.

            We included the obituary of his wife, Mary Jane Miller Alford, in Alabama Obituaries.

            Owen’s grandson Robin Alford Sterling, AAFA #0320, wrote an extensive obituary for Owen that we published in AAFA ACTION, June 1991, and with his In Remembrance.

            From Robin Sterling: “To be historically correct, it should be pointed out that Owen had only 10 grandchildren. The eleventh was a great niece who lived with the Betty Godsey family for many years.”

            *See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #2.

            His lineage: Owen Warren 1907 AL¹, John Warren 1884 AL², Alexander Marshall 1849 ?? ³, Spire Warren 1816 GA⁴, Zaddock 1787 GA⁵, Julius 1750 NC⁶, Lodwick 1710 VA⁷, James 1687 VA⁸, John 1645 VA⁹.