FLORA BELL KING ALFORD
AAFA #0517
1912–2010
Flora King Alford, 1971
Photo from Joel
Parker's JD Parker Tree (Ancestry.com) - used with permission
Banks Funeral Home
Sylvester, Worth Co., GA—_____ October 2010
Mrs. Flora King Alford, 98, of Macon, GA
formerly of Sylvester died Sunday October 10, 2010 at her granddaughter’s
residence in Macon.
The funeral service will be held Tuesday 11:00
AM at Banks Funeral Chapel with interment to follow at the Hillcrest Cemetery
[Sylvester] with Rev. Dan Williamson officiating.
A native of Turner County, GA, Mrs. Alford had
lived in Sylvester since 1978 moving from the Shingler Community and later
moving to Macon in 2004. She was a homemaker and a member of Pinson Memorial
United Methodist Church where she was a member of the United Methodist Women,
the Pinson Angels and was a member of the Maude O’Sheal Sunday School Class.
Survivors include her grandchildren, Dale Carr
Reid and her husband Richard of Macon, GA, Alan Carr of Conyers, GA, Glenn Carr
of Macon, GA, and Dean Carr of Crawfordville, Fl.; 10 great grandchildren and 4
great great grandchildren.
Mrs. Alford was preceded in death by her parents
Green Clyde and Ida Lee Cooper King, her husband William Leorus Alford who died
on November 2, 1985, a daughter Sara Clyde Carr and a grandson Brian Carr.
For those desiring memorials may be made to the
Pinson Memorial United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 118, Sylvester, GA 31791 or
to your favorite charity.
The family will receive friends on Monday from
7:00 PM until 8:30 PM at Banks Funeral Home.
Sign our online guest registry at www.banksfh.com. Banks Funeral Home in
Sylvester, GA is in charge of arrangements.
In another
article:
ALBANY HERALD
Albany, Dougherty Co., GA—Monday, 11 October 2010
ALBANY—Mrs. Flora King Alford, 98, of Macon, GA formerly of
Sylvester died Saturday October 9, 2010 at her daughter’s residence in Macon.
The funeral service will be held Tuesday 11:00 AM at Banks Funeral Chapel with
interment to follow in the Hillcrest Cemetery.
A native of Turner County, GA, Mrs. Alford had
lived in Sylvester since 1978 moving from the Shingler Community and later
moving to Macon in 2004. She was a homemaker and a member of Pinson Memorial
United Methodist Church where she was a member of the United Methodist Women,
the Pinson Angels and was a member of the Maude O’Sheal Sunday School Class.
Survivors include her grandchildren, Dale Carr
Reid and her husband Richard of Macon, GA, Alan Carr of Conyers, GA, Glenn Carr
of Macon, GA, and Dean Carr of Crawfordville, Fl.; 10 great grandchildren and 4
great great grandchildren.
Mrs. Alford was preceded in death by her parents
Green Clyde and Ida Lee Cooper King, her husband William Leorus Alford who died
on November 2, 1985, a daughter Sara Clyde Carr and a grandson Brian Carr.
For those desiring memorials may be made to the
Pinson Memorial United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 118, Sylvester, GA 31791 or
to your favorite charity. The family will receive friends on Monday (TODAY)
from 7:00 PM until 8:30 PM at Banks Funeral Home. Sign our online guest
registry at www.banksfh.com.
Banks Funeral Home in Sylvester, GA is in charge
of arrangements. Banks Funeral Home Sylvester 229/776-2055.
Photos
from Hillcrest Cemetery, Sylvester, Worth Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission
granted by the photographer, Michael Prescott
AAFA
NOTES: SSDI records show that Flora K. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was
born 9 Oct 1912 and died 10 Oct 2010, last residence Macon, Bibb Co., GA.
We included the obituary of her husband, William
Leorus Alford, in Georgia Obituaries.
Her newspaper obituary states her date of death
incorrectly.
Flora’s husband, William Leorus Alford, died
before AAFA was created. She joined after his death.
Flora was the sister-in-law of
Lodwick Houston Alford, AAFA #0011; Sarah Beatrice Alford Parramore, AAFA
#0158; Louise Grace Alford Ekin, AAFA #0177; Juanita Shepherd Alford, AAFA
#0382; and Walter Hoyle Alford, AAFA #0555
For more information on this family, see AAFA’s
published genealogy, Known
Descendants of James Lodwick Alford (1749–1820).
Her husband’s lineage: William Leorus 1911 GA1,
William Leorus Haywood 1863 NC2, Green Haywood 1820 NC3,
Greene 1787 NC4, James Lodwick 1749 NC5.