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Georgia Obituaries
GEORGIA OBITUARIES OF ALFORDS
AND SPELLING VARIATIONS
Obituaries are listed alphabetically by FIRST name. Included are people whose last name, maiden name, or married name is Alford or a spelling variation: Alfred, Alvord, Allford, Halford, Hallford, Holford, etc.
The name of the newspaper (or other source) and place and date of publication follow the name of the deceased. If we included the obituary in AAFA ACTION, the issue is noted.
The Alford American Family Association (AAFA) often adds notes to each obituary, including Social Security Death Index (SSDI) data, relationship of the deceased to other Alfords, and lineages. We add to AAFA NOTES as time permits.
Where lineages are included (Alford unless otherwise stated), the format is: Name, year of birth, state or country of birth.
Obituaries of AAFA members and sometimes their spouses are also included on AAFA Member Memorials and may include more information.
We welcome corrections and additional information. If you have an obituary from this state that is not included here, please share it with us!
Date posted 15 MAY 2023
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The families of many of the subjects of these Georgia obituaries are represented in AAFA Alford Genealogies published on this website, where we are referring readers for more information.
*AAFA’s Online Published Genealogies:
1. Descendants of John Alford b. about 1645 (DNA Group 1)
John’s descendants are included in a number of separate genealogies. See AAFA Alford Genealogies, “John Alford 1645 VA,” for the applicable genealogy.
2. Known Descendants of Isham Alford (1755–1832) (DNA Group 1)
3. Known Descendants of James Lodwick Alford (1749–1820) (DNA Group 1)
4. Known Descendants of Lodwick Alford born 1802 SC
5. Known Descendants of Pierce Lewis Alford, 1829GA–1864 (DNA Group 1)
This line goes back to #3.
6. Known Descendants of James Alford & Lucy Bailey (DNA Group 1)
7. Known Descendants of Alexander Alvord and Mary Vore (DNA Group 4) and Thomas Alford b. about 1598 England (DNA Group 4)
See also Open Library’s A Genealogy of the Descendants of Alexander Alvord
By Samuel Morgan Alvord (Webster, NY: A.D. Andrews, printer, 1908)
8. Descendants of Arthur Alford & Clarky Sarvis
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Frequently cited sources include these databases at Ancestry:
GA Deaths: Georgia, Death Index, 1919–1998; and Georgia, Death Records, 1914–1940, with images of death certificates. Also, from FamilySearch.org: Georgia Deaths, 1914–1927, and Georgia Deaths, 1928–1940, both with images of death certificates
GA Marriages: Georgia Marriage Records from Select Counties, 1828–1978; and Georgia Marriages, 1699–1944
SSDI: Social Security Death Index, 1935–2014
SSACI: Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
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A.B. ALFORD
TELEGRAPH and news
Macon, Bibb Co., GA—Friday, 24 June 1988
Photo from Alford Cemetery, Forsyth, Monroe Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Taken by Find A Grave contributor SilentStroller
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that A.B. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 10 Aug 1910, last residence Macon, Bibb Co., GA.
See the obituary of his brother Frank Alford in this compilation.
From SSACI: A.B. Alford was born 10 Aug 1910 in Monroe Co., GA, son of George and Miranda Alford.
His Find A Grave memorial notes that his gravestone may be a cenotaph. New Providence Baptist Church Cemetery, also known as Providence Baptist Church Cemetery, in Smarr, Monroe Co., GA, has no Alford memorials.
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ADALINE JUDSON “ADDIE” ALFORD STAPLETON
[She died in Florida while on vacation, but we are including her obituary here because her home was in Georgia.]
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Friday, 24 February 1950
Photo from Northview Cemetery, Hartwell, Hart Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Steve Carswell
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of her mother, Sarah Frances Thornton Alford; and brother McCade Alford in this compilation.
From Florida Death Index (Ancestry): Addie Alford Stapleton died in 1950 in Lake Co., FL.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #4.
Her lineage: Adaline Judson 1884 GA1, Drewry Cade 1856 SC2, Lodwick 1802 SC3.
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ADDIE ELIZABETH WAYCASTER ALFORD COLLEY
CHEROKEE TRIBUNE
Canton, Cherokee Co., GA—Wednesday, 6 February 2008
Elizabeth Colley, 77, of Canton, died Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008.
Services were Tuesday at Sosebee Funeral Home…. Burial was in the Lebanon Cemetery in Lebanon.
Mrs. Colley was a member of the Toonigh Baptist Church.
Survivors include two sons, Terry Alford of Waleska and Larry Alford of Blue Ridge; two daughters, Judy Peck of Holly Springs and Cindy Peardon of Canton; three sisters, Carlene Nesbitt and Myrtle Covington, both of Woodstock, and Trudy Chattin of Ellijay; 13 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren; and several nephews and nieces.
Photo from Lebanon Methodist Church Cemetery, Lebanon, Cherokee Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, dgresh
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Addie E. Colley (SS# issued in GA) was born 29 Sept 1930, last residence Holly Springs, Cherokee Co., GA.
See the obituaries of her first husband, James F. Alford; and sons James Terry Alford and Larry Gene Alford in this compilation.
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AILENE ALFORD PUTNAM
ANNISTON STAR
Anniston, Calhoun Co., AL—Friday, 8 June 1990
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Ailene A. Putnam (SS# issued in AL) was born 28 Dec 1918, last residence not listed.
See the obituaries of her father, Paul Earnest Alford; and brothers Arthur Rex Alford, Billy James Alford, and Kenneth Oscar Alford in this compilation. We included the obituary of her brother Linton Alford in Florida Obituaries.
From SSACI: Ailene Alford Putnam was born 28 Dec 1918 in Clinton, TN, daughter of Paul E. Alford and Minnie M. Rollins.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #2.
Her lineage: Ailene 1918 TN1, Paul Earnest 1887 GA2, David A. 1862 GA3, John T. 1831 GA4, Bynum 1787 GA5, Isham 1755 NC6.
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ALBERT ALFORD
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—5 November 2015
Mr. Albert Alford passed October 27, 2015. Funeral service announced later. Raleigh Rucker Funeral Home 404-288-7015.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not yet list his death.
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ALICE A. WATSON ALFORD
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Monday, 5 October 1970
Photo from Redan Community Cemetery, Redan, DeKalb Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Bud
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of her husband, John Oscar Alford Sr.; and children Hazel Alford Slaughter, James Watson Alford, and John Oscar Alford Jr. in this compilation.
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ALICE MARION PEEK ALFORD
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Wednesday, 20 January 2010
A Celebration of Life Service for Mrs. Alice P. Alford will be held on Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 11:00 am at Wheat Street Baptist Church, 359 Auburn Ave. NE, Atlanta…. Interment Westview Cemetery…. Murray Brothers 404-349-3000 mbfh.com.
In another article:
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Monday, 18 January 2010
Mrs. Alice Marion Peek Alford of SW Atlanta passed away on Jan. 17, 2010. Plans to be announced by Murray Brothers Cascade Chapel 404-349-3000.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Alice Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 2 July 1923, last residence Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA.
See the obituaries of her husband, John Rainey Alford; and daughter Patricia Ann Alford White in this compilation.
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ALICE S. ALFORD NEESE
“Alyce and Bill Neese with the first 5 of 9 children.”
Photo from her Find A Grave memorial
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Thursday, 26 September 1935
Photo from Northview Cemetery, Hartwell, Hart Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Robert E. Barbi
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of her parents, James Berry Alford and Emily Susan Masters Alford; and siblings Angus Notley Alford Sr., Berta Corinda Alford Turner, and William Jesse Alford in this compilation.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #4.
Her lineage: Alice S. 1869 GA1, James Berry 1841 NC2, Lodwick 1802 SC3.
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ALLISON KIRK ALFORD
Fred Talley’s Parkview Chapel Funeral Home
Rome, Floyd Co., GA—_____ May 2007
Kirk Alford, age 47, of 4391 Calhoun Road, P.O. Box 66, Rome, died Saturday morning, May 12th, 2007, at a local hospital.
A native of Floyd County, Kirk was born on January 4th, 1960, the son of Barbara Staton Alford and the late Allison E. Alford. He moved to Rome at age 16 from Adairsville, where he attended school and was a 1978 graduate of West Rome High School, attended Shorter College and Middle Georgia College. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and the Adult Couples Sunday School Class. While at West Rome High School, Kirk won the President Award and held many records in sports. At the time of his death, Kirk coached the 17 and under AAU. Kirk served as a volunteer coach with the Rome Floyd County Recreation Department and the Upward League at the YMCA, where they won several state championships. Kirk was a well known athlete, basketball player, volunteer coach and was phenomenon player in his own right. Kirk served as a marketing associate in Rome with Sysco Foods of Atlanta. Kirk was devoted to his family and to their activities and looked forward to family vacations. Kirk was preceded in death by his father and a son, Jared Alford in 1996.
Survivors include his wife, Jill Hufstetler Alford, to whom he was married on February 12th, 1984, 1 daughter, Sarah Alford of Rome; 2 sons, Nathan and Marcus Alford both of Rome; his mother, Barbara Alford of Rome; 1 sister Edna Alford of Rome; a half brother, Adam Alford of Rome; a half sister, Amy Rogers of Rome; his mother and father-in-law, Joyce and Hollis Hufstetler of Rome; 2 uncles, Eston and Johnny Alford and 1 aunt Charlene Smith all of Rome.
Funeral services for Kirk Alford will be held on Tuesday afternoon, May 15th, 2007, at 2 o’clock at the Calvary Baptist Church…. Interment will follow in Oaknoll Memorial Gardens….
The following will serve as active pallbearers, David Newman, Mason Hudlow, Ralph Rutledge, Greg Phillips, Tim Davis, Al Thomas, Jimmie Fletcher and Steve Masters. The following will serve as honorary pallbearers, Aaron Carroll, Mark Phillips, Donny Chupp, Greg Shumate, Ken Guice, Steve Catanzano and Joe Smith. Special Guest will include all former basketball and football players of Coach Alford. All active pallbearers, honorary pallbearers and special guest are asked to arrive at Calvary Baptist Church at 1:30 on Tuesday afternoon.
The family will receive friends this (Monday) evening at Calvary Baptist Church, #101 Broadus Road, NE, Rome, from 6 until 9 o’clock….
Fred Talley’s Parkview Chapel Funeral Home has charge of the funeral arrangements for Kirk Alford.
Photos from Oaknoll Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Rome, Floyd Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Evelyn Jones
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not list his death.
See the obituary of his son Jared Michael Alford in this compilation.
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ALMA ALLFORD HENDRIX
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Thursday, 9 April 1925
In another article:
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Thursday, 9 April 1925
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of her parents, Sidney J. Allford and Fannie Alford Sexton Allford; and siblings Blanch Allford, Claude A. Alford, and Howard Allford in this compilation.
Alma is buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA, but in January 2022, a Find A Grave photographer reported that she has no gravestone.
Members of this family spell their last name Alford and Allford.
Her lineage: Alma 1904 GA1, Sidney J. 1876 GA2, Enoch Washington 1850 TN3.
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ALSIE SNIPES ALFORD
From large photo of “James Berry Alford Family Reunion 1905” in Hart Co., GA—posted to BarbaraAnnVickery’s Vickery Alford Satcher Harley Family (Ancestry)
See the obituary of her grandson Angus Notley Alford Jr. for complete photo
NEWS & OBSERVER
Raleigh, Wake Co., NC—Wednesday, 19 May 1909
Photo from New Harmony Methodist Church Cemetery, Reed Creek, Hart Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Theron Rogers
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of her son James Berry Alford (with family photo); and daughter-in-law Sarah Frances Thornton Alford in this compilation.
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ALVIN BURNS ALFORD
Photo from Scot Ward Funeral Services
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Monday, 6 February 2017
Alvin Burns Alford, age 86 of Eatonton, died Friday, February 03, 2017.
Mr. Alford was preceded in death by his wife, Peggy Alford; parents Luther and Annie Alford; daughter, Kathryn Jeanean Alford; grandson, Trenton Humphries; brother, Calvin Alford.
He is survived by daughters and son-in-law, Libby and Mikey Humphries, Brenda Reid; 5 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren; 4 great-great grandchildren.
Mr. Alford was a Veteran of the United States Army and retired from Georgia Power and was a member of local 613 IBEW, Alvin was also a member of the Rockdale Trail Blazers.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, February 07, 2017 at 2:00 PM at Scot Ward’s Green Meadow Chapel…; entombment will follow at Lawnwood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends Monday, February 06, 2017 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the funeral home. Condolences may be submitted on-line at www.scotward.com. Scot Ward Funeral Services, 699 American Legion Rd., Conyers, GA, 770-483-7216.
Photos from Lawnwood Memorial Park, Covington, Newton Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, larry carter
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not yet list his death.
See the obituaries of his wife, Peggy Joyce Robinson Alford; daughter Kathryn Jenean Alford; father, Luther H. Alford; and siblings Calvin Dean Alford and Margaret Alford Baker in this compilation.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #2.
His lineage: Alvin Burns 1930 GA1, Luther H. 1871 GA2, John T. 1831 GA3, Bynum 1787 GA4, Isham 1755 NC5.
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ALVIN LEE ALFORD, JR.
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Thursday, 10 November 1977
In another article:
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Friday, 11 November 1977
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not list his death.
See the obituaries of his parents, Alvin Lee Alford Sr. and I.V. Earnest Alford; and sister Betty Ann Alford Foote in this compilation.
His lineage: Alvin Lee 1941 GA1, Alvin Lee 1914 GA2, Dink Taylor 1879 GA3, Enoch Washington 1850 TN4.
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ALVIN LEE ALFORD, SR.
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Wednesday, 28 April 1976
In another article:
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Thursday, 29 April 1976
Photo from Sherwood Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Jonesboro, Clayton Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Harrison
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Alvin Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 18 Nov 1913 [different than gravestone] and died _____ Apr 1976, last residence Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA.
See the obituaries of his wife, I.V. Earnest Alford; children Alvin Lee Alford Jr. and Betty Ann Alford Foote; parents, Dink Taylor Allford and Emma Florence Hale Allford; and brothers Clifford Eugene Alford and Hubert Huston Alford in this compilation.
From GA Deaths: Alvin L. Alford, age 61, died 26 Apr 1976 in DeKalb Co., GA.
Members of this family spell their last name Alford and Allford.
His lineage: Alvin Lee 1914 GA1, Dink Taylor 1879 GA2, Enoch Washington 1850 TN3.
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AMANDA ALFORD YOUNG
COLUMBUS ENQUIRER-SUN
Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA—Tuesday, 1 October 1901
Mrs. Amanda Young died at her home on Fourteenth street, between Broad and Front, at 11:45 Sunday night [September 29] after an illness of six weeks. The deceased was 66 years of age.
One daughter survives her, Mrs. G.B. Abney of this city.
She was a member of the Missionary Baptist church.
The funeral took place from the residence at 3:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon, the interment being in Linwood cemetery.
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of her siblings Job Alford, John N. Alford, Matilda Laura Alford Edwards, and Mianda Alford Huckabee in this compilation.
From GA Marriages: Benjamin H. Alford married Amanda Young on 18 Sept 1852 in Harris Co., GA.
In 1850, Harris Co., GA, Amanda L. Alford, age 15 born GA, is living with her parents, William H. Alford, 39 NC, and Elizabeth Alford, 41 NC., and 6 siblings.
In 1860, Harris Co., GA: B.H. Young, 30 AL; Amanda Young 25 GA; and Georgia Young 7 GA.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
Her lineage: Amanda 1835 GA1, William Henry 1811 NC2, Job 1763 NC3, Julius 1717 VA4, James 1687 VA5, John 1645 VA6.
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AMOS CARL HALLFORD
Toccoa, Stephens Co., GA—_____ March 2014
Amos Carl Hallford, of Oxford [Newton Co., GA], formerly of Toccoa passed away March 30, 2014, at the age of 85.
He was born February 2, 1929, in Toccoa, Georgia, to the late George and Arlie Hallford. He was a hard worker having retired from the Keebler Bakery after 20 years of service. He dearly loved his family and enjoyed deep sea fishing and working on cars.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Jo Hallford; son, Raymond Carl Hallford; brother, Jeff Hallford.
Survivors include his children, Rick Hallford and Dan Callahan of Oxford, Cheryl and Lamar Knight of Conyers, Michele and Albert Morvik of Newborn, Randy and Tonya Hallford of Oxford; grandchildren, Tera Mesta, Jason Knight, April Stoelzel, Adam Womack, Hannah Parker, Alex Morvik, Sarah Parker, Lenton Parker, Madison Morvik, Andrew Hallford, Caroline Hallford; great-grandchildren, Josie Mesta, Justin Mesta, Keith Womack; sisters, Sarah Morrow, Mary Yearwood; brother, James Hallford; several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Funeral Services for Mr. Hallford will be held Thursday, April 3, 2014, 2:00 PM, at the Chapel of Caldwell & Cowan Funeral Home, 3134 Floyd Street, in Covington, and interment following in Lawnwood Memorial Park….
Photos from Lawnwood Memorial Park, Covington, Newton Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, larry carter
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not yet list his death.
See the otibuaries of his wife, Mary Jo Alexander Hallford; and son Raymond Carl Hallford in this compilation.
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ANGUS LINDER “AL” ALFORD
GWINNETT DAILY POST
Lawrenceville, Gwinnett Co., GA—Wednesday, 19 April 2006
Angus Linder (Al) Alford, age 97, of Tucker, GA, died Monday evening, April 17, 2006. Arrangements by Bill Head Funeral Homes and Crematory, Lilburn/Tucker Chapel, 770-564-2726.
In another article:
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Wednesday, 19 April 2006
Angus Linder Alford was born on December 27, 1908 in Hartwell, Georgia, son of Owen Judson Alford and Louise Linder Alford. He went to grammar school and high school in Hartwell and was quite a good athlete in high school, playing basketball, football and baseball. He was raised by his grandparents after his mother died of tuberculosis when he was two years old and his father died in the flu epidemic in 1918. He graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in Business Administration and remained an ardent Bulldog Fan.
He lived in Hartwell and worked in his grandfather’s dry goods store until he and his wife, Mary Talton Alford moved to Atlanta in 1937 and he went to work for Sears Roebuck. He was a buyer for Sears for 35 years until his retirement in 1972. At Sears his colleagues always called him “AL”, because his intials were A.L. No one has ever called him by his given name, Angus, and only family members and close friends called him Linder. Some of his working buddies liked to call him “Hopalong” because he looked so much like Bill Boyd, the actor who played Hopalong Cassidy in the movies. Little kids used to come up to him and ask him if he really was Hopalong Cassidy, and he always hated to tell them he really wasn’t.
His wife died in 1961 and he lived alone in his home in Decatur until moving into an assisted living facility in Tucker in November, 2001. He was a member of the Decatur First Baptist Church.
He has a daughter, Barbara Reed, a son-in-law, Bob Reed, two grandsons, Robert David Reed and John Alford Reed and one great-grandson, Alec Alford Reed.
He continued to participate in sports most of his life. He played golf at the American Legion course in Avondale Estates and actually scored two “holes in one” in the 1970’s. His grandsons now proudly display those golf balls and scorecards in their homes. He bowled into his late 80’s and also jogged about 3 miles three times a week until he was 83 years old.
The funeral will be Thursday, April 20, 2006, at 11 AM in the Bill Head Funeral Home, Lilburn/Tucker Chapel…. Interment Hartwell Cemetery at 3:30 PM….
In another article:
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Thursday, 20 April 2006
“Into his late 80s, angus Linder Alford, a Hartwell native, bowled weekly….”
LINDER ALFORD, 97, UGA GRAD OF CLASS OF 1931, BUYER FOR SEARS
By Derrick Henry
Angus Linder Alford went by several names. To his family, he was Linder. To his friends and colleagues he was Al, a derivative of his initials. To neighborhood children, he was frequently mistaken for Hopalong Cassidy, the enormously popular TV and film cowboy of the 1940s and 1950s.
He never went by the name Angus.
As a regional buyer for Sears’ nursery department 1949–72, Mr. Alford supplied a generation of gardeners with their needs for flowers, plants and shrubs. He was respected as a leader and made his department a profitable one, said his daughter, Barbara Reed of Tucker.
Because of his striking resemblance to William Lawrence Boyd, the actor who played Hopalong Cassidy, she said, “Little kids would come up to him on the street and ask if he was Hopalong Cassidy. He always hated to have to tell them no and disappoint them.”
One night his friends decided to have some fun. At a store opening for Sears, a colleague told the emcee that a celebrity was in the crowd. The spotlight was directed on Mr. Alford, and the emcee told the crowd it was Hopalong Cassidy.
Mr. Alford, 97, died Monday of heart failure at his assisted living residence, Sunrise at Tucker. The funeral is 11 a.m. today at Bill Head Funeral Home, Lilburn/Tucker Chapel.
The Hartwell native had a tough childhood. His mother died of tuberculosis when he was 2. His father died from flu when he was 9. He was reared by his grandparents, Angus Notley Alford and Arlie Fisher Alford. Mr. Alford helped out his grandfather in his dry goods store on the town square.
After graduating from the University of Georgia with a business degree in 1931, Mr. Alford returned to work for his grandfather. It was during the Depression, and they frequently were paid in poultry, pigs and produce.
Mr. Alford saw an attractive young woman walk by the store, asked about her and said he’d like to meet her. A dinner date was arranged that very night. It was love at first sight for Mr. Alford and Mary Elizabeth Talton, who was in town to visit her aunt. They married in 1933 and lived with his grandparents.
In 1937, the couple moved to Atlanta, where Mr. Alford landed a job stocking the warehouse at Sears for $5 a week. Four years later, Sears sent him to Chicago where he became a buyer for dairy equipment. He was transferred to Atlanta in 1949 to work for the nursery department.
More tragedy struck in 1961. Mr. Alford’s wife died. “I gave him permission to remarry, but he never did,” his daughter said. “Every widow lady in DeKalb County brought him meals for a while, until they realized he wouldn’t give in. He said he was a one-woman man.”
Mr. Alford “learned to cook enough not to starve,” she said.
At his Decatur residence, he made his own repairs and mowed his lawn. An avid golfer, he had a handicap of 8-10 strokes and shot two holes-in-one at the American Legion course in Avondale Estates during the 1970s. He jogged 3 1/2 miles at least three times a week until he fell and broke his arm when he was 83. He was forced to stop golfing as well but continued to bowl.
Into his late 80s, Mr. Alford bowled weekly at Suburban Lanes with 14 cronies. He averaged more than 200 a game, his daughter said. When virtually all his bowling buddies had died, Mr. Alford quietly laid his own ball to rest.
Photo from Northview Cemetery, Hartwell, Hart Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Robert E. Barbi
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm the birth and death dates of Angus L. Alford (SS# issued in GA), last residence Tucker, DeKalb Co., GA.
See the obituaries of his wife, Mary Elizabeth Talton Alford; and father, Owen Judson Alford, in this compilation.
From North Carolina, Marriage Index (Ancestry): A.L. Alford married Mary Elizabeth Talton on 10 Oct 1933 in Johnston Co., NC.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #4.
His lineage: Angus Lindner 1908 GA1, Owen Judson 1888 GA2, Angus Notley 1861 GA3, James Berry 1841 NC4, Lodwick 1802 SC5.
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ANGUS NOTLEY ALFORD, JR.
ANDERSON INDEPENDENT
Anderson, Anderson Co., SC—27 December 1952
HARTWELL, Ga., Dec 26—Funeral services for A.N. Alford, Jr., 49, who died yesterday of a heart attack, were held from the Smith Funeral Home at 4:30 this afternoon…. Burial was in North View cemetery. Pallbearers: Henry Ethridge, Robert Glenn, R.C. Linder, W.P. Carter, B.B. Matheson, Wilson Page, Homer Herndon, and Jule Temples.
Mr. Alford was a son of the late A.N. Alford and Ollie Fisher Alford, and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Hartwell.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Mary Alman Alford, he is survived by two sons, A.N. Alford, III, and Jack Alman Alford, all of Wyoming, Ohio; two sisters, Mrs. Montine Skelton, of Hartwell, and Mrs. C.W. Wall of College Park; two brothers, Inman Alford and Harold B. Alford, both of Hartwell.
Photo from Northview Cemetery, Hartwell, Hart Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Karen Pfirrman
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of his parents, Angus Notley Alford Sr. and Arlie Fisher Alford; and brothers Harold Brooks Alford and Owen Judson Alford in this compilation. We included the obituaries of his wife, Mary Lee Allman Alford Young, in Ohio Obituaries; and of his sons Angus Notley Alford III and Jack Allman Alford in Florida Obituaries.
From GA Deaths: A.N. Alford Jr., age 49 white, died 25 Dec 1952 in Hart Co.
Wedding announcement:
CHATTANOOGA TIMES
Chattanooga, Hamilton Co., TN—Sunday, 8 September 1929
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #4.
His lineage: Angus Notley 1902 GA1, Angus Notley 1861 GA2, James Berry 1841 NC3, Lodwick 1802 SC4.
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ANGUS NOTLEY ALFORD, SR.
[He died in South Carolina, but we are including his obituary here because he lived in Georgia.]
ATLANTA JOURNAL
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Saturday, 3 November 1951
Photo from Northview Cemetery, Hartwell, Hart Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Robert E. Barbi
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of his wife, Arlie Fisher Alford; children Angus Notley Alford Jr., Harold Brooks Alford, and Owen Judson Alford; parents, James Berry Alford and Emily Susan Masters Alford; and siblings Alice S. Alford Neese, Berta Corinda Alford Turner, William Jesse Alford in this compilation.
1930 Census:
Hartwell (E.D. 1), Hart Co., GA—Dwelling #76
Angus N. Alford head 68 GA SC GA merchant dept store
widowed
age 26 at 1st marriage
Harold B. Alford son 33 GA GA GA salesman
Montine A. Skelton dau 36 GA GA GA saleslady
Widow, age 21 at 1st marriage
Edward A. Skelton grandson 11 GA GA GA
Angus N. Jr. Alford son 27 GA GA GA salesman
age 26 at 1st marriage
Mary A. Alford d-in-law 22 GA GA GA
age 21 at 1st marriage
A. Linder Alford grandson 21 GA GA GA
1920 Census:
Hartwell (E.D. 69), Hart Co., GA—Dwelling #69
Angus N. Alford head 59 GA SC GA proprietor, dry goods store
Arlia Alford wife 40 GA GA GA
Harold B. Alford son 16 GA GA GA salesman, hardware store
Elizabeth Alford dau 12 GA GA GA
Angus N. Jr. Alford son 7 GA GA GA
Linder Alford grandson 11 GA GA GA
1910 Census:
Hartwell (E.D. 67), Hart Co., GA—Dwelling #108
Angus N. Alford head 48 GA SC GA m. 22 years
retail merchant
dry goods & hardware
Arlie E. Alford wife 40 GA GA GA 7 children, 7 living
Hugh I. Alford son 19 GA GA GA
Montine Alford dau 17 GA GA GA
Harold B. Alford son 16 GA GA GA
Forrest Alford son 14 GA GA GA
Elizabeth Alford dau 12 GA GA GA
A.N. Jr. Alford son 7 GA GA GA
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #4.
His lineage: Angus Notley 1861 GA1, James Berry 1841 NC2, Lodwick 1802 SC3.
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ANN ALFORD ADAMS BRADLEY
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Friday, 15 October 2010
Ann Ann Alford Adams Bradley, age 86, of Covington, GA, formerly of Gwinnett County, passed away on October 14, 2010. Her funeral will be Saturday, October 16 at 11:00 AM in the Bill Head Funeral Home Duluth Chapel…. Burial will follow in White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Duluth, GA….
Photos from White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Duluth, Gwinnett Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, SSmithB
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not list her death.
See the obituaries of her siblings Iris Marie Alford Bonner, John L. Alford, Lucy Alford Seay, and William Emmett Alford in this compilation.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
Her lineage: Ann 1924 GA1, William Thomas 1884 GA2, Elisha H. 1856 GA3, John Allen 1815 GA4, William 1794 NC5, Kinchen 1768 NC6, Lodwick 1710 VA7, James 1687 VA8, John 1645 VA9.
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ANNA GAMBLE ALFORD
Photo from Striffler-Hamby Mortuary
LAGRANGE DAILY NEWS
LaGrange, Troup Co., GA—Friday, 6 February 2015
Anna G. Alford, 86, of LaGrange passed away Thursday, January 22, 2015 at Florence Hand Home and Rehab Center.
Ms. Alford was born April 13, 1928 in Londonderry, Ireland, daughter of the late Thomas Gamble and Jane Robb. She moved to LaGrange from Ireland at the age of 18 living here for many years before relocating due to her career. After retiring from the Lessona Corporation where she worked in the Marketing Department MS Alford returned to make her home in LaGrange. Ms. Alford was a member of St Mark’s Episcopal Church.
In addition to her parents Ms. Alford was preceded in death by a son, Michael; sister, Eleanor and nephew Thomas.
Survivors include her son Timothy R. (Peggy) Alford SR; two grandsons, Timothy Robb Alford JR and Benjamin Clarke Alford all of Columbia, SC; grandson David, (son of Michael) and his family of LaGrange.
A Memorial Service to celebrate the life of MS Alford will be held 2:00 PM, Sunday, February 8 , 2015 at St Mark’s Episcopal Church, 207 N Greenwood Street, LaGrange GA 30240….
Arrangements are by Striffler Hamby Mortuary, 1010 Mooty Bridge Road, LaGrange, GA 30240 (706) 884-8636.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not yet list her death.
See the obituary of her son Michael Owen Alford in this compilation.
Her Find A Grave memorial says she was cremated.
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ANNIE ALFORD
TUCSON DAILY CITIZEN
Tucson, Pima Co., AZ—9 June 1921
SANDERSVILLE [Washington Co.], Ga., Sept 21—Annie Alford, the 15 year old daughter of T.J. Alford, a lumber dealer, was accidentally killed while Deputy Sheriff Heath and an escaped negro convict were engaged in a pistol duel. The tragedy occurred in the commons, where a Wild West show was having an exhibition, the child being inside the tent. Neither the officer nor the negro was hurt. The negro escaped.
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ANNIE B. SMITH ALFRED
COLUMBUS LEDGER-ENQUIRER
Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA—12 August 2015
August 16, 1936–August 7, 2015
COLUMBUS, GA—Mrs. Annie B. Smith Alfred of Columbus passed away peacefully Friday at her home. She was 78 years of age and resided at 563 Chandler Drive.
The daughter of the late George C. and Josie M. Thomas Smith, Mrs. Alfred was born in Ft. Mitchell, AL and was a member of Word of Truth Ministries where she served as Choir Director, with the Usher’s and Culinary Ministries and was a “Mother of the Church”. She sung with the Gospel Clouds.
Mrs. Alfred was preceded in death by a daughter, Mary Alice Griffith.
Surviving her departure with cherished memories, include: her husband of 50 years, Mr. Oscar Alfred; a daughter, Barbara Bass; five grandchildren, Rev. Christopher Smith (Jeanelle), Moneka Griffith, SFC LaKesha Coleman (SFC Jerome), Sunkela Griffith and Terelle Stevenson; 18 great grandchildren, five great great grandchildren; two sisters, Josie M. Clayton and Millie Dudley; a brother-in-law, Carlton Alfred; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
The Homegoing Celebration for Mrs. Alfred will be 4:00 p.m., Friday, August 14, 2015 at Faith Tabernacle Church…. Progressive Funeral Home, Inc.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not yet list her death.
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ANNIE BEATRICE ALFORD DANIEL
Aunt of Mary Agnes Alford Smith Lynch, AAFA #1234
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Saturday, 16 December 2000
Annie Beatrice Daniel, 85, of Covington died Thursday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Sunday, Caldwell & Cowan.
Photo from Lawnwood Memorial Park, Covington, Newton Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, D.J.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Beatrice Daniel (SS# issued in GA) was born 17 March 1915, last residence not listed.
We included the obituary of her brother Willie Monroe Alford in South Carolina Obituaries.
From SSACI: Beatrice Alford Daniel was born 13 March 1995 [different than SSDI and gravestone] in Eatonton, GA, daughter of Willie A. Alford and Rosie A. Striling [sic: Strickland].
From GA Marriages: William Alford married Anna Strickland on 10 Feb 1907 in Clarke Co., GA.
On Willie Albert Alford’s 1918 WWI Draft Registration Card (Ancestry), he is age 38, a farmer living in Morgan Co., GA. He was born 8 March 1880 and names Anner Alford as his contact.
Her father, William Albert Alford, moved his family often. Locations for census years:
1910 Oconee Co., GA—Alfred, Will (32 GA GA GA, 2nd marriage) & Anna (19, 1st marriage)
1920 Morgan Co., GA—Alford, William (36 SC SC SC) & Anna (26)
1930 Henry Co., GA—Alford, Willie A. (54 GA GA GA) & Rosa Anna (39)
1935 Anderson Co., GA (per 1940 census)
1940 Madison Co., GA—Alford, Willie A. (61 SC) & Annie (52)
Her lineage: Annie Beatrice 1915 GA1, William Albert 1880 SC/GA2.
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ANNIE INAH ANDERSON ALFORD
[The location of Annie’s death is not clear, so we are including it here and in Florida Obituaries.]
BRUNSWICK NEWS
Brunswick, Glynn Co., GA—Thursday, 6 November 2003
Annie Inah Anderson Alford, 97, died Monday [November 3].
The funeral service was to have been at 1 p.m. today at the First Baptist Church in Kingsland [Camden Co., GA].... Burial was to follow in Lawnwood Cemetery.
Survivors include her children, Alma Larsen of Burlington, Wash., Doris Crosslen of Brunswick, Robert Vaughn Jr. of Kingsland and Irene Weller of Fernandina Beach, Fla.; three sisters; a brother; seven grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and 26 great-great-grandchildren....
Oxley-Heard Funeral Directors in Fernandina Beach is in charge of arrangements.
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FLORIDA TIMES-UNION
Jacksonville, Duval Co., FL—Thursday, 6 November 2003
Annie Inah Anderson Alford was born November 7, 1905, in Horry County South Carolina. She married Robert Vaughn Alford on November 18, 1920. They were married for 43 years.
She went home to be with the Lord November 3, 2003.
She is survived by her children: Alma (Jim) Larsen, Burlinton, WA; Doris Crosslen, Brunswick, GA; Robert Vaughn, Jr., Kingsland, GA and Irene (Dick) Weller, Fernandina Beach, FL; grandchildren: Fritz (June) Brazell, Brunswick, GA; Bob (Mary) Larsen, Seattle, WA: Janice (Geoffrey) Yates, Bellevue, WA; Julie Ann Steffens, Gainesville, FL; Rita Wilder, Green Cove Springs, FL; Teresa (Skip) Davis, Elizabethton, TN; Linda (Roy) Mansfield, Brunswick, GA; 22 great grandchildren and 26 great great grandchildren.
One of eleven children, Annie leaves 3 sisters in North Carolina and a brother in South Carolina.
She was preceded in death by her husband Robert Vaughn, four grandchildren, Pam (Randolph) Odum, Ricky (Carol) Brazell, Carol Larsen, Anna Bryant and a great great grandchild, Kayla Odum.
The family will receive friends on Wednesday from 6 P.M. until 8 P.M. at Oxley-Heard Funeral Home in Fernandina. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, November 6, 2003 at 1:00 P.M. at the First Baptist Church of Kingsland, Georgia... Interment will follow in Lawnwood Cemetery in Kingsland…. Oxley-Heard Funeral Directors.
Photo from Lawnwood Cemetery, Kingsland, Camden Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Kay Beucler
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not list her death.
See the obituaries of her children Doris Alford Brazell Crosslen and Robert Vaughn Alford Jr. in this compilation. We included the obituary of her daughter Alma Annie Alford Larsen in Washington Obituaries.
For more information about this family, see AAFA’s published genealogy, Known Descendants of Joel Alford and Clarky B. Carroll.
Her husband’s lineage: Robert Vaughn 1897 SC1, John Thomas 1861 SC2, Joseph/Joel 1842 SC3, Joel 1800 SC4.
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ANNIE LAURIE ALFORD PSALMONDS
COLUMBUS LEDGER-ENQUIRER
Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA—Thursday, 5 May 2005
COLUMBUS, GA—Annie Laurie Psalmonds, 87, of Columbus, died Wednesday, May 4 at St. Francis Hospital. Graveside services will be held 11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 7 in the Memorial Mausoleum in Parkhill Cemetery, according to Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, Macon Road Chapel. The family will receive friends Saturday from 10 to 11 a.m. at the funeral home.
Mrs. Psalmonds was born April 4, 1918 in Columbus, daughter of Seals Myrick and Lena Alford. She has lived in Columbus most of her life and was a retired elementary school teacher, having taught at Morningside Elementary and Trinity School. She was a member of Midland United Methodist Church.
She was the widow of Joseph Bartow Psalmonds, Sr.
Survivors include her sons, Joe and his wife Beth Psalmonds of Shreveport, LA and Phillip and his wife Maryann Psalmond of Midland, Ga.; a brother, Ted L. Alford of Columbus and a sister, Dorothy Eisenmenger [sic: Eisiminger] of Fla.; five grandchildren, Barbara and Phil Psalmond of Midland, John (Jennifer) Psalmonds of Shreveport, LA; Amy (Rob) Richardson of Albuquerque, NM, and Jamie Psalmonds of Seattle, WA; three great grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, contributions to Annie Laurie Alford Psalmonds Scholarship Fund GCSU Foundation Campus Box 96, Milledgeville, Ga., 31061. Please visit www.striffler-hamby.com to sign the online guest registry.
Photos from Parkhill Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Linda Farmer Ames
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm the birth and death dates of Annie L. Psalmonds (SS# issued in GA), last residence Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA.
See the obituaries of her siblings Robert Seals Alford and Ted Lincoln Alford; grandfather Warren Jackson Alford; and sister-in-law Helen Clarice Miller Alford in this compilation. We included the obituary of her sister Dorothy Virginia Alford Eisiminger in Arizona Obituaries.
Annie’s parents are also buried in Parkhill Cemetery in Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #5.
Her lineage: Annie Laurie 1918 GA1, Seals Myrick 1895 GA2, Warren Jackson 1851 GA3, Pierce Lewis 1829 GA4, Peyton 1788 NC5, James Lodwick 1749 NC6.
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ANNIE MAE ALFORD
BRUNSWICK NEWS
Brunswick, Glynn Co., GA—Wednesday, 6 May 1992
Included in AAFA ACTION, Fall 1995
The funeral for Annie Mae Alford of Brunswick will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Mt. Olive Baptist Church…. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Alford died May 1 at Medical Arts Nursing Home….
Surviving is a cousin, Cornelia Oree of Jacksonville, Fla.
A native of Glynn County, Mrs. Alford was a service worker and a member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church.
Brunswick Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Annie M. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 24 July 1903 and died 1 June 1992, last residence Brunswick, Glynn Co., GA. The death date is not consistent with the obituary, and the birth year is not consistent with the GA Deaths age at death or the SSACI record.
From GA Deaths: Annie M. Alford, age 77 black, died 1 May 1992 in Glynn Co. The death date in this record is consistent with the obituary.
From SSACI: Annie Mae Alford, black, was born 24 July 1904 in Brunswick, Glynn Co., GA, daughter of Gus Johnson and Cornelia Brown.
Annie is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Brunswick, but she has no gravestone.
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ANNIE RUTH ALFORD GEORGE
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Friday, 8 February 1985
Photo from Rock Chapel Historic Cemetery, Lithonia, DeKalb Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Bud
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not list her death.
See the obituary of her brother Luther Fitzgerald Alford in this compilation.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #2.
Her lineage: Annie Ruth 1894 FL1, Walter S. 1859 GA2, John T. 1831 GA3, Bynum 1787 GA4, Isham 1755 NC5.
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AQUARIUS OBA ALFORD
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—19 November 2004
Mr. Aquarius Oba Alford (Q), age 24, who passed November 10, 2004 will be funeralized Saturday, November 20, 2004 at 11:00 a.m. from Chapel Hill Missionary Baptist Church…. Interment, Resthaven Cemetery.
Survivors are parents, son, sister, two brothers, grandparents, great-grandparents, and a host of other relatives and friends. Please assemble at the church at 10:30 a.m. Raleigh Rucker Funeral Home, 404-288-7015.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not list his death.
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ARLIE FISHER ALFORD
ATLANTA JOURNAL
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Saturday, 27 October 1923
Photo from Northview Cemetery, Hartwell, Hart Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Robert E. Barbi
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of her husband, Angus Notley Alford Sr.; and children Angus Notley Alford Jr., Harold Brooks Alford, and Owen Judson Alford in this compilation.
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ARTHUR JAMES HALLFORD
COLUMBUS LEDGER-ENQUIRER
Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA—Saturday, 11 October 19
Photo from Riverdale Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Christine Thacker
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of his parents, James E. Hallford and Lula E. Lovick Hallford; and brother William E. Hallford in this compilation.
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ARTHUR LEE ALFORD
AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
Augusta, Richmond Co., GA—Monday, 5 February 1968
Photo from Warm Springs City Cemetery, Warm Springs, Meriwether Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Kelli Head
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Arthur Alford (SS# issued in SC) was born 8 Oct1909 and died _____ Feb 1968, last residence Warm Springs, Meriwether Co., GA.
See the obituaries of his wife, Velma Elizabeth Bolton Alford; and son Arthur Lewis “Al” Alford in this compilation. We included the obituary of his daughter Margaret Louise Alford Harrelson Dussor in South Carolina Obituaries.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #2.
His lineage: Arthur Lee 1909 GA1, Zachariah Burrus 1868 GA2, John Ferrell 1827 GA3, Isham 1805 GA4, Brittain Washington 1782 NC5, Isham 1755 NC6.
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ARTHUR LEWIS “AL” ALFORD
COLUMBUS LEDGER-ENQUIRER
Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA—Thursday, 16 December 2004
Alford, Arthur “Al,” 54, Warm Springs, Ga., died Tuesday [December 14]. Cox Funeral Home, Manchester, Ga.
Photos from Warm Springs City Cemetery, Warm Springs, Meriwether Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Kelli Head
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Arthur L. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 15 Nov 1950, last residence not listed.
See the obituaries of his parents, Arthur Lee Alford and Velma Elizabeth Bolton Alford, in this compilation. We included the obituary of his sister Margaret Louise Alford Harrelson Dussor in South Carolina Obituaries.
His middle name is from his mother’s obituary.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #2.
His lineage: Arthur Lewis 1950 GA1, Arthur Lee 1909 GA2, Zachariah Burrus 1868 GA3, John Ferrell 1827 GA4, Isham 1805 GA5, Brittain Washington 1782 NC6, Isham 1755 NC7.
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ARTHUR REX ALFORD
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Thursday, 7 March 2002
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Arthur R. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 12 May 1926, last residence Jonesboro, Clayton Co., GA.
See the obituaries of his father, Paul Earnest Alford; and siblings Ailene Alford Putnam, Billy James Alford, and Kenneth Oscar Alford in this compilation. We included the obituary of his brother Linton Alford in Florida Obituaries.
From SSACI: Arthur Rex Alford was born 12 May 1926 in Atlanta, GA, son of Earnest P. Alford and Minnie M. Rollins.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #2.
His lineage: Arthur Rex 1926 GA1, Paul Earnest 1887 GA2, David A. 1862 GA3, John T. 1831 GA4, Bynum 1787 GA5, Isham 1755 NC6.
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AUBREY JAMES ALFORD
AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
Augusta, Richmond Co., GA—Wednesday, 9 August 1950
Photos from West View Cemetery, Augusta, Richmond Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Fort
AAFA NOTES: See the obituary of his second wife, Willie Mae Craig Cato Alford, in this compilation. We included the obituaries of his son Donald Aubrey Alford in South Carolina Obituaries; and of his father, Daniel Manuel Alford, in North Carolina Obituaries.
On Aubrey James Alford’s 1940 WWII Draft Registration Card (Ancestry), he is age 34, born 19 June 1906 in Marion Co., SC. He is living in Lumberton, Robeson Co., NC, and his contact is his father, Daniel M. Alford of the same address.
For more information about this family, see AAFA’s published genealogy, Known Descendants of Prudence _____ Alford [the name of Prudence’s husband is not known].
His lineage: Aubrey James 1906 SC1, Daniel Manuel 1883 SC2, William Edward 1850 SC3, William N. 1826 SC4.
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AUDREY ALFORD GRATZ
Aunt of Virginia Carmichael Alford Johnston, AAFA #0811, and Oliver Perry Alford III, AAFA #0754
LEXINGTON HERALD
Lexington, Fayette Co., KY—Wednesday, 21 April 1976
Mrs. Clifford P. (Audrey) Gratz, 90, formerly of Lexington, died Tuesday in Atlanta, Ga.
She was born in Lexington, daughter of the late Oliver P. and Mary Downing Alford and was a member of the Episcopal Church.
Survivors are one son Benjamin Gratz, Atlanta; two daughters, Mrs. Judith Kew, Greenich, Conn., Mrs. Mary Alford Tratz, Washington, D.C.
Graveside services 2 pm. Thursday in the Lexington Cemetery….
Friends may call at W.R. Milward Mortuary-Broadway 4–9 today and 11 a.m. until time of service Thursday.
Photo from Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette Co., KY—www.findagrave.com
Photo Copyright 2010 Hank Cox, originally uploaded to Find A Grave
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Audrey Gratz (SS# issued in CT) was born 18 May 1885 and died _____ Apr 1976, last residence Greenwich, Fairfield Co., CT.
We included the obituary of her mother, Mary Ann Downing Alford; and brother Smith Edison Alford in New York Obituaries; and of her father, Oliver Perry Alford Sr., in Kentucky Obituaries.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #6.
Her lineage: Audrey 1885 KY1, Oliver Perry 1827 KY2, Nathaniel 1785 KY3, Charles 1752 VA4, James 1715 VA5.
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AUSTIN P. ALFORD
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—6 February 2007
Austin P. Alford, 18, of Newnan died Thursday. Funeral, 2:30 p.m. today, Summerhill Baptist Church; Sellers-Smith Funeral Home.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Austin P. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 14 Dec 1988, last residence not listed.
Sellers-Smith Funeral Home traditionally serves the African-American community.
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BARBARA ANN GOOSLIN ALFORD
THOMASVILLE TIMES-ENTERPRISE
Thomasville, Thomas Co., GA—Saturday, 19 April 2008
Graveside services for Barbara Ann Gooslin Alford, 61, of Thomasville, are at 4 p.m., Sunday, April 20, 2008, at Cobb Suncrest Memorial Gardens…. Mrs. Alford died Friday, April 18, at Archbold Hospital.
Born Sept. 28, 1946, in Colquitt County, she was the daughter of the late Delmon Gooslin and Juanita Summerlin Gooslin. Mrs. Alford was a homemaker and a member of Victory Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, John A. Alford of Thomasville; one son, Greg Boucher of Thomasville; two daughters, Julie Doyon of Moultrie, Janet Morgan of Franklin, Mass.; one brother, Paul “Buck” Gooslin of Doerun; three sisters, Lois G. Allegood and husband Freddie of Doerun, Jean Jenkins of Doerun and Mae Roberts and husband E.W. of Norman Park; two grandchildren, Brittney Doyon and Henry “T.J.” Doyon II; and she was also “Nene” to Madison and Olivia Dunn.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m., today at the Moultrie funeral home.... Cobb Funeral Chapel.
Photo from Suncrest Memorial Gardens, Moultrie, Colquitt Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Elsie Spoeneman
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm the birth and death dates of Barbara A. Alford (SS# issued in GA), last residence Thomasville, Thomas Co., GA.
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BARBARA J. ALFORD
COLUMBUS LEDGER-ENQUIRER
Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA—Thursday, 5 September 2002
Alford, Barbara J., 72, Columbus, died Tuesday [September 3]. Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, Macon Road Chapel, Columbus.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Barbara J. Alford (SS# issued in IN) was born 3 Sept 1930 [died on her birthday], last residence Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA.
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BEATRICE PARHAM ALFORD
THE TELEGRAPH
Macon, Bibb Co., GA—Thursday, 23 December 1999
WOODBURY [Meriwether Co.]—Services for Beatrice Parham Alford will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in Mount Pleasant Baptist Church with burial in Walker Cemetery. Alford, 75, died Tuesday, Dec. 21, 1999.
Survivors include her children, Waddell Alford Jr. of Hogansville, Julia Carlyle of Stone Mountain, Mary Ogletree of Columbus, Catherine Crawl of Woodbury and Sherman Alford of Warm Springs; sister and brother, Mary P. Hold of Woodbury and Lonnie Parham of Austell....
Bentley’s and Sons Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
Photo from Walker Memory Garden, Woodbury, Meriwether Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, J. B. Chrismond
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Beatrice P. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 14 Apr 1924, last residence Woodbury, Meriwether Co., GA.
From SSACI: Beatrice Parham Alford, black, was born 26 Apr 1924 [different than gravestone and SSDI] in Meriwether Co., GA, daughter of Ottis Parham and Georgia B. Ridley.
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BENJAMIN ALFRED
BENJAMIN ALFORD
[He died in Georgia, but we are also including his obituary in Massachusetts Obituaries because that was his home.]
CONNECTICUT COURANT
Hartford, Hartford Co., CT—4 October 1814
Died: Benjamin Alford, aged 46, a native of Westfield, (Mass.)
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THE REPUBLICAN AND SAVANNAH EVENING LEDGER
Savannah, Chatham Co., GA—1 October 1814
Died, in this city, on Saturday, the 17th, after a short but severe illness, Mr. Benjamin Alford, aged 46 years, a native of Westfield (Mass). During a short residence in this city, he was much respected by all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance. The warmth and sincerity of friendship, and the benevolent disposition of this gentleman, will endear his memory to his friends and distant relatives and leave them grounds to hope, that he is now enjoying felicity, in another and a better world.
Photo from Old Burying Ground, Westfield, Hampden Co., MA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Alexander Zhang
Note from photographer, July 2015: The stone is currently weather worn, except for the names almost illegible, and broken in half and lying on its back.
AAFA NOTES: We included the obituaries of his son Samuel Dwight Alfred in Vermont Obituaries; and parents, William Alford and Lydia Fellows Alford, in Connecticut Obituaries.
Benjamin’s last name is Alfred on his marriage record, on his gravestone, and in his probate records, but in other records it is Alford. His children also used Alfred.
From Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934 (Ancestry): Benjamin Alford, age 46 and native of Westfield Hampden Co., MA, died in 1814 in Savannah, GA.
From Savannah, Georgia Vital Records, 1803-1966 (Ancestry): Benjamin Alford, age 46, died of “fever” 17 Sept 1814 in Savannah, GA. He was a trader from Hartford, CT. In Remarks:
Mr. Alford had been but a very short time in Savannah, was sick about ten days at Mr. Wm. Lucas’s Boarding House near the Court House, where he died & from whence he was buried, leaving a wife & three children at Westfield in Massachusetts & a Brother (Mr. Will Alford) in Savannah.
From Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633–1850 (Ancestry): Benjamin Alfred and Elizabeth Chapin were married on 29 Nov 1794 in West Springfield, Hampden Co., MA.
From Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (Ancestry): Benjamin Alford was born 26 March 1769 in Newburyport, Essex Co., MA, the son of William and Lydia. Another son, William Alford, was born in the same place on 27 Dec 1767.
His lineage: Benjamin ALFRED 1769 MA1, William ALFORD 1741 MA2.
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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ALFORD
Father of Patsy Ruth Alford Dunn, AAFA #1144
Grandfather of Patricia Ann Alford Jensen, AAFA #1133
JOURNAL AND CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Sunday, 27 December 1987
Photo from Mount Harmony Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Mableton, Cobb Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, WWII History Fan
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Benjamin F. Alford (SS# issued in IA) was born 30 July 1907, last residence Mableton, Cobb Co., GA.
We included the obituaries of his son Edward Gordon Alford in Texas Obituaries; and of his mother, Jonnie Sarah Lassiter Alford, in California Obituaries.
From Alabama, County Marriage Records (Ancestry): Benjamin F. Alford, age 21, married Mary Lou Sawyer, age 18, on 12 June 1927 in Montgomery Co., AL.
On Benjamin Franklin Alford’s 1940 WWII Draft Registration Card (Ancestry), he is age 33, living in Chicago, Cook Co., IL. He was born 30 July 1907 in Montgomery, AL.
For more information about this family, see AAFA’s published genealogy, Known Descendants of Salvator Alford and Elizabeth Reynolds.
His lineage: Benjamin Franklin 1907 AL1, James Arnold 1884 AL2, William G. 1848 AL3, Henry Dortch 1822 GA4, William 1774 VA5, William 1741 VA6, Salvator 1716 VA7.
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BENNIE ALFORD
THE TELEGRAPH
Macon, Bibb Co., GA—Friday, 22 December 2006
FORSYTH [Monroe Co.]—Bennie Alford, 75, died Monday, December 18, 2006. Services will be 11A.M. Saturday, December 23, 2006 at Freeman Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Hopewell Church Cemetery.
Survivors include one brother, Robert Jones; two sisters, Christine Hughley and Hattie Alford all of Forsyth; and a host of nieces and nephews.
Family will receive friends at Union Hill Apt. 11-D -Freeman Funeral Home of Forsyth.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Bennie Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 4 Jan 1931, last residence Forsyth, Monroe Co., GA.
See the obituary of his brother Phenious Alford in this compilation.
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BENNIE MAE ALFORD
Photo from Willie A. Watkins Funeral Home
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Friday, 8 June 2012
Mrs. Bennie Mae Alford, age 73, of Fairburn, GA died June 1, 2012. Funeral services will be Saturday, June 9, 2012 at 1:00PM at New Mt. Silla Baptist Church, 450 County Rd. 49, Midway, AL…. Interment to follow at New Mt. Silla Churchyard Cemetery. Willie A. Watkins Funeral Home (Carrollton) (770) 836-0044.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Bennie M. Alford (SS# issued in AL) was born 6 March 1939, last residence not listed.
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BERNARD W. ALFORD
[He died in Georgia, but we are also including his obituary in Mississippi Obituaries because he had only lived in Georgia for three months.]
THE CLARION-LEDGER
Jackson, Hinds Co., MS—Wednesday, 28 January 1998
Included in AAFA ACTION, Winter 2000
DUNWOODY, GA—Bernard W. Alford, 74, a retired G.V. “Sonny” Montgomery Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Jackson, Miss., employee, died of a heart attack Monday [January 26] at Dunwoody Medical Center.
Services are 11 a.m. Thursday at Baldwin-Lee Funeral Home in Pearl, Miss., with burial in Floral Hills Cemetery....
He had lived in Georgia for three months, having moved from Pearl. He retired from the VA with 34 years of service.
Survivors include: wife, Mable; [step]son, Ray Stuart of Dunwoody; brothers, S.J. Alford and Arthur Alford, both of Morton [Scott Co.]; sister, Annie Bell Fitzhugh of Ludlow [Scott Co.], Miss., Yvonne Harrison of Lake [Scott Co.], Miss., Nellie Shaw of Forest [Scott Co.], Miss., Irene Martin of Pearl [Rankin Co.] and Mecia Gay Crapps of Ludlow; and two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Photos from Floral Hills Memory Gardens, Pearl, Rankin Co., MS,—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Robert Heinsch
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Bernard Alford (SS# issued in MS) was born 21 Jan 1924, last residence Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA.
See the obituary of his wife, Mabel Louise Alford, in this compilation. We included the obituaries of his parents, William Alvie Alford and Rosia Florence Slade Alford; and his siblings Annie Bell Alford Fitzhugh, Florence Wyvonne Alford Harrison, and Vernon Komack Alford in Mississippi Obituaries.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #2.
His lineage: Bernard W. 1924 MS1, William Alvie 1887 MS2, William Jackson 1848 MS3, Spire Washington 1807 GA4, Brittain Washington 1782 NC5, Isham 1755 NC6.
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BERNICE ALFORD
MORNING NEWS
Savannah, Chatham Co., GA—27 May 2002
Bernice Alford, 84, died May 20 at Candler Hospital after a long illness.
A native and lifelong resident of Savannah, she was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, where she served on the Usher Board, Pastor Aide Board, and Hospitality Committee.
Survivors: son, Michael A. Brown (Rosa) of Savannah; companion, Clifford Dixon of Savannah; nephews, John R. Smart, Jabarri Smart, both of Rockford, IL, Larry B. Barnes of Savannah, Nicholas A. Williams of Rockford, IL; nieces, Mildred A. Barnes, Tammy R. Barnes, both of Savannah, Nicole L. Smart of CT, Jasmyne B. Smalls, Tammara R. Barnes, both of Rockford, IL; grandsons, Michael A. Brown, Jr., Darien J. Brown, both of Savannah; a host of cousins and friends.
Funeral: 11:00 a. m. May 28 from Mt. Zion Baptist Church.
Burial: Evergreen Cemetery. Reposing at the church 9:00 a. m. until hour of service.
Sidney A. Jones Funeral Home.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Bernice Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 30 Aug 1917, last residence Savannah, Chatham Co., GA.
Sidney A. Jones Funeral Home traditionally serves the African-American community.
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BERNICE ALFORD SMITH
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Saturday, 10 January 2009
Homegoing services for Mrs. Bernice Alford Smith will be held on Monday, January 12, 2009 at 11:00am at Ben Hill United Methodist Church 2099 Fairburn Rd. Atlanta, GA. Body will lie in state one hour before service. Family asked to assemble at the church.
Photo from Mount Harmony Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Mableton, Cobb Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, WWII History Fan
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Bernice Smith (SS# issued in NY) was born 25 March 1923, last residence Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA.
We included the obituaries of her father, Horace Alford Sr.; and brothers Horace Alford Jr. and Rufus L. Alford in Pennsylvania Obituaries; of her mother, Della M. Slade Alford, in District of Columbia Obituaries; of her sister Evelyn Beatrice Alford Bolding in Maryland Obituaries; and of her sister Sadie Belle Alford James Thompson in Oregon Obituaries.
Her parents, from several Ancestry family trees, were Horace Alford and Della Slade. Her grandparents were Burrell Alford and Susan McCrimmon.
In 1930, Bessie Alford, age 7, is listed with her parents, Horace and Della Alford, and 4 siblings in Baltimore, MD. This is an African-American family.
Her lineage: Bernice 1923 NC1, Horace 1896 NC2, Burrell 1869 NC3.
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BERTA CORINDA ALFORD TURNER
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Friday, 28 November 1975
Photo from Cokesbury UMC Cemetery, Hart Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Theron Rogers
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of her parents, James Berry Alford (with family photo) and Emily Susan Masters Alford; and siblings Alice S. Alford Neese, Angus Notley Alford Sr., and William Jesse Alford in this compilation.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #4.
Her lineage: Berta Corinda 1877 GA1, James Berry 1841 NC2, Lodwick 1802 SC3.
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BESSIE LEE KITE ALFORD
COLUMBUS ENQUIRER
Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA—Saturday, 7 August 1943
Photo from Pine Grove Cemetery, Phenix City, Russell Co., AL—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Christine Thacker
AAFA NOTES: See the obituary of her husband, Robert Leslie Alford, in this compilation.
From SSACI: Bessie Kite Alford was born 17 March 1890 [different than gravestone] in AL, daughter of William Kite and Hattie Sanders.
Divorce filing:
sunday ledger-ENQUIRER
Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA—Sunday, 26 January 1936
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BESSIE ALFORD BRYANT
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Saturday, 15 March 2014
Bryant, Bessie (Alford) Age 93, of Canton, passed away March 13, 2014. Services Mar. 15. South Canton Funeral Home, Canton.
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Canton, Cherokee Co., GA—_____ March 2014
July 18, 1920 - March 13, 2014
Bessie Alford Bryant, age 93, of Canton, GA moved to Heaven Thursday, March 13, 2014.
She was a member of Shiloh Baptist Church and was a loving Wife, Mother, Sister, Grandmother, Great Grandmother, Great Great Grandmother, & Friend. She took her first airplane trip to Wyoming at the age of 90.
Funeral services are scheduled for 11:00 AM, on Saturday, March 15, 2014, from the Chapel of South Canton Funeral Home…. Interment will follow at Cross Roads Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery….
She was preceded in death by, Husband - Duffie Bryant, Sister - Nell Hudson, Brother - Jim Alford, & Grandson - Adam Brooks.
Survivors include:
Daughter - Carolyn Grier, Marietta, GA
Daughter - Gail Casteel, Holly Springs, GA
Daughter - Virginia (Mike) Brooks, Woodstock, GA
Daughter - Debra (Wayne) Ray, Canton, GA
Grandchild - Bonita (Kenneth) Alley
Grandchild - Danny (Anita) Casteel
Grandchild - Donna (Jeff) Roberts
Grandchild - Ashley (Mark) Wentworth
Grandchild - Dwayne (Telema) Casteel
Grandchild - Kelly (Dustin) Bryson
Great Grand Children - Cody, Daniel, Amanda & Josh, Amber, Lauren, Madison, Dylan, Katlyn, Halle, Savannah, Evan, & Skyler
Great Great Grand Child - Ella
In lieu of flowers the family requests contributions be made to South Canton Funeral Home to help pay funeral expenses….
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not list her death.
See the obituaries of her siblings James F. Alford and Ruby Nell Alford Hutson in this compilation.
Her Find A Grave memorial identifies her parents as James Russell Alford (1897–1981) and Jessie Lee Alford (1897–1985).
Her lineage: Bessie 1920 GA1, James Russell 1896 GA2, John 1876 GA3, Posey 1842 GA4.
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BETTE ALFORD RAMOS
SPRINGVILLE JOURNAL
Springville, Erie Co., NY—6 January 2000
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 1 o’clock from the Highlands Baptist Church, Roswell [Fulton Co.], Georgia, for Bette Alford Ramos, 80, of Roswell, formerly of Springville, who died Monday, January 3, 2000....
Born in Buffalo, Mrs. Ramos grew up in Springville and later moved to Atlanta, where she worked for Eastern Airlines for 20 years and later founded Ramos Realty Co. with her husband and sold and rented houses in the Mountain Park area of Georgia.
She was a member of the Mountain Park City Council, and worked in the Mountain Park civic club and Sunday school. She was an avid crafter, animal lover and golfer.
Survivors include her husband of 50 years, Marvin J. Ramos; daughters Pat Ramos McLendon and Dee Ramos Lewis; son-in-law Frank; five grandchildren, Bessy Sims, Jimmy and Tommy McLendon, Rachael and Jarrett Lewis; five great-grandchildren, Jamie, Mark, Kyle, Lauren and Colby; a brother, Dr. John Alford.
She was the daughter of the late Edythe and Stanley Alford.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Betty A. Ramos (SS# issued in NY) was born 15 July 1919, last residence Roswell, Fulton Co., GA.
See the obituaries of her parents, Stanley Harold Alford and Edythe Charlotte Lamont Alford, in this compilation.
For more information about this family, see AAFA’s published genealogy, Known Descendants of Benedict Alford and Joan Newton.
Her lineage: Betty 1919 NY1, Stanley Harold 1896 NY2, Forest A. 1861 NY3, William Arnold 1833 NY4, Arnold 1804 VT5, Arnold 1780 CT6, Eliphalet 1753 CT7, Job 1708 CT8, Jeremiah 1655 CT9, Benedict 1619 England10, Thomas 1598 England11.
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BETTIE MAE LOWERY MARNEY ALFORD
Photo from THE CATAMOUNT, Dalton High School 1954 yearbook, 9th grade
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Thursday, 14 December 2006
Bettie Lowery Alford, 67, of Dalton died Wednesday [December 13]. Funeral, 7 p.m. Friday, Ponders Funeral Home, Dalton.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Bettie L. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 27 Jan 1939, last residence Dalton, Whitfield Co., GA.
We included the obituary of her second husband, James Lloyd Alford Jr., in Alabama Obituaries.
From North Carolina Marriage Records, 1741–2011 (Ancestry): Bettie M. Lowery, age 19, daughter of Gordon and Ola Lowery, married Gurman V. Marney, age 22, son of Kermit and Ruby Marney, on 13 Dec 1958 in Cumberland Co., NC.
Betty was the second wife of James Lloyd Alford Jr.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
Her second husband’s lineage: James Lloyd 1930 OH1, James Lloyd 1906 AL2, Julius C. 1875 AL3, James Zeadock 1840 GA4, James Floyd 1817 GA5, Zaddock 1787 GA6, Julius 1750 NC7, Lodwick 1710 VA8, James 1687 VA9, John 1645 VA10.
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BETTY MAXINE ALFORD HARRISON
Acworth, Cobb Co., GA—_____ March 2015
Born: May 24, 1925
Death: March 24, 2015
Betty Alford Harrison, 89, of Kennesaw, died Tuesday, March 24, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 Thursday afternoon in the chapel of Collins Funeral Home…. Burial will follow in Liberty Hill Cemetery.
A native of Bartow County, Mrs. Harrison had lived in Kennesaw since 1958 and was a homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John Doyle Harrison, brothers, George and Vernon Alford, and great grandson, John Robert Hosfeld.
Mrs. Harrison is survived by her daughters, Joan (David) Sims, Carolyn (jimmy) Durham, and Louise Frost, all of Acworth; son Jimmy (Reba) Harrison of Acworth; sister, Jennette Rutledge of Smyrna; 9 grandchildren, 18 great grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews also survive.
Flowers are accepted or contributions may be made to Mars Hill Presbyterian Church, 3385 Mars Hill Rd., Acworth, GA 30101. Online condolences may be expressed at www.collinsfuneralhome.org....
Photo from Liberty Hill Cemetery, Acworth, Cobb Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, aylaeh
Photo posted 31 May 2014
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not yet list her death.
See the obituaries of her mother, Mabel Rebecca Alford Vaughn; and brother George Jefferson Alford Jr. in this compilation.
Her middle name is from AAFA records.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
Her lineage: Betty Maxine 1925 GA1, George Jefferson 1894 GA2, William Floyd 1837 GA3, William Henry 1811 NC4, Job 1763 NC5, Julius 1717 VA6, James 1687 VA7, John 1645 VA8.
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BETTY ANN ALFORD FOOTE
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Thursday, 11 July 2002
Mrs. Betty Anne Foote, of Peachtree City died July 8, 2002.
Survived by daughters and sons in-law, Deborah and Jim Wright, Cathy and Randy McCoil, son and daughter in-law, Richard and Lisa Foote, grandchildren, Daniel, Elizabeth and Richard Wright, Courtney and Christina Reynolds, Brandon, Kevin and Morgan Foote, step grandchildren, Kathleen Griffin and Corrine McCoil, step great-grandchildren, Kristen Griffin and Cheyanne Griffin.
Funeral services will be held Friday, July 12, 10:30 A.M. at Liberty Baptist Church, Riverdale, GA…. Entombment, Camp Memorial Park. Carl J. Mowell & Son, Fayetteville.
Photo from Camp Memorial Park, Fayetteville, Fayette Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Sgt Ed Elstan
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Betty A. Foote (SS# issued in GA) was born 12 July 1935, last residence Peachtree City, Fayette Co., GA.
See the obituaries of her parents, Alvin Lee Alford Sr. and I.V. Earnest Alford; and brother Alvin Lee Alford Jr. in this compilation.
From SSACI: Betty Ann Alford Foote was born 12 July 1933 [different than SSDI and gravestone], daughter of Alvin L. Alford and I.V. Earnest.
Her lineage: Betty Ann 1935 GA1, Alvin Lee 1914 GA2, Dink Taylor 1879 GA3, Enoch Washington 1850 TN4.
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BETTY JEANE ALFORD MCGUGAN
AAFA #0176
Photo posted to her Find A Grave memorial
CORDELE DISPATCH
Cordele, Crisp Co., GA—10 October 2012
CORDELE—Graveside funeral services for Betty Alford McGugan, wife of Bobby McGugan of St. Simons Island, will be held Saturday, Oct. 13 at 2 p.m. at Sunnyside Cemetery.
Photo from Sunnyside Cemetery, Cordele, Crisp Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Robert K. Nobles Jr.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not list her death.
We included the obituary of her father, Morris Robert Alford, in Florida Obituaries.
Betty’s mother was Ruby Viola Killingsworth.
For more information about this family, see AAFA’s published genealogy, Known Descendants of Haywood Alford and Elizabeth Marshall.
Her lineage: Betty Jeane 1933 FL1, Morris Robert 1904 TX2, Robert Henry C. 1858 AR3, John H. 1818 GA4, Haywood 1780 GA5.
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BETTY SHRYER ALFORD
NASHVILLE BANNER
Nashville, Davidson Co., TN—Saturday, 30 August 1924
Photo from Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson Co., TN—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, CB
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of her husband, James Thomas Alford Sr.; and son Eugene Leslie Alford in this compilation. We included the obituary of her son Harry McMurray Alford in Tennessee Obituaries.
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BEULAH MAE ALFORD
EVENING NEWS
Macon, Bibb Co., GA—Wednesday, 21 August 1940
AAFA NOTES: See the obituary of her father, Elijah Franklin Alford, in this compilation.
In 2020, a Find A Grave photographer reported that she has no gravestone in Gordon Cemetery, Jones Co., GA.
The birth year reported in the obituary is incorrect—1903 rather than 1930.
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BILLY ALFORD
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Friday, 31 January 2020
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Hanley-Shelton Funeral Directors
Marietta, Cobb Co., GA—_____ January 2020
October 16, 1959 ~ January 23, 2020
The Celebration of Life for Mr. Billy Alford, age 60 of Marietta, will be held Saturday, February 1, 2020 at 1:00 pm Mt. Zion First Baptist Church (Smyrna). Interment: Lincoln Cemetery.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not yet list his death.
Hanley-Shelton Funeral Directors traditionally serves the African-American community.
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BILLY GENE ASHTON ALFORD
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Thursday, 13 September 2007
Billy Gene Ashton Alford, IV Sweet baby Ashton was delivered into Heaven before he was delivered into the arms of his loving parents, Stacey Gervickas and Billy Alford, III, of Woodstock, Georgia, on September 10, 2007. He was 40 weeks, 6 days. Although our arms are empty, the love and prayers of family and friends are filling our hearts in a different way.
Along with his parents, Ashton was excitedly anticipated by his mother’s family: parents, Sheree and Clint Crowe & Keith and Christa Gervickas; grandparents, Jerry and Brenda Songer & Janelle Gervickas; great-grandmother, Blanche Jones; and her siblings, Ryan Gervickas, Chase and Cade Smith, Sara and Carson Crowe; and his father’s family: parents, Gayle Alford and Billy Alford, Jr.; grandfather, Billy Alford, Sr.; and his siblings, Courtney and Chris Wells, Jennifer, Lyndsi and Taylor Alford; niece, Jaiden and nephew, J.W.
Open visitation is scheduled for Thursday, September 13, 2007 from 6:00-8:00pm at Roswell Funeral Home, 950 Mansell Road, Roswell, Georgia. The family will have a graveside service Friday, September 14, 2007 at 11:00am at Green Lawn Cemetery, Roswell, Georgia. Ashton will be buried with his maternal great-grandmother, Jane Songer.
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BILLY JAMES ALFORD
[He died while on vacation in Florida, but we are including his obituary her because Georgia was his home.]
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Friday, 7 August 1959
In another article, same source:
Photo from Melwood Cemetery, Stone Mountain, DeKalb Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, D.J.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that B.J. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 10 May 1931 but, incorrectly, that he died 15 Aug 1959, last residence not listed.
See the obituaries of his father, Paul Earnest Alford; and siblings Ailene Alford Putnam, Arthur Rex Alford, and Kenneth Oscar Alford in this compilation. We included the obituary of his brother Linton Alford in Florida Obituaries.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #2.
His lineage: Billy James 1931 GA1, Paul Earnest 1887 GA2, David A. 1862 GA3, John T. 1831 GA4, Bynum 1787 GA5, Isham 1755 NC6.
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BILLY JOE ALFORD
ATLANTA JOURNAL
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Wednesday, 21 September 1966
Photo from Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Bremen, Haralson Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Living
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Billy Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 16 Nov 1929 and died _____ Sept 1966, last residence not listed.
See the obituaries of his parents, William Edwin Alford and Ruth Ester Moore Alford; and brothers Johnnie Michael “Mike” Alford and Paul Allen Alford in this compilation. We included the obituary of his brother Edwin Franklin “Pete” Alford in Missouri Obituaries.
From SSACI: Billy Joe Alford was born 16 Nov 1929, son of William E. Alford and Ruth E. Moore.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: Billy Joe 1929 GA1, William Edwin 1901 GA2, Edwin Pleas 1871 GA3, Leonidas F. 1844 GA4, Spire Warren 1816 GA5, Zaddock 1787 GA6, Julius 1750 NC7, Lodwick 1710 VA8, James 1687 VA8, John 1645 VA10.
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BILLY WAYNE ALFORD
Low Country Cremation Services and Burial
Glennville, GA—_____ April 2015
Born: Tue., Jan. 5, 1943
Died: Mon., Apr. 20, 2015
BROOKLET—Dr. Billy “Bill” Wayne Alford, Pastor, age, 72 passed away Monday, April 20, 2015 at his residence.
He was a native of Gadsden, Alabama and was of the Baptist faith. Bill fought a good fight and finished his course.
He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Martha Alford of Brooklet; children, Mitzi Richelle (Jack) Proffitt of Brooklet, William Wayne (Rosa) Alford of Oklahoma, Mary (Joy) Elizabeth (David) McMillan of Millen GA; grandchildren, Cameron Ryan Kessler, Joshua Henry Williams, Austin Taylor Kessler, Whitney Lorraine Alford, Lawrence Alexander; brother, Judson (Mary) Alford of Alabama; sisters, Janice Morris of Alabama, Carolyn Tucker of Texas, Sybil Elizabeth Chapman of Warner Robins, GA; also survived by numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.
No Services will be held. Low Country Cremation Services and Burial is serving the Alford family.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not yet list his death.
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BLANCH ALLFORD
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Wednesday, 18 July 1916
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of her parents, Sidney J. Allford and Fannie Alford Sexton Allford; and siblings Alma Allford Hendrix, Claude A. Alford, and Howard Allford in this compilation.
Members of this family spell their last name Alford and Allford.
Her lineage: Blanch 1916 GA1, Sidney J. 1876 GA2, Enoch Washington 1850 TN3.
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BOBBY ANN ALFORD
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—14 October 2015
Alford, Mrs. Bobby Age 57, of Conley, passed away Oct. 9, 2015. Willie A. Watkins Riverdale Chapel, Riverdale, GA.
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Willie A. Watkins Riverdale Chapel
Riverdale, Clayton Co., GA—_____ October 2015
“Celebration of Life” service for Mrs. Bobby Ann Alford, Saturday, October 17, 2015 at 1:00 PM at Zion Grove Baptist Church, 606 Pryor Rd., Atlanta…. Interment: Private. Viewing Today. Willie A. Watkins Riverdale Chapel. 770.909.8800.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not yet list her death.
The Willie A. Watkins Funeral Homes traditionally serve the African American community.
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BOBBY DONELL ALFORD
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Wednesday, 10 January 2007
Bobby Donell Alford, 42, of Grantville died Saturday [January 6]. Funeral, 1 p.m. Thursday, Springfield Baptist Church, Greenville; Sellers-Smith funeral home.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Bobby D. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 20 Sept 1964, last residence not listed.
Sellers-Smith Funeral Home traditionally serves the African-American community.
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BOBBY WEST ALFORD
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—29 March 2009
Bobby West Alford, who taught literature and English grammar to thousands of students at Woodward Academy over a period of 35 years, died recently at her home in College Park.
Mrs. Alford began teaching in 1956 in the elementary school of Georgia Military Academy, now Woodward Academy. She retired in 1990 as Chair of the English Department in the Upper School, a position she held for seventeen years. She was so revered by generations of students that she was referred to as Lady Alford, a token of esteem, respect, and unfettered love. Her passion for teaching was equaled only by her ability to whip her students into line with a wry but appropriate one-liner, for which she is justifiably legendary. Mrs. Alford worked tirelessly to prepare her graduating seniors for the rigors of college-level reading and writing and thinking.
Mrs. Alford received her bachelor’s degree from Western Kentucky University and her master’s degree from Atlanta University. She was a member of the honorary society for women educators, Delta Kappa Gamma, and the Beta Nu Chapter of Psi State. She was also involved with the activities of the College Park Women’s Club. She received numerous teaching and service awards including the A.T. Ferguson Award, the GISA Achievement Award, and the Joseph W. Jones Distinguished Service Award. This last award is named in honor of its first recipient, Mr. Joseph W. Jones, Senior Vice-President of The Coca-Cola Company and an Academy Governing Board member.
In addition to her academic career she was an avid collector of American antiques, a love that she used to cultivate knowledge of history among her family and friends.
In 1946 she married Coleman Alford of Lexington, KY, who died in 1994.
She was predeceased by her beloved son, Robert Coleman Alford, an antique dealer who was also involved in historic restoration in Grant Park, Atlanta, and in Sparta, GA. Mrs. Alford has donated her son’s home in Sparta, built in 1829, to the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation.
Born in 1921 to Robert E. West and Sarah Lou Freeman West in Estill County, KY where her father had served in the Kentucky Legislature, Mrs. Alford was one of four sisters, Hazel Turner, Alice Seargeant and Gladys Faulkner.
Her remaining family include her step-children, Anne Mudgett, CA, Tom Alford, TN; grandchildren Jeff Alford, AZ, Steven Alford of Atlanta, John Alford, TN, and Laura Friedmann, OH; a niece, Sandra Faulkner, OR, and a great nephew Michael Turner, KY.
Mrs. Alford will be buried in the West-Turner family plot at the Winchester, KY, cemetery. Woodward Academy will hold a memorial service for her at 2:45 p.m. on Monday, April 27, at the Gresham Chapel on the College Park campus. Memorials in her name may be made to the Bobby W. Alford Memorial Fund at Woodward Academy.
In another article:
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Sunday, 19 April 2009
COLLEGE PARK: Bobby West Alford, 87, retired English teacher
By Holly Crenshaw
She kept her hair in a tidy bun at the back of her head.
She stood maybe 5-foot-2, maybe more, depending on how much a person shriveled in her presence.
She never paced around her classroom at Woodward Academy or lectured standing up.
Instead, she sat with a prim calmness behind her desk while she somehow managed to totally dominate a classroom full of boys.
And when she died, those former students expressed their love and awe of Bobby West Alford in an outpouring of online condolences.
They described how she could be stern and a little intimidating yet reprimanded them with a twinkle in her eye.
They described how she refused to mince words yet showered them with encouragement. They called her Lady Alford as an expression of their affection.
A memorial service will be held for Bobby West Alford at 2:45 p.m. April 27 in Woodward Academy’s Gresham Chapel. Mrs. Alford, 87, died March 10 at her College Park residence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. H.M. Patterson & Son, Spring Hill, is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Alford taught literature and English grammar at Woodward Academy for 35 years—starting in 1956 when it was still the all-male Georgia Military Academy—and rose to become chairwoman of the upper school’s English department.
Current chairwoman Peggy McNash of Smyrna said the petite, immaculately dressed Mrs. Alford would stay for hours after school to coax every bit of their best work from her students.
“She jokingly said she could have been admitted to every college in the country because she worked on so many essays,” Mrs. McNash said. “But she was always willing to go over them one more time and one more time and one more time.”
Often, she preferred to teach what others considered the more problematic students, said her stepdaughter, Anne Mudgett of Corona del Mar, Calif.
“I think Bobby was sort of a psychologist at heart,” her stepdaughter said. “She was always looking for the motivations in people, and she felt that literature provided ordinary people with insights that they could apply to their own relationships.”
Maybe that’s why one of Mrs. Alford’s favorite authors was Thomas Hardy, who certainly knew a thing or two about the shadowy landscape of the soul.
She committed lengthy passages of poetry and prose to memory, then whipped them out at just the right moment to make her point.
In fact, her one-liners became the stuff of Woodward legend.
“You didn’t put one over on her verbally, ever,” her stepdaughter said.
When a student saw the poor test score he’d received and exclaimed, “Dear God Almighty!” she advised, “I think you should call on someone who knows you.”
When an irate parent insisted on knowing why her son had received an F, Mrs. Alford coolly replied, “Well, it’s the lowest grade the academy will permit me to give.”
After she retired in 1990, her later years were colored by the deaths of her son, Robert Coleman Alford, in 1991 and her husband, Coleman Alford, in 1994.
She maintained her obsession with antiques, so much so that her collection of china, porcelain, silver, lamps and other decorative objects filled three large trucks after her death.
But at 87, the tiny yet still formidable Mrs. Alford “could still hold onto stuff in her mind that would blow most people out of the water,” her stepdaughter said.
“So many people, as they age, become mentally mushy. But she didn’t. She was just as sharp to the end,” she said.
“I just wish that all of us could live to that age and have that kind of self-possession.”
She is also survived by a stepson, Tom Alford of Clinton, Tenn.; and four grandchildren.
Photo from Winchester Cemetery, Winchester, Clark Co., KY—www.findagrave.com
Photo taken by inactive Find A Grave contributor Hank Cox
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Bobby W. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 29 May 1921 and died 10 March 2009, last residence Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA.
See the obituaries of her husband, Coleman Edward Alford; and son Robert Coleman Alford in this compilation.
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BRENT STEPHEN ALFORD
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Tuesday, 12 November 1991
Included in AAFA ACTION, March 1992
Mr. Brent Stephen Alford, age 43 of Douglasville, died Monday. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday from the Pine Grove Baptist Church with interment in the Crestwood Cemetery, Gadsden, Al. at 3 p.m. CST.
Photo from Crestwood Memorial Cemetery, East Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, GGS
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not list his death.
We included the obituaries of his parents, Joel Murry Alford and Annis C. McElwee Alford Griffith, in Alabama Obituaries.
From GA Deaths: Brent S. Alford, age 43 white, died 11 Nov 1991 in Cobb Co., residents in Douglas Co.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: Brent Stephen 1948 AL1, Joel Murry 1922 GA2, James Richard 1889 GA3, Clarence Juhan 1859 GA4, James Richard 1821 GA5, Jeptha 1797 NC6, Goodrich 1750 NC7, Julius 1717 VA8, James 1687 VA9, John 1645 VA10. [Jeptha-Goodrich connection not proven].
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CALVIN DEAN ALFORD
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Monday, 4 January 1993
Included in AAFA ACTION, Summer 1993
Funeral services for Rev. Calvin D. Alford, Conyers, will be held Wednesday, January 6, 1993 at 3 p.m. from the chapel of Harry L. White Funeral Home, Conyers…. Interment, Green Meadow Memorial Gardens, Conyers.
He is survived by sons, Rep. and Mrs. Dean Alford, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Alford; daughter, Ms. Diane Boling, all of Conyers; brother Mr. and Mrs. Alvin B. Alford, Oxford [Newton Co.]; sister, Mrs. Margaret (Dump) Baker, Peachtree City; grandchildren, Miss Bobbie Boling, Miss Buffy Boling, Chandler Alford, Jacquelyn Alford, Corey Alford; several nieces and nephews….
Rev. Alford has pastored Buice Memorial Baptist Church, Village Baptist Church, New Hope Baptist Church and Corinth Baptist Church in the past few years.
Photo from Green Meadows Memorial Gardens, Conyers, Rockdale Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, D.J.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Calvin D. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 13 March 1930 and died 3 Jan 1993, last residence Conyers, Rockdale Co., GA.
See the obituaries of his wife, Eula B. Cannon Alford; father, Luther H. Alford; and siblings Alvin Burns Alford and Margaret Alford Baker in this compilation.
From:
Atlanta CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Friday, 22 October 1954
Atlanta CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Wednesday, 20 October 1954
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #2.
His lineage: Calvin Dean 1930 GA1, Luther H. 1871 GA2, John T. 1831 GA3, Bynum 1787 GA4, Isham 1755 NC5.
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CARL KELLEY ALFORD
Uncle of Celia Carolyn Alford Beaty, AAFA #1403
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Wednesday, 3 November 1976
Mr. C. Kelley Alford of 288 N. Clayton St., Lawrenceville, passed away Nov. 2.
He was the husband of the late Mrs. Edith Gilbert Alford.
Survivors are one daughter, Mrs. Jane Alford Jones; one son, Mr. G. Kelley Alford, both of Lawrenceville; two sisters, Miss Alice Alford, Lawrenceville; Mrs. Calvin Parsons, Duluth; two brothers, Mr. John I. Alford, Atlanta, Mr. Helion Alford, Palmetto, Ga.; six grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock Nov. 3 at Lawrenceville First Baptist Church…. Interment Shadowlawn Cemetery….
The following gentlemen will serve as pallbearers. Mr. Harry Braselton, Mr. William C. (Buddy) Corley Jr., Mr. Jennings Ounagan, Mr. John Hood, Mayor H. Rhodes Jordan, Mr. Clarence (Buzz) Kramlich, Mr. Robert (Bob) McGarity, Mr. Corey Oakes, Mr. John Wilson.
Tom M. Wages Funeral Service Inc. Lawrenceville, Ga.
Photo from Shadowland Cemetery, Lawrenceville, Gwinnett Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Valerie C
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that C. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 19 May 1896 and died _____ Nov 1976, last residence Lawrenceville, Clayton.
See the obituaries of his wife, Edith Gilbert Alford; son Gilbert Kelley Alford; father James Alvin Alford; and brothers Helion Giles Alford, James Arthur Alford, and Walter Borden Alford in this compilation. We included the obituary of his brother Benjamin Alvin Alford in New York Obituaries.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #4.
His lineage: Carl Kelley 1896 GA1, James Alvin 1852 SC2, Joseph 1822 NC3, Lodwick 1802 SC4.
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CARLENE DAVIS ALFORD HARRIS
AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
Augusta, Richmond Co., GA—21 December 1999
Mrs. Carlene D. Harris, of Jonathan Circle, died Thursday, Dec. 16, 1999, at Medical College of Georgia Hospital. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. today at First Mount Carmel Baptist Church, Winfield [Columbia Co.].... Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Harris, a native of Columbia County, had retired as a cook. She was a member of First Mount Carmel Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Ernest Dent Harris Sr.; three sons, Delmus Alford, Ellery Alford and Ernest D. Harris Jr., all of Augusta; a stepdaughter, Ernestine Harris, Miami; her mother, Ruby Davis, Augusta; three brothers, Virley Davis, Lucious Davis and Larry Davis, all of Augusta; five sisters, Mable Johnson, Shirley Davis, Mariam Marson, Johnnie Mae Jennings and Christine Wilkinson, all of Augusta; and two grandchildren.
Peoples Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Carlene D. Harris (SS# issued in GA) was born 27 March 1936, last residence Augusta, Richmond Co., GA.
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CAROL MULKEY HALLFORD
ANDERSON INDEPENDENT-MAIL
Anderson, Anderson Co., SC—Wednesday, 20 April 2011
TOCCOA, GA—Mrs. Carol Mulkey Hallford, age 76 of Toccoa, Georgia passed away Sunday, April 17, 2011. No public memorial service pursuant to her request. Acree-Davis Funeral Home. www.acree-davisfh.com.
In another article:
Toccoa, Stephens Co., GA—_____ April 2011
Mrs. Carol Mulkey Hallford, age 76 of Toccoa, Georgia passed away Sunday, April 17, 2011 at Heritage Healthcare of Toccoa.
A daughter of the late Lois Collins Mulkey Williams and step-father George “Shady” Williams and father Bud Mulkey, she was born March 1, 1935 in Stephens County, Georgia. She was employed with WABCO for 18 years and Gilbert and Bennett for 14 years. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. After retirement Carol enjoyed gardening, reading and playing with her grandchildren. She was at her happiest when spending time with her Australian Blue Heeler, “Aussie”. She was well known for her sarcastic wit, unique sense of humor and her incomparable work effort and dedication to her family.
She was preceded in death by her husband Rhuel Hallford.
Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law Lanny and Jeannie Hallford, daughter Keela Damiano, grandchildren Jake Damiano, Michael McKinney and wife Crystal, Chris McKinney and wife Amanda and Brian Mckinney, great-grandchildren Rylan Mckinney, Bella McKinney and Jack Maus all of Woodstock, Georgia, sisters-in-law Lucille Payne of Toccoa, Georgia, Betty Cobb of Lawrenceville, Georgia, Ethel Vaughn and her husband Ben of Athens, Georgia and a number of nieces and nephews.
There will be no public memorial service pursuant to Mrs. Hallford’s wishes. In lieu of flowers, donations may be directed to United Hospice of Gainesville, Georgia.
Acree-Davis Funeral Home in charge of arrangements for Mrs. Carol Mulkey Hallford. The family would like to thank friends, family and neighbors who sent cards, visits and provided meals during Mrs. Hallford’s sickness….
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Alice J. Alford (SS# issued in NY) was born , last residence Toccoa, Stephens Co., GA.
See the obituary of her husband, Rhuel Hallford, in this compilation.
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CAROLYN ANN ALFORD PRICE
Photo from her Find A Grave memorial
AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
Augusta, Richmond Co., GA—22 September 2010
Mrs. Carolyn Price \ Dental Hygienist—Entered into rest September 20, 2010, Carolyn Price, wife of the late Mr. Donald A. Price Sr.
Mrs. Price was a native of Jacksonville, FLA and resided in Augusta, GA, for the past 40 years. She was a Dental Hygienist for Dr. Fred Hanna. Mrs. Price was a member of Dinkins Methodist Church in Sanderson, FLA and Crawford Avenue Baptist Church in Augusta.
Family members include sons: Donald A. Price, Jr. (Denise) of Augusta, Willis David Harrell (Cynthia) of Sodus, NY, daughters: Deborah Harrell Price of Augusta, Donna P. Lively of Augusta, brother: Edward Ray Alford (Debbie) of Glenn St. Mary’s, FLA, sister: Virginia A. Musgrove of Glenn St. Mary’s, FLA, 7 Grandchildren and 6 Great Grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Friday, September 24, 2010 at 10 AM in the Chapel of Thomas Poteet and Son…. Interment will follow in West View Cemetery.
Pallbearers are Brandon Gilpin, Jordan Gilpin, Aaron Headley, John Doolittle, Ricky Doolittle, Caleb Gonnella and Bradley Gonnella….
Photo from West View Cemetery, Augusta, Richmond Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Allen Morris
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Carolyn Price (SS# issued in FL) was born 29 Aug 1937, last residence Augusta, Richmond Co., GA.
We included the obituaries of her father, Thomas Jefferson Alford; and siblings Edward Ray “Maynard” Alford and Virginia Ann Alford Lawrence Musgrove in Florida Obituaries.
For more information about this family, see AAFA’s published genealogy, Known Descendants of John Alford born about 1787 SC.
Her lineage: Carolyn Ann 1937 FL1, Thomas Jefferson 1916 FL2, Lonnie Henry 1892 FL2, Thomas Jefferson 1868 FL3, William R. 1834 GA4, Hansford 1812 SC5, John 1787 SC6.
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CAROLYN CHRISTINE ALFORD
THE TELEGRAPH
Macon, Bibb Co., GA—Sunday, 16 January 1938
MADISON [Morgan Co.], Ga., Jan 15—Carolyn Alford, three-year-old daughter of N.E. Alford and Susie Harwood Alford, died here Friday [January 14] from severe burns received Thursday morning. She was standing near the fire when her clothing ignited.
Funeral services were held Saturday morning at the Bethany church, with the Rev. Walter S. Adams, pastor of the Madison Baptist church, officiating.
In addition to her parents, she is survived by a brother, Howard.
Photo from Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery, Madison, Morgan Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Sherri Smith
AAFA NOTES: From GA Deaths: Her death certificate lists her parents as W.E. Alford and Susie Harwood.
See the obituaries of her father, William Emmett Alford; and brother Harold Samuel Alford in this compilation.
Her middle name is from Ancestry family trees.
In 1940 the family is living in Derbyshire, Wilkes Co., GA: William E. Alford, 32 salesman; his wife Susie 28; and children Howard 4 and Violet 2. All were born in GA.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
Her lineage: Carolyn Christine 1934 GA1, William Emmett 1908 GA2, William Thomas 1884 GA3, Elisha H. 1856 GA4, John Allen 1815 GA5, William 1794 NC6, Kinchen 1768 NC7, Lodwick 1710 VA8, James 1687 VA9, John 1645 VA10.
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CAROLYN PATTON ALFORD
Sister-in-Law of Celia Carolyn Alford Beaty, AAFA #1403
Lawrenceville, GA—_____ October 2020
Carolyn Patton Alford, age 81, of Commerce, GA passed away on Friday, October 16, 2020. She is survived by her loving daughter, Theresa Alford; brother and sister-in-law, Wendell and Donna Patton; as well as several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, John and Ruby Patton; son, James Arthur “Art” Alford, III; and husband of 61 years, James Arthur “Jimmy” Alford, Jr.
Carolyn was born and raised in Lawrenceville, GA where she graduated from Lawrenceville High School. Carolyn enjoyed entertaining and made sure that when she entertained, everything was always perfect because her family and friends deserved the best. She always looked forward to Friday night dinners with her family and friends. It was a special time of closeness and reminiscing with those she loved. Carolyn was a wonderful loving wife and mother who will be greatly missed by all who knew her.
A private graveside inurnment honoring the life of Carolyn will be held on Wednesday, October 21, 2020. In lieu of flowers the family requests memorial donations be made to the American Breast Cancer Foundation in memory of Carolyn Patton Alford.
…. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service LLC, “A Family Company” 120 Scenic Hwy Lawrenceville, GA 770-963-2411 has been entrusted with the arrangements.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not yet list her death.
See the obituaries of her husband, James Arthur “Jimmy” Alford, Jr.; and son James Arthur “Art” Alford III in this compilation.
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CELIA ADA KELLEY ALFORD
Mother of Celia Carolyn Alford Beaty, AAFA #1403
Photo from Carolyn Alford Beaty, AAFA #1403
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—13 June 1997
Included in AAFA ACTION, Winter 1998
Celia Kelley Alford, age 95, of Lawrenceville [Gwinnett Co.], GA, died June 12, 1997.
She is survived by daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Roy (Carolyn) Beaty, Lawrenceville; sons, Mr. and Mrs. Charles (Peggy) Alford, Lawrenceville; Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy (Carolyn) Alford, Commerce; sisters, Mrs. Mary McEachern, Lilburn, Mrs. Louise Ivy, Norcross; brother, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie (Frances) Kelley, Loganville; seven grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Alford, the widow of Arthur Alford, was a native of Gwinnett County, and was a member of the Bethesda United Methodist Church.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, June 14, at 3 p.m. at Bethesda United Methodist Church. Interment, Church Cemetery…. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, Inc., Lawrenceville, (770) 963-2411.
Photo from Bethesda United Methodist Church Cemetery, Lawrenceville, Gwinnett Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Brittney Rau
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Celia K. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 28 May 1902, last residence Lawrenceville, Clayton [?] Co., GA.
See the obituary of her husband, James Arthur Alford, in this compilation.
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CHARLES ALFORD
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Thursday, 18 September 2008
Charles Alford, 45, of Gay died Tuesday. Service plans to be announced; Sewell Mortuary.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not list his death.
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CHARLES C. HALFORD
THE STATE
Columbia, Richland Co., SC—Friday, 30 April 1915
AUGUSTA, Ga., April 29—Charles C. Halford died at his home yesterday, after an illness of 14 months. He was 21 years of age, and was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. R.C. Halford. He is survived by two brothers, W.C. and Daniel G. Halford.
The remains were taken to Barnwell [Barnwell Co., SC], and the funeral took place this afternoon at Siloam Methodist church…. Interment was in Siloam cemetery.
Photo from Siloam Methodist Church Cemetery, Barnwell, Barnwell Co., SC—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Hardy
AAFA NOTES: Charles was the son of Richard Clyde Halford and Sarah Garrison.
His HALFORD lineage, in part from RootsWeb.com Family Tree “Halford: Southern US“ by Michael Kruse: Charles C. 1894 SC1, Richard Clyde 1854 SC2, William Richard 1832 SC3, William Richard 1796 SC4, Achillis 1754 VA5.
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CHARLES HARVEY ALFORD, JR.
INDIANAPOLIS STAR
Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN—27 March 1999
Charles Harvey Alford Jr., 74, St. George, Ga., formerly of Monrovia, died March 25. He was a retired elevator mechanic. He was an Army veteran of World War II.
Memorial contributions may be made to Council on Aging, 101 E. Macclenny Ave., Macclenny, Fla. 32063. Graveside services: 3 p.m. March 30 in Woodlawn Cemetery, Macclenny. Calling: 6 to 8 p.m. March 29 in Guerry Funeral Home, Macclenny.
Survivors: daughters Rhea M. Morgan, Sharlene S. Murray, Vera L. Alford eight grandchildren 10 great-grandchildren.
Photo from Woodlawn Cemetery, Macclenny, Baker Co., FL—www.findagrave.com
Used with the written permission of djcarroll (#47608340)
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Charles H. Alford (SS# issued in IN) was born 28 March 1924, last residence Saint George, Charlton Co., GA.
We included the obituaries of his wife, Rhea Luella Roe Alford, in Florida Obituaries; and of his parents, Charles Harvey Alford Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Lock Alford Porter, in Indiana Obituaries.
From Indiana Birth Certificates, 1907–1940 (Ancestry): Charles Harvey Alford Jr. was born 28 March 1924 in Indianapolis, Marian Co., IN, son of Charles Harvey Alford and Mary E. Lock.
Charles’ ancestor John 1773 VA married Margaret Alford 1774 VA, daughter of John 1735 Ireland6, so he has two Alford lines.
For more information about this family, see AAFA’s published genealogy, Descendants of John (1696) & Mary Alford of Frederick County Virginia.
His lineage: Charles Harvey 1924 IN1, Charles Harvey 1869 IN2, Monroe 1846 IN3, John Lambert 1802 VA4, John 1773 VA5, John 1732 VA6, John 1696 ??7.
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CHARLES JOB ALFORD, JR.
AAFA #0097
ATLANTA JOURNAL
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—3 July 1998
Mr. Charles J. Alford, Jr., age 76, of Buford [Gwinnett Co.], GA, died July 2, 1998. Mr. Alford was a retired prominent attorney from Tucker [DeKalb], GA.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Eleanor Lynn Alford in 1993.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Bender Alford of Buford; sons, and daughters-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. (Beverly) Alford III, Mr. and Mrs. Jon L. (Roz) Alford, and Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. (Lynn) Alford, all of Buford, GA; 8 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren; sister, Mrs. Virginia Bipps of Newnan, GA; brother, Mr. and Mrs. William Carlton (Latrelle) Alford of Ft. Valley, GA; several nieces and nephews and cousins.
Funeral services will be held on Sunday, July 5, 1998 at 2 p.m. at Saint Andrews Presbyterian Church, Tucker, GA, with remains placed in state at 1 p.m. with ... interment in Oaklawn Cemetery, Ft. Valley [Peach Co.], GA at 5 p.m.... Arrangements by Flanigan Funeral Home, Buford, GA. 770-932-1133
In another article:
ATLANTA JOURNAL
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—3 July 1998
CHARLES J. ALFORD ‘PUT TUCKER ON THE MAP’
By Sarah Zimmerman, Staff Writer
When Charles J. Tucker, 76, moved to Tucker in the early 1950’s, friends joked that they needed a map and a compass to find the town.
Mr. Alford helped change that. “He organized so many things and worked to develop Tucker as a community,” said his son, Walter Alford of Buford. “He kind of put Tucker on the map.”
Mr. Alford died Thursday from complications of Alzheimer’s disease at Wesley Woods Geriatric Center....
Mr. Alford was founder and first president of Tucker Federal Bank, formerly Tucker Federal Savings and Loan. He also was a founder of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Tucker, past president of the Tucker Community Association and Tucker Kiwanis Club. He served on the DeKalb County Planning Commission and was a member of the DeKalb County Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Alford was born in Floyd County and served as an artillery officer in World War II before attending law school at Emory University.
“He was admitted to Harvard Law School but couldn’t afford to go,” said his son, also an attorney. “He was just a country lawyer who valued hard work and common sense.”
Mr. Alford specialized in real estate and commercial law and didn’t retire until 1995. Until his late 60’s, he worked at least five days a week, his son said.
In 1986, he moved to Buford, where he was a member of Buford United Methodist Church....
Photos from Oaklawn Cemetery, Fort Valley, Peach Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Helen Shirah Hudson
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Charles J. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 12 Apr 1922, last residence Tucker, DeKalb Co., GA.
See the obituaries of his first wife, Eleanor Lucille Petry Alford; son Jon Leslie Alford; and siblings Laura Virginia Alford Bips and William Carlton Alford in this compilation.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: Charles Job 1922 GA1, Charles Job 1888 GA2, William Floyd 1837 GA3, William Henry 1811 NC4, Job 1763 NC5, Julius 1717 VA6, James 1687 VA7, John 1645 VA8.
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CHARLES LEWIS ALFORD
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Monday, 2 October 1972
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not list his death.
See the obituaries of his parents, Charles Watson Alford and Elizabeth “Lizzie” Smith Alford; and siblings Essie Mae Alford Clark, Gladys Alford Morris, and James Lynwood Alford in this compilation.
From GA Deaths: Lewis Alford, age 49, died 1 Oct 1972 [different than obituary] in Jefferson Co., GA.
On Charlie Lewis Alford’s 1942 WWII Draft Registration Card (Ancestry), he is age 19, born 2 Feb 1923 in Jefferson Co., GA, living in Bartow, Jefferson Co., GA.
His lineage: Charles Lewis 1923 GA1, Charles Watson 1892 GA2, Charles Thomas 1856 GA3.
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CHARLES N. ALFORD
“Lena [Pauline] and Charles Alford with son Julius”
Photo from cchuey82’s The Coursen/ Huey Family Tree (Ancestry) used with permission
MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER
Montgomery, Montgomery Co., AL—Friday, 18 March 1892
TWO DEATHS OF FORMER MONTGOMERIANS
THE BURIALS TO TAKE PLACE HERE THIS MORNING
…. Intelligence of the death of Mr. Charles Alford at Columbus, Ga., was received here yesterday. The deceased is well-known here, having been connected with the Western Road as an engineer for several years. He was an engineer of the Columbus and Western Road, running between Columbus and Birmingham at the time of his death.
The remains were brought here last night and conveyed to the residence of Mrs. J.L. Sparrenberger on Washington Street, whence the funeral will take place this forenoon at 10 o’clock.
In another article:
THE TELEGRAPH
Macon, Bibb Co., GA—Thursday, 24 March 1892
AAFA NOTES: We included the obituaries of his wife, Pauline “Lena” Sparrenberger Alford; and parents, Julius C. Alford and Leanna Alford, in Alabama Obituaries; and of his children Annie Lee Alford Scott and Julius Elijah Alford in Florida Obituaries.
Charles and his parents, Julius and Leanna Alford, are buried in unmarked graves in the same lot in Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Montgomery Co., AL. His wife is buried in the same cemetery in a different lot, also unmarked.
From Alabama, Select Marriages, 1816–1957: C.N. Alford married Paulina Sparrenburger on 17 May 1886 in Montgomery Co., AL.
Marriage announcement:
MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER
Montgomery, Montgomery Co., AL—Thursday, 20 May 1886
For more information about this family, see AAFA’s published genealogy, Probable Known Descendants of Benjamin Alford b. about 1740 NC.
His lineage: Charles N. 1862 AL1, Julius C. 1836 GA2, Axiom 1811 GA3, Needham 1785 NC4, unknown 1760 NC5, Benjamin 1740 NC6.
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CHARLES RICHARD “CHUCK” GRIMM ALFORD
Photo from Whitley-Garner at Rosehaven Funeral Home
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Thursday, 7 June 2012
Mr. Charles “Chuck” Richard Alford of Douglasville, GA passed away Tuesday, June 5, 2012.
He was born August 28, 1933 in Atlanta, GA. Chuck graduated from Bass High School, attended Georgia State University, and was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corp. He worked for many years as an Insurance Underwriter and after retirement he was a school bus driver for the Douglas County School System. Chuck was a life-long Democrat and an avid Georgia Bulldog fan. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Douglasville and the Stephen Ministries.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Kenneth O. and Gladys J. Alford; sisters-in-law, Madolyn Harrison and Sarah Robinson; brothers-in-law, James Harrison, Buran Robinson, Howard Manning.
He is survived by his wife, Joan Fitzsimmons Alford; stepsons, Ed Kilgore and wife Dawn Wilson of Pacific Grove, CA, Richard Kilgore of Tucker, GA; brother, Robert Alford; sisters, Shirley Martin and husband Rema, Brenda Osborne, Rose Adams; sisters-in-law, Sandra Walker and husband June, Sylvia Robinson and husband Willard, Carol Patterson and husband Barry, Johnnie Manning; and numerous nieces and nephews.
…. The funeral service will be Friday, June 8, 2012 at 2:00 PM at First Presbyterian Church of Douglasville…. Per his wishes, Chuck will be cremated following the services and the inurnment of cremains will be at a later date at Georgia National Cemetery, Canton, GA.
…. Arrangements by: Whitley-Garner at Rosehaven Funeral Home, Douglasville, GA 30134, 770-942-4246.
Photo from Georgia National Cemetery, Canton, Cherokee Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Joseph G. Benning Sr.
Posted 2/8/2014
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm the birth date of Charles R. Alford (SS# issued in GA) but list his death date as 6 June 2012, last residence not listed.
See the obituaries of his wife, Joan Fitzsimmons Kilgore Alford; and parents, Kenneth Oscar Alford and Gladys O’Dell Johnson Grimm Alford, in this compilation.
Note from from crainey5838’s Grimm Family family tree (Ancestry):
Named for his grandfather, Charles Franklin Grimm. His father left the family early in his life (c1934) and was “adopted” by Kenneth Alford. He did not learn of his birth facts until he went into the service according to his family.
This tree identifies the birth parents of Charles as Ward Donald Grimm, aka Jackson Whitfield Grimm, and Gladys Odell Johnson.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #2.
His adopted lineage: Charles Richard 1933 GA1, Kenneth Oscar 1914 TN2, Paul Earnest 1887 GA3, David A. 1862 GA4, John T. 1831 GA5, Bynum 1787 GA6, Isham 1755 NC7.
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CHARLES ROBERT ALFORD
COLUMBUS LEDGER-ENQUIRER
Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA—Monday, 30 December 2013
Alford, Charles Robert, 63, Box Springs, GA, died Thursday, December 26, 2013. Watson-Tante Funeral Home Chapel: Monday, Dec. 30, 11:00 AM, Watson-Tante Funeral Home, Buena Vista, GA.
In another article:
Buena Vista, GA—_____ December 2013
Charles Robert Alford, 63, of Box Springs, GA, died Thursday, December 26, 2013, at his residence.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00AM on Monday, December 30, 2013 graveside in Buena Vista Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Sunday, December 29, 2013 from 2-4PM.
Mr. Alford was born December 28, 1949, in San Antonio, TX to Donovan and Virginia McCommon Alford. After graduating from high school, he entered into the Air Force where he served in the Philippines, Guam, and Vietnam. He retired after 20 years of service. He enjoyed reading books.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Sue Mitchell, and a son, Gene Mayfield.
He is survived by his wife, Christine Alford, of Box Springs, GA, a son, William Ogden of Savannah, GA; four daughters, Samantha Ogden of Box Springs, GA, Virginia Hearn of Phenix City, AL, Martha Alford of Phenix City, AL, and Sindy Deeds of Augusta, GA; a sister, Martha Roelkey of Talbotton, GA, and 11 Grandchildren.
Watson-Tante Funeral Home of Buena Vista, Georgia, is in charge of these arrangements.
Photo from Buena Vista City Cemetery, Buena Vista, Marion Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, James Rowe
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm the birth and death dates of Charles R. Alford (SS# issued in NY), last residence not listed.
See the obituary of his sister Donna Sue Alford Mitchell in this compilation.
For more information about this family, see AAFA’s published genealogy, Descendants of Robert & Susanna Alford.
His lineage: Charles Robert 1949 TX1, Donovan L. 1925 AR2, Abner Acel 1854 AR3, Madison Ewing 1815 AL4, David 1785 VA5, Robert 1760 England6.
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CHARLES THOMAS ALFORD
THE TELEGRAPH
Macon, Bibb Co., GA—Wednesday, 2 June 1937
WADLEY [Jefferson Co.], Ga., June 1—C.F. [sic] Alford, 80, died at his home near Wadley Saturday morning [May 29]. He suffered a stroke of paralysis Tuesday from which he never regained consciousness. Funeral services were conducted from the Moxley Baptist church Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock. Rev. T.M. Callaway, pastor of Wadley Baptist church, officiating.
Pallbearers were S.O. Tarver, Dean Hubbard, Charlie Alford, Jr.; Robert Lockhart, Bucre McNeely and Lewis McNeely.
Mr. Alford had spent most of his life as a farmer in Jefferson county. He was twice married, first to Miss Mattie Scruggs. After her death he married Miss Ella Boyd, who survives him.
Other survivors include four daughters; Mrs. S.O. [Mary Alice] Tarver of Wadley; Mrs. Elton Brantley of Bartow; Mrs. Clarence [Sallie Lou] Walden and Mrs. Dean Hubbard of Atlanta; one son, Charlie Alford, Jr., of Bartow; one brother, Jesse Alford of Soperton, and a number of grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Photo from Moxley Baptist Church Cemetery, Jefferson Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Loraine
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of his second wife, Ella Boyd Alford; and children Charles Watson Alford, Mary Alice Alford Tarver, and Sallie Lou Alford Walden in this compilation.
From GA Marriages: Charles Alfred married Alice Scruggs on 29 March 1879 in Jefferson Co., GA.
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CHARLES WATSON ALFORD
AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
Augusta, Richmond Co., GA—Friday, 1 November 1946
Photos from Parkers Methodist Church Cemetery, Jefferson Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Beverly A. Roberts
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of his wife, Elizabeth “Lizzie” Smith Alford; children Charles Lewis Alford, Essie Mae Alford Clark, Gladys Alford Morris, and James Lynwood Alford; parents, Charles Thomas Alford and Ella Boyd Alford; sister Sallie Lou Alford Walden; and half-sister Mary Alice Alford Tarver in this compilation.
From GA Marriages: Charlie W. Alford married Lizzie Smith on 24 Dec 1916 in Jefferson Co., GA.
His middle name is from Ancestry family trees.
His lineage: Charles Watson 1892 GA1, Charles Thomas 1856 GA2.
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CHARLES WILLIAM ALVORD
Junior photo, Manatee Leaves, 1952 yearbook, Manatee High School, Bradenton, Manatee Co., FL
JOURNAL AND CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Sunday, 24 August 1986
In another article:
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Monday, 25 August 1986
Photo from Sherwood Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Jonesboro, Clayton Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Taken by deceased Find A Grave contributor Tom Allison
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Charles Alvord (SS# issued in FL) was born 22 June 1934 and died _____ Aug 1986, last residence Mableton, Cobb Co., GA.
We included the obituaries of his parents, Clyde Calvin Alvord and Isabelle Watson Alvord, in Florida Obituaries; and of his sister Dorothy Belle Alvord Kellar in Alabama Obituaries.
Wedding announcement:
BRADENTON HERALD
Bradenton, Manatee Co., FL—Sunday, 29 August 1954
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #7.
His ALVORD lineage: Charles William 1934 FL1, Clyde Calvin 1905 IA2, Joseph Aaron 1868 IA3, William M. 1834 IN4, Menzo 1810 NY5, James 1789 VT6, Seth 1762 MA7, Joseph 1733 MA8, Joseph 1697 MA9, Ebenezer 1665 MA10, Alexander 1627 England11, Thomas [ALFORD] 1598 England12.
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CHARLIE G. ALFORD
MORNING NEWS
Savannah, Chatham Co., GA—Thursday, 19 August 2010
SAVANNAH—Mr. Charlie G. Alford, 71, died Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at Candler Hospital.
A native of Statesboro, Charlie retired from Culver Rug Co and was a member of the Zerubbabel Lodge #15 F&AM. He served two years in the U.S. Marine Corp. Charlie was an avid fisherman and was a very loving, caring and special person that touched the hearts of many.
He is survived by his beloved wife, Carleen Alford; children, Kevin (Lori) Alford and Tracy (Rose) Alford; grandsons, Nick and Alex; brother, James (Linda) Alford; step-sisters, Bonnie (Harry) Seckinger, Terri (Curtis) Andrews and Donna Crosby; several nieces and nephews and long time fishing partner, Jim White.
Visitation will be Friday, August 20, 2010 from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, August 21, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. in the funeral home chapel with burial to follow at Hillcrest Abbey West Cemetery on Dean Forest Road…. Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Homes West Chatham….
Photo from Hillcrest Abbey West Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Taken by Find A Grave contributor jtthjones
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Charlie G. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 17 Feb 1939, last residence Savannah, Chatham Co., GA.
See the obituaries of his father, Charlies Green Alford; and brother James L. Alford in this compilation.
From:
Freshwater Fishing—www.about.com
Charlie G. Alford and Huge Crappie
By Ronnie Garrison
Photos from Freshwater Fishing—www.about.com
Charlie G. Alford is retired and lives in Savannah, Ga. He caught this huge 3 pound crappie while fishing at the Ft Stewart Army Reservation in Ft Stewart, Ga. on 10/25/04, using a minnow and a Zebco 33.The fish was 2 1/4 inches thick, 6 inches wide, and 17 inches long.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: Charlie G. 1939 GA1, Charlie Green 1913 GA2, James Olin 1886 GA3, Green Colquitt 1853 GA4, William Benjamin 1825 GA5, William 1794 NC6, Kinchen 1768 NC7, Lodwick 1710 VA8, James 1687 VA9, John 1645 VA10.
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CHARLIE GREEN ALFORD
AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
Augusta, Richmond Co., GA—Saturday, 10 October 1942
Photo from Emit Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Statesboro, Bulloch Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Taken by Find A Grave contributor nu2ga
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of his parents, James Olin Alford and Julia Eva Roach Alford; and brother Willie Emmitt Alford in this compilation.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: Charlie Green 1913 GA1, James Olin 1886 GA2, Green Colquitt 1853 GA3, William Benjamin 1825 GA4, William 1794 NC5, Kinchen 1768 NC6, Lodwick 1710 VA7, James 1687 VA8, John 1645 VA9.
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CHARLOTTE DORCAS ALFORD HAZELTON
Mother of James A. Hazelton, AAFA #1147
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Sunday, 21 December 1924
Photo from Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton Co., FL—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Rhonda Brady Rampy
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of her parents, Joseph Sidney Alford and Martha Kell “Mattie” Harris Alford; and siblings Gertrude W. Alford Williams and Hilliard James Alford in this compilation.
Her death certificate lists her birth date as 18 Aug 1881, same as the gravestone, but her death date is listed as 20 Dec 1924, different than the gravestone but the same as the obituary.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
Her lineage: Charlotte Dorcas 1881 GA1, Joseph Sidney 1841 GA2, James 1804 GA3, Cullen 1775 NC4, James 1741 NC/VA5, Lodwick 1710 VA6, James 1687 VA7, John 1645 VA8.
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CHRIS VERDERY ALFORD
Photo from Thomas Poteet & Son Funeral Directors
AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
Augusta, Richmond Co., GA—Monday, 20 September 2021
EVANS, GA—Chris Verdery Alford, 78 of Evans Georgia, beloved husband of Nancy Delene Harrison Alford passed away at his residence on September 17, 2021.
Chris was born in Augusta GA on November 23, 1942 to Dr. Roger Wendell Alford Jr. and Gertrude Verdery Alford.
He is preceeded in death by his older brother Roger Wendell Alford Jr. (Wendy) and brother-in-law Henry Grady Smith III.
He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Nancy (Deeny) Delene Harrison Alford, his brother Orville Wesley Alford, sister Clara Catherine (Cathy) Alford Smith and his children Kimberly Delene Alford Grice (Gary) and Linda Catherine Simanski (Richard), his grandchildren Clayton Francis Grice (Charlotte NC), Addison Alford Grice (Augusta GA) Rebecca Simanski Sandberg (Robert) and Matthew Connor Simanski (Evans Ga)
Chris attended Richmond Academy and graduated from the University of Georgia with a Bachelors of Business of Administration. He worked for Georgia Railroad Bank, owner and president of Alford Construction and Development Co. and was Director of Buildings and Grounds for Columbia County Board of Education.
Chris and Deeny met in the 7th grade and never left each other’s side. He enjoyed fishing, camping at Hunting Is, SC. and was an avid fan of the Atlanta Braves, Georgia Bulldogs and the Atlanta Falcons. He was a proud member of the Exchange Club of Augusta for 50 years….
A celebration of life will be held at a later date….
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not yet list his death.
See the obituaries of his parents, Roger Wendell Alford and Gertrude Verdery Alford, in this compilation.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: Chris Verdery 1942 GA1, Roger Wendell 1906 MS2, Louis Wesley 1874 MS3, Barnabas Seaborn 1845 MS4, Seaborn John 1807 LA5, Jacob 1761 NC6, Julius 1717 VA7, James 1687 VA8, John 1645 VA9.
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CHRISTINE ELIZABETH LEWIS ALFORD
R. Dudley Barton & Son Funeral Home
Adairsville, Bartow Co., GA—27 November 2012
January 4, 1922 - November 19, 2012
Ms. Christine Elizabeth Lewis Alford, age 90, of 77 Green Loop, Adairsville, passed away Monday morning, November 19, 2012, at Morning Point Assisted Living, Calhoun.
She was born in the Folsom Community, Adairsville, January 4, 1922, daughter of the late James Franklin and Chlo Belcher Lewis. Ms. Alford was a member of Cedar Creek Baptist Church and had been employed for over thirteen years with Union Carbide in Cartersville where she later retired. She enjoyed sewing, going fishing and spending time outside in her garden.
Ms. Alford was preceded in death by 2 sons, William “Bill” Franklin Alford and Windel Marvin Alford; and a sister, Francis McIntyre.
Survivors include a daughter, Paula Payne of Adairsville; 2 sons and a daughter-in-law, Linn (Linda) Alford of Adairsville and Glenn Alford of Adairsville; 13 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
A private family memorial service was held on Sunday, November 25, 2012, at the family homeplace.
R. Dudley Barton & Son Funeral Home, Adairsville, will be in charge of funeral arrangements for Ms. Christine Lewis Alford.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm the birth and death dates of Christine E. Alford (SS# issued in GA), last residence not listed.
See the obituaries of her husband, William Floyd Alford; and sons Linn Rondall Alford, William Franklin Alford, and Windel Marvin Alford in this compilation.
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CLARA ALFORD MCLEAN
Sister of Mary Agnes Alford Smith Lynch, AAFA #1234
DAILY NEWS
Griffin, Spalding Co., GA—Friday, 25 February 2011
Mrs. Clara McLean, 80, of Godfrey [Morgan Co.], died on Feb. 14, 2011.
Mrs. McLean was born on Jan. 15, 1931, in Putnam County to Elder and Frances Brooks Alford. She was married to J.M. McLean for over 64 years. She was a member of Godfrey Methodist Church. She enjoyed canning fruits and vegetables from the garden. She also drew great joy from caring for others.
Mrs. McLean is survived by her husband, J.M. McLean, as well as a son, David McLean, and wife Susie of Griffin. She also leaves a brother, Daniel Alford, and two sisters, Veda Harden and Dessie Mae Alford.
…. The funeral service was held on Thursday at 1 p.m. in the chapel of A.E. Carter Funeral Home. Interment followed at Oak Hill Cemetery in Griffin.
A.E. Carter Funeral Home had care of arrangements.
Photo from Oak Hill Cemetery, Griffin, Spalding Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Norman Lillie
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm the birth and death dates of Clara B. McLean (SS# issued in GA), last residence Madison, Morgan Co., GA.
See the obituaries of her sisters, Dessa Mae Alford, Mary Agnes Alford Smith Lynch, and Yvonne Vada Alford Varnadoe Harden in this compilation.
Her lineage: Clara 1931 GA1, Elder Payton 1903 GA2, William Albert 1880 SC/GA3.
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CLARE ELIZABETH ALFORD
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Monday, 23 February 2009
Clare Elizabeth Alford, 75, of Jonesboro died Saturday. Funeral, noon Tuesday, Thomas Scroggs Funeral Directors.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Clare E. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 30 Nov 1933, last residence Jonesboro, Clayton Co., GA.
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CLARENCE ARVEL HALLFORD
AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
Augusta, Richmond Co., GA—4 July 1998
Included in AAFA ACTION, Fall 1999
WASHINGTON, Ga.—Mr. Clarence Arvel Hallford, 75, of 763 Hallford Road, died Thursday, July 2, 1998, at Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Augusta.
Graveside services will be at 4 p.m. today at Forrest Hills Memorial Park, Elberton....
Mr. Hallford, a native of Wilkes County, was self- employed as a carpenter and was an Army veteran of World War II. He was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5899 and Clifford Grove Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Lucy Mae Wilson Hallford; two stepsons, Charles Pullen, Washington and Larry Pullen, Tignall; a brother, Addison Hallford, Crawfordsville; two sisters, Willene Durham, Crawfordsville, and Alliene Morris, Augusta, and seven stepgrandchildren and five great-stepgrandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Jay Miller, A.P. Russell, Harold Drinkard, Billy Morris, Hilton White and Jim Hallford....
Hopkins Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Photo from Forest Hills Memorial Park, Elberton, Elbert Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Maria Anderson
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Clarence A. Hallford (SS# issued in GA) was born 9 Apr 1923, last residence Washington, Wilkes Co., GA.
See the obituaries of his mother, Mary Mertie Sims Hallford; and brother William Joseph Hallford in this compilation.
Another paper, The Washington News Reporter, 9 July 1998, duplicated the information in the Augusta Chronicle, but added: “He was the son of the late William Wallace Hallford and the late Mary Merty Sims Hallford.”
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CLARENCE EDWARD ALFORD
Murray Brothers Cascade Chapel
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—_____ March 2015
Death: March 14, 2015
Celebration of Life service for Mr. Clarence Edward Alford will be held at New Calvary Baptist Church, 1690 Melrose Drive SW, Atlanta GA 30310 on Thursday, March 19, 2015 at 11:00 am….
He will be forever remembered by his five children, Latesse Alford Pollard, Monica Alford, Anita Alford, Clarence Alford, and China Gray; a loving aunt, Katie Florence; a devoted sister, Barbara Bell; a dedicated nephew, Marcus Alford; a nephew, Antwon Powell, Sr.; a devoted stepdaughter, Katrecia Weems; fourteen grandchildren, fourteen great-grandchildren, and many other friends and family who were blessed to know him.
Viewing will be held on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 from 1:00 pm til 9:00 pm at Murray Brothers Cascade Chapel.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not yet list his death.
See the obituary of his mother, Mary Rose Morgan Alford, in this compilation.
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CLAUDE A. ALFORD
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Tuesday, 23 October 1945
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of his parents, Sidney J. Allford and Fannie Alford Sexton Allford; and siblings Alma Allford Hendrix, Blanch Allford, and Howard Allford in this compilation.
Clalude is buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA, but in January 2022, a Find A Grave photographer reported that he has no gravestone.
Members of this family spell their last name Alford and Allford.
His lineage: Claude A. 1909 GA1, Sidney J. 1876 GA2, Enoch Washington 1850 TN3.
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CLAUDE LAMAR “BUSTER” ALFORD, SR.
Brother of Harold Paschal Alford, AAFA #0700
JOURNAL AND CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Sunday, 2 December 1973
Photo from Buckhead Cemetery, Buckhead, Morgan Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Taken by Find A Grave contributor Bill Mahoney
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Claude Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 23 Dec 1909, and died _____ Nov 1973 last residence Buckhead, Morgan Co., GA.
See the obituaries of his wife, Mary Sue Smith Alford; daughter Patricia Alford Paschall; and mother, Florence Addie Alliston Alford, in this compilation.
From South Carolina, County Marriage Records (Ancestry): Lamar Alford, age 25, married Mary Sue Smith on 25 Dec 1934 in Anderson, Anderson Co., SC.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: Claude Lamar 1909 GA1, George Claude 1880 GA2, John Franklin 1836 GA3, Kinchen 1812 NC4, Kinchen 1768 NC5, Lodwick 1710 VA6, James 1687 VA7, John 1645 VA8.
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CLAUDETTE E. MUNDY ALFORD
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Tuesday, 29 April 2014
Celebration of Life Service Mrs. Claudette E. Alford of Atlanta, GA; Wednesday, April 30, 2014, 11:00AM; Friendship Baptist Church, 437 Mitchell St. SW, Atlanta, GA….
Claudette is survived by her sons; Stanley Charles Alford and Stephen Jerod Alford (Fatum), grandchildren; Taylor Alford, Lauren Alford, Erin Alford, Avery Alford, Nadia Alford, Stephen Jerod Alford II, Kyle Alford and Kheir Alford, her brother; Claude Mundy IV, a host of nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Viewing today 2:00PM-8:00PM at Willie A. Watkins Historic West End Chapel. 404.758.1731.
In another article:
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Wednesday, 23 April 2014
Mrs. Claudette Mundy Alford of Atlanta, GA, passed April 22, 2014. Willie A. Watkins Historic West End Chapel 404.758.1731.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not yet list her death.
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CLEMENTINE “TINE” BROWN ALFORD
AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER
Americus, Sumter Co., GA—20 Novembe 1996
Ms Clementine Brown “Tina” Alford, 46, of 22 30th Ave, Columbus, GA, died Sunday.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that C. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 30 May 1950 and died _____ Nov 1996, last residence Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA.
This is an African-American family—the obituary is posted at African-American Cemeteries and Obituaries, www.blackcemeteries.com.
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CLIFFORD ALFORD
JOURNAL AND CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Sunday, 5 July 1953
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of his wife, Inez Rutland Alford; and daughter Helen Alford in this compilation.
On Clifford Alford’s 1940 WWII Draft Registration Card (Ancestry), he is age 23, black, born 15 May 1917 in Monroe Co., GA. His contact, Georgia Ann Alford, is his mother.
From GA Deaths: On the death certificates of 2 infants, parents are listed as George Alford and Georgia Ann James.
In 1940, Clifford Alford, age 23 black, is living in Brantleys, Monroe Co., GA, with his parents, George Alford, 65 GA, and Georgia A. Alford, 54 GA; and 3 siblings.
His lineage: Clifford 1917 GA1, George 1875 GA2.
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CLIFFORD EUGENE ALFORD
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Thursday, 3 June 1993
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Clifford E. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 9 Oct 1911, last residence Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA.
See the obituaries of his wife, Eddie Bertrell Alford; parents, Dink Taylor Allford and Emma Florence Hale Allford; and brothers Alvin Lee Alford Sr. and Hubert Huston Alford in this compilation.
From SSACI: Clifford Eugene Alford was born 9 Oct 1911 in Bartow Co., GA, son of Denk Alford and Emma Hale. He died 1 June 1993.
On his 1940 WWII Draft Registration Card (Ancestry), he is age 29, born 9 Oct 1911 in Cartersville, GA. His contact is his mother, Emma Florence Alford.
In 2019, a Find A Grave contributor reported that Clifford has no gravestone.
Members of this family spell their last name Alford and Allford.
His lineage: Clifford Eugene 1911 GA1, Dink Taylor 1879 GA2, Enoch Washington 1850 TN3.
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CLIFFORD OWEN “BUCKET” ALFORD, JR.
LAGRANGE DAILY NEWS
LaGrange, Troup Co., GA—9 June 2015
Mr. Clifford Owen “Bucket” Alford, Jr., 88, of LaGrange, GA passed away Sunday, June 7, 2015 at Hospice LaGrange.
Mr. Alford was born January 28, 1927 in LaGrange, GA, son of the late Clifford Owen Alford, Sr. and Clara Elizabeth Gibson Alford. He joined the Navy at the age of 16, served in WWII, and was honorable discharged on May 31, 1946. After service he returned to LaGrange to help open and operate the family owned business, Alford Groceries. He went on to become a bread salesman with Merita Bread Company and later Flowers Baking Company, retiring in 1996. Mr. Alford loved his family, people, working, gardening, fishing, and hunting.
In addition to his parents, Mr. Alford was preceded in death by brothers, Frank (Lucille) Alford, Clarence (Ruby) Alford, Ted (Hazel) Alford, and Paige Alford.
Survivors include his loving wife of 68 years, Duane Alford; children, Sandra Wells of Smyrna, Donna (Jackie) Robinson of LaGrange, and Doris (David) Kennon of LaGrange; grandchildren, Renee (Kerry) White, Lisa (Chris) Crowell, Shane Kennon, Katharine Wells, Joshua (Beth) Kennon, Joseph (Gina) Wells, Elizabeth (Sammy) Dewald; great grandchildren, Jay, Spencer (Emily), Hunter, Callie, Chasidy, Madison, Heaven, Harley, Kaleb, Hunter, Bella, Owen, Montie, Harrison, William; great-great grandchild, Ensley; brother, Ted (Sharon) Alford of LaGrange; special nephews, Sanford, Jerry, Carl, David and family; other relatives and friends.
Funeral Services will be Thursday, June 11, 2015 at 2:00 pm in the Chapel of Striffler-Hamby Mortuary…. Burial will follow in Shadowlawn Cemetery….
Arrangements are by Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, 1010 Mooty Bridge Road, LaGrange, GA 30240 (706) 884-8636.
Photo from Shadowlawn Cemetery, LaGrange, Troup Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Taken by Find A Grave contributor Jim Knight
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not yet list his death.
We included the obituary of his brother Clarence Owen “Bud” Alford in Alabama Obituaries.
His lineage: Clifford Owen 1927 GA1, Clifford Owen 1893 AL2, Benjamin Franklin 1860 AL3, William 1827 AL4.
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CLOYD ESKER “BUDDY” ALFORD, JR.
Photo from DanielAlford62’s Alford Family Tree (Ancestry)
Posted by Daniel Alford, Cloyd’s brother – used with permission
DAILY JOURNAL
Marietta, Cobb Co., GA—Monday, 1 March 1976
Photo from Kennesaw Memorial Park, Marietta, Cobb Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, F Chambers
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Cloyd Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 10 Jan 1956 and died _____ Feb 1976, last residence not listed.
We included the obituaries of his parents, Cloyd Esker Alford Sr. and Jean Eloise Adams Alford, in Florida Obituaries.
From SSACI: Cloyd E. Alford Jr. was born 10 Jan 1956 in DeFuniak Springs, FL.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: Cloyd Esker 1956 FL1, Cloyd Esker 1932 AL2, Admiral Dewey 1903 AL3, James Henry 1866 AL4, Reddin 1843 AL5, Henry Miles 1815 SC6, Job 1763 NC7, Julius 1717 VA8, James 1687 VA9, John 1645 VA10.
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COLEMAN EDWARD ALFORD
THE COURIER-JOURNAL
Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY—Wednesday, 12 January 1994
Included in AAFA ACTION, Fall 1998
FRANKFORT—Coleman Alford, 87, College Park, Ga., formerly of Lexington, died Jan. 6 in Augusta, Ga. His wife, Bobby, survives. Private graveside service, Wednesday, Winchester (Ky.) Cemetery. Arrangements: Rogers Funeral Home.
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LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER
Lexington, Fayette Co., KY—Wednesday, 12 January 1994
FRANKFORT—Coleman Edward Alford, 87, College Park, Ga., formerly of Frankfort and Lexington, retired Army lieutenant colonel, husband of Bobby West Alford, died Thursday [January 6]. Private services today, Winchester Cemetery, Clark County. Rogers Funeral Home in charge.
Photo from Winchester Cemetery, Winchester, Clark Co., KY—www.findagrave.com
Photo taken by inactive Find A Grave contributor Hank Cox
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Coleman E. Alford (SS# issued in HI) was born 8 Feb 1906 and that he died 7 Jan 1994, which differs from the obituaries but agrees with the graveston, last residence Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA.
See the obituaries of his third wife, Bobby West Alford; and his son Robert Coleman Alford in this compilation. We included the obituaries of his parents, Franklin Stephen Alford and Sallie Lenahan Alford; and siblings Lillian Alford Hesson and Raymond Stevens Alford in Kentucky Obituaries.
In a book called Kentucky in Retrospect there are several pictures with the photographer listed as Coleman Alford.
In the Lexington [KY] Herald, 8 December 1955, Coleman Alford, a former high school teacher in Lexington, received the third army’s outstanding performance rating:
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #6.
His lineage: Coleman Edward 1906 KY1, Franklin Stephen 1874 KY2, Stephen 1821 KY3, Charles 1779 VA4, Jacob 1757 VA5, James 1715 VA6.
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COLLEEN KAY TIMMERMAN ALFORD
AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
Augusta, Richmond Co., GA—14 January 2016
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Colleen Kay Timmerman Alford, age 64, went to be with her Lord, January 12, 2016, after an extended illness.
Kay grew up in Augusta, where she graduated from Richmond Academy and attended Augusta College. She later went on to be a flight attendant in Atlanta, GA, a realtor in Houston, TX, and Augusta, and married the love of her life, Larry Michael Alford, from Houston, TX.
Kay is preceded in death by her husband, Larry Michael Alford, Houston, TX; father, Benjamin Clay Timmerman, Sr.; and stepfather, Rufus Littleton Belding, Jr. She is survived by daughter, Katie-Parker Alford; mother, Eusteen Timmerman Belding; brother, Dr. Benjamin Clay Timmerman, Jr. (Andrea); sisters, Linda Timmerman Stephens (Mark), and Kellie Timmerman Tice (Doug); several nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held Friday, January 15, 2016 at Bethany Bible Chapel, at 2:00 P.M., with visitation at 1:30 P.M. Flowers will be accepted or donations can be made to Bethany Bible Chapel or Camp Hope, 401 Milledge Rd., Augusta, GA. Online condolences may be made at www.arlingtonfuneral.com. Arlington Burial & Cremation, 1220 George C. Wilson Dr., Ste C, Augusta, GA 30909. 762-994-0311
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not yet list her death.
We included the obituary of her husband, Larry Michael Alford, in Texas Obituaries.
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COLUMBUS AUGUSTINE ALFORD, JR.
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Tuesday, 28 December 1948
Photo from Hillcrest Cemetery, Sylvester, Worth Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, C. Bozeman
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of his father, Columbus Augustine Alford Sr.; sisters Frances Eugenia “Frankie” Alford Westberry and Jeannie Helen Alford Mann; and half-brother Green Floyd Alford Sr. in this compilation. We included the obituary of his sister Bennie Love Alford Westberry in Florida Obituaries.
Columbus was the son of Columbus Augustine Alford Sr. and his second wife, Jeannie Eliza Johnston Alford.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #3.
His lineage: Columbus Augustine 1891 GA1, Columbus Augustine 1850 NC2, Green Haywood 1820 NC3, Green about 1787 NC4, James Lodwick 1749 NC5.
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COLUMBUS AUGUSTINE ALFORD, SR.
Uncle of Lodwick Houston Alford, AAFA #0011; Sarah Beatrice Alford Parramore, AAFA #0158; Louise Grace Alford Ekin, AAFA #0177; and Walter Hoyle Alford, AAFA #0555
[He died while visiting in North Carolina, but we are including his obituary here because Georgia was his home.]
From Men of Mark in Georgia, Vol. 5, following p. 202 (Ancestry)
NEWS & OBSERVER
Raleigh, Wake Co., NC—Friday, 25 September 1908
In another article:
GREENSBORO DAILY NEWS
Greensboro, Guilford Co., NC—Friday, 25 September 1908
In another article:
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Wednesday, 23 September 1908
Photo from Hillcrest Cemetery, Sylvester, Worth Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Jerry Swain
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of his children Columbus Augustine Alford Jr., Frances Eugenia “Frankie” Alford Westberry, and Jeannie Helen Alford Mann; and brother William Leorus Haywood Alford in this compilation. We included the obituaries of his daughter Bennie Love Alford Westberry in Florida Obituaries; and of his parents, Green Haywood Alford and Rebecca Jones Alford; and brother George Benton Alford in North Carolina Obituaries.
He is listed on the 1850 census with his family. Age 5 monhths, in Wake Co., NC.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #3.
His lineage: Columbus Augustine 1850 NC1, Green Haywood 1820 NC2, Greene 1787 NC3, James Lodwick 1749 NC4.
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CONSUELA VIVIAN ALFORD GUNTER
Photo from Billy Gunter’s Gunter-Maisenbacher… Family Tree (Ancestry)
DURHAM SUN
Durham, Durham Co., NC—Wednesday, 10 June 1970
Photo from Resthaven Cemetery, Washington, Wilkes Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Kate Orr Messer
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Vivian A. Gunter (SS# issued in GA) was born 29 Nov 1896 and died 15 June 1970 [different than obituary], last residence Augusta, Richmond Co., GA.
We included the obituaries of her parents, William J. Alford and Mary Ella Thomas Alford Lawson; and brother William Lasiter Alford Sr. in North Carolina Obituaries.
On the 1900 census in Durham, Durham Co., NC, she is Consuela V. Alford, age 3 born Nov 1896, living with her mother and brother.
From GA Deaths: Vivian A. Gunter, age 83, died 9 June 1970 in Baldwin Co., GA.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #3.
Her lineage: Consuela Vivian 1896 NC1, William J. 1866 NC2, William Dallas 1845 NC3, William R. 1818 NC4, Green 1787 NC5, James Lodwick 1749 NC6.
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CORA JUANITA BIGGERS ALFORD
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Friday, 25 February 1983
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Juanita Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 16 Oct 1909 and died _____ Feb 1983, last residence Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA.
See the obituaries of her husband, Walter Douglass Alford Sr.; and son Curtis Ellsworth Alford Sr. in this compilation.
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CURTIS ELLSWORTH ALFORD, SR.
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Monday, 29 September 2003
Memorial Service for Mr. Curtis E. Alford, Sr. will be held Tuesday, September 30, 2003 at 11 a.m. at The Hines Memorial Chapel....
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sheryl Alford, 2 children, Kendra Scott and Curtis E. Alford, Jr., 2 grandchildren, l brother, Bishop Walter D. Alford, 5 sisters, Mrs. Ruth Langley, Mrs. Burchie Harrley, Mrs. Juanita Oliver, Mrs. Lauristine Bickley and Mrs. Carlene Wade and host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends….
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Curtis E. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 5 March 1940 and died 25 Sept 2003, last residence Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA.
See the obituaries of his parents, Walter Douglass Alford Sr. and Cora Juanita Biggers Alford, in this compilation.
From SSACI: Curtis Ellsworth Alford, black, was born 5 March 1940 in Washington, DC, son of Walter Alford and Juanita Biggers.
His lineage: Curtis Ellsworth 1940 DC1, Walter Douglass 1901 SC2, Thomas 1865 SC3, Luke 1817 SC4.
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DAISY MAE ALFORD MCCOY
Laurinburg, Scotland Co., NC—_____ July 2021
Daisy Mae (Alford) McCoy
February 26, 1966 ~ July 19, 2021 (age 55)
Daisy Mae Alford-McCoy, 55 of Georgia, answered the master’s call and entered into eternal rest on Monday July 19, 2021….
Services of Comfort have been confidently entrusted to the Lawrence Jackson Funeral Home of Laurinburg, NC. The Service of Celebration to honor her life will be held on Saturday July 31, 2021, (Graveside Service) at the McLeod Memorial Cemetery, 1619 McLeod Road, Maxton, NC beginning at 3:00pm.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not yet list her death.
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DALLAS THURMON “BUD” ALFORD
Granduncle of Robert Douglas Alford, AAFA #0197
Photo from Alice Wilson Alford’s Wilson/Alford Family Tree (Ancestry) - used with permission
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Wednesday, 20 March 1985
Photo from Forsyth City Cemetery, Forsyth, Monroe Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Donnie Daniel
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Dallas Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 11 Aug 1912 and died _____ March 1985, last residence Mableton, Cobb Co., GA.
See the obituaries of his wife, Sara Margaret Martin Alford; son Robert Leland Alford; parents, Henry Lee Alford and Katherine Mary “Katie” Fitzgerald Alford Estes; and half-siblings Grady Samuel Alford and Nora Elizabeth Alford Renfroe in this compilation. We included the obituary of his half-brother Clarence Etheridge “Clement” Alford in Alabama Obituaries.
Dallas Thurmon Alford is listed with muster date 30 Nov 1943 in U.S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls (Ancestry).
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: Dallas Thurmon 1912 GA1, Henry Lee 1863 GA2, William Benjamin 1825 GA3, William 1794 NC4, Kinchen 1768 NC5, Lodwick 1710 VA6, James 1687 VA7, John 1645 VA8.
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DAVE ALFORD
atlanta CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Tuesday, 16 December 1958
Mr. Dave Alford, age 105, passed Dec. 15, 1958. Funeral announced later. Thornton Funeral Home.
AAFA NOTES: From GA Deaths: Dave Alford, black, died 14 Dec 1958 in Fulton Co., GA.
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DAVID ALFORD
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Wednesday, 15 October 1941
AAFA NOTES: From GA Marriages: Dave Alford married Mary Jane Chappel on 24 Dec 1889 in Morgan Co., GA.
In 1900, Kingston, Morgan Co., GA—this is an African American family:
David Alford head 33 b. Jan 1867 GA GA GA married 10 years
Mary wife 30 b. Mar 1870 GA GA GA 5 children,5 cliving
Smith son 9 b. Dec 1890 GA GA GA
Freeman son 7 b Oct 1892 GA GA GA
West son 5 b. Sep 1894 GA GA GA
Rosa dau 3 b. Jul 1896 GA GA GA
John son 1 b. Jan 1899 GA GA GA
In Dec 2018, a Find A Grave photographer reported that Dave and his wife Mary Jane Chappel Alford (1874–1932) have no gravestones in Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, Morgan Co., GA.
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DAVID A. ALFORD
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Tuesday, 14 August 1934
In another article, same source—article’s right side cut off in source:
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of his sons John David Alford and Paul Earnest Alford; and siblings Isabelle Alford Farmer, John Oscar Alford, Lizzie Cornelia Alford Floyd, Luther H. Alford, Nancy Dora Alford Anderson, and Simeon W. Alford in this compilation.
From GA Marriages: D.A. Alford married Tallulah Bradley on 2 Dec 1883 in DeKalb Co., GA.
David is buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA, but he has no gravestone [Find A Grave].
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #2.
His lineage: David A. 1862 GA1, John T. 1831 GA2, Bynum 1787 GA3, Isham 1755 NC4.
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DAVID KEITH ALFORD
COLUMBUS LEDGER-ENQUIRER
Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA—Monday, 2 December 2013
August 26, 1961-December 1, 2013
CATAULA, GA—David Keith Alford 52 passed away December 1, 2013 at his residence in Cataula, GA.
David was born August 26, 1961 in Columbus, GA, to Dewey and Martha Gibson Alford.
Visitation will be Monday, December 2, 2013, 5:00-7:00 PM in the St. Elmo room of Striffler - Hamby, 4071 Macon Rd., Columbus, GA 31907. A Celebration of Life Service will be held Tuesday, December 3, 2013 11:00 AM in Edgewood Hall at Striffler - Hamby, with interment at Parkhill Cemetery, 4161 Macon RD., Columbus, GA….
Along with his parents, Mr. Alford is survived by his brother Jeff Alford of Cataula, GA, and two nieces; Megan and Taylor Alford of Eastman, GA.
David who was also known as Bubba by his close friends and family, graduated from Pine Forrest High School in Fayetteville, N C. He and his parents moved back to the Cataula area to be closer to relatives. He was formally a Machinist with Fairchild- Westinghouse, and was a member of New Harvest Church of Hamilton, GA. Bubba loved watching Auburn Football and enjoyed all sports. He was very much loved by his family and will be missed by all.
Condolences may be offered at www.shcolumbus.com.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that David K. Alford (SS# issued in NC) was born 26 Aug 1961, last residence not listed.
See the obituary of his brother Jeffrey Scott Alford in this compilation.
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DAVID ROBERT ALVORD
THE POST-STANDARD
Syracuse, Onondaga Co., NY—Wednesday, 5 August 2020
David Robert Alvord, 59, of Conyers, GA, passed away on August 2, 2020.
David was a 1979 graduate of Solvay (NY) High School where he lettered in football and basketball. After time in the U.S. Air Force, he received a degree in Landscape Architecture from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry at Syracuse University. David’s biggest passion was restoring antique tractors, a result of summers spent on his uncle’s farm in Tully, NY. He volunteered for his church’s Food Ministry and was a Cub Scout pack officer. Most of all, David will be remembered for his quirky wit and deep bond that he shared with his son, Spencer.
David was preceded in death by his mother, Joyce Cook Alvord.
He is survived by his wife of 27 years, Pamela Joyce (Parsons) Alvord, and son, Spencer Fox Alvord, both of Conyers, as well as his father Robert George Alvord and his wife Nancy of Sebring, FL….
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not yet list his death.
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DEBBY SMITH JENKINS ALFORD
Warner Robins, Houston Co., GA—_____ February 2015
June 1, 1955 - February 10, 2015
Resided in Warner Robins, GA
Debby Alford, 59, passed away on Tuesday, February 10, 2015.
Debby was born on June 1, 1955 in Swainsboro, Georgia then moved to Warner Robins as a young child. She was a member of New Hope International Church of God. Debby was the lead singer of the Muddy River Band. During the early years of her career she received a Nashville recording contract. However she chose to remain with her family and the Band. Debby, along with the Muddy River Band, opened for several major artist including George Jones, Tammy Wynette, and many others. She loved music and time spent with the band but above all she loved the time she spent with her family.
Her father, Elmer Smith, and brother, Dewey Smith, preceded her in death.
Her memory will forever be treasured by her adoring husband of 31 years, Corky Alford, Warner Robins; son, Jason Jenkins, Nashville; mother, Ruby Johnson Smith, Warner Robins; and brother, Billy Smith, Lizella.
Visitation will be Friday, February 13, from 1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. at McCullough Funeral Home. Funeral services follow in the chapel of McCullough Funeral Home with interment following in Glen Haven Memorial Gardens.
In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully suggests memorial donations be given In Memory of Debby Alford to Histiocytosis Association 322 North Broadway, Pitman, New Jersey 08071….
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not yet list her death.
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DEBORAH ELAINE ALFORD WALKER
Thomaston, Upson Co., GA—_____ November 2010
Deborah Elaine Alford Walker was born December 1, 1954 to Mrs. Prathel Thompson Alford and the late Mr. John Lee Alford in Pike County Georgia.
Her early education was in the Pike County School System. At an early age she joined the Mount Olive Baptist Church. During her late adult years she joined the Welcome Grove Baptist Church. She came in working and joined the Welcome Grove Church Choir.
On December 25, 1993, she married Mr. Marcus Walker. They shared almost seventeen years together. She was a loving wife and devoted mother of three (3) children. One son, Leon Holmes, preceded her in death. She loved her grandchildren and all of her family.
She was preceded in death by her father, one son, and two brothers, Jerome Alford and Johnny Clarence Alford. On Friday, November 5, 2010, the Lord looked down and saw she was in distress. He called her name, she answered and went home to be with the Lord. She will be greatly missed by her family, her church family, and her many friends.
She leaves to cherish her memory, her husband, Mr. Marcus Walker of Thomaston, Georgia. Her mother, Mrs. Prathel Alford of Griffin, GA. Two children: Ms. LaTonya Holmes of Griffin, GA, and Ms. Conswer Holmes of Thomaston, GA. Two she raised as her own, Horace Monfort, III and Lexis Walker, both of Thomaston, GA. Eight grandchildren: Devin Holmes, Achaia Holmes,TyKeseya Holmes, Stevie Carriker, Stephanie Carriker, Makhaila Smith, Iyanla “Star” Smith and Kashanti Brown. Five sisters: Mattie Howell and Betty (Rev. Horace Jr.), Bobbie Peterson, Ivanella (Earnest) Jones, Brenda (Matthew) Montgomery. Two adopted sisters, Phyllis Kind and Sandra Whitaker. Two brothers, Quinton (Lisa) Alford and Rev. Barry (Ahn) Alford. Three adopted brothers: Evangelist Morris J. (Patsy) McKinney, Willie Joe (Brenda) McGee and Phil (Mary) Taylor. Father-in-law, Willie (Eunice) Walker. Sisters and brothers in-law: Denise Walker, Lisa (Kevin) Boyington, Regina Walker, Douglas Walker, Michael (Thelma) Walker and Donald (Angela) Walker, Aunts and uncles include: Flora (Willie) Truitt, Ethel Frazier and Mary Stovall, Louise (Billy) Richardson, Mrs. Mattie Davis and Albert Thompson. A god-son, Jacorri Atwater and a special nephew, Jamari Atwater. A very devoted cousin, Katherine Willis. A host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and other relatives and friends.
Funeral Service were held on: Saturday, November 13, 2010, 2:00 P.M. Welcome Grove Baptist Church …. Interment Church Cemetery
Photo from Welcome Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Upson Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Clyde and Sandra Padgett
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm the birth and death dates of Deborah A. Walker (SS# issued in GA), last residence Thomaston, Upson Co., GA.
See the obituary of her mother, Prathel Thompson Alford, in this compilation.
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DELORES DIXIE ALFORD JOHNSON
Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home – Dignity Memorial
Brunswick, Glynn Co., GA—_____ June 2021
October 31, 1940 – June 16, 2021
Delores Dixie Alford, age 80 , a resident of Brunswick, Georgia passed away the 16th of June 2021 at her residence.
Delores was born the 31st of October 1940 in New York City, New York to the late Matilda Francis Alford. She had been a resident of Brunswick, Georgia for many years and was employed by the American Heart Association as a administrative assistant.
There are no services at this time. Arrangements have been entrusted to Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home and Oglethorpe Crematorium in Brunswick, Georgia.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not yet list her death.
From New York, New York, Marrige License Indexes (Ancestry): Delores Alford married Jesse Johnson in 1962 in Manhattan, New YorkCity, NY.
From Bronx County, New York, Divorce and Civil Case Records (Ancestry): Delores Johnson and Jesse Johnson (plaintiff) filed for divorce on 15 June 1977 in Bronx, NY.
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DESSA MAE ALFORD
Sister of Mary Agnes Alford Smith Lynch, AAFA #1234
Griffin, Spalding Co., GA—_____ December 2015
Ms. Dessa Mae Alford, age 78 of Griffin, passed away on Sunday, December 6, 2015 at Brightmoor Hospice.
Ms. Alford was born in Watkinsville, Georgia on September 8, 1937.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Elder Payton Alford and Frances Callie Brooks Alford; sisters, Vada Harden, Louise Pulpwood, Mary Lynch, Clara McClean and Frances Hudson; brothers, Davis Alford and Billy Alford; granddaughter, Lacey Nichole Hall. Ms. Alford had been employed as a cook for many years at the Country Kitchen.
Survivors include her daughter, Cynthia Diane Hall Lara; sons, Johnnie Rubin Hall, III and his wife, Dayna, Lonnie Daniel Hall; grandchildren, April Lyon, Jesse Whitehurst, Johnnie R. Hall, IV, Jesse A. Hall, Lonnie Dallas Hall and Zachary Hall; several great-grandchildren; brother, Daniel Alford; a very special friend, Tracy Hydock; several nieces and nephews.
Visitation for Ms. Dessa Mae Alford will be Monday, December 28, 2015 from 1:00pm until 2:00pm at Conner-Westbury Funeral Home. Following the visitation, the funeral service will be conducted in the chapel. Interment will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Photo from Oak Hill Cemetery, Griffin, Spalding Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Taken by Find A Grave contributor Don Nolen
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not yet list her death.
See the obituaries of her sisters Clara Alford McLean, Mary Agnes Alford Smith Lynch, and Yvonne Vada Alford Varnadoe Harden in this compilation.
The inscription on her gravestone is Cherokee (Tsalagi) and means something like “Rest in Peace.”
Her lineage: Dessa Mae 1937 GA1, Elder Payton 1903 GA2, William Albert 1880 SC/GA3.
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DEWITT CLINTON ALFRED, JR.
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Wednesday, 15 March 2006
Dewitt Clinton Alfred Jr., MD, FAPA, entered into eternal rest March 13, 2006. Funeral services entrusted to Murray Bros. 404-349-3000. mbfh.com.
In another article:
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Friday, 17 March 2006
Celebration of Life Service for Dewitt C. Alfred, Jr., M.D. will be held Saturday, March 18, 2006, 2:00 PM at Radcliffe Presbyterian Church USA, 290 Hamilton E. Holmes Drive, NW. Viewing today, 9AM-9PM. Family will receive friends from 6PM to 8PM at Murray Brothers Cascade Chapel.
A native of Chattanooga, TN, Dr. Alfred spent his adult life in Atlanta committed to the practice of academic medicine and community health. He was the first African-American Professor of Psychiatry at Emory University School of Medicine and Founding Chairman and Professor Emeritus of the Department of Psychiatry at Morehouse School of Medicine. He was also the first African-American President of the Georgia Psychiatric Association....
He is survived by his wife, Leticia Bottoms Alfred; his daughter and son-in-law, Leticia and Kevin Garrick; son, Dewitt C. Alfred, III; grandchildren, Joshua, Jonathan and Christopher Garrick; and a host of other relatives and friends. Murray Brothers Cascade Chapel, 1199 Utoy Springs Road, SW, Atlanta....
In another article, same source:
DR. DEWITT ALFRED, ONE WHO ‘THOUGHT OUTSIDE THE BOX’
By Kay Powell
Dr. Dewitt C. Alfred Jr. entered Morehouse College at 14, graduated at 18 and returned to become dean of Morehouse School of Medicine.
The same precocious mind that got him admitted to college after the 10th grade kept absorbing and retaining information throughout his life, whether it was history he used in his lectures or facts that amazed his friends.
“He was known for knowing all types of trivial things,” said his wife, Leticia Alfred of Atlanta. “He was a walking encyclopedia.”
His influence reached far beyond the medical school. During two five-year terms on the state Board of Human Resources, which sets policy for the Department of Human Resources, he served one term as chairman.
The funeral for Dr. Alfred, 68, of Atlanta, who died of complications from heart problems Monday at Emory University Hospital, will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Radcliffe Presbyterian Church. The body will be cremated. Murray Bros. Cascade Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Dr. Alfred was a professor of psychiatry at Emory University for 13 years.
While there, he established a community mental health center at Grady Memorial Hospital and designed the psychiatry curriculum for the new Morehouse School of Medicine.
He was immersed in academics but had a fondness for community psychiatry and forensic psychiatry, his wife said.
“He can certainly be given credit for making major advances in our clinical program,” said Andrea Fox of Atlanta, Morehouse School of Medicine director of planning. “He was a very intelligent guy, a great problem solver. He thought outside the box.”
After joining Morehouse School of Medicine’s faculty in 1984, he was instrumental in securing multimillion-dollar grants and in gaining approval for clinical services and various residency programs.
By 1992, the medical school was teaching family medicine, internal medicine, general surgery, psychiatry and obstetrics.
In 1993, after four years as dean, Dr. Alfred returned to the classroom, where he was a favorite faculty member.
“I think he had a special rapport with students,” said his colleague, Dr. Bill Biggers of Atlanta. “The students really liked him. He made learning fun.”
He retired in 2000 but kept up his interests in working crossword puzzles and reading—which fed his love of trivia—dancing, tennis and watching television, especially game shows, cop shows, medical shows and “Jeopardy,” his wife said....
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Dewitt C. Alfred (SS# issued in TN) was born 12 Oct 1937 and died 2 March 2006 (different than obituary), last residence Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA.
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DINK TAYLOR ALLFORD
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Friday, 3 February 1939
In another article:
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Friday, 3 February 1939
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of his wife, Emma Florence Hale Allford; sons Alvin Lee Alford Sr., Clifford Eugene Alford, and Hubert Huston Alford; father, Enoch Washington Alford; and brother Sidney J. Allford in this compilation. We included the obituares of his brother Joseph Joe Alford in Texas Obituaries; and of his brother Coleman A. Alford in Tennessee Obituaries.
Dink’s last name is spelled both Alford and Allford in records. It is Allford on his death certificate, but Alford on the 1880–1930 censuses. His name may be Taylor as he is listed on the 1880 and 1900 censuses, with Dink being a nickname.
In 1900, Euharlee, Bartow Co., GA: Taylor Alford, age 21 b. Apr 1879 in GA, farm laborer, married 1 year; and his wife Emma, 15 b. May 1885 in GA, 0 children.
On his 1918 WWI Draft Registration Card (Ancestry), he is Dink Alford and lists his birth date as 14 Apr 1879, but he signed his name with his mark.
The online records for Emerson City Cemetery, the only cemetery in Emerson, do not list any Allfords. In May 2021, a Find A Grave contributor reported that she could not find the gravestones for Dink Alford or his wife Emma, but that there are multiple unmarked graves in this cemetery.
His lineage: Dink Taylor 1879 GA1, Enoch Washington 1850 TN2.
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DOC EDWARD ALFORD
COLUMBUS LEDGER-ENQUIRER
Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA—9 January 2013
COLUMBUS, GA—Funeral service for SFC (Ret) Doc Edward Alford,70, who passed on Friday, January 4, 2013 at Vista Care Hospice will be conducted on Thursday, January 10, 2013 at 12:00 Noon at New Destiny Church, 1726 Boxwood Pl with Full Military Honors…. Interment will be held in Main Post Cemetery, Ft. Benning, GA. according to the Charles E. Huff’s International Funeral Home…. The funeral procession will depart from the residence 1 Trestlewood Ct at 11:15 A.M.
SFC (Ret) Alford was born January 12, 1942 in Columbus, GA to the late Mary Holland Alford and Thomas Alford.
He was a retired United States Army Veteran serving his country in the Viet Nam Conflict. He was the reciepient of the Viet Nam Service Medal with two Bronze Service Stars, Republic of Viet Nam Galantry Cross Unit Citation Badge with Palm, Army Commendation Medal with one Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal.
He leaves to cherish his memory a loving wife, Shirley Alford, Columbus, GA; two sisters, Christine Dudley, New Haven, FL and Josephine Russell of Cleveland, OH; one granddaughter, Jordan Hughes and a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm the birth and death dates of Doc E. Alford (SS# issued in GA), last residence not listed.
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DONNA SUE ALFORD MITCHELL
COLUMBUS LEDGER-ENQUIRER
Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA—Thursday, 28 July 2011
Donna Sue Mitchell
October 6, 1946–July 26, 2011
COLUMBUS, GA—Donna Sue Mitchell, 64 of Columbus died Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at Martin Army Community Hospital. Funeral services will be held 11:00AM Friday, July 29, 2011 at Eastwood Baptist Church, 5051 Buena Vista Road, Columbus, GA…. Interment will follow at Parkhill Cemetery. The family will receive friends Thursday evening from 5 till 7 P.M. at McMullen Funeral Home, 3874 Gentian Blvd., Columbus, Ga.
Mrs. Mitchell was born October 6, 1946 in Nashville, AR daughter of the late Virginia Ernestine McCommon Alford and Donovan L. Alford. She was a 1965 Graduate of Baker High School. She was the Ministry Assistant at Eastwood Baptist Church. She was also part of the Eastway Elementary School PTA, Cub Scout Pack 53 and Boy Scout Troup 53 where both sons became Eagle Scouts.
Survivors include her husband Thomas Nelson Mitchell, Jr of Columbus, GA; sons, Robert Nelson Mitchell and Donovan James Mitchell (Margie) all of Columbus, GA; brother, Charles Robert Alford (Chris) of Box Springs, GA; sister, Martha Elizabeth Roelkey (Allen) of Talbotton, GA and several nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers the family requests memorial donations to Eastwood Baptist Church Building Fund, 5051 Buena Vista Road, Columbus, GA 31907. Those who wish may sign the online guest registry at www.mcmullenfuneralhome.com.
Photo from Parkhill Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, J. B. Chrismond
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm the birth and death dates of Donna Mitchell (SS# issued in NY), last residence Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA.
See the obituary of her brother Charles Robert Alford in this compilation.
For more information about this family, see AAFA’s published genealogy, Descendants of Robert & Susanna Alford.
Her lineage: Donna Sue 1946 AR1, Donovan L. 1925 AR2, Abner Acel 1854 AR3, Madison Ewing 1815 AL4, David 1785 VA5, Robert 1760 England6.
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DONNIE H ALFORD
AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER
Americus, Sumter Co., GA—Saturday, 24 February 1978
Funeral services for Mrs. Donnie H Alford, 78, Boynton Beach, FL and Americus, who died Tuesday, February 19, 1978 in the Atlantic Convalescent Home, will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. from New St Paul Baptist Church … and burial will be in Eastview Cemetery.
Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Bertha Johnson of Boynton Beach, Mrs. Canzia Lockhard of Hartford, CT, Mrs. Ula Mae Harvey of Aliquippa, PA and Ms Mattie Banks of Americus; two sons, Mr. Albert Alford of Newton and Mr. Otis Alford of Americus; a sister, Ms Mattie Wall of Americus, forty-five grandchildren, eighty-nine great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren.
Photo from Eastview Cemetery, Americus, Sumter Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Pamela Register
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Donie [sic] Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 10 July 1899 and died _____ Feb 1978, last residence Americus, Sumter Co., GA.
This is an African-American family—the obituary is posted at African-American Cemeteries and Obituaries, www.blackcemeteries.com.
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DORIS ALFORD BRAZELL CROSSLEN
TRIBUNE AND GEORGIAN
St. Mary’s, Camden Co., GA—Wednesday, 23 February 2011
Doris Alford Crosslen, 86, of Brunswick passed away Monday, Feb. 21, 2011, at Sears Manor Nursing Home in Brunswick after an extended illness.
Coming from Camden County, she had been a resident of Brunswick for more than 40 years where she owned and operated a beauty shop. Her passions were gardening and painting and she was known in the community for her oil renditions of the Old Oglethorpe Hotel and Christ Church Frederica. She was a member of the Glynn Art Association and spent much of her retirement painting portraits of family and close friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Deacy W. “Curley” Crosslen; brother, Robert Vaughn Alford Jr.; sister, Alma Larsen, and husband James L. Larsen; son, Richard A. Brazell; daughter, Pamela A. Odum; grandchild, Jody Odum; and stepdaughter, Anna Bryant.
Survivors include her son, Earl V. Brazell of Brunswick; sister, Irene Weller of Fernandina Beach, Fla.; son-in-law, Randolph Odum of Kingsland; daughter-in-law, Carol M. Brazell of Brunswick; stepdaughter, Linda Mansfield; nephew, Robert Larsen of Burlington, Wash.; nieces, Julie Ann Steffens and Rita Wilder, both of Florida, and Teresa Davis of Tennessee; grandsons, Chris Odum of Atlanta, Teddy Odum of Iowa, David Rosevelt of Seattle, Kenneth Lengacher of Jacksonville, Fla., Warren Odum and Shane Odum, both of Kingsland, Richard E. Brazell and John “Billy” Roosevelt, both of Brunswick; granddaughters, Randlyn Lewis of Arkansas, Kimberly E. Fagan of Atlanta, Andrea L. Brazell of Douglasville, Karen Brazell Pearson of Richmond, Flora Helmer and Mary Bryant, both of Jacksonville, April L. Brazell-Beck and Teresa M. Brazell-Reed, both of Brunswick. She is also survived by her dear friends, Joe George, Shirley Thomas and Louise Carter, many grandnieces and nephews, 33 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011, from Allison Memorial Chapel in St. Marys. Burial will follow at Brazell Cemetery in Kingsland. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home in St. Marys. Allison Memorial Chapel of St. Marys is in charge of arrangements.
Photo from Brazell-Peeples Cemetery, Kingsland, Camden Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Kay Beucler
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Doris Crosslen (SS# issued in GA) was born 29 June 1924, last residence Brunswick, Glynn Co., GA.
See the obituaries of her mother, Annie Inah Anderson Alford; and brother Robert Vaughn Alford Jr. in this compilation. We included the obituary of her sister Alma Annie Alford Larsen in Washington Obituaries.
For more information about this family, see AAFA’s published genealogy, Known Descendants of Joel Alford and Clarky B. Carroll.
Her lineage: Doris 1924 NC1, Robert Vaughn 1897 SC2, John Thomas 1861 SC3, Joseph/Joel 1842 SC4, Joel 1800 SC5.
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DOROTHY LANIER ALFORD
THE TELEGRAPH
Macon, Bibb Co., GA—Saturday, 12 April 2008
WARNER ROBINS [Houston Co.]—Dorothy Lanier Alford, 91, entered into rest on April 10, 2008. Mrs. Alford was born on July 9, 1916 in Toombs County, Georgia. She and her husband were the proud owner of Alford’s General Merchandise of Milledgeville from 1947 to 1978. She made Warner Robins her home about twelve years ago. She was a member of Shirley Hills Baptist Church attended the Joy Sunday School Class and was an avid gardener.
Her husband, Mack F. Alford, Sr., parents, Hezekiah and Leah Bell Lanier, son, Mack F. Alford, Jr., and five brother and two sisters, preceded her in death.
Family members include her sons, Richard Earl Alford (Linda), Cumberland, Maryland and William Lanier Alford (Roya), Warner Robins; daughter, Dorothy Ann Oermann (Tim), Orange Park, Florida; sister, Sibyl Bateman, Macon; and seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be Sunday, April 13, 2008 from 2:00 until 3:00 P.M. at Shirley Hills Baptist Church with funeral services following at 3P.M. Interment will follow in the Baldwin Memorial Gardens, Milledgeville.... McCullough Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
Photo from Baldwin Memorial Gardens, Milledgeville, Baldwin Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Jack Johnson
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm the birth and death dates of Dorothy L. Alford (SS# issued in GA), last residence Warner Robins, Houston Co., GA.
See the obituary of her son Mack Furman Alford Jr. in this compilation. We included the obituary of her son Richard Earl Alford in Maryland Obituaries.
Her husband’s lineage: Mack Furman 1913 GA1, Rawlings Lee 1881 GA2, Thomas J. 1832 GA3.
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DOROTHY MARIE ALFORD NEWBOLT JARRELL ANDERSON
MORNING NEWS
Savannah, Chatham Co., GA—Friday, 11 November 2005
Dorothy Alford Anderson, 86, of Savannah, died Sunday, Nov. 6, 2005 at John Wesley Villas, under the care of Hospice Savannah, Inc.
She was born in Owensboro, Kentucky, and moved to Savannah in 1949. She was a daughter of Mildred Baize Alford and Goldman Hugh Alford of Owensboro, Kentucky. She was the oldest of seven children, five of whom preceded her in death.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 41 years, Neil Lamar Anderson, who died 7 years ago of cancer, Burton Harrison Jarrell, husband who passed away in 1956 and Jay Newbolt, husband of three years who died in World War II.
She was retired from Sears, Roebuck & Company, having served as Office Manager of the Credit Department.
She was a very active member of Epworth United Methodist Church for over 54 years, having served as President of the Roy Morehouse Sunday School Class, UMW Friendship Circle, and of the United Methodist Women and greeter for many years. She and her husband Neil will be remembered as active members of the Starlite and Kwanaloma Dance Clubs.
She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, David Burton Jarrell and his wife, Vicki Jarrell of Pasadena, Maryland; a daughter, Janeille Anderson of Duluth, GA; two granddaughters, Heather and Kenneth Siemienkiewicz of Ellabell, GA; and Kimberly Jarrell Park and husband, Pelham, and great granddaughter, Kalynn Park; and her sister, Beverly A. Trunnell of Owensboro, Kentucky, and the following-in-laws: Mrs. Mary Anderson of Jacksonville, Fl; Mrs. Violet Alford and Mrs. Brownie Alford of Owensboro, Kentucky; and a devoted sister-in-law, Ms. Elizabeth Jarrell Johnson of Charlotte, NC. She is also survived by several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services: 11 A.M. Friday at Epworth United Methodist Church…. Entombment will follow in Forest Lawn Memory Gardens Mausoleum. Pallbearers will be: L.P. “Hank” Holloway, Steve Lewis, Freddie Best, Lowell Tillman, Harold Attaway, and Henry C. Smith….
Hubert C. Baker Funeral Home.
Photo from Forest Lawn Memory Gardens, Savannah, Chatham Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Anna Walker
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Dorothy M. Anderson (SS# issued in KY) was born 8 April 1919, last residence Savannah, Chatham Co., GA.
We included the obituaries of her parents, Golman Hugh Alford and Mildred Baize Alford; and siblings Barbara Ann Alford McFerran, Beverly Alford Trunnell, Marvin Hugh Alford, Maurice Ray Alford, Otis Kimbley “Bud” Alford, and Robert Earl Alford in Kentucky Obituaries.
From Kentucky Birth Index, 1911–1999 (Ancestry): Dorothy M. Alford was born 8 apr 1919 in Daviess Co., KY, mother Mildred Baize.
From Ancestry family trees: Dorothy Marie Alford married (1) Elisha Jed “Jay” Newbolt (1918–1943); (2) Burton Harrison Jarrell (1913–1956); and (3) Neil Lamar Anderson (1922–1998).
For more information about this family, see AAFA’s published genealogy, Known Descendants of John Alford & Lucy Bradley.
Her lineage: Dorothy Marie 1919 KY1, Golman Hugh 1901 KY2, John William Kimbley 1874 KY3, Josephus C. 1847 KY4, Joseph 1812 KY5, Achilles 1772 VA/NC6, John before 1750 VA7.
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DORIS LOUISE MITCHEM ALFORD TWEEDELL
Wages & Sons Funeral Homes and Crematories
Stone Mountain, DeKalb Co., GA—_____ June 2011
November 30, 1928 ~ June 15, 2011
Doris Alford-Tweedell age 82 of Buckhead, Morgan County, Lake Oconee, Georgia, formerly a resident of Stone Mountain.
Doris is survived by her loving, caring and devoted husband James Jack Tweedell of Lake Oconee; her always supportative and the joy of her life, son Darryl Alford, Stone Mountain, GA other survivors are niece Teresa Mitchem Witham and husband Doug, Gail Alford Lowe and husband Mike. Nephews Craig Mitchem, Dave and Kim Mitchem, Paul Snooks and Annette Slaughter, step-daughter Jackie Fowler, Lilburn, GA; sister in law, Gladys Tweedell Perry, Decatur, GA; step grand children Brian and Traci Mitchell, Mandy North and five step-great grandchildren. Other survivors are many loving cousins and priceless longtime, loyal friends.
Doris was preceded in death by her parents Golden and Viola Carter Mitchem, brother Golden Fay Mitchem, and nephew Greg Mitchem all of Stone Mountain, Georgia and nephew Rick Alford of Loganville, Georgia.
She was born in Walton County, Georgia on November 30, 1928 to parents Golden and Viola Mitchem and the family relocated to the Stone Mountain area in the early part of 1930. She was a 1946 graduate of Stone Mountain High School, attended GSCW and at the age of 15 by baptism joined the First Baptist Church of Stone Mountain. From 1953 to 1962, was employed by McCurdy, Candler and Harris Attorneys, Decatur, Georgia where the employers became longtime loyal friends.
A 1964 call from the now deceased Honorable J. Robin Harris, Attorney and member of the House of Representatives, was the beginning of her many enjoyable years with the State of Georgia and House of Representatives. During the Session of 1965, the Majority Leaders Office was created and she worked as Secretary to those officials for 10 years. The late Honorable George D. Busbee was the Majority Leader. In 1975, the late Honorable George D. Busbee was elected Governor and Doris was his personal secretary throughout his administration, which was one of the many honors she cherished during her lifetime. When Honorable Joe Frank Harris was elected Governor, he generously gave her the opportunity to be a member of his staff which she was privileged, honored, and deeply respected his leadership. She remained on Governor Harris’s staff throughout his administration. The election of The Honorable Zell Miller gave her an oportunity to be a member of his staff. Governor Miller and Mary Beazley were dear, longtime, friends, both of whom she had admired and respected throughout her years at the State Capitol.
In 1991, she retired from Governor Miller’s office. She stated that her life had been filled with unbelievable blessings and that she had worked with the best the state had to offer. Further, she oftentimes stated that her happy years at the Capitol, the kindness of each Governor, and the wonderful friends had completely filled her “Book of Memories.” When friends would ask her why she was retiring, her response would be simple: “i’ve started watering my silk flowers it’s time for me to go home.”
Funeral Services will be held Saturday June 18, 2011 at 2:00 pm at Wages & Sons Stone Mountain Chapel…. Interment Corinth Memorial Gardens.
Photos from Corinth Memorial Gardens, Loganville, Walton Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Elaine McCracken Lane
Photo posted 5 Aug 2011
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm the birth and death dates of Doris Luise Tweedell (SS# issued in GA), last residence Buckhead, Morgan Co., GA.
See the obituary of her first husband, James Watson Alford, in this compilation.
Marriage announcement:
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Monday, 10 October 1949
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DORIS LYNN ALFORD VACCARELLA
MCCOMB DAILY ENTERPRISE
McComb, Pike Co., MS—Friday, 1 May 2015
Doris Lynn Alford Vaccarella, 83, died April 24, 2015, at Gentiva Hospice at Athens Regional Medical Center in Athens, Ga. Memorial services are incomplete at this time and will be announced later.
Mrs. Vaccarella was born June 4, 1931, in Mount Hermon, La., the eldest child of Clifton S. and Thelma Brock Alford. When she was 6 years old, the family moved to the Lexie community, where she was raised and graduated from Lexie High School. Her formal education began at then-Southwest Mississippi Junior College with subsequent schooling and training in nursing at the old McComb Infirmary. She worked as a nurse at the McComb City Hospital for several years until deciding to lend her skills and talents to public education.
She earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern Mississippi with a double major in social studies and psychology, and later acquired her master’s degree in education from Southern. Her career in education spanned more than 30 years, all of it in the McComb area. She began as a student teacher at St. Alphonsus Catholic School, then went to work at Gibson High School (now McComb High School), first as school counselor, then as a teacher of American history, American government, economics and psychology. She remained at McComb High until her retirement in 1997. She also taught classes intermittently at Southwest Mississippi Community College.
In addition, she was a drug education specialist and did advanced work in alcohol and drug counseling with the state of Mississippi at Ole Miss and at Mississippi State. “Mrs. Vac,” as she was affectionately known by generations of high school students, will be remembered as a fair, stern and very capable teacher whose concern for each of her students was very evident. In return, she had great affection for her students, and often referred to them as her “Lovelies.” She loved being a teacher as well as a counselor, and she found great satisfaction in both.
In addition to her educational career, Mrs. Vaccarella was very active in civic and political organizations. She was a member of the Sunny Hill Club, the McComb Garden Club, Beta Sigma Phi, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the Retired Teachers Association. She served on the College Alumni/Foundation Board at Southwest Mississippi Community College, and was a member of the Mississippi Association of Educators, the National Education Association, and the Mississippi Democratic Executive Committee. She served a term as chair of the Mississippi Federation of Democratic Women. She also worked in support of the struggle for civil rights in the McComb area during the 1960s. She was a member of St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, where she was often a lector.
Mrs. Vaccarella was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Bobbie Nell Alford of Tylertown; and her former husband, G.T. Vaccarella Jr.
Survivors include a brother and sister-in-law, John Wesley “Sonny” Alford and Shirley Fellows Alford of Vicksburg; two daughters and a son-in-law, Teresa Lynn Vaccarella of Hemby Bridge, N.C., and Sara Vaccarella Stewart and Giles Stewart of Athens, Ga.; two grandsons, Benjamin McClaflin and Guy Stewart, both of Athens; four nephews, Tony James, Eric and Matthew Vaccarella, and Brian Alford; a niece, Erica Alford; five great-nephews, Robert, Charlie, Sam, Tony and Phillip Vaccarella; and a great-niece, Myra Jo Alford….
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not yet list her death.
We included the obituaries of her mother, Thelma Brock Alford; and sister Bobbie Nell Alford in Mississippi Obituaries.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
Her lineage: Doris Lynn 1931 MS1, Clifton Sam 1909 MS2, John Eden 1866 MS3, Sebastian 1831 MS4, William 1804 GA5, Jacob 1761 NC6, Julius 1717 VA7, James 1687 VA8, John 1645 VA9.
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DORIS M. CHAVOUS HALFORD
AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
Augusta, Richmond Co., GA—Saturday, 11 February 2006
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Mrs. Doris M. Halford (Chavous) of Augusta, entered into eternal rest Friday, February 10, 2006 at Amara Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Halford was preceded into rest by her husband, Mr. Neal Halford.
Survivors include a daughter, Minnie C. Janes, Hephzibah; two sisters, Mrs. Farris R. Dachenhausen, Hephzibah and Mrs. Vera V. McZilkey, Augusta and three grandchildren.
Mrs. Halford was born in Augusta and she was a member of Piney Grove Baptist Church.
Graveside funeral services will be held Monday, February 13, 2006 at 3:00 p.m. at Path Worth Cemetery, Glenn Hills Dr.... Pallbearers are Andy, Rodey, Trey and Chase Dachenhausen, Dade and Donald McZilkey.... Thomas L. King Funeral Home, 124 Davis Rd., Martinez, GA, 863-6747.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Doris C. Halford (SS# issued in GA) was born 18 July 1927, last residence Hephzibah, Richmond Co., GA.
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DOROTHY MOZELLE HALLFORD HOLLAND
[She died in South Carolina, but we are including her obituary here because of her close ties to Georgia.]
Toccoa, Stephens Co., GA—_____ February 2013
CARNESVILLE [Franklin Co.], GA—Mozelle Holland beloved mother and grandmother went home to be with her Savior, Sunday morning February 17, 2013.
Born May 5, 1933 she was the daughter of the late Howard Acree and Estelle Ivester Hallford. She was the widow of the late D.B. Holland; and sister of the late Jack and Joann Hallford.
She and her husband D.B. owned and operated the Wagon Wheel Restaurant in Carnesville for many years. She was a lifelong member of Hunters Creek Baptist Church.
She is survived by three children, Jean Holland of Simpsonville, SC; Fay Holland Price and Jeff (Hot Dawg) Holland both of Carnesville; four grandchildren, Justin & Karen Price, Ashley Holland and Katelyn Price; three brothers and sister-in-laws, Charles “Curly” and Mary Hallford, Toccoa, Donald and Asalene Hallford and Billy and Brenda Hallford, both of Carnesville, two sisters and brothers-in-law, Darwin & Ondeene Hallford Carter, Toccoa, and Barbara Hallford McFarlin, Pelzer, SC.
Services will be Wednesday afternoon at 2pm at the B.D. Ginn Memorial Chapel of Ginn Funeral Home [Carnesville, GA]…. Interment will be in the Hunters Creek Baptist Church….
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Laurel Baye Nursing Home Activity Dept., 661 Rutherford Road, Greenville, SC 29609. Condolences may be sent to condolences@ginnfuneralhome.com. Announcement Courtesy of Acree-Davis Funeral Home.
In another article:
ANDERSON INDEPENDENT-MAIL
Anderson, Anderson Co., SC—Monday, 18 February 2013
CARNESVILLE, GA—Mozelle Hallford Holland, 79, passed away Sunday morning at the Laurel Baye Nursing Home in Greenville [Greenville Co.], SC…. Services will be 2 pm Wednesday at the Ginn Funeral Home….
Photo from Hunters Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Carnesville, Franklin Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Theron Rogers
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm the birth and death dates of Dorothy M. Holland (SS# issued in GA), last residence not listed.
See the obituary of her brother William Charles “Curley” Hallford in this compilation.
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DOUGLAS LAMAR ALFORD
Father of Robert Douglas Alford, AAFA #0197
“Nell Alford with son Doug and grandchildren (l to r) Bruce, Lynn, Karen and Robbie in Bibb City, Columbus, GA.”
Posted to his mother’s Find A Grave memorial by his son Robert Alford, AAFA #0197
AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
Augusta, Richmond Co., GA—Monday, 11 October 1965
In another article:
AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
Augusta, Richmond Co., GA—Tuesday, 12 October 1965
Photo from Marietta National Cemetery, Marietta, Cobb Co., GA—www.findagrave.comWaiting
Permission granted by the photographer, Michael Lusk
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not list his death.
See the obituary of his sister Nora Virginia Alford Wolfe in this compilation. We included the obituaries of his son Bruce Lamar Alford; and father, Clarence Etheridge “Clement” Alford, in Alabama Obituaries.
Marriage announcement:
PHENIX-GIRARD JOURNAL
Girard, Russell Co., AL—Friday, 19 October 1945
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: Douglas Lamar 1919 GA1, Clarence Etheridge 1895 GA2, Henry Lee 1863 GA3, William Benjamin 1825 GA4, William 1794 NC5, Kinchen 1768 NC6, Lodwick 1710 VA7, James 1687 VA8, John 1645 VA9.
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EARL S. ALFORD
Cousin of Henry Cecil Alford, Jr., AAFA #0820
THE COURIER-JOURNAL
Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY—Saturday, 16 August 1991
Included in AAFA ACTION, Fall 1998
CANEYVILLE [Grayson Co., KY]—Earl S. Alford, 75, formerly of Caneyville, died Tuesday [August 13] in Perry [Houston Co.], Ga. His wife, Juanita, survives. Funeral, 11 a.m. Saturday, Dermitt Funeral Home....
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Earl S. Alford (SS# issued by the Railroad Board) was born 7 Nov 1915, last residence not listed.
We included the obituaries of many of his relatives, descendants of his grandfather Abner Jasper Alford, in Kentucky Obituaries.
Earl S. Alford was the son of Stanley Livingston Alford and Vera C. Basham.
For more information on this family, see AAFA’s published genealogy, Known Descendants of William Alford and Mary Miller.
His lineage: Earl S. 1915 KY1, Stanley Livingston 1888 KY 2, Abner Jasper 1865 KY3, William Thomas 1838 KY4, William 1804 VA5, William 1775 VA6.
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ED ALFORD
JOURNAL AND CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Sunday, 18 March 1984
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Ed Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 21 June 1901 and died _____ March 1984, last residence Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA.
From GA Deaths: Ed Alford, black, age 82, died 15 March 1984 in Fulton Co., GA.
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EDDIE BERTRELL ALFORD
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Friday, 8 November 1957
Photo from Georgia Memorial Park, Marietta, Cobb Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, K.Danner
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not list her death.
See the obituary of her husband, Clifford Eugene Alford, in this compilation.
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Grandfather of James Warren Alford, AAFA #0375
Edgar Pierce Alford and Jimmie Leola Hawkins Alford
Standing: Nannie Sarah Alford Gurley, Emmett Hoyt Alford, Annie Grace Alford Shulte
Sitting (their parents): Edgar Pierce Alford and Jimmie Leola Hawkins Alford
Photos from their great-grandson Tom Queen – used with permission
COLUMBUS ENQUIRER
Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA—Thursday, 19 May 1938
E.P. ALFORD DIES HERE WEDNESDAY
Edgar Pearce [sic] Alford, 508 Eleventh Street, died at his home yesterday afternoon at 5:15 o’clock after an illness of the past three weeks.
He was born December 24, 1876, the son of the late W.J. and Nannie Herring Alford, and has made his home in this community for the past 22 years, having moved here from Upson county, Georgia.
He is survived by his mother, Mrs. W.J. [Warren Jackson] Alford of Columbus; two daughters, Mrs. Sarah Gurley and Mrs. Grace Schulte, both of Columbus; three sons, J.H., S.M. [Edgar’s brothers], and E.H. [Emmett H.] Alford all of Columbus; four sisters, Mrs. J.F. Kelley [Nettie, Mrs. John Frank], and Mrs. J.E. Minter [Agnes, Mrs. John Edgar], both of Columbus, Mrs. J.B. Allen [Pearl, Mrs. Joseph Bradford] and Miss Lucy Alford, both of Atlanta, as well as several nieces and four grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at the First avenue chapel of Britton and Dobbs this afternoon at 4 o’clock with Rev. H.G. Shearhouse, pastor of the East Highland Methodist church officiating. Interment will be in Riverdale Cemetery.
The following will serve as pallbearers: H.B. Harper, James Land, E.A. Fuller, George B. Phillips, Carman Haines and C.E. Phillips.
Photo from Riverdale Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Christine Thacker
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of his first wife, Jimmie Leola Hawkins Alford; son Emmett Hoyt Alford; father, Warren Jackson Alford; and sister Pearl W. Alford Allen in this compilation.
In his obituary, Edgar’s middle name is misspelled. He signed Edgar Pierce Alford on his WWI Draft Registration Card. He is probably named after his grandfather, Pierce Lewis Alford.
Two sons named in the obituary, J.H. Alford and S.M. Alford, are not found on any census. They are no doubt Edgar’s brothers, James Wiley Henry Alford and Seals Myrick Alford.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #5.
His lineage: Edgar Pierce 1876 GA1, Warren Jackson 1851 GA2, Pierce Lewis 1829 GA3, Peyton 1788 NC4, James Lodwick 1749 NC5.
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EDITH GILBERT ALFORD
Aunt of Celia Carolyn Alford Beaty, AAFA #1403
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Friday, 8 January 1971
Photo from Shadowland Cemetery, Lawrenceville, Gwinnett Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Valerie C
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Edith Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 14 Aug 1901 and died _____ Ja 19971, last residence Lawrenceville, Clayton Co. [?], GA.
See the obituaries of her husband, Carl Kelley Alford; and son Gilbert Kelley Alford in this compilation.
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EDNA RUTH SIDWELL NICHOLS ALFORD
Photo from McCommons Funeral Home
MORGAN COUNTY CITIZEN
Madison, Morgan Co., GA—Thursday, 1 March 2012
Edna Ruth Sidwell Nichols Alford, 81, of Greensboro, died Monday, February 20, 2012 at Greene Point Health Care and Rehab.
Mrs. Alford was born October 7, 1930, in the Apalachee Community of Morgan County to the late Thompson Sidwell and Maggie Beal Sidwell. She graduated from Madison High School and on July 29, 1950 she married Charles Henry Nichols. Throughout high school she worked at the Madison Theater and after marriage she became a homemaker. She later worked for the Duvall Livestock Market, West Department Store and Horizon Growers in Greensboro. She retired as a teller at The Bank of Greensboro, which later became BB&T. After retirement she enjoyed working at Farmers Feed and Seed selling flowers. Mrs. Alford was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church where she taught Sunday School, sang in the choir and was church clerk for 50 years. She also sang in the community choir. She was an exceptional cook, loved to sew and her passion was growing flowers and vegetables. She enjoyed her family and especially watching her children and grandchildren playing sports of all kinds.
She is survived by her husband, Arnold Alford; three sons, Charles Allen Nichols, Phillip Kevin Nichols and wife Wilma and Randall Stuart Nichols and wife Susan, all of Greensboro; step son, Wendell Lang Alford and wife Denise of Easley, SC; stepdaughters, Lynn Alford Rampey and husband Tommy and Kathy Alford Roberts; a sister, Mary Evelyn S. Haulk of Social Circle; and brothers, William Charles (Bill) Sidwell and wife Donna of Ocoee, FL and Thompson Eugene (Sonny) Sidwell of Madison; grandchildren, Andrea Nichols Miller and husband Randy, Claire Nichols Sanders and husband Gary, Michael Allen Nichols, Adam Seth Nichols and wife Brandy, Mary Beth Nichols, Alecia Nichols Martin and husband Nathan, Rebecca Nichols Adkins and husband Ben, Jeremy Nichols and wife Christi; step grandchildren, Kyle Rampey, Heather Hood, Travis Jones, Brad Roberts, Amanda Roberts and Hope Akin; great grandchildren, Joe and Sam Miller, Jackson Sanders and Samantha, Jordan and Catelyn Nichols, step great grandchildren, Hunter and Hannah Hood and Madison, Alex and Samantha Harris.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Charles Henry Nichols on November 16, 2001 and a step daughter, Kaye Alford Jones.
Funeral services were held on Wednesday, February 22 at 2 p.m. at Macedonia Baptist Church…. Interment followed in the church cemetery, Macedonia Church Road, Union Point, 30669 (Macedonia Community).
Serving as pallbearers were Scott Baynes, David Price, Dewitt Price, Barry Churchwell, Tommy Rampey, Wendell Alford, Billy Copelan and Danny Edmonds.
Honorary pallbearers were Dustin Churchwell, Lewis Duvall, Joe Vaughn, R. A. Moore and James Price.
…. The family received friends from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday night at McCommons Funeral Home….
Photo from Macedonia Cemetery, Greensboro, Greene Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Taken by Find A Grave contributor MeLani
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm death date of Edna S. Alford (SS# issued in GA) but list her birth date as 7 Sept 1930, last residence not listed.
We included the obituary of her second husband, Robert Arnold Alford, in South Carolina Obituaries.
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EDWARD B. ALFORD
DAILY TELEGRAPH
Macon, Bibb Co., GA—Saturday, 11 May 1912
DAILY TELEGRAPH
Macon, Bibb Co., GA—Tuesday, 28 December 1909
AAFA NOTES: See the obituary of his brother Rawlings Lee Alford in this compilation.
Edward was the son of Thomas Alford and his second wife, Eliza O’Conner.
In 1880, Cato, Washington Co., GA:
Thos. Alford head 48 GA GA GA
Eliza wife 33 GA GA GA
Callie dau 21 GA GA GA
Rory son 19 GA GA GA
Thos. son 9 GA GA GA
Eddy son 7 GA GA GA
Ichabod son 7 GA GA GA
Annie dau 6 GA GA GA
Fanny dau 5 GA GA GA
Robison son 4 GA GA GA
Clifford son 2 GA GA GA
George son 2/12 GA GA GA
From GA Marriages: E.B. Alford married Carrie Exum on 25 Dec 1894 in Washington Co., GA.
In 1900, Dublin, Laurens Co., GA: E.B. Alford, mechanic age 28 b. Oct 1871, married 5 years; his wife Carrie 2 b. Dec 1877, 2 children, 2 living; and daughters Katie M. 4 b. Nov 1895, and Annie L. 11/12 b. June 1899. All and their parents were born in GA.
His lineage: Edward B. 1873 GA1, Thomas J. 1832 GA2.
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EDWARD LUTHER ALFORD
BAKER COUNTY PRESS
Macclenny, Baker Co., FL—Thursday, 6 August 1992
Photo from Cole Cemetery, Coffee Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Barbara L. Kirkland
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that E.L. Alford (SS# issued in FL) was born 4 Nov 1939 and died 15 July 1992 [different than obituary and gravestone], last residence not listed.
From SSACI: Edward Luther Alford was born 4 Nov 1939 in Glen St. Mary, Baker Co., FL, son of Luther Alford and Mary M. Williams. He died 15 July 1992.
From GA Deaths: Edward L. Alford, age 52, living in Glynn, GA, died 26 July 1992 in Charlton Co., GA.
For more information about this family, see AAFA’s published genealogy, Known Descendants of John Alford born about 1787 SC.
His lineage: Edward Luther 1939 FL1, Luther 1909 FL2, Thomas Jefferson 1868 FL3, William R. 1834 GA4, Hansford R. 1812 SC5, John 1787 SC6.
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EDWIN PLEAS ALFORD
Granduncle of Henry George Alford, AAFA #0057
COLUMBUS ENQUIRER-SUN
Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA—Tuesday, 28 October 1924
Photo from Clowers Cemetery, Cataula, Harris Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Cal Cole
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of his wife, Walter Gertrude Holland Alford; sons Ralph Holland Alford and William Edwin Alford; father, Leonidas F. “Lee” Alford; and siblings Eugene Marcelus Alford, Henry Emmitt Alford, and Sallie E. Alford Howard in this compilation.
The death year on his gravestone is incorrect.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: Edwin Pleas 1871 GA1, Leonidas F. 1844 GA2, Spire Warren 1816 GA3, Zaddock 1787 GA4, Julius 1750 NC5, Lodwick 1710 VA6, James 1687 VA7, John 1645 VA8.
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EDYTHE CHARLOTTE LAMONT ALFORD
SPRINGVILLE JOURNAL
Springville, Erie Co., NY—Thursday, 13 October 1983
Edythe L. Alford, 89, of Springville, died October 7, 1983 in Atlanta, Georgia.
She was a member of the Concord Chapter of Eastern Star and the First Presbyterian Church.
She is survived by a daughter, Bette A. Ramos of Atlanta; a son, John D. Alford of Laramie, Wyoming; six grandchildren, Jim Alford of California, Robin Nelson of Colorado, Richard Alford of Oklahoma, Jeff Alford of Wyoming, Pat McLendon of Georgia, Edythe Ramos Lewis of Texas; and eight great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held on Friday, October 14th at 2 p.m. from the First Presbyterian Church in Springville….
Interment will be in Maplewood Cemetery, Springville.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Edythe Alford (SS# issued in NY) was born 18 May 1895 and died _____ Oct 1983, last residence Springville, Erie Co., NY.
See the obituaries of her husband, Stanley Harold Alford, which includes a photo of their shared gravestone; and daughter Bette Alford Ramos in this compilation.
Her middle name is from Ancestry family trees.
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ELCO MOSES ALFORD
DAILY TIMES
Valdosta, Lowndes Co., GA—Thursday, 5 March 2015
Bro. Elco Alford of Adel [Cook Co.], Ga., departed his earthly life for his heavenly reward at home on his farm, surrounded by family, in Adel, Ga., on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015.
He was born on Jan. 30, 1922 to George and Eula Roberts Alford in Hahira, Ga. His maternal grandparents were Isom and Angie Roberts, and his paternal grandfather was Ben Alford, the patriarch of the Ben Alford Family Union. Bro. Elco only had a short time with his birth mother, Eula, as she died when he was 3 years of age. However, he was loved and raised by his father’s second wife, Daisy. Bro. Alford enjoyed the love and company of 10 brothers and two sisters, but was especially close with his immediate older brother, Elmo Alford.
Bro. Alford was educated at the County Line Church School, and at the age of 15, accepted Christ and joined the County Line AME Church in Cecil, Ga. Around that time, his father, George offered him and his brothers for hire as wage hands at the rate of $12 a month and Bro. Elco decided to leave home to make a life for himself. He moved to Belleglade, Fla., initially to work on a farm in the area. He was remembered saying, “They had mules there and they had plows there...”, meaning he’d left home for a situation that was no different than the one he’d left.
Later, he migrated further south to Hallandale, Fla., to work construction, joining his brothers that were already living in the area. Then he went to Starke, Fla., and worked at Camp Blanding for a time.
While away, his girlfriend at the time issued a curt directive: either come home, or prepare for her to come to him. Bro. Alford eventually returned home, and married the girlfriend, his sweetheart, and wife of 60 years, Pearline Walker Alford. The union produced four daughters: Laverne Louise, Mary Jane, Mae Ellen, and Helen Jewel.
Bro. Elco worked as a master concrete finisher, laying runways and constructing buildings at Moody Field (Moody Air Force Base) near Valdosta, Ga., and Ft. Rucker Army Base in Ozark, Ala. While holding a full time job, he supplemented his income with cutting timber and sharecropping. In 1955, Bro. Alford purchased his first farm of 103 acres. The cost was $16,000 and while he attempted to borrow the money, he was denied the loan. He made an arrangement with the owner, who graciously allowed him to gradually pay off the farm. Bro. Elco made a down payment of $3,000, and paid off the purchase within 5 years.
Mr. Alford was also an experienced home builder. After the home he and his family lived in burned down in 1963, he built a new home without a floor plan, with assistance from men in the community. He often spoke with great appreciation for the help he received, saying that all he needed to contract out was the plumbing and electricity. Over the years, he received many of his nieces and nephews, grandchildren and great-grand children to work alongside him on his farm. Using his actions as an example, he instructed them in the value of hard work, honesty, and integrity. He was the last remaining black farmer in Cook County and remained in the home he built until his death.
In 1946, Bro. Elco joined the Blazing Star Lodge #184 and served as the Worshipful Master of the Prince Hall Masons Blue Lodge for 35 years. He was also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, Royal Arch, Knights of Templar, and Consistory, and was a Shriner. He was also a charter member of Ossipe Temple No. 65 and served as a treasurer. Bro. Elco was honored in 2009 by Valdosta Masonic District #9 for his long standing service. He was a member of Concerned Black Citizens, a member of the Ebony Club, and served on the Area Planning Commission for nine counties. Bro. Alford was an appointed advisor to the Cook County Farm Service Agency (FSA) Committee and was honored by the Adel Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS) for 15 years of service. He laid the cornerstone at County Line AME Church and served for many years as a Steward, Trustee, and Sunday School Teacher. He also served 40 years as the president of the County Line District (Home Base) of the Ben Alford Family Union.
In 1953 [sic: 1963], Bro. Alford received the call to go to Washington, D.C. for the March on Washington. He drove to the home of his brother, Clifford, in New Jersey, and then boarded a bus along with him to the March. He often spoke of the experience, and was proud to have been located near the front, (in a tree, close to Dr. King) when the “I Have a Dream” speech was given. In 2011, Mr. Alford returned to Washington, D.C. to attend the induction of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial.
In the year 2000, Mr. Alford retired from public work, after serving on various boards including the Farmers Home Administration, ASCS, and FSA County Committee. In 2005, he retired from farming. Following the death of his first wife, Pearline, he remarried in 2006, to Min. Cora Pearl Griffith Alford. During his 85th birthday celebration, he was honored by the State of Georgia House of Representatives with Resolution 1146, commending him for his years of community service and being a long-standing black farmer in Cook County. He was also honored by the Cook County Board of Commissioners with the establishment of the Elco Alford Community of Excellence, where many families have built homes today.
Bro. Alford was preceded in death by his parents, George and Eula; his step mother, Daisy; wife of 60 years, Pearline and his wife of 5 years, Cora Pearl; three of his daughters, Helen Jewel, Laverne Lousie, and Mae Ellen; brothers, Ralph, Homer, Willie, Vernon, H.B., Earnest, Elijah, Elmo, and a sister, Annie Bell.
He leaves to cherish his memory a daughter, Mary Alford Barron of Valdosta; three grandchildren, Elco Kenneth McCormick (Tamika), Ozark, Ala., Lawanna Renee Barron, Valdosta, Robert Alford Douglas, Adel; great-grandchildren, Kendrick Shamon McCormick of Morven, Antwon Jamarius McCormick and Kamilah McCormick, Ozark, Ala.; Gregory, Timmy, and Brittney George, Ozark, Ala. he also had seven great-great grandchildren; and one great-great-great grandchild. He is also survived by brothers, Clifford (Evelyn) Alford of Newark, N.J., Joshua (Betty) Alford of E. St. Louis, Ill.; sister, Evang. Maudell Alford Jackson, Hallandale, Fla.; and sister-in-law, Dera Mae Hobbs of Hallandale, Fla. He also leaves a special niece, Marjorie NeSmith of Cecil, Ga.; special cousin, Elnora Rhem Cherry of Patterson, Ga. He was a special uncle to the children of Roy and Eva Mae Thomas, J.B. and Georgia Orr, and Onie and Edna Lane. He will leave a special memory in the hearts of his loving nieces, nephews, and cousins. He will ever be an inspiration to the young men and women whom he mentored along the way.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 7, 2015 from the sanctuary of County Line Church in Cecil, Ga…. Burial will follow in the church cemetery….
Express words of comfort on the funeral home website at www.harringtonfunerals.com—Harrington Funeral Home.
Photo from County Line AME Church Cemetery, Cook Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Phil Ray
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not yet list his death.
See the obituary of his daughter Mae Ellen Alford Douglas in this compilation. We included the obituary of his brother Elijah Archie Alford Sr. in Georgia Obituaries.
On George Manuel Alford’s 1918 WWI Draft Registration Card (Ancestry), he is age 34, a farmer living in Berrien Co., GA. He lists his birth date as 12 May 1884 and his nearest relative is Eula Alford.
His lineage: Elco Moses 1922 GA1, George Manuel 1884 NC2, Ben 1844 NC 3.
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ELEANOR J. COY ALFORD
PETOSKEY NEWS-REVIEW
Petoskey, Emmet Co., MI—Thursday, 14 July 2005
Mrs. Eleanor C. Alford, age 73, of Whitesburg, Ga., passed away Thursday, June 23, 2005.
She was born June 22, 1932, in Downers Grove, Ill., the daughter of the late Ezra and Inez Coy.
The family moved to Petoskey when Eleanor was a small child. She attended Petoskey schools, graduating with the class of 1950.
On Sept. 3, 1950, she married William Alford at the Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Petoskey.
She was preceded in death by her brother, Robert Coy.
Mrs. Alford was a homemaker and was a member of Heritage Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Douglasville, Ga.
She is survived by her husband, William Alford, of Whitesburg, Ga.; daughters/sons-in-law, Sherry and W. Gene Clapp of San Antonio, Texas, and Sarah and Joey Pollom of Manassas, Va.; grandchildren, Chris Clapp of Keene, Texas, Rob Clapp of Chattanooga, Tenn., brother/sister-in-law, Kenneth and Marilyn Coy of Charlevoix, Mich.; several nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 17, at the Petoskey Seventh-Day Adventist Church….
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm the birth and death dates of Eleanor J. Alford (SS# issued in MI), last residence Whitesburg, Carroll Co., GA.
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ELEANOR LUCILLE PETRY ALFORD
Wife of Charles Job Alford, AAFA #0097
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Tuesday, 16 March 1993
The funeral for Eleanor Petry Alford of Buford, retired owner of Vanguard Insurance Agency, will be at 11 a.m. today at Buford First United Methodist Church, with burial at 3 p.m. at Oaklawn Cemetery in Fort Valley, GA.
Mrs. Alford, 68, died of cancer Saturday at her home.
She retired from the independent insurance agency in 1986.
Eleanor Lucille Petry was born Sept. 24, 1924, in Middletown, Ohio. She graduated from the University of Georgia in 1978 with a degree in art.
Mrs. Alford was a former president of four organizations—the Gwinnett Council for the Arts; Gwinnett Choral Guild; Tucker Elementary PTA; and Pilot club of Tucker. She also was a former member of the board of directors of a Gwinnett unit of the American Cancer Society and a member of Buford First United Methodist Church.
Surviving are her husband, Charles J. Alford Jr.; three sons, Charles J. Alford III and Walter C. Alford of Buford and Jon L. Alford of Tucker; her mother, Eleanor Bound of Cincinnati; three sisters, Ann Carrol of Midland, Texas, Elizabeth Parker of Cincinnati; and Karla Kiehm of Beaverton, Ore.; and eight grandchildren.
In another article:
ATLANTA JOURNAL
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Monday, 15 March 1993
Mrs. Eleanor Lucille (Lynn) Alford, age 68, of East Maddox Road, Buford, Georgia passed away on March 13, 1993.
Surviving are her husband, Charles J. Alford, Jr., Buford; sons, Charles J. Alford, III, Buford, Jon Leslie Alford, Tucker, and Walter C. Alford, Buford; 8 grandchildren; mother, Eleanor Hampton Bound, Cincinnati, Ohio, formerly of Tucker; sisters, Ann Carrol, Midland, Texas, Elizabeth Hampton Parker, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Karla Kiehm, Beaverton, Oregon; and several nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Alford was born in Middletown, Ohio on September 24, 1924; was graduated from Hughes High School in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1942, attended the University of Georgia 1942 and 1943. She was married to Charles J. Alford, Jr. in 1943 and they had three sons. She was as a legal secretary for her husband and in 1959 started her own insurance agency, Vanguard Insurance Agency, where she continued in the business until her semi-retirement in 1985.
Upon her sons’ all graduating from the University of Georgia, she then returned to the University of Georgia in 1975 to continue her education and was graduated in 1978 cum laude with BFA in drawing and painting. Mrs. Alford spent the summer of 1977 in Italy with the University of Georgia’s “Studies Abroad Program” and worked one year on a part-time basis in Limited Edition Art Gallery in Lilburn, Georgia.
Mrs. Alford was a Charter Vice-President and then President of the Tucker Elementary P.T.A., Charter Secretary of Dekalb Association of Independent Insurance Agents, Secretary and Director of the Tucker Community Association, Secretary of the Tucker Youth Council, Charter President of the Pilot Club of Tucker, First Woman Director of the Goals for Dekalb, Director of the American Cancer Society, Gwinnett Unit, Charter President and Director of Gwinnett Council for Arts, Charter Vice President of the Democratic Party of Dekalb County, Vice President and President of P.E.O. Chapter D, and Charter Member, Vice President and President of the Gwinnett Choral Guild. Mrs. Alford was a former member of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Tucker, Georgia and at the time of her death was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Buford.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, March 16, 1993 at 11:00 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church of Buford….
Interment in the Alford Family Plot in Oaklawn Cemetery, Fort Valley, GA at 3:30 p.m…. Arrangements by Flangian Funeral Home, Inc., Buford, Ga., 932-1133.
Photos from Oaklawn Cemetery, Fort Valley, Peach Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Helen Shirah Hudson
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm the birth and death (_____ March 1993) dates of Eleanor P. Alford (SS# issued in OH), last residence Buford, Gwinnett Co., GA.
See the obituaries of her husband, Charles Job Alford; and son Jon Leslie Alford in this compilation.
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ELENDER DELORIS RAMSEY ALFORD
ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE
Little Rock, Pulaski Co., AR—Sunday, 25 April 2010
SOCIAL CIRCLE [Walton Co.], Ga.—Elender Deloris Alford, 62, departed this life April 20, 2010, in Social Circle, Ga.
Preceded in death by father, Virgus Ramsey Sr.
She leaves to cherish her memories: sons, Donnie Lee Wood Jr., Virgus Wood; mother, Artelia Conley Westbrook; brothers, Rev. Terry Williams, Joe Bridges Jr., Dale Mitchell; a host of other relatives and friends.
Family hour: 6-7 p.m. Monday at Robinson Mortuary Chapel. Funeral service: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Greater Center Star Baptist Church…. Services entrusted to Robinson Mortuary 1201 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Little Rock….
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Elender Alford (SS# issued in AR) was born 11 Feb 1948, last residence not listed.
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ELIJAH FRANKLIN ALFORD
THE TELEGRAPH
Macon, Bibb Co., GA—Thursday, 6 January 1938
Elijah Franklin Alford, 75, died at his residence, 123 Willingham street at 1:30 p.m. yesterday [January 5] after a long illness.
Mr. Alford was a lifelong resident of this city. He was associated with the Southern railroad for 25 years prior to his retirement. He was a member of the Central Church of Christ.
Surviving are his wife, the former Miss Elizabeth Mason, and two daughters, Mrs. C.H. Hardin and Miss Beulah Mae Alford, Macon.
Funeral services will be held in the chapel of Hart’s mortuary at 2:30 p.m. today … and burial will be in the Gordon cemetery, in Jones county.
Pallbearers will be Paul Howard, J.A. Mathews, W.W. Barrentine, H.O. Fulford and Raymond Crumbliss.
AAFA NOTES: See the obituary of his daughter Beulah Mae Alford in this compilation.
From GA Deaths: Elijah Franklin Alford, age 75 born 1863, married white, died 5 Jan 1938 in Macon, Bibb Co., GA. The names of his parents are unknown. The informant was his daughter, Mrs. C.S. [Cecil Sullivan] Hardin.
From GA Marriages: Elijah Alford married Lizzie Mason on 25 Dec 1901 in Jones Co., GA.
In 2020, a Find A Grave photographer reported that he has no gravestone in Gordon Cemetery, Jones Co., GA.
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ELISABETH CULVER ALFORD MCLANE
AAFA #0076
Aunt of Roy Stephens Alford III, AAFA #0529
DAILY TIMES
Valdosta, Lowndes Co., GA—Wednesday, 30 October 2002
VALDOSTA—Elisabeth Alford McLane, 87, 60-year resident of Valdosta, died at her home on Monday Oct. 28, 2002.
Born in Milledgeville, on May 3, 1915, she was the daughter of Louise Little and Roy Stephens Alford. Mrs. McLane was a charter member of Park Avenue United Methodist Church. She was a pioneer in the development of special education programs, serving in numerous capacities over 42 years as an educator: She was well known as a florist and wedding consultant. She was associated with Parkwood Developmental Center for many years. Mrs. McLane was a member of the Georgia Retired Educators Association. She was immediate Past President of the Grand Gardeners Club, a member of the Camellia Garden Club and was a Life Member of the Garden Center of Valdosta. She also held memberships with the Colonel Ebenezer Folsom National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Wymodausis Womens Club, and was an honorary member of the Captain James Monroe Briggs United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Survivors are her sons and daughters-in-law, Larry and Lina Griner, Marshall and Terry McLane, all of Valdosta; grandchildren, John Griner of Boston, Mass., Daniela Griner of Athens, Marshall (Mac) McLane Jr., Kelly McLane, Stephens Griner; Stephanie Walizer; Kristie Walizer; all of Valdosta.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Louis McLane; a sister; Louise Alford Howard, and brothers, William Alford Sr., and Roy Alford Sr.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday Oct. 31, 2002, at Park Avenue United Methodist Church…. Burial will follow in Sunset Hill Cemetery The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. this evening at Carson McLane Funeral Home.
Photo from Sunset Hill Cemetery, Valdosta, Lowndes Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Robert Strickland
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm the birth and death dates of Elizabeth [sic] A. McLane (issued in GA).
See the obituary of her paternal grandmother, Julia Ann Avery Alford, in this compilation. We included the obituaries of her brother Roy Stephens Alford Jr.; and paternal grandfather, Allen Stephens Alford, in South Carolina Obituaries.
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_____, GA—Thursday, 23 April 1998
RECEPTION AT CRESCENT TO HONOR ELISABETH MCLANE
VALDOSTA—Well-known community resident Elisabeth McLane will be honored at a reception from 2–5 p.m. Sunday afternoon, May 3, at the Woman’s Building on Patterson Street.
Mrs. McLane has touched so many lives in South Georgia,” said Dee Knox, one of the group of friends and family organizing the gala event. “She has inspired many to attain higher goals....”
Mrs. McLane is fondly remembered by the hundreds of brides in the area whose weddings she helped plan and direct as owner and operator of Central Floral Co. Following her retirement after 42 years in the public school system, she worked at Parkwood Development Center for many years.
Her educational career began in the Echols County School System and continued in Lowndes County where she set up the lunchroom program at Naylor, and later worked as visiting teacher. She and her late husband, Louis McLane, were affiliated with the Carson McLane Funeral Home, ministering to many in a time of grief.
Mrs. McLane was born Elisabeth Culver Alford in Milledgeville, where she grew up. She is a graduate of Peabody High School and the Georgia State College for Women, and holds a Master of Education degree from the University of Georgia and the Education Specialist from Florida State University.
She is the mother of two sons, Marshall and Larry; and the grandmother of five.
Mrs. McLane is a member of the Park Avenue United Methodist Church, the Literary Guild, the Retired Educators Association, Garden Club and Genealogy Society and a past member of Delta Kappa Gamma, American Association of University Women and Professional Association of Georgia Educators....
Elisabeth was an early and strong supporter of genealogical research of her family and her part of Georgia. She was personally responsible for recruiting many AAFA members, in some cases paying their registration fee and first year dues. She was present at seven AAFA annual meetings and would have attended more had her health permitted.
After Elisabeth’s death AAFA received from an unrelated member this note with a check: “Please apply this check to the scholarship fund for the advancement of genealogy in memory of Elisabeth McLane. She did love to research the Alford family. She wore her Alford pin on her dark blue suit into eternity.”
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
Her lineage: Elisabeth Culver 1915 GA1, Roy Stephens 1879 GA2, Allen Stephens 1848 GA3, John Allen 1815 GA4, William 1794 NC5, Kinchen 1768 NC6, Lodwick 1710 VA7, James 1687 VA8, John 1645 VA9.
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ELISHA H. ALFORD
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Wednesday, 22 September 1937
Photo from Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, Godfrey, Morgan Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Joe Stoner
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of his wife, Florence Alliston Alford; father, John Allen “Jack” Alford; and sister Mason A. “Macie” Alford Robins in this compilation. We included the obituary of his brother Allen Stephens Alford in South Carolina Obituaries.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: Elisha H. 1856 GA1, John Allen 1815 GA2, William 1794 NC3, Kinchen 1768 NC4, Lodwick 1710 VA5, James 1687 VA6, John 1645 VA7.
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ELIZA ASHLEY COOK ALFORD
COLUMBUS ENQUIRER
Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA—26 July 1843
Photo from Hillview Cemetery, LaGrange, Troup Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Lewis Powell IV
AAFA NOTES: Eliza was the daughter of George Cook and Jane Ashley. She was the first wife of Julius Caesar Alford.
We published “Julius Caesar Alford, War Horse of Troup, GA“ in AAFA ACTION, Fall 1996.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
Her husband’s lineage: Julius Caesar 1799 GA1, Lodwick 1775 NC2, Julius 1750 NC3, Lodwick 1710 VA4, James 1687 VA5, John 1645 VA6.
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ELIZABETH ANN ALFORD WORD
CARROLL COUNTY TIMES
Carrollton, Carroll Co., GA—31 March 1910
Included in AAFA ACTION, Winter 1998
Mrs. J.B. (Alford) Word, was born Mary 14th, 1850, and departed this life at her home in Carroll County Ga., March 4th, 1910, and her remains were entered in the Pleasant Grove cemetery….
She was married to Mr. J.B. Word in June 1871, and to them were born three children, Mrs. W.B. Price, Mrs. L.L. Price and Mrs. Lenard Reeves. She leaves a husband and three children and one brother to [sic] and one sister besides a host of friends to mourn their loss....
She was baptised into the fellowship of the Primitive Baptist Church at Bethany, Carroll County Ga., June 16th, 1878, where she lived a consistent member until the angel of death came to release her spirit....
Mrs. Word was truly a model lady an humble Christian, a kind and affectionate wife, a tender and loving mother and a good neighbor ever ready to administer to the needy and to sympathize with the suffering and to speak a word of comfort to the morning [sic].
Truly she is missed at home in the Church and in the Community....
Cassie Hamrick
Ima Alford
[submitters to newspaper?]
Photo from Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Joel, Carroll Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Taken by Find A Grave contributor Jan
AAFA NOTES: Her gravestone shows her as Elizzie A., wife of J.B. Word.
Note from Ruth McNinch, AAFA #0368: Information from Mary Florence Word’s book, John Bryson Word 1796-1882: His Ancestors and Descendants, says that Elizabeth Ann Alford, daughter of Bud Alford, married John Branch Word, Jr. on 11 Jun 1871 in Carroll Co., GA. Their daughters were (all marriage info from Carroll Co., GA, marriage records):
1. .Jerusha A.V. Word, b. 21 Jun 1874; [m. 15 Dec 1889 W.B. Price]
2. Cornelia C. Word [twin], b. 2 Mar 1881; [m. 30 Dec 1900 L.L. Price]
3. Ora O. Word [twin], b. 2 Mar 1881; [m. 27 Dec 1903 W.L. Reeves]
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
Her lineage: Elizabeth Ann 1850 GA1, James Richard 1821 GA2, Jeptha 1797 NC3, Goodrich 1750 NC4, Julius 1717 VA5, James 1687 VA6, John 1645 VA7. [Jeptha-Goodrich connection not proven].
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ELIZABETH COOK EMBREE ALFORD
AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
Augusta, Richmond Co., GA—Tuesday, 23 August 1853
Departed this life, on Sunday morning, the 14th instant, Mrs. Elizabeth Alford, consort of Guilford Alford, Esq., of Columbia county, Ga., in the 49th year of her age.
Mrs. Alford had been in delicate health for many years past, but during the preceding spring, she became somewhat invigorated, and had begun to indulge the hope that she might live to see her younger children educated and grown; but in this she has been disappointed, for the fell destroyer came at an hour not expected, and cut the brittle thread of life. But it is a consolation to know that she was ready—having long been an excellent and devoted member of the Methodist Church, when the messenger came, she was emphatically prepared…..
AAFA NOTES: See the obituary of her son John E. Alford in this compilation.
On Ancestry family trees, she is identified as Elizabeth Cook Embree, daughter of John Embree and Elizabeth Martha Harrison.
On the 1850 Georgia Slave Schedule, Guilford Alford, Columbia, Columbia Co., GA, has 41 slaves.
We published a transcript of Guilford Alford’s 1856 will in AAFA ACTION, Winter 2000. He may be the son of Benjamin Alford and Lucretia Edwards.
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ELIZABETH “LIZZIE” SMITH ALFORD
AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
Augusta, Richmond Co., GA—Saturday, 16 February 1974
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Photo from Parkers Methodist Church Cemetery, Jefferson Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Beverly A. Roberts
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Lizzie Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born30 Sept 1895 and died _____ Feb 1974 , last residence Louisville, Jefferson Co., GA.
See the obituaries of her husband, Charles Watson Alford; and children Charles Lewis Alford, Essie Mae Alford Clark, Gladys Alford Morris, and James Lynwood Alford in this compilation.
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ELIZABETH MAE OWENS ALFORD
AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
Augusta, Richmond Co., GA—Wednesday, 10 October 2001
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Mrs. Elizabeth Mae Owens Alford, 74, of Knox Avenue, died Monday, September 24, 2001, at Medical College of Georgia Hospital. Services were private at the Martin Family Cemetery, Hephzibah.
Survivors include one brother, Henry H. Owens, Augusta.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Elizabeth M. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 25 Dec 1926, last residence Hephzibah, Richmond Co., GA.
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ELLA BOYD ALFORD
AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
Augusta, Richmond Co., GA—Monday, 14 February 1949
Photos from Moxley Baptist Church Cemetery, Jefferson Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Loraine
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of her husband, Charles Thomas Alford; and her children Charles Watson Alford and Sallie Lou Alford Walden in this compilation.
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ELLA MAE MORMON ALFORD
Thomaston, Upson Co., GA—_____ April 2011
Mrs. Ella Mae Mormon Alford, was born on March 20, 1960 to the union of the late Mr. Willie Mormon and the late Mrs. Willie Pearl Mormon in Pike County.
She was educated in the public school system of Meriwether County. Ella confessed Christ at an early age and joined the New Friendship Baptist Church. She later joined the Moutn Venus Baptist Church.
She had a long time relationship with Mr. Oscar Lee Alford and finally they married in 2006. Family was very important to Ella. She loved her family and was devoted to them. The memories they shared together will always be treasured. She enjoyed being with her Pet dog “Pooh” and watching Rachel Ray Cooking Show.
Ella made her apperance into God Kingdom on Wednesday, April 6, 2011.
She was preceded in death by her parents, one sister, Ms. Willie Mae Alford and two sons, Christopher Alford and Stacy Mormon.
Her legacy will live on through the her three childre, Marcus Dwayne Mormon, (Maria), Oscar Lee Alford Jr. (Laneshia) and Shaquandra Deshae Alford all of Atlanta, GA. Three step-dauthers, Brenda Baines, Christine (Mac) Johnson and Lawanda Alford. Her nine precious grandchildren, Shykeria, Nykeria, Jeffruana, Emanuel, Paris, Cameron, Tywon, Marcus and Ameenah all of Atlanta, GA. A devoted husband and confidant, Mr. Oscar Lee Alford Sr. of Atlanta, GA. One sister, Mrs. Sharon M. (Ludie) Banks of Decatur, GA. Two brothers, Mr. Willie Charles (Shirley) Patrick of Greenville, GA. and Mr. Charles (Martha) Mormon of Gay, GA. Eight sister-inlaw and four brother-in-law. Three aunts, Mrs. Mildred Tucker of Brookland, NY. Mrs. Annie Geddis of Woodbury, GA and Mrs. Ludie Jones of Ft. Lauderdale, FL. A host of nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives and friends.
Funeral Services were held:
Thursday, April 14, 2011, 2:00 P.M.
Mt. Venust Baptist Church …
Interment Red Oak Cemetery
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not list her death.
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ELLERY ALFORD
AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
Augusta, Richmond Co., GA—Sunday, 5 October 2003
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Entered into rest at his residence Wednesday, October 1, 2003, at his residence, Mr. Ellery Alford of Woodard Avenue.
Survivors include his son, Master Ellery Alford Jr.; two brothers, Delmus Alford, Ernest Harris Jr.; grandmother, Mrs. Ruby Davis; a dear and devoted friend, Ms. Nancy Smith and a host of other relatives and friends….
Friends may call at the residence or the funeral home. The historic Dents Undertaking Establishment....
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Ellery Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 28 July 1960, last residence Augusta, Richmond Co., GA.
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ELMA HALFORD WOOD
AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
Augusta, Richmond Co., GA—10 December 1998
Included in AAFA ACTION, Fall 1999
NORTH AUGUSTA—Mrs. Elma Halford Wood, 56, of 1837 Curtis Drive, died Wednesday, Dec. 9, 1998, at University Hospital.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Poteet Funeral Home, North Augusta.... Burial will be in Pineview Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Wood, a native of Kline, had retired as a secretary. She was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Chruch.
Survivors include her husband, Tim Wood; a son, Jason Wood, North Augusta; a brother, Mack Halford, Kline; and three sisters, Frances Durant and Muriel Linder, both of Barnwell, and Burley Rutland of Orangeburg.
Pallbearers will be Lynn Wood, Hank Rutland, Bruce Turner, Wes Linder, Steve Rutland, and Jess Reaves....
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Elma Wood (SS# issued in SC) was born 4 March 1942, last residence not listed.
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ELOIS POOLE HALLFORD
ANDERSON INDEPENDENT-MAIL
Anderson, Anderson Co., SC—Wednesday, 1 March 2006
Elois Poole Hallford, wife of Bill Hallford, died Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2006 at Stephens County Hospital. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Whitlock Mortuary, Toccoa [Stephens Co., GA].
Photo from New Hope Cemetery, Toccoa, Stephens Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Pat Gillespie
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Elois P. Hallford (SS # issued in GA) was born 10 July 1923, last residence Toccoa, Stephens Co., GA.
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ELZIE ALFORD
COURIER HERALD
Dublin, Lawrence Co., GA—Thursday, 17 October 2002
Services for Mr. Elzie “Bo Bo” Alford will be held Friday at 11 a.m. in the CD Dudley Memorial Chapel with burial in the Greenwood Cemetery in Brunswick….
Mr. Alford was born in Glynn County. He attended the public schools of Glynn County and graduated from Risley High School. He served in the Marine Corp from 1970 until 1972.
He was preceded in death by his father, Nathaniel Alford Sr. and brother, William Alford.
Mr. Alford died Sunday [October 13].
Survivors include his wife, Harriett Pittman Alford of Dublin; mother, Susie E. Alford of Brunswick; daughters, Roslyn (Lloyd) Carr of Maryland and Terri Coney of California; sons, Lieutenant JG Elzie Alford Jr. and Elzie PeShawn Alford of Brunswick; stepsons, Torrance Pittman and Lorenzo Freeman both of Dublin; brothers, Robert Alford, Nathaniel (Eva) Alford, Arthur Alford, James Alford and Joel Alford all of Brunswick; sisters, Dorothy (Herbert) Cuthbert, Patricia (Johnny) Anthony, Frances (Charles) Anthony all of Atlanta, Betty (John) Bellman of Decatur, Alabama and Patty Washington of Brunswick; seven grandchildren and many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Visitation will be at the family residence, 246 Deerwood Trails, Dublin.
Dudley Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
Photo from Greenwood Cemetery, Brunswick, Glynn Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Little Marie
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Elzie Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 27 Aug 1951, last residence Dublin, Laurens.
See the obituaries of his parents, Nathaniel Alford Sr. and Susie Elizabeth Brooks Alford; and siblings Patty Jean Alford Gload Washington and Robert Larry Alford Sr. in this compilation.
His lineage: Elzie 1951 GA1, Nathaniel 1918 GA2, Jim 1895 GA3, James 1860 GA4, John 1836 GA5.
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EMILY ALFORD BOYD
THE TELEGRAPH
Macon, Bibb Co., GA—Monday, 25 April 1921
GRIFFIN, Ga., April 21—Mrs. Emily Alford Boyd, prominent Griffin woman, who died in Atlanta recently at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J.W. Mangham, was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery following impressive funeral services conducted at the First Baptist Church of Griffin by Dr. J.E. Sammons.
Mrs. Boyd was a charter member of the Dorcas Society and had been actively identified with the Baptist Church all her life.
She was a relict of the late Joseph David Boyd.
Photos from Oak Hill Cemetery, Griffin, Spalding Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Rebekah Duncan Young
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of her father, John Quincy Adams Alford; and sister Susan Clementine Alford Fuller in this compilation.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
Her lineage: Emily 1844 GA1, John Quincy Adams 1814 GA2, Cullen 1775 NC3, James 1741 NC/VA4, Lodwick 1710 VA5, James 1687 VA6, John 1645 VA7.
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EMILY SUSAN MASTERS ALFORD
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Wednesday, 23 February 1910
In another article:
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Friday, 25 February 1910
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of her husband, James Berry Alford, which includes a photo of their shared gravestone and a family photo; and children Alice S. Alford Neese, Angus Notley Alford Sr., Berta Corinda Alford Turner, and William Jesse Alford in this compilation.
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EMMA FLORENCE HALE ALLFORD
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Saturday, 26 August 1972
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Emma Allford (SS# issued in GA) was born 22 May 1886 and died _____ Aug 1972, last residence Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA.
See the obituaries of her husband, Dink Taylor Allford (with notes about burial); and sons Alvin Lee Alford Sr., Clifford Eugene Alford, and Hubert Huston Alford in this compilation.
Her maiden name is sometimes reported as Huff in her obituary, but in most records it is Hale. Her middle name is from the WWII Draft Registration Card of her son Clifford.
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EMMA KATE WILLIAMS ALFORD
COLUMBUS LEDGER-ENQUIRER
Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA—11 April 2004
COLUMBUS, GA—Mrs. Emma K. Alford, 80 of 2042 7th Street, Columbus died Friday [April 9] at the Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted at 3:30 P.M. Tuesday at Fourth Street Missionary Baptist Church…. Interment will follow in Edmonds Cemetery, Phenix City, Ala., according to Progressive Funeral Home ….
Mrs. Alford was born on September 1, 1923 in Cottonton, Ala., daughter of the late McKinley Sr. and Johnnie Will Kato Williams. Residing in Columbus most of her life, she retired from the Housekeeping Department at the Medical Center after over 20 years of employment.
She was the widow of Comer Alford.
Survivors include two sons, Rickey Alford (Kim) of Stone Mountain, Ga., and Stanley Alford of Columbus; three daughters, Brenda Byrd (Clifford), Iris Miles and Diane Alford all of Columbus; nine grandchildren; three great grandchildren; two brothers, Nathaniel Williams (Willie) and McKinley Williams Jr., both of Eufaula, Ala.; two sisters, Annie Will Cliatt of Phenix City, Ala., and Helen W. Smith of Eufaula; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Emma K. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 6 Sept 1923 [different than obituary], last residence Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA.
From SSACI: Emma Kate Williams Alford, black, was born 1 Sept 1923 in Cottonton, Russell Co., AL, daughter of McKinley Williams and Johnnie W. Lewis.
In the Columbus City Directories for 1951, 1956, and 1960 (Ancestry), Emma is listed with spouse Comer Alford.
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EMMA MAE MARSHALL ALFORD
AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER
Americus, Sumter Co., GA—Thursday, 19 March 1981
Funeral service for Mrs. Emma Mae Alford of Route 4, Americus who died Sunday, March 15, 1981, will be held Sunday at 4:00 p.m. from Mt Pleasant Baptist Church in Smithville. Burial will be in the church Cemetery….
Survivors include her husband, Mr. Otis Alford, her mother, her parents, Mr. Frank and Hattie Bell Marshall of Smithville; five sisters, Mrs. Martha Bell Moreland and Mrs. Olie Mae Green of Dunkirk, NY, Mrs. Gussie Mae Owens of Leesburg, Mrs. Lula Mae Bell of Buffalo, NY, and Mrs. Shirley Porter of Albany; four brothers, Mr. Robert Lee Marshall of Buffalo, NY, Mr. Charlie Frank Marshall of Broxton, NY, Mr. Leroy Marshall and Mr. Robert Lee Marshall Jr. of Smithville, a stepson Mr. Hollis Floyd of Americus, three aunts, Mrs. Mary Haynes and Mrs. Emma Barnes of Delray Beach, FL and Mrs. Anna Darby of Newark, NY.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Emma Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 26 May 1935 and died _____ March 1981, last benefit to Americus, Sumter Co., GA.
This is an African-American family—the obituary is posted at African-American Cemeteries and Obituaries, www.blackcemeteries.com.
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EMMA S. ALFORD
AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
Augusta, Richmond Co., GA—Thursday, 19 January 1911
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of her father, Thomas Jefferson Alford; and siblings John William Alford, Nannie Alford, and Samuel Thomas Alford in this compilation.
Emma was the daughter of Thomas Jefferson Alford and Balzora Skelly.
Her lineage: Emma S. 1874 GA1, Thomas Jefferson 1850 GA2.
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EMMANUEL “BUDDY” ALFORD
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Sunday, 5 December 1999
Included in AAFA ACTION, Winter 2000
Homegoing services for Mr. Emmanuel (Buddy) Alford, of 633 Amal Dr., S.W., Bldg. 64, will be held Saturday, December 4, 1999 at 1 P.M. at Central Holiness Church, 1069 Washington St., S.W.... Interment, Kennedy Memorial Gardens.
Survivors are a loving mother, Mrs. Jessie M. Alford, one son, Tyler Biron, six sisters, five brothers, four aunts, five uncles, nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends....
Stocks Funeral Home, Kirkwood Chapel, Inc., (404) 377-0458-9
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not list his death.
See the obituary of his father, Paul E. Alford Sr., in this compilation.
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EMMETT HOYT ALFORD
Father of James Warren Alford, AAFA #0375
COLUMBUS ENQUIRER
Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA—Tuesday, 28 January 1969
Photo from Park Hill Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Christine Thacker
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Emmett Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 3 Oct 1900 and died _____ Jan 1969, last residence Columbus, Muscogee Co. GA.
See the obituaries of his wife, Lois Claire Shirey Alford; and daughters Helen Joyce Alford Queen and Patricia Grace Alford Cheney in this compilation. We included the obituary of his daughter Dorothy Ann “Dottie” Alford Hoyt in Louisiana Obituaries.
On Emmett Hoyt Alford’s 1942 WWII Draft Registration Card (Ancestry), he is age 41, born 3 Oct 1900 in Upson Co., GA. He lives in Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA, and is the owner of a garage.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #5.
His lineage: Emmett Hoyt 1900 GA1, Edgar Pierce 1876 GA2, Warren Jackson 1851 GA3, Pierce Lewis 1829 GA4, Peyton 1788 NC5, James Lodwick 1749 NC6.
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EMMETT LAMAR ALFORD, SR.
ATLANTA JOURNAL
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Tuesday, 9 October 1928
Photo from Buckhead Cemetery, Buckhead, Morgan Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Taphophile
AAFA NOTES: See the obituary of his second wife, Estie Mattie Bearden Alford, in this compilation. We included the obituaries of his sons Emmett Lamar Alford Jr. and Paul Lundsford Alford Sr. in California Obituaries.
From GA Deaths: E.L. Alford, age 50 born 7 Feb 1878 in GA, son of A. Alford and unknown mother, died 9 Oct 1928 in Buckhead, Morgan Co., GA.
From GA Marriages: E.L. Alford married Susie Collier on 21 Nov 1900 in Morgan Co., GA.
Susie died on 4 Sept 1914. Twelve days later her husband advertised for someone to care for his house and children:
ATLANTA JOURNAL
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Wednesday, 16 September 1914
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: Emmett Lamar 1878 GA1, Alexander S. 1848 GA2, Kinchen 1812 NC3, Kinchen 1768 NC4, Lodwick 1710 VA5, James 1687 VA6, John 1645 VA7.
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EMORY KATHERINE ALFORD
Photo from gravestone
DAILY NEWS
Griffin, Spalding Co., GA—_____ March 1953
Funeral services for Miss Emory Katherine Alford were held this afternoon at the First Baptist Church…. Burial followed in Oak Hill cemetery with McDonald Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Miss Alford died late Monday morning at Emory University Hospital where she had been a patient for two weeks.
The 21-year-old Griffinite was named Maid of Cotton for Spalding County last year.
Photo from Oak Hill Cemetery, Griffin, Spalding Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Rebekah Duncan Young
AAFA NOTES: She was the daughter of Elisha Homer Alford and Ellen Gladys Reid.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
Her lineage: Emory Katherine 1931 GA1, Elisha Homer 1896 GA2, Elisha H. 1856 GA3, John Allen 1815 GA4, William 1794 NC5, Kinchen 1768 NC6, Lodwick 1710 VA6, James 1687 VA8, John 1645 VA9.
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ENOCH WASHINGTON ALFORD
CARTERSVILLE NEWS
Cartersville, Bartow Co., GA—4 May 1905
Enoch Washington Alford, who had been failing a number of years, died aged about 60, rather suddenly, an acute attack of grippe bringing a complication of diseases, perhaps involving heart to a fatal issue.
He had been a farmer, miner and carpenter. Harmless, inoffensive and well disposed; he was esteemed respected and regretted.
He leaves a wife, Caledonia, daughter of the late Coley and France Crow, and a large family of children, three married, the rest small.
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of his sons Dink Taylor Allford and Sidney J. Allford in this compilation. We included the obituary of his son Joseph Joe Alford in Texas Obituaries.
Enoch Washington Alford was born _____ May 1850 in TN. His parents were both born in GA, but they have not been identified. He married Caledonia Crow.
In 1880, Bartow Co., GA: Washington Alford, farmer age 27 born TN (parents born GA); his wife Callie 22 GA; and children, all born GA: Ida 4, Sidney 3, and Taylor 1.
In 1900, Bartow Co., GA: Wash Alford, farmer age 50 b. May 1850 TN (parents b. TN), married 27 years; his wife Caldonia 42 b. July 1857, 11 children, 10 living; mother[-in-law] Francis Crow 80 b. Aug 1819 GA, 1 child, 1 living; and children, all b. GA: Sidney 23 b. Apr 1876; Carrie 17 b. Feb 1882; Coleman 13 b. Nov 1886; Tom 11 b. May 1888; Sallie 7 b. June 1892; Joe 6 b. July 1893; Percy 4 b. Aug 1895; and Mamie 1 b. June 1898.
Members of this family spell their last name Alford and Allford.
From GA Marriages: E.W. Alford married C. Crow in Bartow Co., GA, on 25 Dec 1873.
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ERNEST LAMAR HALLFORD
ANDERSON INDEPENDENT-MAIL
Anderson, Anderson Co., SC—Friday, 20 July 2001
MOUNT AIRY [Habersham Co.], Ga.—Ernest Lamar Hallford, 64, of Mount Airy died Thursday, July 19, 2001, at Emory University Hospital, Atlanta.
Born in Wheeler County, he had lived most of his life in DeKalb and Habersham counties. He was a 1959 graduate of the University of Georgia, where he received a bachelor of science degree in English education. He earned a master’s degree in 1965 and a specialist degree in 1970. He served 30 years in the DeKalb County School System until his retirement in 1989. He served as an English teacher, assistant principal and assistant superintendent and was retired as the assistant DeKalb school superintendent. Since his retirement, he had assembled a herd of Hereford and Angus cattle in Habersham County.
Surviving are widow, Penny Wilson Hallford of Mount Airy; daughters, Leslie Nell Martin of Cornelia and Stephanie Hallford of Conyers; son, Rink Hallford of Atlanta; stepdaughters, Jennifer Colwell of Clarkesville and Pam Segers of Memphis, Tenn.; stepson, Jeff Segers of Clarkesville; brother, James Reynolds Hallford of Atlanta; sisters, Marcia Nell Hallford of Demorest, Patricia Hallford Keller of Clarkesville and Lisa Carroll Hallford; and 10 grandchildren.
He was the son of the late Ernest Reynolds and Nell Carroll Hallford.
Services are at 2 p.m. Saturday at Demorest Federated Church, Demorest ...; burial will be in Yonah Memorial Gardens, Demorest. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at Hillside Memorial Chapel....
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Ernest L. Hallford (SS# issued in GA) was born 7 Feb 1937, last residence Mount Airy, Habersham Co., GA.
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ESSIE MAE ALFORD CLARK
AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
Augusta, Richmond Co., GA—Sunday, 20 March 2005
LOUISVILLE [Jefferson Co.], Ga.—Mrs. Essie Alford Clark, resident of Louisville, died Friday evening [March 18] at Jefferson Hospital.
Mrs. Clark, a native of Bartow, was a member of Old Bethel Baptist Church and a homemaker.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Raymond F. Clark, Sr.; a sister, Chris and three brothers, Jessie, Linwood and Lewis.
Funeral services will be Monday morning at 11:00 a.m. at Old Bethel Baptist Church.... Interment will follow in the Louisville City Cemetery. Pallbearers will be nephews.
Survivors include her children, David A. Clark (Betty) of Louisville, Donna C. Miller (Bill) of Wadley, Raymond F. Clark, Jr. (Sherry) of Evans, Kenneth E. Clark (Patti) of Watkinsville, Lisa C. Ritch (Rusty) of Martinez; her grandchildren, Pam, Ben, Beth, Kelli, Dana, Rob, Shelly, Hailey, Ali, Harrison and Amber; her great-grandchildren, Bailey, Brylie, Mason and Matt; her sisters, Mary A. Clark of Louisville, Grace A. Burch of Midville, Gladys Morris of Greensboro, Anola Wildes of Augusta; special friend and caregiver, Donnie Jackson and pet Pedro.
.... Smith Funeral Home of Wadley, in charge of arrangements for the funeral of Mrs. Essie Alford Clark.
Photo from Louisville City Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Taken by Find A Grave contributor Karen Mouton
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Essie A. Clark (SS# issued in GA) was born 17 Sept 1919, last residence Louisville, Jefferson Co., GA.
See the obituaries of her parents, Charles Watson Alford and Elizabeth “Lizzie” Smith Alford; and siblings Charles Lewis Alford, Gladys Alford Morris, and James Lynwood Alford in this compilation.
Her lineage: Essie Mae 1919 GA1, Charles Watson 1892 GA2, Charles Thomas 1856 GA3.
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ESSIE F. ALFORD
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Sunday, 14 February 1993
Included in AAFA ACTION, Summer 1993
Homegoing services for Mrs. Essie M. Alford, of 485 Northside Dr., N.W., Apt. 156, will be held Monday, February 15, 1993 at 1 p.m. at Fountain Temple A.M.E. Church, 965 Violet Ave., S.E., Atlanta…. Interment, Resthaven Cemetery.
Survivors are three sons, Gordon Lee Alford, Jr., Anthony and Cedric Alford; one daughter-in-law, Sherell Alford; grandson, Cortez; play-daughter, Nita Hill; grandmother, Mrs. Susie Aldridge; four sisters, five brothers, nine aunts, seven uncles, a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends….
Photo from Resthaven Cemetery, Decatur, DeKalb Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, D.J.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not list her death.
From GA Deaths: Essie F. Alford, age 56, black, died 10 Feb 1993 in Fulton Co., GA.
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ESSIE VIRGINIA ALFORD
THE TIMES-HERALD
Newnan, Coweta Co., GA—Friday, 6 October 2000
Miss Essie Virginia Alford died October 2, 2000.
She was born in Coweta County March 16, 1946 to Mrs. Lelia Mae Horsley Alford and Mr. Hayward Jim Alford. She attended school in the Coweta County School System.
Surviving are daughter, Mrs. Veronica Harris; son-in-law, Jonathan Harris; granddaughter, Miss Johneesia Vershaé Harris, all of LaGrange; father, Hayward Jim Alford; sister, Mrs. Linda Alford Hill, all of Newnan; brothers, Larry Alford of Newnan and Hayward (Bro) Alford of Hampton, Ga.; niece, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Godfrey (Rhoda) of Luthersille, Ga.; nephews, Maurice Alford of Atlanta and Arlice Smith Jr. of Newnan; great aunt, Mrs. Oneter Parks of Newnan; and a host of aunts and uncles, Evelyn Johnson, Ms. Lucille Alford, Ms. Mary Elder, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Johnson (Helen), Gordon Lee Alford, Bobby Alford, all of Newnan, Mrs. Margaret Horsley Dragg of Detroit, Michigan, Ms. Margaret Riley, Cleveland Alford and Johnny Alford all of Atlanta, Willis Horsley of Cincinnati, Ohio, William Horsley of Nashville, Tenn. and Mrs. Hilda Jenkins of Los Angeles, California; three great nephews, Rashuad Ferrell, Alex Godfrey and Joshua Godfrey; devoted caretaker, Mrs. Susie Maddox of Daytona, Fla. and a devoted friend and companion, Henry (Dooly) Tolbert along with a host of other friends and relatives.
A funeral will be Friday, Oct. 6 at 2 p.m. at Sellers-Smith R.W.S. Memorial Chapel on Greenville Street in Newnan. Sellers-Smith Funeral Home, Newnan.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Essie V. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 15 March 1946 [different than obituary], last residence Newnan, Coweta, Co., GA.
From SSACI: Essie Virginia Alford, black, was born 15 March 1946 in Newnan, Coweta Co., GA.
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ESTELLE JONES ALFORD
ALBANY HERALD
Albany, Dougherty Co., GA—25 December 2003
OCILLA—Estelle Jones Alford, 89, of Ocilla died Tuesday, December 23, 2003, at Tift Regional Medical Center.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Bethlehem Baptist Church…. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 until 9 p.m. Friday at Paulk Funeral Home in Ocilla.
Mrs. Alford was born April 29, 1914, in Ocilla, GA, to the late J.L. and Matilda Faulkner Jones and was also preceded in death by her husband, R.F. “Floydie” Alford.
She lived in Irwin County all of her life and was a graduate of Ocilla High School. Mrs. Alford was a retired seamstress with Polly Veals and a former supervisor at the Monarch Company. She was a member of Osceola Chapter #431 Order of the Eastern Star, where she was presently serving as Worthy Matron, a position she served in five times. Mrs. Alford was an active member of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Irwin County.
Survivors include one son, Max Alford of Dallas, TX; two daughters, Sue A. Barnes of Lake Blackshear and Katie BonEnfant of Ocilla; seven grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren; one sister, Hazel Hudson of Ocilla.
Photo from Bethlehem Cemetery, Irwin Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Jerry Swain
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm the birth and death dates of Estelle J. Alford (SS# issued in GA), last residence Ocilla, Irwin Co., GA.
From GA Deaths: Rufus F. Alford, age 80 white, died 31 Jan 1997 in Irwin Co.
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ESTELLE M. ALFORD
COLUMBUS LEDGER-ENQUIRER
Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA—Wednesday, 17 September 2003
Alford, Estelle M., 86, Columbus, died Tuesday [September 16]. McMullen Funeral Home, Columbus.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Estelle M. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 1 May 1917, last residence Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA.
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ESTIE MATTIE BEARDEN ALFORD
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Monday, 1 February 1926
In another article, same source and page:
Photo from Buckhead Cemetery, Buckhead, Morgan Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Taphophile
AAFA NOTES: See the obituary of her husband, Emmett Lamar Alford Sr., in this compilation.
From GA Deaths: Estie Mattie Alford, age 26 born 12 Feb 1899 in GA, daughter of Sam N. Nelson and Mattie Bennett, died 31 Jan 1926 in Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA. Her spouse is Emmett L. Alford.
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ETHEL BELLE BOYETTE ALFORD RUTHERFORD
ATLANTA JOURNAL
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Monday, 3 February 1969
In another article:
JOURNAL AND CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Sunday, 2 February 1969
Photos from Fairview Memorial Gardens, Stockbridge, Henry Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, D.J.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not list her death.
See the obituaries of her children Iris Muriel Alford Wade Hardee and Robert Earl Alford in this compilation. We included the obituary of her husband, Robert McKinley Alford, in Florida Obituaries.
In 1950, Monterey, Monterey Co., CA:
John Rutherford head 39 GA Armed Forces
Ethel B. wife 37 FL laundry seamstress
Robert E. Alford [step]son 15 FL
Iris A. Wade [step]dau 21 FL
Winfred K. Wade Jr. grandson 1 VA
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ETHEL LAURA ALFORD SCOTT
“Taken while employed as security guard with NCR in Peachtree City, GA in 2000.”
Photo from Alice Wilson Alford’s Wilson/Alford Family Tree (Ancestry) - used with permission
BARROW COUNTY NEWS
Winder, Barrow Co., GA—Wednesday, 11 September 2013
Ethel Laura Scott, age 84, of Winder passed away Monday, September 9, 2013.
Arrangements by Lawson Funeral Home, 4532, Hwy 53, Hoschton, GA, 30548, www.lawsonfuneralhome.org, 706-654-0966.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Ethel L. Scott (SS# issued in GA) was born 30 Apr 1929, last residence not listed.
See the obituaries of her parents, Grady Samuel Alford and Ethel Pearl Mitchell Alford; and siblings Richard Arnold Alford, Robert Lee Alford, and Susie Mae Alford Scott in this compilation.
Her Find A Grave memorial says she was cremated.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
Her lineage: Ethel Laura 1929 GA1, Grady Samuel 1893 GA2, Henry Lee 1863 GA3, William Benjamin 1825 GA4, William 1794 NC5, Kinchen 1768 NC6, Lodwick 1710 VA7, James 1687 VA8, John 1645 VA9.
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ETHEL MAE ALFORD PRICE
POST AND COURIER
Charleston, Charleston Co., SC—Thursday, 9 November 1995
Photo from Bellevue Memorial Gardens, Grovetown, Columbia Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Scott Herron
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Ethel R. Price (SS# issued in SC) was born 18 July 1918, last residence Grovetown, Columbia Co., GA.
From SSACI: Ethel Mae Ross [sic] was born 18 July 1918 in Chester Co., SC, daughter of James H. Ross and Minnie Price.
From South Carolina, County Marriage Records (Ancestry): Ethel Alford, age 24, married Walter Price, age 24 of Rushville, IN, in Kershaw Co., SC, 18 Sept 1944.
From South Carolina, County Marriage Records (Ancestry): Minnie Price, age 19, married Dan Alford, age 21, both of Camden, SC, in Kershaw Co., SC, on 25 May 1915.
In 1920, Rossville, Chester Co., SC, Ethel Offord, age 1, and her mother, Minnie Offerd, age 24 widow, and living with Minnie’s mother Hanah Price.
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ETHEL PEARL MITCHELL ALFORD
Grandaunt of Robert Douglas Alford, AAFA #0197
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Friday, 21 January 1977
Services for Mrs. Ethel Pearl Alford, 84, of 1255 Skyhaven Road SE will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Donehoo’s funeral home, with burial in College Park Cemetery. Mrs. Alford died Tuesday [January 18].
Survivors include daughters, Mrs. Avery Brantley of Warm Springs, Mrs. Jimmy Scott, Mrs. Hazel Sherman, Mrs. Ethel Delk, Mrs. Betty Parker and Mrs. Wilda Bryson, all of Atlanta; sons, James Alford and Robert Alford, both of Forest Park, and Richard Alford of Stockridge; sisters, Mrs. Mae Lands of Griffin, Mrs. Dorothy Smith of Forest Park, Mrs. Irene Parker of Norcross, Mrs. Alma Burge, Mrs. Edith Olsteen, and Mrs. Audrey Mitchell, all of Atlanta; and a brother, Charles Mitchell of Norcross.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Ethel Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 6 Aug 1894 and died _____ July 1977, last residence Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA.
See the obituaries of her husband, Grady Samuel Alford; and children Ethel Laura Alford Scott, Richard Arnold Alford, Robert Lee Alford, and Susie Mae Alford Scott in this compilation.
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ETHELL ALFORD
TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT
Tallahassee, Leon Co., FL—4 February 2005
BAINBRIDGE [Decatur Co., GA]—Ethell Alford, 93, died Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2005. The graveside service will be at 11 a.m. today at West Bainbridge Cemetery. Cox Funeral Home (229-246-4411) is handling arrangements.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Ethel C. Alford (SS# issued in FL) was born 22 Dec 1911, last residence Donalsonville, Seminole Co., FL, and last benefit Bainbridge, Decatur Co., GA.
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ETRULIA “TRUDY” HUDSON HALLFORD
ANDERSON INDEPENDENT-MAIL
Anderson, Anderson Co., SC—Thursday, 1 October 1964
TOCCOA—Mrs. Etrulia “Trudy” Hudson Hallford, age 83. of 148 Skyview Lane. Visitation 3/19/2010 from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 PM. Service 3/20/2010 3:00 PM Sunnyside Baptist Church. Acree-Davis Funeral Home. www.acree-davisfh.com
In another article:
Toccoa, Stephens Co., GA—_____ March 2010
“Trudy” Hudson Hallford
September 15, 1926–March 17, 2010
Mrs. Etrulia “Trudy” Hudson Hallford, age 83 of 148 Skyview Lane, Toccoa, Georgia passed away on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at Alzheimer’s Care Center, Commerce, Georgia.
A daughter of the late Walter C. and Delia Frady Hudson, she was born September 15, 1926 in Anderson, South Carolina and lived most of her life in Stephens County, Georgia. She was retired from Harper’s 5 & 10 Store after 30 years of service. She was a member of Sunnyside Baptist Church, member of the choir and the ladies Sunday School Class and had taught various Sunday school groups in the church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Jeff Hallford and her son Larry Hallford.
Survivors include a daughter Judy Canup and her husband Keith of Toccoa, Georgia and a daughter-in-law Nita Hallford of Lilburn, Georgia, Brothers Edgar Hudson and his wife Joann, Ernest Hudson and his wife Virginia both of Toccoa, Georgia, Albert Hudson and his wife Frances of Mt. Airy, Georgia, Paul Hudson of Jefferson, Georgia, sisters Jessie Mae Frady, Mt. Airy, Georgia and Dorothy Anderson, Toccoa, Georgia, five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 20, 2010 3 O’clock PM from Sunnyside Baptist Church….
The following will serve as pallbearers Luke Canup, Tyler Canup, Raymond Hudson, Lewis Hudson, Greg Morrow and Danny Yearwood….
Interment will follow in Roselane Cemetery with Acree-Davis Funeral Home in charge of arrangements for Mrs. Etrulia “Trudy” Hudson Hallford.
Online condolences can be made by visiting the website at www.acree-davisfh.com.
Photo from Roselane Cemetery, Toccoa, Stephens Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Pat Gillespie
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm the death date of Etrulia Hallford (SS# issued in GA) but list her birth date as 17 Sept 1926, last residence Toccoa, Stephens Co., GA.
See the obituary of her son Larry Jeff Hallford in this compilation.
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EUGENE LESLIE ALFORD
NASHVILLE TENNESSEAN
Nashville, Davidson Co., TN—Tuesday, 25 February 1969
Alford, Mr. Eugene L. (Gene)—Sunday, February 23, 1969, at Atlanta, Ga.
Survived by aunt Mrs. Annie Shryer; cousins: Mrs. A.S. McMahon, Mrs. Katherine Benton, Mrs. Clara Case, Mrs. Florence Chambers, Miss Janie Alford, Mrs. Jennie Watkins, Miss Betie Schrlcutt [sic], all of Nashville; Mrs. J.J. Jordan, Chattanooga; Mrs. L.A. White, Hollywood, Fla.
The remains will arrive in Nashville Tuesday where graveside services will be conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 … at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Eastland Funeral Home in charge.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Eugene Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 15 Aug 1883 and died _____ Feb 1969, last residence Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA.
See the obituaries of his parents, James Thomas Alford Sr. and Betty Shryer Alford, in this compilation. We included the obituary of his brother Harry McMurray Alford in Tennessee Obituaries.
On Eugene Leslie Alford’s 1918 WWI Draft Registration Card (Ancestry), he is age 35, born 15 Aug 1883. He is living in Atlanta, GA, and names his father, J.T. Alford, of the same address, as his nearest relative.
His lineage: Eugene Leslie 1883 TN1, James Thomas 1853 TN2, Guthridge George 1815 NC3.
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EUGENE MARCELUS ALFORD
Granduncle of Henry George Alford, AAFA #0057
COLUMBUS ENQUIRER
Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA—Monday 29 July 1946
Photo from Ellerslie United Methodist Church Cemetery, Ellerslie, Harris Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Christine Thacker
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of his father, Leonidas F. “Lee” Alford; and siblings Edwin Pleas Alford, Henry Emmitt Alford, and Sallie E. Alford Howard in this compilation.
From SSACI: Eugene Marceller Alford was born 23 Dec 1881 [sic] in Chipley, Harris Co., GA, son of Lee Alford and Fannie Grant.
On his 1918 WWI Draft Registration Card (Ancestry), Eugene Marcelus Alford is age 38 living in Ellerslie, Harris Co., GA, born 23 Dec 1879. His contact is his wife, Mrs. Maude S. Alford. He signed his name:
The registrar wrote his name:
In 1880 (June 16), Smiths Cross Roads, Harris Co., GA, he is probably the son, age 5 months, born in Dec [1879].
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: Eugene Marcelus 1879 GA1, Leonidas F. 1844 GA2, Spire Warren 1816 GA3, Zaddock 1787 GA4, Julius 1750 NC5, Lodwick 1710 VA6, James 1687 VA7, John 1645 VA8.
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EUGENE STAFFORD “GENE” HALFORD
Photo from Williams Funeral Home & Crematory
THE TELEGRAPH
Macon, Bibb Co., GA—10 August 2011
WARNER ROBINS—Mr. Eugene Stafford “Gene” Halford, age 64, passed away Friday, August 5, 2011. Funeral Services will be private.
Mr. Halford was a native of Aiken, South Carolina, graduate of Aiken High School, and served in the U.S.Navy. He had lived in the Warner Robins-Macon area for the past 20 years. He was the son of the late Joe and Lucille Halford of Aiken.
He is survived by his daughter, Amy McDade of Milledgeville; grandchildren, Ethan Kirby, Austin Kirby, and Hagan McDade; brother, Joe Halford, Sr. of Mt. Pleasant, SC and nephew Joe Halford, Jr. of Lexington, SC.
Express online condolences at www.williamsfuneralhome.net. -Williams Funeral Home of Milledgeville has charge of arrangements.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Eugene S. Halford (SS# issued in SC) was born 17 Nov 1946, last residence Roberta, Crawford Co., GA.
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EUGENE WORTHAM ALFORD
THE TIMES-HERALD
Newnan, Coweta Co., GA—Tuesday, 15 June 2021
Mr. Eugene Wortham Alford, 76, of Newnan passed away Monday, June 14, 2021 at Piedmont Newnan Hospital after a brief illness.
Gene was born March 15, 1945 In Newnan to the late Mr. Thelma Alford & Mrs. Sara Wortham Alford. Gene grew up in Newnan and graduated from Newnan High School. After graduating, Gene enlisted in the U.S. Air Force where he served four years, including a tour in Vietnam. He worked for Georgia Power where he retired after 34 years. Gene was an active member of the First Baptist Church and Coweta Masonic Lodge #60….
The funeral is Thursday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of McKoon Funeral Home…. Burial, with military honors, will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery….
Survivors include wife, Nancy Floyd Alford; son, Scott (Whitney) Alford; brother, David (Pat) Alford; granddaughters, Greer Elizabeth Alford, Emma Catherine Alford; and extended family and friends….
Photo from Oak Hill Cemetery, Griffin, Spalding Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Taken by Find A Grave contributor Georgia Guy
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not yet list his death.
See the obituary of his mother, Sara Kate Wortham Alford, in this compilation. We included the obituary of his first wife, Sally Dawn Pallone Alford, in Florida Obituaries.
Marriage announcement:
ORLANDO SENTINEL
Orlando, Orange Co., FL—Sunday, 26 October 1969
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #2.
His lineage: Eugene Wortham 1945 GA1, Thelma 1902 GA2, Birdus 1874 GA3, Jimmerson Spiro 1819 GA4, Brittain Washington 1782 NC5, Isham 1755 NC6.
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EULA B. CANNON ALFORD
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—_____ October 1992
Included in AAFA ACTION, Summer 1993
Funeral services for Mrs. Calvin D. (Eula) Alford, Conyers, will be held Thursday, October 22, 1992 at 3:30 p.m. from the chapel of Harry L. White Funeral Home, Conyers…. Interment, Green Meadow Memorial Gardens, Conyers.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Eula Alford Scholarship Fund, Rockdale County High School, c/o Rev. Calvin D Alford, 1070 Duke Dr., Conyers, Ga. 30208.
She is survived by her husband, Rev. Calvin D. Alford; sons, Representative and Mrs. Dean Alford, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Alford, daughter, Ms. Diane Boling; parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Orville (Daisy) Cannon, all of Conyers; brothers, Mr. and Mrs. William Cannon, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Cannon, Decatur; Rev. and Mrs. Clarence Cannon, Lawrenceville; sisters, Mrs. Evelyn Pass, Conyers; Mr. and Mrs. Jack (Mildred) Diggs, Roswell; Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd (Irene) Dawkins, Conyers; Mr. and Mrs. Bob (Minnie Lena) Vermillion, Marietta; Mr. and Mrs. Denny (Eddie Ruth) Hinton, Forest Park; Ms. Janice Burton, Hendersonville, TN; grandchildren Miss Bobbie Boling, Miss Buffy Boling, Chandler Alford, Jacquelyn Alford, Corey Alford.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 until 9 p.m. today (Wednesday). Harry L. White Funeral Home, Inc., Conyers.
Photo from Green Meadows Memorial Gardens, Conyets, Rockdale Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, D.J.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Eula C. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 2 July 1930 [different than gravestone] and died 20 Oct 1992, last residence Conyers, Rockdale Co., GA.
See the obituary of her husband, Calvin D. Alford, in this compilation.
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EUNICE BOONE ALFORD
ALBANY HERALD
Albany, Dougherty Co., GA—4 March 2010
AMERICUS—Mrs. Eunice Boone Alford of Sumter County, GA died on Monday, March 1, 2010 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, March 7, 2010 at 3 p.m. at Friendship Baptist Church with interment to follow in the Eastview Cemetery. Barnum Funeral Home Americus 229/924-2958.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Eunice Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 10 May 1947, last residence Americus, Sumter Co., GA.
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EVA C. HALFORD DANIELS
AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
Augusta, Richmond Co., GA—Friday, 16 June 2000
BLYTHE, Ga.—Mrs. Eva Halford Daniels, 81, of Clark Street, died on Thursday, June 15, 200, at Medical College of Georgia Hospital in Augusta.
The funeral will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Faith Baptist Church with the Rev. Alfred F. Halford officiating. Burial will be in Blythe Baptist Church Cemetery.
Mrs. Daniels, a native of McDuffie County, had retired from Gracewood State School and Hospital after 30 years. She was a member of Faith Baptist Church.
Survivors include a son, Albert F. Halford, Blythe; three daughters, Sandra C. Gleason, Augusta, Kay Keys, Warner Robins, and Emily Ann Robinson, Wrens; and 10 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Gerald Gleason Jr., Sean Gleason, Craig Keys, Albert Halford Jr., Lance Halford and Phil A. Robinson.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today at Poteet Funeral Home, Peach Orchard Road, Augusta.
Photo from Blythe Baptist Church Cemetery, Blythe, Richmond Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, NKLorey
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Eva C. Daniels (SS# issued in GA) was born 15 Apr 1919, last residence Augusta, Richmond Co., GA.
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EVELYN BURCH ALFORD CARITHERS
Mother of James Wesley Alford, AAFA #0725
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Wednesday, 20 October 1965
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not list her death.
See the obituaries of her children James Wesley Alford and Jane Irene Alford Galloway Fosnot in this compilation.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
Her husband’s lineage: Lawrence Caesar 1910 FL1, Lodwick Herrin 1885 AL2, Lodwick Herrin 1855 AL3, Julius Caesar 1799 GA4, Lodwick 1775 NC5, Julius 1750 NC6, Lodwick 1710 VA7, James 1687 VA8, John 1645 VA9.
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EVELYN DENISE ALFORD
THE TELEGRAPH
Macon, Bibb Co., GA—Tuesday, 18 May 2010
BARNESVILLE—Evelyn Alford, 43, of Barnesville GA died Tuesday, May 11, 2010. Services will be Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at 2P.M. at Hopewell United Methodist Church with burial in Church Cemetery. The Cortege will leave from 156 Willis Cir. Forsyth. GA.
Survivors include mother, Annette Alford, daughter, Koriana Walker of Barnesville GA; sisters, Jacqueline (Cecil) Evans, Constance Alford; brothers, T.J. Alford (Mary), Deacon Rickie (Arlene) Alford all of Forsyth, GA.
The family will receive friends at 221 Jenkins St. Barnesville, GA.
Freeman funeral Home of Forsyth GA is in charge of arrangements.
Photo from Hopewell Uited Methodist Church Cemetery, Brent, Monroe Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
No respons from Benae – 5/15/2022 not accepting messages
Taken by Find A Grave contributor Benae
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Evelyn D. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 22 Sept 1966, last residence not listed.
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EVELYN HILL ALFORD
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Friday, 15 April 2011
Homegoing for Ms. Evelyn Hill Alford will be held Saturday, April 16, 2011, 11am, Hoosier United Methodist Church, 2545 Benjamin E. Mays Dr. SW. Instate 10 am. Pastor, Dr. Bernice Williams Kirkland. Interment Westview Cemetery…. Viewing today 12-9 pm at Murray Brothers (404) 349-3000 mbfh.com. Murray Brothers Funeral Home, Inc., Cascade Chapel.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Evelyn Hill Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 3 Sept 1930, last residence Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA.
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EVELYN V. ALFORD WILLIAMS
THE TELEGRAPH
Macon, Bibb Co., GA—Saturday, 10 September 2011
REYNOLDS—Evelyn “G-MA” Alford Williams, 87, died Thursday, September 8, 2011 at The Oaks Nursing Home in Marshallville. Services will be held at 11A.M. on Monday, September 12, 2011 at Reynolds United Methodist Church….
Born in Clay County, Alabama to the late Elvy Durrell Alford and Elizabeth Ophelia Kirk Alford, Mrs. Williams was a homemaker, military wife for thirty-seven years, accomplished seamstress and published author of numerous poems. Formerly employed at Roses in Alexander City, Alabama, she was a member of Sixth Street Baptist Church in Alexander City and attended Reynolds United Methodist Church.
Survivors include her children, Michael Williams of Birmingham, Alabama, Simone “Moni” Williams of Reynolds, Gena “Dodi” Nelson and her husband Ronny of Reynolds and Joan Hill of Pittsboro, North Carolina; ten grandchildren, ten great grandchildren, two great great grandchildren; and a brother, Donald Alford of Alexander City, Alabama.
She is preceded in death by a son, Mitchell “Mickey” Williams, granddaughter, Amy Oliver, and great grandson, Silas Mackenzie Mathews.
Rooks Funeral Home in Fort Valley is in charge of arrangements.
Photos from Mount Nebo Primitive Baptist Church, Charing, Taylor Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, John Bloodworth
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Evelyn V. Williams (SS# issued in AL) was born 13 Jan 1924, last residence Marshallville, Macon Co., GA.
We included the obituary of her brother Donald Stanley Alford in Alabama Obituaries.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
Her lineage: Evelyn V. 1924 AL1, Elvy Durrell 1893 AL2, William Lafayette 1869 AL3, Thomas Lafayette 1834 GA4, Julius Charles 1805 NC5, Job 1763 NC6, Julius 1717 VA7, James 1687 VA8, John 1645 VA9.
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EVERETTE NEWT ALFORD
Source unknown
Baldwin Co., GA—_____ April 1980
Everette “Newt” Alford 57 died Thursday in a Baldwin County hospital. Services will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of Martin Funeral Home. Burial will be in Baldwin Memorial Gardens….
Mr. Alford, a native of Hancock County, lived in Baldwin County most of his life. He was a mechanic with the City of Milledgeville and was a veteran of World War II. He was a member of Hardwick Christian Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lucy Sloan Alford of Milledgeville; a son, James E. Alford of Milledgeville; a daughter, Mrs. Frances Joyner of Milledgeville; three brothers, Douglas Alford and Gene Alford, both of Milledgeville, and Thomas Alford of Gray; three sisters, Mrs. Fannie Howe of Decatur, Mrs. Gladys Martin of Sparta and Mrs Alice Dunn of Milledgeville; eight grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Photo from Baldwin Memorial Gardens, Milledgeville, Baldwin Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Jack Johnson
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Everette Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 23 Oct 1922, last residence Sparta, Hancock Co., GA.
See the obituary of his sister Gladys Alford Johnson in this compilation.
His Find A Grave memorial identifies his parents: John E. Alford (1899–1964) and Alice Johnson Alford (1904–1967).
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FANNIE ALFORD SEXTON ALLFORD
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Sunday, 20 February 1949
In another article:
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Sunday, 20 February 1949
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of her husband, Sidney J. Allford; and children Alma Allford Hendrix, Blanch Allford, Claude A. Alford, and Howard Allford in this compilation.
From GA Marriages: Fannie Alford married P.C. Sexton on 4 May 1890 in Bartow Co., GA.
From GA Marriages: Fannie Sexton married Sidney Alford on 1 May 1902 in Bartow Co., GA.
On the 1880 census in Allatonna, Bartow Co., GA:
Thomas Alford head 35 GA GA TN
Amanday wife 29 AL GA GA
George son 11 GA GA AL
Isabella dau 7 GA GA AL
Fannie dau 3 GA GA AL
Minter May dau 1 GA GA AL
Nancy sister 20 GA GA TN
Fannie is buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA, but in January 2022, a Find A Grave photographer reported that she has no gravestone.
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FELIX M. ALFORD
Decatur, DeKalb Co., GA—_____ January 2016
Mr. Felix Alford, of Atlanta, passed Monday, January 18, 2016. Services announced by Donald Trimble Mortuary, Inc., 1876 Second Avenue, Decatur…..
In another article:
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—20 January 2016
Funeral Services for Felix M. Alford, of Atlanta, will be held Saturday, January 23, 2016; 11:00 A.M. at Hunter Hill First Missionary Baptist Church, 166 Edward Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30314…. Interment Kennedy Memorial Gardens….
Donald Trimble Mortuary, Inc….
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not yet list his death.
See the obituary of his brother George Edward “Buck” Alford in this compilation.
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FLORA BELL KING ALFORD
AAFA #0517
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
Flora King Alford, 1971
Photo from Joel Parker’s JD Parker Tree (Ancestry) - used with permission
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]….
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.
See the obituary of her husband, William Leorus Alford, in this compilation.
Flora was the active AAFA member—her husband died in November 1985, before AAFA was founded.
Her newspaper obituary states her date of death incorrectly.
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FLORENCE ADDIE ALLISTON ALFORD
Mother of Harold Paschal Alford, AAFA #0700
THE TELEGRAPH
Macon, Bibb Co., GA—Tuesday, 8 March 1938
MRS. G.C. ALFORD DIES IN MORGAN
MADISON, Ga. March 7—Funeral services for Mrs. G.C. Alford, 58 year-old Morgan county woman, who died Saturday after an illness of one year, were held Monday afternoon in the Harmony Methodist church … and interment following in the Harmony cemetery.
She was the daughter of Edward and Mary Smith Alliston and was born in Morgan county.
Survivors are her husband, Claud Alford: six children, C.L. [Claude Lamar], J.E. [John Edward], Harold, Reuben, Virginia, and Mildred Alford, all of Buckhead; five brothers, E.M., J.W., and R.L. Alliston, Madison; H.G. Alliston, Atlanta; and P.P. Alliston, Perrine, Fla; three sisters, Mrs. A.R. Zachery, Waycross, Mrs. E.F. Mitchem, Oviedo, and Mrs. Roy Webb, Mayesville.
Photo from Harmony Southern Baptist Church Cemetery, Rudden, Putnam Co. GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Patty Shreve
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of her son Claude Lamar “Buster” Alford Sr.; and daughter-in-law Jewell Bernice Welch Alford in this compilation.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
Her husband’s lineage: George Claude 1880 GA1, John Franklin 1836 GA2, Kinchen 1812 NC3, Kinchen 1768 NC4, Lodwick 1710 VA5, James 1687 VA6, John 1645 VA7.
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FLORENCE ALLISTON ALFORD
AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
Augusta, Richmond Co., GA—Wednesday, 2 October 1940
AAFA NOTES: See the obituary of her husband, Elisha H. Alford, in this compilation. It includes a photo of their shared gravestone.
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FLORENCE CORDELIA HALLFORD ANDERSON
TOCCOA RECORD
Toccoa, Stephens Co., GA—Thursday, 1 October 1964
Mrs. Florence Cordelia Hallford Anderson, 59, of the Old Toccoa Community, wife of Gus Anderson, died Sunday morning at the residence after a long illness.
She was a daughter of the late Howard and Ida Porter Hallford and was born Dec. 11, 1904, in Habersham County but had resided in Old Toccoa practically all her life. She was a member of Old Toccoa Baptist Church.
Survivors: husband; sister, Mrs. Luther Anderson of Toccoa; seven brothers, John, Lee, Ake, George, Kearn and Bruce Hallford, all of Toccoa, and Will Hallford of Washington, Ga.; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Old Toccoa Baptist Church…. Burial in Old Toccoa cemetery.
Pallbearers: Jeff, James, Billy, Ed, and Ruel Hallford and T.J. Yearwood.
Acree-Davis Funeral Home.
Photo from Old Toccoa Baptist Church Cemetery, Toccoa, Stephens Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Brenda
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not list her death.
From GA Deaths: Florence H. Anderson, age 59 white, died 27 Sept 1964 in Habersham Co.
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FLOYD LAFAYETTE ALFORD
THE TELEGRAPH
Macon, Bibb Co., GA—Sunday, 6 August 1944
FITZGERALD [Ben Hill Co.], Ga., Aug. 5—Floyd L. Alford, 66, Irwin county farmer, died Tuesday morning at his home south of Ocilla. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made.
Survivors are his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Juanita Johnson, Rome; Mrs. Allene Subduth, East Point; and four sons, John L. Alford, Perry Alford, Floydie Alford, Ocilla, and Barclay Alford, Fitzgerald.
Photo from Brushy Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Ocilla, Irwin Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Brenda Arnett Darbyshire
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of his father, John N. Alford; and sister Lola B. Alford Lovell in this compilation. We included the obituary of his son John Lafayette Alford Sr. in Florida Obituaries.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: Floyd Lafayette 1878 GA1, John N. 1847 GA2, William Henry 1811 NC3, Job 1763 NC4, Julius 1717 VA5, James 1687 VA6, John 1645 VA7.
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FRANCES ANITA DUPRIEST PARK ALFORD
Wife of Lodwick Houston Alford, AAFA #11
From AAFA files
ALBANY HERALD
Albany, Dougherty Co., GA—Thursday, 9 August 2012
SYLVESTER—Mrs. Frances DuPriest Park Alford, 97, of Sylvester died Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at her residence.
The funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, August 11, 2012 at Pinson Memorial United Methodist Church with interment to follow in the Hillcrest Cemetery….
Mrs. Alford was born on February 22, 1915 in Shingler to the late John Jabez and Ada Victoria Patton DuPriest. She is a native Worth Countian and had lived here most of her life. Mrs. Alford has been very active in her community throughout her life. She was the first president of the Green Thumb Garden Club and has served in many offices throughout the organization. She was also a nationally accredited “Master Flower Show Judge.” Mrs. Alford traveled to many places throughout the world including Europe and Asia. On a trip to Japan, Mrs. Alford took classes to increase her knowledge of oriental flower arranging. She was a long time member of the Sylvester Woman’s Club and former board member on the Margaret Jones Public Library. Mrs. Alford was a homemaker and a life-long member of Pinson Memorial United Methodist Church where she had served in many capacities.
Survivors include her son John Mack Park (Deborah) of Sylvester; daughter-in-law, Faye W. Park of Sylvester; grandchildren, Deidre Park, Sam Park (Jenn) and Thomas Mack Park; great grandson, Aiden Park.
In addition to her parents Mrs. Alford was preceded in death by her husbands, Mack Park on May 19, 1964 and Captain Lodwick Alford December 19, 2007 and a son, Sammy D. Park on December 30, 1995.
The family will receive friends on Saturday from 12:30 PM until 2:00 PM at Pinson Memorial United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall.
For those desiring, memorials may be made to the Margaret Jones Public Library 205 Pope St. Sylvester, Ga., 31791 Sign our online guest registry at www.banksfh.com—Banks Funeral Home, Sylvester 229-776-2055.
Photo from Hillcrest Cemetery, Sylvester, Worth Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Brenda Arnett Darbyshire
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm the birth and death dates of Frances P. Alford (SS# issued in TX), last residence not listed.
See the obituary of her second husband, Lodwick Houston Alford, in this compilation.
From GA Marriages: Frances Anita Dupriest married Mack Parks on 9 Dec 1934 in Worth Co., GA.
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FRANCES ETHEL ALFORD SPINKS
Austell, Cobb Co., GA—_____ January 2009
Mrs. Frances Alford Spinks, age 85 of Mableton [Cobb Co.] died Monday, January 12, 2009.
Mrs. Spinks is survived by her husband, Rev. Aaron Spinks; daughter, Judy Lindsey of McDonough; 2 grandchildren, Tammy Castellaw and Jerry Lindsey; and 4 great grandchildren, Jennifer Lindsey, Aaron Lindsey, Hunter Castellaw and Roman Castellaw.
Funeral Services will be held Thursday at 11:00 am in the chapel of Davis-Struempf Funeral Home & Crematory…. Burial will be at Mt. Harmony Memorial Gardens [Mableton].
Photo from Mount Harmony Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Mableton, Cobb Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Darrell R. Meadows
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Frances Ethel Spinks (SS# issued in GA) was born 10 July 1923, last residence McDonough, Henry Co., GA.
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FRANCES EUGENIA “FRANKIE” ALFORD WESTBERRY
[She died in Florida, but we are including her obituary here because Georgia was her home. She died while visiting her sister.]
SYLVESTER LOCAL
Sylvester, Worth Co., GA—Thursday, 22 July 1937
In another article:
THE TELEGRAPH
Macon, Bibb Co., GA—Sunday, 25 July 1937
Photo from Hillcrest Cemetery, Sylvester, Worth Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Brenda Arnett Darbyshire
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of her father, Columbus Augustine Alford Sr.; siblings Columbus Augustine Alford Jr. and Jeannie Helen Alford Mann; and half-brother Green Floyd Alford Sr. in this compilation. We included the obituary of her sister Bennie Love Alford Westberry in Florida Obituaries.
From Florida, Death Index (Ancestry): Frankie Alford Westberry died in 1937 in St. Johns Co., FL.
From GA Marriages: William Harrison Westberry married Francis Eugenia Alford on 18 Apr 1912 in Worth Co., GA.
Frances was the daughter of Columbus Augustine Alford Sr. and his second wife, Jeannie Eliza Johnston Alford.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #3.
Her lineage: Frances Eugenia 1899 GA1, Columbus Augustine 1850 NC2, Green Haywood 1820 NC3, Green about 1787 NC4, James Lodwick 1749 NC5.
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FRANK ALFORD
TELEGRAPH and news
Macon, Bibb Co., GA—Sunday, 18 April 1982
Photo from Alford Cemetery, Forsyth, Monroe Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Taken by Find A Grave contributor SilentStroller
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Frank Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 8 Feb 1908 and died _____ Apr 1982, last residence Macon, Bibb Co., GA.
See the obituary of his brother A.B. Alford in this compilation.
His Find A Grave memorial notes that his gravestone is a cenotaph. New Providence Baptist Church Cemetery, also known as Providence Baptist Church Cemetery, in Smarr, Monroe Co., GA, has no Alford memorials.
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GARY A. ALFORD
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—6 April 2015
Alford, Gary A. Age 72, of Atlanta, passed away April 4, 2015. Services pending. Carmichael Funeral Home, Smyrna, GA
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not yet list his death.
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GENEVA HUNT ALFORD
[Geneva died in California, but we are also including her obituary here because she has close ties to Georgia and is buried there.]
MOULTRIE OBSERVER
Moultrie, Colquitt Co., GA—Sunday, 31 October 2004
BREA, Calif.—Geneva Hunt Alford, 69, formerly of Moultrie, died Thursday, Oct. 28, 2004, at Kindred Hospital in Brea, Calif.
The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 3, at Live Oak Baptist Church.... Burial will follow at St. James Pallbearers Cemetery No. 2 [Moultrie, Colquitt Co., GA]. Charlie Alford, Jack Alford, Little D. Alford, Tony Alford, Danny Alford and Derek Alford will serve as pallbearers.
Mrs. Alford was born Jan. 24, 1935, in Moultrie, the daughter of the late Henry and Eula Elam Hunt.
Survivors include her husband, Daniel Alford Jr.; 11 children, Delores Dupree, Cora Alford, Mary Leoma Blanton, Diane Dupree, Dannie Alford, Cynthia Alford, Evelyn Alford, Sharon Cornell, Derek Alford, Darren Alford and Denise Le’Flore; six brothers, Tommy Hunt, Leroy Hunt, Clyde Hunt, Artie Hunt, Marvin Hunt and Irvin Hunt; sisters-in-law, Sarah Hunt, Pearlie Ann Hunt, Maggie Hunt, Rachel Hunt, Betty Hunt, Lucille Hunt and Vade Hunt; and a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, cousins, nieces, nephews and friends.
Luke Strong and Son Mortuary in Moultrie will be in charge of arrangements.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm the death date of Geneva Alford (SS# issued in NJ), but list her birth date as 23 Jan 1935, last residence Garden Grove, Orange Co., CA.
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GEORGE ALFORD
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Tuesday, 1 December 1981
Photo from Kennedy Memorial Gardens, Cedar Grove, DeKalb Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Mary Hamilton
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that George Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 3 Feb 1921 and died _____ Nov 1981, last residence Decatur, Dekalb Co., GA.
See the obituary of his wife, Mae Frances Dell Alford, in this compilation.
From U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File: George Alford was born 23 Nov 1923 and died 29 Nov 1981. He served in the Army from Feb 1943 to Feb 1946.
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GEORGE EDWARD “BUCK” ALFORD
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Sunday, 27 May 2007
Mr. George Alford of Atlanta, passed away on May 26, 2007. Funeral services will be announced by Donald Trimble Mortuary, Inc. 1876 Second Ave. 404-371-0772-3
In another article:
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Wednesday, 30 May 2007
Funeral Services for George Edward (Buck) Alford of Atlanta, Ga., will be held Thursday, May 31, 2007, 11:00 a.m. at Hunter Hill First Baptist Church, 166 Edwards St., Atlanta…. Interment Kennedy Memorial Gardens….
He leaves to cherish his memory two children, Dion Alford, Keona Nicole Alford; mother, Annie Alford (Leon) Parks; brothers, Felix (Jackie) Alford, Danny Alford; grandfather, Lozzie Stinson, Jr.; several beloved nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins and dear friends.
Family and friends will assemble at 1653 Terry Mill Rd. S.E., at 10:00 a.m. Donald Trimble Mortuary, Inc….
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that George E. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 9 March 1961, last residence Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA.
See the obituary of his brother Felix M. Alford in this compilation.
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GEORGE JEFFERSON ALFORD, JR.
Smyrna, Cobb Co., GA—_____ October 2007
Mr. George Alford, Jr., age 85 of Smyrna, died Friday, October 5, 2007.
Funeral services will be held 11:00 A.M. Monday at the Carmichael Funeral Home Chapel in Smyrna…. Burial will be in the Georgia Memorial Park Cemetery in Marietta.
Mr. Alford retired from the U. S. Postal Service after 36 years as a mail carrier. He served in the U.S. Navy and was a member of the American Legion Post #160 and a member of the Smyrna First Baptist Church.
Surviving are:
Wife – Peggy Alford of Smyrna
2 Daughters – Alice “Bea” Alford Cobble of Athens; Jennifer Alford Matthews of Roswell
2 Sisters – Jennette Rutledge of Smyrna; Betty Harrison of Kennesaw
2 Granddaughters
Those who wish may make contributions to the Smyrna First Baptist Church, 1275 Church Street, Smyrna, GA 30080….
Photo from Georgia Memorial Park, Marietta, Cobb Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Cadmus
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that George J. Alford (SS# issued in AL) was born 28 Jan 1922, last residence Smyrna, Cobb Co., GA.
See the obituaries of his parents, George Jefferson Alford Sr. and Mabel Rebecca Alford Vaughn; and sister Betty Maxine Alford Harrison in this compilation.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: George Jefferson 1922 GA1, George Jefferson 1894 GA2, William Floyd 1837 GA3, William Henry 1811 NC4, Job 1763 NC5, Julius 1717 VA6, James 1687 VA7, John 1645 VA8.
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GEORGE JEFFERSON ALFORD, SR.
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Friday, 25 October 1974
Photo from East View Cemetery, Rome, Floyd Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Pat Millican
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that George Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 17 Apr 1894 and died _____ Oct 1974, last residence Acworth, Cobb Co., GA.
See the obituaries of his wife, Mabel Rebecca Alford Vaughn; children Betty Maxine Alford Harrison and George Jefferson Alford Jr.; and father, William Floyd Alford, in this compilation.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: George Jefferson 1894 GA1, William Floyd 1837 GA2, William Henry 1811 NC3, Job 1763 NC4, Julius 1717 VA5, James 1687 VA6, John 1645 VA7.
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GEORGE W. ALFORD
GEORGIA GENEALOGIST MAGAZINE
Georgia—1921
Included in AAFA ACTION, Fall 1995
The following entry is dated 16 October 1834:
In Macon, George W. Alford of the above-mentioned firm of Smith & Alford. He was a son of Collin Alford of Fayetteville. Had come to Macon a few days before he died, in ill health, and died on the 13th inst., age about 22 years. Member several years of Meth. Church.
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GEORGIA TELEGRAPH
Macon, Bibb Co., GA—Thursday, 16 October 1834
DIED
In this city of bilious Fever, on the 13th inst., George W son of Collin Alford of Fayetteville. He had been an acceptable member of the Methodist E. Church for several years. He observed while sick, he was prepared to die.
AAFA NOTES: See the obituary of his brother John Quincy Adams Alford in this compilation.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: George W. 1812 GA1, Cullen 1775 NC2, James 1741 NC/VA3, Lodwick 1710 VA4, James 1687 VA5, John 1645 VA6.
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GEORGE WASHINGTON ALFORD, JR.
Son of Laura Jolan Piriczky Alford, AAFA #0674
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Sunday, 31 December 2017
George W. Alford, Jr. age 86, passed away December 27, 2017.
He was born March 25, 1931 in Toledo, OH. He graduated from O’Keefe High School and attended Georgia State University. He was a life-long fan of Georgia Tech, which started as a young boy growing up near the Tech campus. While in high school he joined the National Guard, then continued as a Sargeant in the U.S. Air Force. He started to work at Hewett Photography Studios in 1949 and over a 35 year period was instrumental in building one of the top photo labs in the country.
He is survived by his sister Joanne Fuller; 6 children and their spouses: Dionne and Farrell White; George R. Alford; Greg and Rena Alford; Terry and Tina Alford; Adrian and Kerry Thompson; Deidre H. and Mike Wilson; 4 Grandchildren; 4 Great-Grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
He is preceded in death by his parents George and Laura Alford; wife Virginia Haynes Alford; Martha Alford; and grandson Jeremy Alford.
The family would like to express our thanks for the wonderful care and help given by Abbey Hospice, Social Circle, GA. A private service will be held at the National Cemetery in Canton, GA in March 2018. Premiercrematory.net
Photo from Georgia National Cemetery, Canton, Cherokee Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Taken by Find A Grave contributor Bo Bell
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not yet list his death.
See the obituaries of his [second?] wife, Mary Virginia Smith Haynes Alford; and parents, George Washington Alford Sr. and Laura Jolan Piriczky Alford, in this compilation.
From Ohio, Birth Index (Ancestry): George Alford, born 25 March 1931 in OH.
For more information about this family, see AAFA’s published genealogy, Known Descendants of John Alford and Jane McElhattan.
His lineage: George Washington 1931 OH1, George Washington 1906 TN2, Charles Franklin 1865 TN3, Robert Cannon 1816 TN4, John 1786 NC/TN5.
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GEORGE WASHINGTON ALFORD, SR.
Husband of Laura Jolan Piriczky Alford, AAFA #0674
Uncle of Benjamin Franklin Alford Jr., AAFA #0447; and Sarah Nell Harrison McEachern, AAFA #0053
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Monday, 13 February 1984
Photos from Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens, College Park, Fulton Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Harrison
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that George Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 19 July 1906 and died _____ Feb 1984, last residence Snellville, Gwinnett Co., GA.
See the obituaries of his wife, Laura Jolan Piriczky Alford; and son George Washington Alford Jr. in this compilation. We included the obituaries of his father, Charles Franklin Alford; and brothers John James Alford and Robert Cannon Alford in Tennessee Obituaries.
George died before AAFA was established; his wife joined later.
On George Washington Alford’s 1940 WWII Draft Registration Card (Ancestry), he is age 34, living in Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA. He was born 19 July 1906 in Lenoir City, TN, and names his wife, Mrs. George Washington Alford, as his contact. He signed his name “George W. Alford.”
For more information about this family, see AAFA’s published genealogy, Known Descendants of John Alford and Jane McElhattan.
His lineage: George Washington 1906 TN1, Charles Franklin 1865 TN2, Robert Cannon 1816 TN3, John 1786 NC/TN4.
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GEORGE WESLEY ALFORD
Half-Brother of James Wesley Alford Jr., AAFA #0114
Toccoa, Stephens Co., GA—_____ March 2011
Mr. George Wesley Alford, age 104 of 26 Poplar Street, Toccoa, GA passed away Thursday, March 3, 2011 at the Stephens County Hospital.
A son of the late James Wesley and Lula Elizabeth Turner Alford, he was born February 8, 1907 in Ripley [Lauderdale Co.], Tennessee having lived in Maryland for the greater part of his life and having moved to Toccoa in 1993. He retired from the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. He was a member of the Collins Road Baptist Church; he was preceded in death by a grandson Matthew Macy.
Survivors include his wife Mildred Bryant Alford of the home, step-daughter Deborah (Grover) Hallum of Toccoa, step-son Rodger (Erie) Macy of Savannah, GA, grandchildren, Ted (Sarah) Hallum, Tim Hallum, Darrell (Cheryl) Macy, 3 great-grandchildren, half-brother Boyd Alford of Memphis, TN sister, Dorothy Temple of Memphis, TN.
Funeral services will be 2 PM Sunday at the Hillcrest Chapel of the Acree-Davis Funeral Home….
Interment will be in the Toccoa City Cemetery with the Acree-Davis Funeral Home in charge of arrangements for Mr. George Alford.
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ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Athens, Clarke Co., GA—Saturday, 5 March 2011
George Wesley Alford, 104, of Toccoa, died Wednesday March 3, 2011. Services will be 2 p.m. Sunday, March 6, 2011 at the Chapel of Acree-Davis, with interment at Toccoa City Cemetery.
Survivors include wife, Mildred Alford; step- children, Deborah Hallum and Rodger Macy. Acree-Davis Funeral Home, Toccoa, has charge of arrangements.
Photo from Toccoa Cemetery, Toccoa, Stephens Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Theron Rogers
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm the birth and death dates of George Wesley Alford (SS# issued in MD), last residence Toccoa, Stephens Co., GA.
See the obituary of his wife, Mildred Virginia Bryant Alford, in this compilation. We included the obituaries of his (first ?) wife La Belle Futch Alford, in Maryland Obituaries; of his (second ?) wife, Jerry Mattie Futch Alford, in Florida Obituaries; of his half-siblings Dorothy Mae “Dot” Alford Temple and James Wesley Alford Jr.; and stepsister Edna Jessie Davis Alford in Tennessee Obituaries.
From District of Columbia, Marriage Records (Ancestry): La Belle Futch, age 31, married George W. Alford, age 31, on 24 Dec 1936 in DC.
In 1910, Ripley, Lauderdale Co., TN: Wess Alford, age 40; his wife Lula 38; and children: Jim 12, Lilly 10, Lizzie 8, Bertice 6, and George 2. All were born in TN. Wess and Lula were married 17 years, and Lula had 8 children, 5 living.
For more information about this family, see AAFA’s published genealogy, Known Descendants of Bertus Alford b. 1782 GA.
His lineage: George Wesley 1907 TN1, James Wesley 1865 TN2, Burtis 1827 TN3, Burtis 1782 GA4.
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GERMAINE GOODRICH ALVORD
NEW YORK TIMES
New York City, NY—Sunday, 9 June 1907
AUGUSTA, Ga. June 8—Germania Goodrich Alvord died here to-day. For forty-three years he was State Superintendent of the public school system of Illinois. He worked out and instituted the present system of graded schools now in general use all over the United States. Alvord was an intimate associate of Henry Clay, John Calhoun, Jefferson Davis and Carl Schurz. His first visit to Augusta was made sixty-two years ago when he rode through Lexington, Ky., on horseback on a visit to Alexander H. Stephens. He was born in Cazanovia, N.Y., and was graduated at Oswego and Syracuse. He was 84 years old.
AAFA NOTES: He married Katherine Ferguson in 1856 in NY.
From Samuel Morgan Alvord, A Genealogy of the Descendants of Alexander Alvord An Early Settler of Windsor, Conn. and Northampton, Mass. (Webster, NY: A.D. Andrews, Printer, 1908), p. 406:
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #7.
His ALVORD lineage: Germaine Goodrich 1824 NY1, Benjamin 1801 NY2, Ira 1770 MA3, Josiah 1735 MA4, Josiah 1704 MA5, Benjamin 1658 CT6, Alexander 1627 England7, Thomas [ALFORD] 1598 England8.
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GERTRUDE W. ALFORD WILLIAMS
Aunt of James A. Hazelton, AAFA #1147
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Monday, 14 January 1963
Photos from Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Rhonda Brady Rampy
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of her parents, Joseph Sidney Alford and Martha Kell “Mattie” Harris Alford; and siblings Charlotte Dorcas Alford Hazelton and Hilliard James Alford in this compilation.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
Her lineage: Gertrude W. 1873 GA1, Joseph Sidney 1841 GA2, James 1804 GA3, Cullen 1775 NC4, James 1741 NC/VA5, Lodwick 1710 VA6, James 1687 VA7, John 1645 VA8.
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GERTRUDE VERDERY ALFORD
AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
Augusta, Richmond Co., GA—Friday, 19 June 1992
Photo from Westover Memorial Park, Augusta, Richmond Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Dennis W. Cavanaugh
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Gertrude V. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 19 March 1912, last residence Evans, Columbia Co., GA.
See the obituaries of her husband, Roger Wendell Alford; and son Chris Verdery Alford in this compilation.
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GILBERT KELLEY ALFORD
Junior photo, Campus, 1955 yearbook, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—24 September 2001
Mr. Kelley Alford, age 66, of Flowery Branch [Hall Co.], GA, passed away on Sunday, September 23, 2001.
He was the son of the late Carl and Edith Gilbert Alford Sr.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Pamela Hudgins Alford, Flowery Branch, GA; daughters and sons-in-law, Ginn and Tim Smith, Lawrenceville, GA, Edie and Keith Thomas, Lawrenceville, Ellen and Drew Slayton, Lawrenceville, Ashly Alford, Flowery Branch, GA; 7 grandchildren; sister, Ms. Jane Alford, Lawrenceville, GA; several nieces and nephews.
Mr. Alford was a native of Gwinnett County, GA. He attended the Emory University at Oxford and also the Emory University. After college he joined his father in the family business. He founded the Alford Gas Company, which was one of the first self-service gas companies in GA. He served on the Board of Directors of the Brand Banking Company. He was a member of the New Bethany Baptist Church in Buford, GA.
Graveside service will be held on Tuesday, September 25, 2001, at 11:00 a.m. at Shadowlawn Cemetery in Lawrenceville, GA…. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the M.S. Foundation…. Arrangements by Flanigan Funeral Home, Buford, GA….
Photo from Shadowlawn Cemetery, Lawrenceville, Gwinnett Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Valerie C
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Gilbert K. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 26 Oct 1934, last residence Flowery Branch, Hall Co., GA.
See the obituaries of his wife, Pamela Hudgins Alford; and father, Carl Kelley Alford, in this compilation.
From SSACI: Gilbert Kelley Alford was born 26 Oct 1934 in DeKalb Co., GA, son of Carl K. Alford and Edith O. Gilbert.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #4.
His lineage: Gilbert Kelley 1934 GA1, Carl Kelley 1896 GA2, James Alvin 1852 SC3, Joseph 1822 NC4, Lodwick 1802 SC5.
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GLADYS A. ALFORD MARTIN
THE TELEGRAPH
Macon, Bibb Co., GA—Friday, 29 September 2000
SPARTA—Services for Gladys A. Alford Martin will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Knowles Chapel United Methodist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Martin, 76, died Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2000. She was a homemaker and a member of Knowles Chapel United Methodist Church.
Survivors include her children Joyce Smith of Searcy, Ark., Louise Pack of McDonough and Ann Dunn of Sparta; brother and sisters Gene Alford of Milledgeville, Fannie Howe of Griffin and Alice Dunn of Sparta; seven grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today in Moores Funeral Home, Milledgeville. Memorials may be made to Knowles Chapel United Methodist Church.
Photo from Knowles Chapel Church Cemetery, Sparta, Hancock Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Jack Johnson
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Gladys A. Martin (SS# issued in GA) was born 8 June 1924, last residence Sparta, Hancock Co., GA.
See the obituary of her brother Everett Newt Alford in this compilation.
Her Find A Grave memorial identifies her parents: John E. Alford (1899–1964) and Alice Johnson Alford (1904–1967).
From GA Deaths: Alice J. Alford, age 63 white, died 25 July 1967 in Baldwin Co.
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GLADYS ALFORD EVERHARDT
AAFA #0273
THE TELEGRAPH
Macon, Bibb Co., GA—3 December 2002
MACON—Gladys Alford Everhardt, formerly of 3359 Joycliff Road, died Sunday, December 1, 2002, at the Villa’s at College Hill. Funeral Services will be held Wednesday, December 4, 2002, at 2:30PM, at the Joycliff Congregation of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses…. Burial will be private….
Mrs. Everhardt was a member of the Joycliff Congregation of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses. She was a homemaker in Macon for over 50 years.
Mrs. Everhardt was preceded in death by her husband, William Franklin Everhardt; Parents, William Gordon and Reba Willoughby Alford and her granddaughter, Lisa Redd Thomas.
Survivors: Daughter, Janet E. Windham and her husband Charles A. Windham of Macon; Son, Danny R. Everhardt and his wife Elaine T. Everhardt of Macon; Granddaughters, Ashley R. Maddox and her husband Christopher W. Maddox of Warner Robins and Brooke E. Stafford and her husband John B. Stafford of Juliette; Grandsons, Dana W. Redd of Macon, Brandon K. Everhardt and his wife Kelly B. Everhardt of Belforte, Italy, and Franklin E. Bates of Macon; 6 Great grandchildren; Sisters, Grace A. Herring and Bernice A. Summerlin of Dillon, SC; Brother, John Carlie Alford of Dillon, SC; Sister, Juanice A. Terry of Florence, SC; Brother, Malcolm H. Alford of Myrtle Beach, SC.
Hart’s Mortuary has charge of arrangements.
Photo from Middle Georgia Memory Gardens, Jones Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Kelby
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Gladys A. Everhardt (SS# issued in SC) was born 22 June 1924, last residence Macon, Bibb Co., GA.
We included the obituaries of her parents, William Gordon Alford and Reba Willoughby Alford; siblings Bernice Alford Summerlin, Grace Alford Herring, and John Carlie Alford; and half-sister Mary Jeannette Alford Kirton Cannon in South Carolina Obituaries; and of her brother Malcolm Hershel Alford in Michigan Obituaries.
For more information about this family, see AAFA’s published genealogy, Descendants of William Alford of Horry Co., SC, b. about 1760.
Her lineage: Gladys1924 SC1, William Gordon 1899 SC2, Joseph Preston 1877 SC3, Arnold Bethel 1844 SC4, Daniel William “Duke” 1819 SC5, John B. 1780 NC6, William 1760 NC7.
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GLADYS ALFORD MORRIS
Greensboro, Greene Co., GA—_____ December 2019
Gladys Alford Morris of Greensboro, GA passed away on Saturday, December 28, 2019 at Gaines Park Senior Living in Kennesaw, GA. She was 91.
She was born on June 13, 1928 in Bartow, GA to the late Charlie Watson Alford and Alice Elizabeth Smith Alford. She graduated from high school in Jefferson County. Gladys married Ruel Irving Morris, Jr. on December 14, 1952, and they made their home in Greensboro. She was a devoted wife and mother, raising two children, Cindy and Irving. For much of her life she was an active member of the First United Methodist Church of Greensboro. She was an excellent cook, and loved shopping, reading, and playing golf and cards with her many friends.
She is survived by a daughter Cindy Morris Hogan and her husband Ron of Marietta, GA; a son, Ruel Irving Morris III and his wife Libba of Dunwoody, GA; five grandchildren, Blake Hogan and his wife Laurie, Jessica Daniels and her husband Brady, Ben Morris, Katherine Morris and Gracie Morris; five great grandchildren; Olivia Hogan and Henry, Kellan, Caleb and Julianna Daniels; two sisters, Anola Wildes and her twin sister, Grace Burch; and a number of other relatives and friends.
In addition to her husband, Ruel Morris, she was preceded in death by her siblings, Lewis Alford, Jessie Alford, Lynwood Alford, Essie Clark, Mary Clark, and Christine Norman.
Graveside services will be held on Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at Greenview Cemetery, Memorial Drive, Greensboro…. McCommons Funeral Home … is in charge of arrangements….
Photo from Greenview Cemetery, Greensboro, Greene Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, T. F. Hatfield
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not yet list her death.
See the obituaries of her parents, Charles Watson Alford and Elizabeth “Lizzie” Smith Alford; and siblings Charles Lewis Alford, Essie Mae Alford Clark, and James Lynwood Alford in this compilation.
Her lineage: Gladys 1928 GA1, Charles Watson 1892 GA2, Charles Thomas 1856 GA3.
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GLADYS O’DELL JOHNSON GRIMM ALFORD
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Wednesday, 12 April 1989
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Gladys O. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 28 Dec 1912, last residence not listed.
See the obituaries of her second husband, Kenneth Oscar Alford; and son Charles Richard “Chuck” Grimm Alford in this compilation.
First marriage:
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Saturday, 3 December 1932
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Tuesday, 3 January 1933
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GLEN BURIS HALLFORD
TOCCOA RECORD
Toccoa, Stephens Co., GA—Thursday, 18 August 1994
Funeral for Glenn B. Hallford, 59, of Tucker, formerly of Toccoa, was to have been 11 a.m. yesterday. He died Monday, Aug. 15.
Born in Stephens County, he was a son of Eva Hallford of Toccoa and the late Wallace Porter Hallford. He was a member of Mt. Paran Church of God and owned and operated the Hurt Building Barber and Style Shop. Most recently, he co-owned and operated the Healey Building Barber and Style Shop in Atlanta.
Survivors in addition to his mother include his wife, Doris Westmoreland Hallford of the home; a son, Steven G. Hallford of Tucker; a daughter, Deborah L. DeLoach of Duluth; three brothers, Paul Hallford, William J. Hallford, both of Toccoa, and Kenneth Hallford of Hixson, Tenn., and three sisters, Ann Clark of Lawrenceville, Gladys Fulbright of Toccoa, and Doris Jackson of Royston.
Funeral was at the Bill Head Funeral Home Lilburn/Tucker Chapel…. Burial was at 3 p.m. in Stephens Memorial Gardens in Toccoa.
Announcement courtesy of Whitlock Mortuary.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Glen B. Hallford (SS# issued in GA) was born 23 Aug 1934, last residence not listed.
His name is spelled Glenn in the obituary but Glen in SSDI records.
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GLENNIS PEARL ALFORD WIGGINS LANIER
MORNING NEWS
Savannah, Chatham Co., GA—Saturday, 1 September 2001
CLAXTON—Glennis Pearl Wiggins Lanier, 61, died Aug. 30 in Bulloch County.
The Bryan County native lived in Evans County for a number of years before moving to Metter, and had lived in Statesboro the past 10 years. She was a Baptist and a retired floral designer.]
SURVIVORS: three sons, The Rev. David Wiggins of Dry Ridge, Ky., Jeffery Wiggins of Hagan, and Jerry Wiggins of Claxton; a daughter, Pat Williams of Claxton; three brothers, Homer Alford of Jeffersonville, Oscar Alford of Warner Robins and Alphus Alford of Naknak, Alaska; six sisters, Jessie DeLoach of Claxton, Lois Harper and Margie Clifton, both of Byron, Lora Hinely of Bloomingdale, Julia Thompson of Faulkville and Juanita Derrick of Georgetown, S.C.; seven grandchildren and several nieces and nephews….
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Sunday at J. Mellie NeSmith Funeral Home, burial in Bull Creek Cemetery….
Photo from Bull Creek Cemetery, Claxton, Evans Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Janice Teston Cathcart
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Glennis Lanier (SS# issued in GA) was born 31 March 1940, last residence Statesboro, Bulloch Co., GA.
See the obituaries of brother Harold Elliott Alford in this compilation. We included the obituaries of her brother Homer Deweese Alford in Florida Obituaries; and of her sister Juanita Odessa Alford Freeman in South Carolina Obituaries.
For more information about this family, see AAFA’s published genealogy, Descendants of Arthur Alford & Clarky Sarvis.
Her lineage: Glennis Pearl 1940 GA1, David Nedium 1895 SC2, Harrison 1843 SC3, Arthur 1803 SC4, Arthur 1775 SC5.
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GORDON LEE ALFORD, SR.
THE TIMES-HERALD
Newnan, Coweta Co., GA—Wednesday, 5 October 2005
A New Life Celebration for Gordon Lee “Snake” Alford will be held Thursday, Oct. 6, 2005 at 11 a.m. from the Zion Hill Baptist Church…. Interment in the Eastview Cemetery. The nephews will serve as pallbearers.
Gordon Lee Alford was born Dec. 27, 1928, to the late Mr. and Mrs. Willie Alford in Newnan, Ga. He was the sixth child of 15 children. Gordon was united in marriage to Grace Morgan, and to this union two were born.
Survivors: wife Grace Alford; daughter and son-in-law, Gwendolyn and Clarence Curry, all of Tustin, California; sons, Gordon Alford Jr., Major Alford; sisters, Mary Elder, Helen Johnson, Lucille Alford, Margaret Riley; brothers, Johnny Alford, Cleveland, Bobby Lee Alford; daughter-in-law, Ona Lee Alford; grandchildren, Gwendolyn Zackery, Nichelle, Reginald, Ebone, Jonathan Curry of Tustin, California; numerous great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and relatives and friends.
The cortege will assemble on the day of the service at the residence at 20 Hampton Place, Newnan, at 10 a.m. Final arrangements entrusted to Sellers-Smith Funeral Home Inc.
Photo from Eastview Cemetery, East Newnan, Coweta Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, dora brown
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Gordon L. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 27 Dec 1928 and died 29 Sept 2005, last residence Newnan, Coweta Co., GA.
See the obituary of his brother Paul E. Alford in this compilation.
From SSACI: Gordon Lee Alford, black, was born 22 Dec 1928 [different than gravestone and SSDI] in Newnan, Coweta Co., GA, son of Willie Alford and Millie Winston.
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GRACE E. TROPF ALFORD
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Athens, Clarke Co., GA—25 September 1999
Included in AAFA ACTION, Winter 2000
TOCCOA FALLS—Grace E. Tropf Alford, 69, died Thursday, Sept. 23, 1999.
A native of Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Alford was a daughter of the late Rev. Henry and Clara Tropf. She attended Nyack College, Nyack, N.Y. She was a former missionary and was the wife of Toccoa Falls [GA] College President, Dr. Paul L. Alford, D.D.
From 1956-61 she served with her husband as a missionary to Ecuador, South America with the Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA), where she worked in children’s and women’s ministries. She was the first secretary for the Jaffrey School of Missions, now known as Alliance Theological Seminary. She served on the Executive Committee of the district Women’s Fellowship. In 1979 she came to Toccoa Falls College with her husband.
She was a member of the Toccoa Women’s Club and of First Alliance Church, Toccoa. She worked with the Student Wives Association, the TFC Ladies Auxiliary, the Gate Cottage Gift Shop, Board of Trustee wives, President’s Advisory Council wives, and Toccoa Falls College Foundation wives.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Lois DeLany Gymnatorium on the campus of Toccoa Falls College. Burial will be in Toccoa Falls College cemetery.
Survivors, in addition to her husband, include two daughters, Rebecca Grace Zuch, Fredrick, Md., and Sharon Ann Crosby, Toccoa; a sister, Ruth Tropf Linton; three brothers, Jerry Tropf, Paul Tropf and Gordon Tropf; and six grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Grace E. Alford Memorial Scholarship Fund at Toccoa Falls College.
The family will receive friends from 3-5 p.m. Sunday and from 6-9 p.m. Monday at Whitlock Mortuary.
Photo from Toccoa Falls College Cemetery, Toccoa Falls, Stephens Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Taken by Find A Grave contributor Linda Burton-Knott
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Grace E. Alford (SS# issued in OH) was born 5 Aug 1930, last residence Toccoa, Stephens Co., GA.
We included the obituaries of her husband’s siblings Coline Elizabeth Alford and Lewis Emerson Alford Jr. in Florida Obituaries.
Paul Legare Alford, who is the surviving spouse in this obituary, is a son of Lewis Emerson Alford. Long time Alford researchers will remember him, a CPA in Tampa, FL. For years he had a standing offer of $50 for anyone who could provide him information on the parents of 2nd great grandfather of Horry Co., SC. He corresponded in the 1980s with Alicia Houston and Gil Alford, providing most of his Alford collection before his death to what was to become AAFA.
For more information about this family, see AAFA’s published genealogy, Descendants of Arthur Alford & Clarky Sarvis.
Her husband’s lineage: Paul Legare 1930 FL1, Lewis Emerson 1900 SC2, Joseph Whiteford 1877 SC3, Harrison 1843 SC4, Arthur 1803 SC5, Arthur 1775 SC6.
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GRACE ROGERS ALFORD
DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS
Cartersville, GA—1 March 2001
Grace Rogers Alford, 86, of Maple Ridge Drive, Cartersville, died Monday, Feb. 26, 2001.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, March 3, 2001 at 11 a.m. from the chapel of Owen Funeral Home….
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the American Lung Association.
Owen Funeral Home, 12 Collins Drive, Cartersville, is in charge of the arrangements.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Grace R. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 25 Feb 1915, last residence Acworth, Cobb Co., GA.
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GRACIE HANNAH ALFORD WILLIAMS
Bennettsville, Marlboro Co., SC—_____ April 2013
Gracie Hannah Alford was born on October 1, 1959 in Clio, SC, to Clinton Lee and Louise Alford. She departed this life on April 3, 2013, at Kennestone Hospital, Marietta Ga.
Gracie H. Alford was educated in Marlboro County Public Schools. She was a 1977 graduate of Clio High School. On February 15, 1981, she joined the United States Army and served for thirteen years until she was medically discharged in 1995. She later worked approximately nine years at the United States Post office in Fayetteville NC until she medically retired. She was also a member of The American Legion of Clio Post 265.
She was formerly married to Lynn Williams, Jr. and from that union they were blessed with two daughters.
In her youth she accepted Christ as her personal Savior and joined the Reedy Branch Baptist Church. She wholly re-dedicated her life to the Lord in June 2011. As a result, she developed a more intimate and personal relationship with God, which sustained her throughout her condition.
One sister, Deborah Alford, preceded her in death.
Left to cherish her memories: her beautiful parents Clinton Lee and Louise Alford of the home; two wonderful daughters, Dionza (Steve) McPherson of Atlanta, GA, Renata Williams of Raleigh NC; four adorable grandchildren, Jaylen McPherson, Justice McNeil, Dylan McPherson and Paige McPherson; Six loving sisters; Annie McCollum, Minister Peggy Johnson, Sandra Alford, Mary McPhatter, Jennifer (Olonzo) Bridges, Wanda (Quinn) Thomas; four dedicated brothers, Clinton (Louise) Alford III, Willie Alford, Thomas (Elizabeth) Alford and Tony Alford; one great-aunt, seven aunts, two uncles and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends….
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not list her death.
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GRADY SAMUEL ALFORD
Granduncle of Robert Douglas Alford, AAFA #0197
Ethel and Grady Alford
Photo from Alice Wilson Alford’s Wilson/Alford Family Tree (Ancestry) - used with permission
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Wednesday, 14 February 1973
Services for Grady Samuel Alford, 80, of 1309 Park Ave, SE, Apt. A, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Donehoo’s chapel, burial in College Park Cemetery.
Mr. Alford, a retired painter, died Tuesday [February 13].
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Ethel Mitchell Alford; daughters, Mrs. Ethel Adams, Mrs. Wilda Bryson, Mrs. H.A. Parker and Mrs. Toney Sherman, all of Atlanta, Mrs. Avery Brantley of Riverdale and Mrs. Jimmy Scott of Jonesboro, and sons, James Alford of Atlanta, Robert Alford of Sandy Springs and Richard Alford of Forest Park.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Grady Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 23 Sept 1892 and died _____ Feb 1973, last residence Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA.
See the obituaries of his wife, Ethel Pearl Mitchell Alford; children Ethel Laura Alford Scott, Richard Arnold Alford, Robert Lee Alford, and Susie Mae Alford Scott; father, Henry Lee Alford; sister Nora Elizabeth Alford Renfroe; and half-brother Dallas Thurmon “Bud” Alford in this compilation. We included the obituary of his brother Clarence Etheridge “Clement” Alford in Alabama Obituaries.
Grady was the son of Henry Lee Alford and his first wife, Nannie Kendrick Alford.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: Grady Samuel 1893 GA1, Henry Lee 1863 GA2, William Benjamin 1825 GA3, William 1794 NC4, Kinchen 1768 NC5, Lodwick 1710 VA6, James 1687 VA7, John 1645 VA8.
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GREEN FLOYD ALFORD, JR.
Father of Mary Mays Alford Faulk, AAFA #0342
Grandfather of Laurie Alford Faulk Montgomery, AAFA #0760
Photo from AAFA files
ALBANY HERALD
Albany, Dougherty Co., GA—30 December 1986
Included in AAFA ACTION, September 1991
A service in memory of G. Floyd Alford, Jr., 83, of 2412 Radium Springs Road, who died Tuesday, will be conducted Wednesday at 11 a.m. at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. The remains were cremated.
Mr. Alford was a native of Sylvester and had resided in Albany 63 years. He was a member of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church and was the former owner of Hotel Charlotte Harbor at Punta Gorda, Fla., and the Lido Biltmore Club at Sarasota, Fla.
He was manager of Harbor Point Club at Harbor Springs, Mich., and Bald Peak Colony Club at Melvin Village, N.H., and was formerly manager of Radium Springs Country Club and Radium Springs Casino, both near Albany.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Mays Alford of Albany; a daughter, Mrs. Frank (Mary) Faulk Jr. of Albany; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. Kimbrell-Stern is in charge of arrangements.
Photo from Riverside Cemetery, Albany, Dougherty Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Brenda Arnett Darbyshire
Dates inscribed: Nov 4, 1903 | Dec. 29, 1986
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Green Alford (SS# issued in FL) was born 4 Nov 1903 and died _____ Dec 1986, last residence Albany, Dougherty Co., GA.
See the obituary of his father, Green Floyd Alford Sr., in this compilation.
Lodwick Alford, AAFA #0011 and first cousin once removed, wrote the following:
Green Floyd Alford, Jr. of Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, died 30 December 1986. He was born in Sylvester in adjoining Worth County on 3 November 1903, the eldest son of Green Floyd Alford, Sr., and Emily Claude (Gibson) Alford.
Mr. Alford was a grandson of the late Columbus Augustine Alford, prominent mover, shaker, and innovator of southwest Georgia, universally recognized and respected in his section as a nation builder and truly a “giant” of industry and development….
Green Floyd Alford, Jr. received his education in the public schools of Worth Co., GA, and at Mercer University in Macon, GA. At an early age he sought employment in the resort hotel industry and rose rapidly in his profession. Although Mr. Alford referred to himself as a “lowly innkeeper,” he too was a “giant” of the resort hotel industry and was the very embodiment of the finest traditions of southern hospitality.
Mr. Alford married Mary Crawford Mays on 29 Nov 1927 in Albany, GA.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #3.
His lineage: Green Floyd 1903 GA1, Green Floyd 1879 GA2, Columbus Augustine 1850 NC3, Green Haywood 1820 NC4, Green about 1787 NC5, James Lodwick 1749 NC6.
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GREEN FLOYD ALFORD, SR.
Grandfather of Mary Mays Alford Faulk, AAFA #0342
Great-Grandfather of Laurie Alford Faulk Montgomery, AAFA #0760
SYLVESTER LOCAL
Sylvester, Worth Co., GA—Thursday, 8 July 1943
Photo from Hillcrest Cemetery, Sylvester, Worth Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Brenda Arnett Darbyshire
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of his son Green Floyd Alford Jr.; father, Columbus Augustine Alford Sr.; and half-siblings Columbus Augustine Alford Jr., Frances Eugenia “Frankie” Alford Westberry, and Jeannie Helen Alford Mann in this compilation.We included the obituary of his half-sister Bennie Love Alford Westberry in Florida Obituaries.
Green was the son of Columbus Augustine Alford Sr. and his first wife, Martha A. Sumner Alford.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #3.
His lineage: Green Floyd 1879 GA1, Columbus Augustine 1850 NC2, Green Haywood 1820 NC3, Green about 1787 NC4, James Lodwick 1749 NC5.
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GREGORY WAYNE ALFORD, SR.
TAMPA TRIBUNE
Tampa, Hillsborough Co., FL—Thursday, 3 December 1992
Gregory W. Alford Sr., 39, of Moultrie, Ga., died Sunday [November 29] in Moultrie.
A native of Tampa, he moved to Moultrie from Tampa five years ago. He was a member of St. Peter Claver Catholic Church.
He is survived by his wife, Ruby; one daughter, Kendra of Tampa; two sons, Gregory Jr. and Marquis, both of Tampa; his mother, Constance Jackson of Tampa; his father, Grant McCray of St. Petersburg; five sisters, Brenda King of Fredericksburg, Va., Rosebud Turner of Charlotte, N.C., and Candice Jackson, Erma McCray and Evette McCray; one brother, Grant McCray Jr. of St. Petersburg; and his grandmother, Arlene McCray of St. Petersburg.
Ray Williams Funeral Home.
Photo from Rest Haven Memorial Park, Tampa, Hillsborough Co., FL—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Susan Royal Jones
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that G.W. Alford (SS# issued in FL) was born ,17 June 1953 and died 15 Nov 1992 [different than gravestone and obituary], last residence Moultrie, Colquitt Co., GA.
From GA Deaths: Gregory W. Alford, age 39, black, died 29 Nov 1992 in Colquitt Co.
From SSACI: Gregory Wayne Alford, black, was born 17 June 1953 in Daytona, FL.
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GRETCHEN LEONARD DYESS HALFORD
DAILY NEWS
Douglas, Coffee Co., GA—Tuesday, 29 November 2005
DOUGLAS—Mrs. Gretchen Leonard Dyess Halford, age 96 of Douglas, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 22, at Southern Senior Living Retirement Home.
Mrs. Halford, a native of Coffee County, Alabama, was born Sept. 12, 1909, daughter of the late William Leonard and Callie Fowler Dyess. She was a homemaker and a sales clerk. She is the widow of the late Julian Lagar Halford. Her church membership was at Douglas Eastside Baptist Church. A step-daughter, Claudia Robinson, preceded her in death.
Survivors include: daughter, Derenne McKinnon and husband Woody of Douglas step-daughters, Virginia Matrangos of Atlanta, Marjorie Cochran of Jupiter, Fla., and Verda Fleming of Jacksonville, Fla.; step-son, Vernon Thompson of Palatka, Fla.; grandchildren, Wayne and Lynn McKinnon, Steve McKinnon, and Cheryl and Paul Darwin, all of Douglas; great-grandchildren, Amanda Beasley, Courtney Darwin, Brittany Darwin, Ty Darwin, Monica McKinnon and Clay McKinnon.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m., Friday, Nov. 25, in Sims Funeral Home Chapel.... Burial followed in the Satilla Gardens Cemetery near Douglas.
Active pallbearers were: Don Harper, George Spell, Cleve Ragsdale, Joey Webster, Danny Ware and Edward Streat and Derrel Carter....
Sims Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm the birth and death dates of Gretchen L. Halford (SS# issued in FL), last residence Douglas, Coffee Co., GA.
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GUY ALFORD
From Wyoming State Tribune, Cheyenne, WY, 13 May 1943
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Monday, 29 September 1952
Funeral services for Mr. Guy Alford will be held today (Monday) at 11 o’clock at Westview Abbey Chapel…. Entombment, Westview Abbey. Peachtree Chapel.
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of his wife, Olive Lee Holliman Alford; and son Winston Holiman Alford in this compilation.
Guy Alford was an early Alford researcher. His son Winston’s wife Evelyn donated his work to AAFA: Guy Alford, 1890–1952, And His Work.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: Guy 1890 GA1, Lorenzo Dow 1857 GA2, William Benjamin 1825 GA3, William 1794 NC4, Kinchen 1768 NC5, Lodwick 1710 VA6, James 1687 VA7, John 1645 VA8.
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HARDMAN TALMADGE ALFORD, JR.
Brother of Hubert Lee Alford, AAFA #0626
Half-brother of Nealy Preston Alford, AAFA #0565
Uncle of Jackie Scott Alford, AAFA #0602
GADSDEN TIMES
Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL—Sunday, 17 January 2016
Mr. Hardman Talmadge Alford, 82, of Rome, Ga., passed away at his residence Friday, Jan. 15, 2016.
Mr. Alford was born in Hokes Bluff on May 16, 1933. He was the son of the late Hardman Talmadge Alford Sr. and Rhoda Ann Spinks Alford. He was also preceded in death by five brothers, Louis Alford, Hubert Alford, Talmadge Alford, Nealey Alford and Edsel Alford; and one sister, Nell Marie Gabbard.
He grew up in Hokes Bluff and played baseball on different farm teams throughout that area. After moving to Cincinnati, Ohio, he was even able to practice some with the Cincinnati Reds, which he enjoyed. He traveled to many parts of the country where he competed in drag racing. He started a dry-wall company named HT Alford Construction Company. He enjoyed wood-working, building furniture, working diligently in his flower gardens, and he especially loved working with Glenda doing yard-work and building fish ponds in their yard.
Survivors include his wife, Glenda Hurst Alford, of Rome, Ga., to whom he was married for 34 years; one brother, Jack Alford (Beth) of Centre; one sister, Margie White (Arizona) of Hampton, Va.; one stepson, Edmond Lane (Susan) of Chelsea; one stepdaughter, Lisa Lane of Birmingham; sisters-in-law, Nelda Alford and Sarah Alford Toole; four grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and a number of nieces and nephews also survive.
Services for Mr. Alford will be conducted Monday in the Thomas B. Griffin Memorial Chapel of Daniel’s Funeral Home, Rome, Ga., at 1 p.m…. Interment will follow the service in New Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery on Prior Station Road in Cedartown, Ga.
Those serving as pallbearers are Richard Carter Sr., Richard Carter Jr., Charlie Alford, Keith Bullard, Caleb Kitchens and Billy Gabbard.
Flowers will be accepted or memorial contributions may be made to Pisgah Baptist Church Building Fund, 5603 Alabama Highway SW, Rome, GA….
Photos from New Harmony Cemetery, Cedartown, Polk Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Melvin Woodruff
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not yet list his death.
See the obituary of his half-sister Nell Marie Alford Gabbard in this compilation. We included the obituaries of his parents, Hardman Talmadge Alford Sr. and Annie Rhoda Spinks Alford; brothers Hubert Lee “Herb” Alford and William Louis “Groucho” Alford; and half-brother Talmadge Howelton Alford in Alabama Obituaries.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #2.
His lineage: Hardman Talmadge 1933 AL1, Hardman Talmadge 1898 AL2, William J. 1862 AL3, Jefferson J. 1812 GA/TN4, Baldy 1784 NC5, Isham 1755 NC6.
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HAROLD BROOKS ALFORD
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Friday, 18 June 1954
Photo from Northview Cemetery, Hartwell, Hart Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Robert E. Barbi
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of his parents, Angus Notley Alford Sr. and Arlie Fisher Alford; and brothers Angus Notley Alford Jr. and Owen Judson Alford in this compilation.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #4.
His lineage: Harold Brooks 1894 GA1, Angus Notley 1861 GA2, James Berry 1841 NC3, Lodwick 1802 SC4.
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HAROLD ELLIOTT ALFORD
MORNING NEWS
Savannah, Chatham Co., GA—19 April 2000
PEMBROKE—Harold Elliott Alford, 76, died April 17. Services were held on Thursday at McLamb-Morrison Funeral Home with burial in Northside City Cemetery in Pembroke.
He was a native of Bryan County and retired from the Air Force with 20 years of service. He also retired from civil service at Fort Stewart, where he was a truck driver. He was a Vietnam veteran and a member of American Legion Post #164 and Pembroke Advent Christian Church.
Survivors include his wife, Laverne Bradley Alford of Pembroke, daughters, Debra A. Taylor and Nancy A. Gill, both of Savannah, sisters, Pearl Lanier of Statesboro, Jessie A. DeLoach of Claxton, Lora A. Hinely of Pooler, Julia A. Thompson of Bloomingdale, Juanita A. Freeman of Georgetown, and Margie A. Clifton and Lois A. Harper, both of Byron, brothers, Homer Alford of Cochran, Oscar Alford of Warner Robins, and Alphice Alford of Naknek, Alaska, three grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
Photos from Northside Cemetery, Pembroke, Bryan Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Taken by Find A Grave contributor nu2ga
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Harold E. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 9 Oct 1923, last residence Pembroke, Bryan Co.
See the obituaries of his wife, Laverne Bradley Alford; and sister Glennis Pearl Alford Wiggins Lanier in this compilation. We included the obituaries of his brother Homer Deweese Alford in Florida Obituaries; and of his sister Juanita Odessa Alford Freeman in South Carolina Obituaries.
His father’s name is David Nedium Alford on his gravestone, and David Neidum Alford on his SSACI record, but AAFA records show him as David Needham.
For more information about this family, see AAFA’s published genealogy, Descendants of Arthur Alford & Clarky Sarvis.
His lineage: Harold Elliott 1923 GA1, David Nedium 1895 SC2, Harrison 1843 SC3, Arthur 1803 SC4, Arthur 1775 SC5.
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HAROLD SAMUEL ALFORD
Rome, Floyd Co., GA—_____ June 2021
Harold Samuel Alford was born November 5, 1941, to Emmette and Susie Alford in Wilkes County, Georgia and passed away on June 29, 2021.
Harold was preceded in death by both of his parents, his sisters, Carolyn Alford and Linda Ashby, his brother, Howard Alford, and recently his devoted wife, Patricia Alford, who he lovingly called his “Little Woman”.
Harold is survived by his two sons, Sam McElveen (Debbie) and Dan McElveen (Michelle), his grandchildren, Trey McElveen (Amy), Katie Beth Wacker (Stephen), Zack McElveen, and Leah McElveen. He is also survived by his great grandchildren, Hudson and Lorelei McElveen, and his sister, Violet Alford Harris.
Harold was a sweet-natured and kind-hearted man who, according to many who love him, gave the best hugs! He was retired from Amoco Fabrics and Fibers. Harold enjoyed vacationing in the mountains with his family and watching NASCAR and the Braves. There was nothing he loved more than his family.
He fell in love with Pat and eagerly stepped into the role of husband to her and father figure to her two young sons. He was a wonderful dad to them, and his family loves him and will miss him greatly.
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, July 10, 2021, at 2pm in the Chapel at Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, North Chapel….
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not yet list his death.
See the obituaries of his wife, Patricia Alene Nesbitt Mcelveen Alford; father, William Emmett Alford; and sister Carolyn Christine Alford in this compilation.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: Howard Samuel 1941 GA1, William Emmett 1908 GA2, William Thomas 1884 GA3, Elisha H. 1856 GA4, John Allen 1815 GA5, William 1794 NC6, Kinchen 1768 NC7, Lodwick 1710 VA8, James 1687 VA9, John 1645 VA10.
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HAZEL ALFORD SLAUGHTER
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Friday, 1 January 2010
Hazel Alford Slaughter, Redan, GA., died December 31, 2009.
She is survived by son and daughter-in-law, Paul and Annette Slaughter of Stone Mountain, 5 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren, sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews.
Funeral service will be held Saturday January 2, 2010 at 3:00 pm at Wages and Sons Stone Mountain chapel … private family interment will follow at Redan Cemetery….
Photo from Redan Community Cemetery, Redan, DeKalb Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Bud
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Hazel A. Slaughter (SS# issued in GA) was born 20 Nov 1913, last residence Stone Mountain, DeKalb Co., GA.
See the obituaries of her parents, John Oscar Alford Sr. and Alice A. Watson Alford; and brothers James Watson Alford and John Oscar Alford Jr. in this compilation.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #2.
Her lineage: Hazel 1913 GA1, John Oscar 1866 GA2, John T. 1831 GA3, Bynum 1787 GA4, Isham 1755 NC5.
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HELEN ALFORD
THE TELEGRAPH
Macon, Bibb Co., GA—Tuesday, 17 January 1995
Photo from Pine Grove CME Church Cemetery, Forsyth, Monroe Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Lisa G
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Helen Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 24 May 1943, last residence Culloden, Monroe Co., GA.
See the obituaries of her parents, Clifford Alford and Inez Rutland Alford, in this compilation.
From SSACI: Helen Alford, black, was born 24 May 1943 in Forsyth, Monroe Co., GA, and died 15 Jan 1995.
Her lineage: Helen 1943 GA1, Clifford 1917 GA2, George 1875 GA3.
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HELEN BATTISTE ALFRED
MORNING NEWS
Savannah, Chatham Co., GA—29 September 2015
SAVANNAH—Helen Battiste Alfred was summoned by her Heavenly Father on Friday, September 25, 2015 at 1:00 a.m. In celebration of her life, viewing will be held on Wednesday, September 30, 2015 between the hours of 9-11 a.m. proceeded by funeral services at 11:00 a.m. at Fairhaven Funeral Home, Hubert C. Baker Chapel. Interment: Magnolia Memorial Gardens in Savannah.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not yet list her death.
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HELEN CLARICE MILLER ALFORD
COLUMBUS LEDGER-ENQUIRER
Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA—Tuesday, 7 August 2001
Alford, Helen Clarice Miller, 88, Ellerslie, Ga., died Sunday [August 5]. Cox Funeral Home, Hamilton, Ga.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Clarice M. Alford (SS# issued in TX) was born 25 Dec 1912, last residence Ellerslie, Harris Co., GA.
See the obituaries of her son, William Myrick Alford Jr.; sister-in-law Annie Laurie Alford Psalmonds; and brothers-in-law Robert Seals Alford and Ted Lincoln Alford in this compilation.
Her full name is from her son William’s birth record.
Clarice’s death is noted in the University of Georgia’s Class Notes. She graduated in 1935 with a BS in Home Economics.
From CorporationWiki.com:
Incorporated by Alford, W.M., Alford, Clarice M., Alford, Seals M., Alford Construction Company is located at RR 1 Box 41 Ellerslie, GA 31807. Alford Construction Company was incorporated on Saturday, April 11, 1959 in the State of FL and is currently not active. Mock, Geatrve represents Alford Construction Company as their registered agent.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #5.
Her husband’s lineage: William Myrick 1914 GA1, Seals Myrick 1895 GA2, Warren Jackson 1851 GA3, Pierce Lewis 1829 GA4, Peyton 1788 NC5, James Lodwick 1749 NC6.
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HELEN ELIZABETH WILBANKS ALFORD
rome news-tribune
Rome, Floyd Co., GA—Thursday, 29 January 2004
Mrs. Helen Elizabeth Alford, age 87, of 26 Locust Street, the Celanese Village, Rome, GA, died Wednesday morning, January 28, 2004, at a local hospital following an extended illness.
Mrs. Alford was born in Murray County April 13, 1916, daughter of the late James Alfred and Adeline Cox Wilbanks, but had spent the greater part of her life in the Celanese Village. She was a member of the Riverside Baptist Church and for over 50 years, prior to her retirement, was an Avon representative. She enjoyed talking on the phone, cooking, gardening, reading, keeping up with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and watching the Atlanta Braves. She was married to Jim Edwin Alford Feb. 18, 1939 and he preceded her in death Dec. 10, 1974.
Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Elizabeth and Don Wells of Grayson and Lynn and Stephen Kerkhof of Huntsville, Ala.; one son and daughter-in-law, Jim and Sue Alford of Rome; three brothers, Edwin, John, and Harry Wilbanks all of Chatsworth; one sister, Martha Sue Ridley of Chatsworth; grandchildren; Kimberly and Jim Gaster, Kendall and Scott Keesling, Jason and Tera Alford, Kacey Wells, Wade Alford, Blair Alford, Amanda, Lacy, Suzanne and Meredith Kerkhof; great-grandchildren, Griffin and Moly Keesling, Lainey and Liza Gaster, and Kaylee Alford. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
Funeral services for Mrs. Helen Elizabeth Alford will be held at 11 a.m. Friday from the graveside of the East View Cemetery….
The Heritage Chapel of Jennings Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements for the services of Mrs. Helen Elizabeth Alford.
Photo from East View Cemetery, Rome, Floyd Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Pat Millican
Photo posted 9 Dec 2011
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm the birth and death dates of Helen W. Alford (SS# issued in GA), last residence Rome, Floyd Co., GA.
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HELEN JOYCE ALFORD QUEEN
Sister of James Warren Alford, AAFA #0375
Helen Joyce Alford and Ralph Edward Queen
Joyce and her granddaughter Robin Mims
Photos from son Tom Queen – used with permission
COLUMBUS LEDGER-ENQUIRER
Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA—Wednesday, 27 October 2010
COLUMBUS, GA—Helen Joyce Alford Queen, 81 of Columbus died Saturday, October 23, 2010 at Morningside Assisted Living. Funeral services will be held at 11 A.M., Thursday, October 28, 2010 at McMullen Funeral Home Chapel, 3874 Gentian Blvd., Columbus, GA…. A private interment will be held in Parkhill Cemetery….
Mrs. Queen was born in her parent’s home in Columbus, GA on September 9, 1929. She was the daughter of the late Lois Shirey Alford and Emmett Hoyt Alford. She attended Columbus public schools and graduated in 1946 from Jordan Vocational High School. She attended Georgia State Women’s College. She lived in Virginia, Germany and Hawaii during her late husband’s time in the US Army. In 1988, she retired from the US Government/Department of the Army with her last assignment being at the US Army Infantry School at Fort Benning, GA. She was a member of local ABWA and NARFE chapters, and Georgia Chapter of the American Parkinson Disease Association. She was a longtime member of Sherwood United Methodist Church where she was married and once taught Sunday School. She loved to trout fish on Rock Creek and loved to visit the mountains.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Ralph Edward Queen, sisters, Dorothy Alford Hoyt, Patricia Cheney and brother, James Alford.
Survivors include her daughter Nancy E. Mims and husband Dan of Columbus, GA; son, Tom Queen and his wife Joanna of Butler, GA; one brother Emmett (Buddy) Alford and wife Beth of Idaho Falls, ID; four grandchildren, Robin Mims, Dan Mims, III, Christopher Queen and Helen Queen and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
The family would like to thank the staff of Morningside Assisted Living and Vista Care Hospice for the care that they gave Mrs. Queen….
Photos from Parkhill Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Christine Thacker
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not list her death.
See the obituaries of her parents, Emmett Hoyt Alford and Lois Claire Shirey Alford; and sister Patricia Grace Alford Cheney in this compilation. We included the obituary of her sister Dorothy Ann “Dottie” Alford Hoyt in Louisiana Obituaries.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #5.
Her lineage: Helen Joyce 1929 GA1, Emmett Hoyt 1900 GA2, Edgar Pierce 1876 GA3, Warren Jackson 1851 GA4, Pierce Lewis 1829 GA5, Peyton 1788 NC6, James Lodwick 1749 NC7.
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HELION GILES ALFORD
Uncle of Celia Carolyn Alford Beaty, AAFA #1403
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Saturday, 21 November 1987
Mr. H.G. (Al) Alford, of Palmetto died November 20, 1987.
Survived by wife. Mrs. Margaret Smith Alford, Palmetto; daughter, Mrs. Carl H. (Emasue) Vereen, Nashville, TN; son, Mr. Walter H. Alford, of Atlanta; sister, Mrs. Calvin (Kate) Parsons, Duluth; six grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 o’clock at Palmetto Baptist Church…. Interment, Bethesda United Methodist Church in Lawrenceville at 4 o’clock…. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Herschel McDaniel Funeral Home, Inc., Fairburn.
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Helion G. Alford of Palmetto, retired owner and operator of Alford Department Store, died Friday at home after a long illness. He was 81.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Palmetto Baptist Church with burial at Bethesda United Methodist Church cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Margaret Smith Alford; a son; a daughter, a sister, and six grandchildren.
Photo from Bethesda United Methodist Church Cemetery, Lawrenceville, Gwinnett Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Brittney Rau
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that H.G. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 25 May 1906, last residence Palmetto, Fulton Co., GA.
See the obituaries of his wife, Margaret Smith Alford; father James Alvin Alford; and brothers Carl Kelley Alford, James Arthur Alford, and Walter Borden Alford in this compilation. We included the obituary of his brother Benjamin Alvin Alford in New York Obituaries.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #4.
His lineage: Helion Giles 1906 GA1, James Alvin 1852 SC2, Joseph 1822 NC3, Lodwick 1802 SC4.
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HENRY ALFORD
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Saturday, 25 July 1942
AAFA NOTES: See the obituary of his wife, Mary Alford, in this compilation.
From GA Deaths: Henry Alford, black age 39, died 18 July 1942 in Fulton Co., GA.
In 1940, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA: Henry Alford, black plow painter, age 37; his wife Marie 35; daughter Bertha 19; and son Roosevelt 7. All were born in GA.
This obituary was listed in the “Colored” section of Funeral Notices.
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HENRY EMMITT ALFORD
Grandfather of Henry George Alford, AAFA #0057
COLUMBUS LEDGER
Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA—Thursday, 3 May 1951
Photo from Ellerslie United Methodist Church Cemetery, Ellerslie, Harris Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Christine Thacker
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of his wife, Nellie Lee Slaughter Alford; father, Leonidas F. “Lee” Alford; and siblings Edwin Pleas Alford, Eugene Marcelus Alford, and Sallie E. Alford Howard in this compilation.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: Henry Emmitt 1883 GA1, Leonidas F. 1844 GA2, Spire Warren 1816 GA3, Zaddock 1787 GA4, Julius 1750 NC5, Lodwick 1710 VA6, James 1687 VA7, John 1645 VA8.
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HENRY GRADY HALLFORD, JR.
CARROLL COUNTY TIMES
Westminster, Carroll Co., MD—Tuesday, 1 May 2007
Henry Grady Hallford Jr., 63, of Metter, Ga., formerly of Carroll County, died Sunday, April 22, 2007, at Candler County Hospital.
Born Sept. 25, 1943, he was the son of the late Henry G. Hallford Sr. and Julia Dixon Hallford. He was the husband of Mary Hallford.
He was a Carroll County native and had also resided in Frederick. He moved to Metter in 2000. He enjoyed antiques, construction and racing, especially his pink truck.
Surviving, in addition to his wife, are son Henry G. Hallford III of Annapolis; daughters Lisa Graham of Westminster and Crystal Hitt of Metter, Ga.; brother Bill Hallford of Hanover, Pa.; and three grandchildren.
He was predeceased by daughter Tony Lynn Hallford.
Graveside services were held Thursday, April 26 at Lake Cemetery in Metter, Ga. Arrangements are by Morgan Family Funeral Home of Metter, Ga.
Photo from Lake Cemetery, Metter, Candler Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Craig & Tonya Banks
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm the birth and death dates of Henry G. Hallford (SS# issued in MD), last residence Metter, Candler Co., GA.
See the obituaries of his mother, Julia Elizabeth Dixon Hallford; and brother James W. Hallford in this compilation. We included the obituary of his brother Charles William “Bill” Hallford in Pennsylvania Obituaries.
His HALLFORD lineage: Henry Grady 1943 GA1, Henry Grady 1910 GA2, William Wallace 1887 ??3.
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HENRY LEE ALFORD
Great-Grandfather of Robert Douglas Alford, AAFA #0197
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Sunday, 26 February 1950
Photo from Crest Lawn Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Taken by Find A Grave contributor 48021781
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of his second wife, Katherine Mary “Katie” Fitzgerald Alford Estes; and children Dallas Thurmon Alford, Grady Samuel Alford, and Nora Elizabeth Alford Renfroe in this compilation. We included the obituary of his son Clarence Etheridge “Clement” Alford in Alabama Obituaries.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: Henry Lee 1863 GA1, William Benjamin 1825 GA2, William 1794 NC3, Kinchen 1768 NC4, Lodwick 1710 VA5, James 1687 VA6, John 1645 VA7.
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HERBERT EUGENE “GENE” ALFORD, JR.
MORNING NEWS
Savannah, Chatham Co., GA—Wednesday, 9 September 2009
JESUP—Herbert “Gene” Alford, Jr., died Monday. Survivors: daughter: Windy Stroud, his mother: Ruby R. Alford, half-sister: Diane Smith, grandson: Clayton Kurtz. Visitation: 4 - 4:30 pm Thursday at the funeral home. Funeral: 4:30 pm Thursday at the funeral home. Interment: Pincrest Memorial Cemetery. www.rinehartandsons.com Rinehart and Sons Funeral Home
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Rinehart and Sons Funeral Home
Jesup, Wayne Co., GA—_____ September 2009
Herbert Eugene “Gene” Alford, Jr., 58, of Jesup, GA, died Monday, September 7, 2009, in the Wayne Memorial Hospital after an extended illness. The Bulloch Co., GA, native had lived in Wayne Co., GA, most of his life & was a retired ITT Rayonier pipefitter.
He was predeceased by his dad: Herbert E. Alford, Sr.
Survivors are a daughter & son-in-law: Windy & James Stroud of Jesup, GA, his mother: Ruby Rowe Alford of Jesup, GA, a sister & brother-in-law: Diane & Jerome Smith of Clarksville, GA, a grandson: Clayton Kurtz of Jesup, GA, several nieces & nephews
Funeral services will be 4:30 P. M. Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009, from the Rinehart & Sons Chapel…. Interment will be in the Pinecrest Memorial Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be: Charles “Bobby” Mann, Jim Franklin, Herman Lewis, Sr., Gleason Copeland, Decker Carter, & Foreman Miles….
Photo from Pinecrest Memorial Cemetery, Jesup, Wayne Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Taken by Find A Grave deceased contributor Jerry Van Herrin
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Herbert E. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 14 July 1951, last residence Jesup, Wayne Co., GA.
See the obituary of his mother, Ruby Rowe Alford, in this compilation.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: Herbert Eugene 1951 GA1, Herbert Eugene 1926 GA2, James Olin 1886 GA3, Green Colquitt 1853 GA4, William Benjamin 1825 GA5, William 1794 NC6, Kinchen 1768 NC7, Lodwick 1710 VA8, James 1687 VA9, John 1645 VA10.
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HERBERT WATSON ALFORD
INDIANAPOLIS NEWS
Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN—Tuesday, 19 March 1964
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not list his death.
We included the obituaries of his first wife (divorced), Dorothy Harriett Heaton Alford; second wife, Kathrn Mae Storey Alford; parents, William John Alford Sr. and Nellie Crane Alford; and sister Nellie Crane Alford Hill Hill in Indiana Obituaries.
From IN Marriages: Dorothy H. Heaton, born 7 Feb 1899, married Herbert W. Alford on 22 Dec 1920 in Marion Co., IN.
For more information about this family, see AAFA’s “Michael Alford Family” in About Alfords, July 1984.
His lineage: Herbert Watson 1899 IN1, William John 1861 PA2, John 1828 PA3, Thomas 1800 PA4, Michael 1760 Ireland5.
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HILLIARD JAMES ALFORD
Uncle of James A. Hazelton, AAFA #1147
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Saturday, 23 September 1905
Photos from Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Rhonda Brady Rampy
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of his parents, Joseph Sidney Alford and Martha Kell “Mattie” Harris Alford; and siblings Charlotte Dorcas Alford Hazelton and Gertrude W. Alford Williams in this compilation.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: Hilliard James 1878 GA1, Joseph Sidney 1841 GA2, James 1804 GA3, Cullen 1775 NC4, James 1741 NC/VA5, Lodwick 1710 VA6, James 1687 VA7, John 1645 VA8.
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HORACE GRADY ALFORD
TELEGRAPH and news
Macon, Bibb Co., GA—Sunday, 5 January 1936
AAFA NOTES: We included the obituaries of his wife, Cora Lee Bell Alford; children Gracie Florence Alford Pitts, Janette Camilla Alford McLain, Lewis Green Alford, Rufus Rollo Alford, and Willie Ray “Billy” Alford; and father, Green Colquitt Alford, in Florida Obituaries.
From GA Deaths: Horace G. Alford died 3 Jan 1936 in Summit, Emanuel Co., GA. He was born 15 March 1892 in Taliaferro Co., son of G.C. Alford and Camilla Lunsford.
On his 1917 WWI Draft Registration Card, Horace Grady Alford is age 24, born 15 March 1893 in Taliaferro Co. [written and pronounced as Toliver], GA. He is a married blacksmith, living in Canoochee, Emanuel Co., GA.
He is listed in AAFA records as Horace Green Alford.
Horace and Cora are listed on the 1930 census in Emanuel Co., GA, with 8 children and with Cora’s parents, Lewis and Sallie Bell.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: Horace Grady 1893 GA1, Green Colquitt 1853 GA2, William Benjamin 1825 GA3, William 1794 NC4, Kinchen 1768 NC5, Lodwick 1710 VA6, James 1687 VA7, John 1645 VA8.
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HOSIE THOMAS ALFORD
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Thursday, 18 October 1984
Photos from Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery, Emerson, Bartow Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Taken by Find A Grave contributor Tim Hites
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Hosie Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 14 Feb 1897 and died _____ Oct 1984, last residence Gainesville, Hall Co., GA.
See the obituariesof his first wife, Lillie Fay Newberry Alford; and son Trenon James Alford in this compilation.
From GA Deaths: Hosie Alford, age 87, died 16 Oct 1984 in Hall Co., GA.
He is listed as Hosie Thomas Alford, resident of Cartersville, Bartow Co., GA, on his WWI Service Card (Ancestry).
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HOWARD ALFORD
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Thursday, 28 May 1914
Howard Alford, aged 25 years, died early Wednesday morning at a private sanitarium. He is survived by three brothers. Funeral was held Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock from Greenberg & Bond’s chapel, and interment was in West View.
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HOWARD ALLFORD
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Friday, 25 September 1914
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of his parents, Sidney J. Allford and Fannie Alford Sexton Allford; and siblings Alma Allford Hendrix, Blanch Allford, and Claude A. Alford in this compilation.
Members of this family spell their last name Alford and Allford.
His lineage: Howard 1914 GA1, Sidney J. 1876 GA2, Enoch Washington 1850 TN3.
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HUBERT EDDIE ALFORD, JR.
MORNING NEWS
Savannah, Chatham Co., GA—5 July 2000
JESUP—Hubert “Eddie” Alford, 40, died July 4 at Wayne Memorial Hospital. Services were held at Rinehart and Sons Funeral Home in Jesup with burial at Pinecrest Memorial Cemetery.
He was born in Polk County, Florida and lived in Wayne County for the past few years. He was a truck driver with Hendrix Hauling and was a member of Northside Baptist Church. He attended the Citadel Church of Jesup.
Survivors include his mother, Shirley J. Edge of Jesup; two stepsisters, two half sisters, and several adopted sisters, nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Photo from Pinecrest Memorial Cemetery, Jesup, Wayne Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Taken by Find A Grave deceased contributor Jerry Van Herrin
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Hubert E. Alford Jr. (SS# issued in FL) was born 30 Nov 1959, last residence not listed.
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HUBERT HUSTON ALFORD
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Wednesday, 16 September 1981
Photos from Beulahland Baptist Church Cemetery, Beulah, Paulding Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, PaperTrailer
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Hubert Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 27 Apr 1916 and died _____ Sept 1981, last residence Temple, Carroll Co., GA..
See the obituaries of his wife, Mary Dorothy Gable Alford; daughter Wanda Kay Alford; parents, Dink Taylor Allford and Emma Florence Hale Allford; and brothers Alvin Lee Alford Sr. and Clifford Eugene Alford in this compilation. We included the obituary of his son Jimmy H. “Shorty” Alford in Washington Obituaries.
In 1940, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA: Hubert Allford 24, his wife Mary Allford 21, and son Jimmie 1. All were born in GA.
In Hubert Huston Alford’s 1940 WWII Draft Registration Card (Ancestry), he is age 23, living in Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA, and working for the W.P.A. His wife is Mary Dorothy Alford and his mother is Mrs. Emer [sic] Alford.
Members of this family spell their last name Alford and Allford.
His lineage: Hubert Huston 1916 GA1, Dink Taylor 1879 GA2, Enoch Washington 1850 TN3.
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HUGH P. ALFORD
GWINNETT DAILY POST
Lawrenceville, Gwinnett Co., GA—Saturday, 20 December 2008
Hugh P. Alford, age 81, of Buford, GA, passed away on Tuesday, December 16, 2008. Arrangements by Tapp/Tim Stewart Funeral Home and Crematory 770-945-9345
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Hugh P. Alford (SS# issued in OH) was born 13 Jan 1927, last residence Buford, Gwinnett Co., GA.
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HUIE ALFORD
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Tuesday, 23 November 1976
Mr. Hughie Alford of 3021 Delmar Lane N.W. passed away at a local hospital November 21, 1976.
Funeral announced later. Cox. Bros….
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ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Friday, 26 November 1976
Funeral service for Mr. Huie Alford will be held Saturday, November 27, 1976 at 1:00 p.m. from our chapel, 380 Auburn Avenue N.E…. Interment Chestnut Hill Cemetery. Cox Brothers….
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Huie Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 17 March 1907 and died _____ Nov 1976, last residence Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA.
From GA Deaths: Huie Alford, black age 71, died 21 Nov 1976 in Fulton Co., GA.
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HUMPHREY ALFORD
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—28 April 2010
Mr. Humphrey Alfred [sic] of Atlanta passed April 26, 2010. Willie A. Watkins Historical West End Chapel (404) 758-1731.
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THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Friday, 7 May 2010
Celebration of Life Service for Mr. Humphrey Alford of Atlanta, Saturday, May 8, 2010 1:00 PM at Watkins West End Chapel…. Interment Westview. Cortege assemble 12:00 noon at 158 Chappell Rd. Atlanta. Willie A. Watkins Historical West End Chapel 1003 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd. SW (404) 758-1731.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Humphrey Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 18 Aug 1923, last residence Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA.
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INEZ RUTLAND ALFORD
THE TELEGRAPH
Macon, Bibb Co., GA—Wednesday, 22 January 2014
Dec. 21, 1924 - Jan. 18, 2014
FORSYTH, GA—Mrs. Inez Rutland Alford of Forsyth passed January 18, 2014. Homegoing Services will be 2:00pm Thursday, January 23rd at Pine Grove CME Church.
Survivors include children, Clifford (LaJoyce) Alford Jr, Margie (Leroy) Willis Sr, Freddie (Connie) Alford, Deborah (Timothy) Harris; 22 grandchildren, 59 great-grandchildren, 23 Great-great grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends….
Freeman Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Inez Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 18 Dec 1924, last residence not listed.
See the obituaries of her husband, Clifford Alford; and daughter Helen Alford in this compilation.
In 2023, a Find A Grave photographer reported that no marked gravestone was found for Inez.
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IRENE M. ALFORD ROBERTS
Gainesville, Hall Co., GA—_____ March 2011
Irene Alford Roberts, age 73 of Flowery Branch [Hall Co.], passed away on Monday morning, March 7, 2011 at Bell Minor Nursing Home following an extended illness.
Funeral services are scheduled for Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at 11:00 am in the Chapel of Memorial Park Funeral Home with interment to follow in Poplar Springs Baptist Church Cemetery….
Ms. Roberts was born January 31, 1938 in Eatonton, Georgia to the late Jack Alford and Vera Harper Alford. She was retired from Beaulieu of America and was of the Baptist Faith.
Irene was preceded in death by her parents, her son, Danny Roberts and several of her brothers and sisters.
Ms. Roberts is survived by her daughter & son-in-law, Marie & Tim Merck of Gainesville, grandsons, Peyton Merck, Tanner Merck, and Trace Merck, granddaughter, Keely Merck, all of Gainesville, sisters, Vera Dover of Gainesville, Lena Alford of Rutledge, Georgia and Sarah Maughan of Madison, Georgia, brothers, Bo Alford of Comer, Georgia, Harvey Alford of Social Circle, Georgia and Bill Alford of Rome, Georgia.
Memorial Park Funeral Home, 2030 Memorial Park Road, Gainesville, GA 30504 is in charge of arrangements.
Photo from Poplar Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, Gainesville, Hall Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Theron Rogers
Photo posted in 2013
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm the birth and death dates of Irene Roberts (SS# issued in GA), last residence Flowery Branch, Hall Co., GA.
See the obituaries of her siblings Jewel Alford and Lena Alford in this compilation.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
Her lineage: Irene M. 1938 GA1, Lonnie Lee “Jack” 1906 GA2, Edward J. 1862 GA3, John Allen 1815 GA4, William 1794 NC5, Kinchen 1768 NC6, Lodwick 1710 VA6, James 1687 VA8, John 1645 VA9.
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IRENE BOTTS ALFORD
rome news-tribune
Rome, Floyd Co., GA—Friday, 24 October 2008
Mrs. Irene Botts Alford, 81, a resident of Rome, went to her Heavenly Home on Thursday, October 23, 2008.
She lived in Cleveland, Tennessee before moving to Rome in 1965. Prior to retirement, she was employed by Image Carpets, Trend Mills and Rome Casket Company. She and her husband, Willie Alford, were active members of the South Broad United Methodist Church.
She was the daughter of the late Walter and Bonnie Tarpley Botts. She was also preceded in death by husband, W.P. Alford; brothers, Wayne, Wendell, Bright, and Walter, Jr. Botts; half-brother, Elmer Botts; half-sister, Pearl Botts Harris; great-nephew, Chris Woodall; and step-daughter, Louise Adams.
Survivors include her sister, Mrs. Nellie Woodall, Rome; two sisters-in-law, Mrs. Faye Botts and Mrs. Beverly Botts; several loving nieces and great nephews; four step-grandchildren, Valerie Johnson, Monica House, Pam Adams and Chuckie Adams; step-great-grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, October 25, 2008, at 1 p.m. in the Chapel at Henderson & Sons Funeral Home…. Interment will follow at Oaknoll Memorial Gardens….
Nephews will serve as pallbearers.
The family would like to express their heartfelt gratitude to the staff of Heyman Hospicecare at Floyd for their loving care….
Photo from Oaknoll Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Rome, Floyd Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Evelyn Jones
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Irene B. Alford (SS# issued in TN) was born 2 May 1927, last residence Cleveland, Bradley Co., TN.
See the obituary of her husband, Willie Pierce Alford, in this compilation.
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IRENE G. CONDER ALFORD
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Athens, Clarke Co., GA—Friday, 15 July 2005
ATHENS—Irene Alford was born on September 2, 1913, in Hancock County to Augustus and Mattie Conder. She departed this life on Tuesday, July 12, 2005 at Grandview Nursing Home.
She joined Hill First Baptist Church at an early age. She served faithfully as secretary on the Deaconess Board, as well as in other capacities until her health failed. In other organizations she was secretary of the Senior Majorette Club and was a member of the Retired Teacher Association.
Mrs. Alford received her early education in Athens, attending West Broad Elementary School and graduating from Athens High and Industrial School where she graduated at the top of her class. Following graduation she attended and graduated with honors from Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia and often shared fond memories of her great college experiences, which included serving on the cheerleading squad. She continued her education at Fort Valley State College and earned a degree in elementary education. In later years, she attended graduate school at the University of Georgia. Dedicating over 40 years to education children, she taught in Putnam, Barrow, and Clarke Counties. In Athens, she taught at West Broad Elementary, Gaines School Road Elementary, North Athens Elementary, and retired from Whitehead Road Elementary.
While teaching in Eatonton, Georgia, she met and married James Henry Alford, Sr., and to this union, one son was born, James Henry Alford, Jr.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m., Saturday at Hill First Baptist Church. Burial will be in the East Lawn Cemetery.
She leaves in God’s hands her son, James Henry Alford (Vivian) of Athens, Georgia; two grandchildren, James Henry Alford, III of Marietta, Georgia, and Jessica Arnee Alford of Athens, Georgia; one great-grandchild, Hannah of Jacksonville, Florida; and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives, and friends.
Jackson-McWhorter Funeral Home in Athens is in charge of arrangements.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Irene G. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 2 Sept 1917 [different than obituary] and died 12 July 2005, last residence Bogart, Oconee Co., GA.
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IRIS AUBRY ALFORD
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Wednesday, 5 February 1964
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JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS
Jackson, Butts Co., GA—Thursday, 13 February 1964
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not list his death.
See the obituary of his brother Warren Eurvey Alford in this compilation.
From GA Deaths: Iris A. Alford died 4 Feb 1964 in Newton Co., GA.
On Iris Aubry Alford’s 1940 WWII Draft Registration Card (Ancestry), he is age 34, born 9 Feb 1906 in Fayette Co., GA. He is living in Atlanta, GA, and his contact is wife, Rose Hooten Alford.
Aubry is buried in Southview Cemetery, Covington, Newton Co., GA, but his gravestone is nearly illegible.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #2.
His lineage: Iris Aubry 1906 GA1, Birdus 1874 GA2, Jimmerson Spiro 1819 GA3, Brittain Washington 1782 NC4, Isham 1755 NC5.
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IRIS MARIE ALFORD BONNER
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Wednesday, 10 July 1985
Photo from Buckhead Cemetery, Buckhead, Morgan Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Taken by Find A Grave contributor William Jesse Mayfield, Sr.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Iris Bonner (SS# issued in GA) was born 16 Oct 1909 and died _____ July 1985, last residence Buckhead, Morgan Co., GA.
See the obituaries of her siblings Ann Alford Adams Bradley, John L. Alford, Lucy Alford Seay, and William Emmett Alford in this compilation.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
Her lineage: Iris Marie 1909 GA1, William Thomas 1884 GA2, Elisha H. 1856 GA3, John Allen 1815 GA4, William 1794 NC5, Kinchen 1768 NC6, Lodwick 1710 VA7, James 1687 VA8, John 1645 VA9.
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IRIS MURIEL ALFORD WADE HARDEE
Photo from Martin & Hightower Heritage Chapel
TIMES-GEORGIAN
Carrollton, Carroll Co., GA—Wednesday, 3 February 2010
Iris Muriel Hardee, 81, of Northside Drive, Carrollton, died Monday, Feb. 1, 2010.
She was born July 18, 1928, in Chipley, Fla., the daughter of the late Robert McKinley Alford and Ethel Belle Boyett Alford. Mrs. Hardee was a retired employee of AT&T.
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Winford Kenneth Wade Jr., and brother, Robert Earl Alford.
Survivors include her children and their spouses, Debra and Roger King of Rex, Ga., Pamela Wade of Dothan, Ala., Joanne and Clayton Mitchell of Carrollton, Janice and Van Skelton of Dawsonville, and Gena Harris of Cartersville; sister, Mary Alice Pepper of Houston, Texas; 11 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be Thursday, Feb. 4, at noon at Martin & Hightower Heritage Chapel in Carrollton…. In accordance with the family’s wishes the body was cremated….
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Iris Muriel Hardee (SS# issued in NC) was born 18 July 1928, last residence Carrollton, Carroll Co., GA.
See the obituaries of her mother, Ethel Belle Boyette Alford Rutherford; and brother Robert Earl Alford in this compilation.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
Her lineage: Iris Muriel 1928 FL1, Robert McKinley 1899 FL2, James Thomas 1859 AL3, James Columbus 1830 GA4, John Turner 1800 NC5, Job 1763 NC6, Julius 1717 VA7, James 1687 VA8, John 1645 VA9.
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IRVING CECIL ALVORD, JR.
Lawrenceville, Gwinnett Co., GA—_____ June 2008
November 2nd, 1928 - June 19th, 2008
Irving Cecil Alvord, age 79 of Lawrenceville passed away Thursday, June 19, 2008. Memorial Services will be held 2:00 PM, Sunday, June 29, 2008 at the First Christian Church of Lawrenceville, 3495 Sugarloaf Parkway, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30044. (770) 963-9922…. Burial in Canton Cemetery at a later date.
A WWII Marine Veteran, Mr. Alvord was a retired Wholesale Manager with Petrolane Gas, Inc and an avid golfer and attended First Christian Church of Lawrenceville.
He is survived by: Wife of 53 years: Mary Jo Alvord, Lawrenceville; Children: Tami Watson & Lou Simonini, Dacula; Michael Lee Alvord, Winder; Patrick Charles Alvord, Atlanta; Brothers: Reg & Rita Alvord, Bellingham, Washington; Ron & Luanne Alvord, Lynden, Washington; Grandchildren: Corey & Brittany Watson, Buford; Heather Alvord, Dacula; Crystal Watson, Buford; Steven Alvord, Lawrenceville; Great Granddaughter: Vanessa Carrier, Several Nieces & Nephews.
In lieu of flowers memorials to First Christian Church of Lawrenceville Building Fund, 3495 Sugarloaf Parkway, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30044 or United Hospice of Atlanta, 1626 Jeurgens Court, Norcross, Georgia 30093. Family will receive friends at the church after the service. Tim Stewart Funeral Home, 300 Simonton Road, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30045. 770-962-3100. Please sign online guest registry at www.stewartfh.com.
Memorials: In lieu of flowers, memorials to First Christian Church of Lawrenceville Building Fund, 3495 Sugarloaf Parkway, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30044 or United Hospice of Atlanta, 1626 Jeurgens Court, Norcross, Georgia 30093.
Services: 2:00PM at First Christian Church of Lawrenceville on Sunday, June 29th, 2008....
Photo from Georgia National Cemetery, Canton, Cherokee Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Joseph G. Benning Sr.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Cecil Alvord (SS# issued in WA) was born 2 Nov 1928, last residence Lawrenceville, Gwinnett Co., GA.
See the obituary of his son Michael Lee Alvord in this compilation. We included the obituaries of his parents, Irving Cecil Alvord Sr. and Gladys Bentley Alvord, in Washington Obituaries.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #7.
His ALVORD lineage: Irving Cecil 1928 WA1, Irving Cecil 1903 WA2, Frank Dudley 1873 WI3, Ellery 1849 NY4, Thomas Rixon 1816 NY5, William 1776 CT6, Asahel 1746 CT7, Asahel 1720 MA8, Thomas 1683 MA9, Thomas 1653 CT10, Alexander 1627 England11.
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ISABELLE ALFORD FARMER
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Friday, 28 February 1947
Page 4
MRS. ISABELLE FARMER DIES AT 82 IN DECATUR
Mrs. Isabelle Farmer, 82, widow of a well-known Lithonia physician, Dr. Joe Farmer, died Thursday [February 27] at her home, 330 West Hill St., Decatur. Funeral arrangements will be announced by H.M. Patterson & Son.
Survivors include a [step]daughter, Mrs. Henry Ward, of Lithonia; two sisters, Mrs. A.K. Kelly and Mrs. J.R. Floyd; a brother, Simeon Alford, all of Atlanta; a granddaughter, two great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
In another article:
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Friday, 28 February 1947
Page 15
In another article:
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Saturday, 1 March 1947
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of her siblings David A. Alford, John Oscar Alford, Lizzie Cornelia Alford Floyd, Luther H. Alford, Nancy Dora Alford Anderson, and Simeon W. Alford in this compilation.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #2.
Her lineage: Isabelle 1865 GA1, John T. 1831 GA2, Bynum 1787 GA3, Isham 1755 NC4.
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I.V. EARNEST ALFORD
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Thursday, 5 September 1985
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that IV Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 1 Jan 1916 and died _____ Sept 1985, last residence Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA.
See the obituaries of her husband, Alvin Lee Alford Sr.,which includes a photo of their shared gravestone; and children Alvin Lee Alford Jr. and Betty Ann Alford Foote in this compilation.
She was the daughter of James M. Earnest and Dallie Idell Dingler.
In 1930, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA, she is Ivee Ernest, age 14, with her parents, James and Dallie Ernest, and 5 siblings.
In various Atlanta City Directories, she is Ivy V. Alford, Ivy Alford, Ida V. Alford, and Ina V. Alford.
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JABARI SAAED ALFORD
CONNECTICUT POST
Bridgeport, Fairfield Co., CT—Wednesday, 27 July 2016
Jabari Saeed Alford entered into eternal rest on July 18, 2016.
He was born on March 30, 1984 in Bridgeport, CT to Melida and George Alford. He attended Central High School and later attained his diploma while living in Pittsville, MA. He recently relocated to Georgia in 2014. At an early age Jabari developed a passion and love for music and poetry. He quickly and completely immersed himself in hip-hop and most recently as a member of C.C.F and Park City Music Group.
In addition to his loving parents Melida and George Alford, he is survived by his only child/son, Jahan Alford; sisters Aisha and Ain; brother Justin; as well as a whole host of aunts, uncles and close-knit extended family and friends.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday, July 28, 2016 at 12:00pm at East End Baptist Tabernacle, 548 Central Avenue, Bridgeport, CT…. Arrangements entrusted to Baker-Isaac Funeral Services, 985 Stratford Avenue, Bridgeport, CT. www.bakerfuneralservices.com
In another article:
Norwalk, Fairfield Co., CT—_____ August 2016
A Bridgeport family is asking for the public’s help in bringing their loved one’s body home from Atlanta to be buried.
Jabari Alford, 32, was well-loved in the community. He died in Georgia last week.
The family has set up a GoFundMe site to help pay for Alford’s remains to be brought home…. Family members say Alford died in his home in a freak accident, but did not want to go into the detail….
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not yet list his death.
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JACK DENNIS ALFORD
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Athens, Clarke Co., GA—Sunday, 30 June 2002
DANIELSVILLE [Madison Co.]—Jack Dennis Alford, 42, of 1711 Highway 98 West, Danielsville, died Friday, June 28, 2002.
A native of Clarke County, Mr. Alford was a son of Rosetta Garrett Hardigree of Commerce and the late Jack Alford. He was a member of Victory Baptist Church, Jefferson.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the chapel of Lord and Stephens Funeral Home, Danielsville. Interment will be in Danielsville Memorial Gardens.
Survivors, in addition to his mother, include his wife, Barbara Alford; two daughters, Crystal Alford and Scarlett Alford; a son, Kenny Alford of Hartwell; and a sister, Marsha Alford of Athens....
Photo from Danielsville Memorial Gardens, Danielsville, Madison Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Ed Saye
Photo posted 8 Aug 2012
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Jack D. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 10 March 1960, last residence Danielsville, Madison Co., GA.
From SSACI: Jack Dennis Alford was born 10 March 1960 in Athens, Clarke Co., GA, and died 28 June 2002.
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JACK DEWAYNE ALFORD, SR.
CATOOSA COUNTY NEWS
Ringgold, Catoosa Co., GA—Tuesday, 25 January 2005
Jack Dewayne Alford Sr. of Chickamauga [Walker Co., GA] died Sunday, Jan. 23, at a local hospital.
He was 53. Formerly of Tampa, Fla., he was a resident of north Georgia for the past 10 years. He was an employee of Crystal Springs Bleachery where he worked for nine years. He was a Baptist.
He was preceded in death by his father, Fred “Billy” Alford.
Survivors include his wife, Ann Johnson Alford; mother, Evelyn Templeton Scott of Ringgold; children, Greta Alford of Chickamauga, Michael Alford of LaFayette, Amanda Alford, Jack Alford Jr., both of Ringgold; stepchildren, Lavaughn Harris of Lakeland, Fla., Cecil Harris of Plant City, Fla., Sandy Hooker of Tampa, Fla.; sister, Kathy Bryson of Ringgold; brothers, Lebron Alford of Scottsville, Va., Joey Alford of Chattanooga, Tenn.; 11 grandchildren; one great-grandson; several nieces and nephews.
Services: Wednesday, Jan. 26, at 1 p.m. in the Fort Oglethorpe Chapel of Wilson Funeral Home....
Photo from Gordy Cemetery, Ringgold, Catoosa Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Karen Reed
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Jack D. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 26 June 1951, last residence not listed.
We included the obituaries of his father, Fred Preston “Billie” Alford, in Texas Obituaries; and of his brother Billy Lebron Alford in Virginia Obituaries.
From SSACI: Jack Dewayne Alford was born 26 June 1951 in Ringgold, Catoosa Co., GA.
From Florida, Marriage Indexes (Ancestry): Jack Dewayne Alford married Annie Ruth Johnson on 22 May 1986 in Hillsborough Co., FL. In another record she is listed as Annie Ruth Tanner.
His lineage: Jack Dewayne 1951 GA1, Fred Preston 1926 TN2, Joseph Joe 1893 GA3, Enoch Washington 1850 TN4.
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JACK PRESTON ALFORD
THE TELEGRAPH
Macon, Bibb Co., GA—Monday, 30 April 2007
WARNER ROBINS [Houston Co.]—Jack Preston Alford passed away on April 28, 2007.
Mr. Alford was born on December 3, 1927, in Rome, Georgia. He was of the Baptist Faith. His wife, Jan Alford, parents, John Lafayette Alford and Hilda Yarbrough Alford, preceded him in death.
Surviving him are two sisters, three brothers, six children and numerous grand children.
Services will be private.... McCullough Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
Photo from Glen Haven Memorial Garden, Macon, Bibb Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Hal Stewart
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm the birth and death dates of Jack P. Alford (SS# issued in GA), last residence Warner Robins, Houston Co., GA.
See the obituaries of his second wife, Margaret Laverne Hampton Giddens Alford; and brothers Jimmie Joe Alford and John Lafayette Alford Jr. in this compilation. We included the obituary of his father, John Lafayette Alford Sr., in Florida Obituaries.
From SSACI: Jack Preston Alford was born 3 Dec 1926 in Ocilla, Irwin Co., GA, son of John L. Alford and Hilda M. Yarbough.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: Jack Preston 1927 GA1, John Lafayette 1901 GA2, Floyd Lafayette 1878 GA3, John Lafayette 1847 GA4, William Henry 1811 NC5, Job 1763 NC6, Julius 1717 VA7, James 1687 VA8, John 1645 VA9.
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JACQUELINE PECK ALFORD
COLUMBUS LEDGER-ENQUIRER
Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA—3 November 2015
Jacqueline Peck Alford, 93, of Columbus, GA died Monday, November 2, 2015 at Gentiva Hospice. Funeral Services will be held 2:00 PM Wednesday, November 4, 2015 at McMullen Funeral Home Chapel…. A private interment will be held in Parkhill Cemetery….
Mrs. Alford was born March 22, 1922 in Savannah, GA daughter of the late Warren and Jessie Wallace Peck. She retired from Sears and Roebuck in the credit department and was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church.
Other than her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Cyrel Jason Alford, sisters, Jessie Hudson and Eleanor Stewart, brothers, John Peck and Warren Peck and son-in-law, Charles Pridgeon.
Survivors include her daughter, Lynn Alford Pridgeon; son, Richard Alford (Julia) all of Columbus, Ga., 4 grandchildren; John Jenkins, Jason Alford (Kelli), Christy Scrivner (Derek), Nicole Watson (Matt); and great-grandchildren, Chris Scrivner, Kate Scrivner, Matthew Scrivner, and Eli Scroggins and several nieces and nephews….
Those who wish, may sign the online guest registry at www.mcmullenfuneralhome.com.
Photos from Parkhill Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Christine Thacker
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not yet list her death.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
Her husband’s lineage: Cyrel Jason 1919 GA1, Cyrel Jason 1898 GA2, James Warren 1869 GA3, Leonidas F. 1844 GA4, Spire Warren 1816 GA5, Zaddock 1787 GA6, Julius 1750 NC7, Lodwick 1710 VA8, James 1687 VA9, John 1645 VA10.
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JAMES ALFORD
Source unknown
GA—Thursday, 12 November 1812
Died, on Friday morning last, half after two o’clock, Captain James Alford, of Hancock county, who had a few months previous to his death entered the 72d year of his age, he left a loving affectionate wife, with eight children, and thirty-two grand children, to mourn and lament the loss of a kind husband, a loving and kind parent, and an affectionate grandfather. His death is lamented by all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance.…
AAFA NOTES: See The Will of James Alford and Guy Alford, Part 8: James Alford’s Will in AAFA ACTION, Summer 1993, Issue #21.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: James 1741 NC/VA1, Lodwick 1710 VA2, James 1687 VA3, John 1645 VA4.
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JAMES ALFORD, JR.
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Friday, 2 January 1998
Included in AAFA ACTION, Fall 1998
Mr. James Alford Jr. of 20 Wyman St. SE passed January 1, 1998. Funeral announced later. Hershel Thorton Mortuary, 3346 M.L. King Jr. Dr.
In another article:
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—6 January 1998
Included in AAFA ACTION, Summer 1999
Funeral services for Mr. James Alford Jr., age 77, will be Wednesday, January 7, 1998, 12 noon at New St. John Baptist Church, 1536 Hardee St., N.E., with remains placed in state.... Interment, Kennedy Memorial Gardens.
Survivors are Mrs. Betty McGhee, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Merkinson (Rosa Lee), Mr. and Mrs. Lamar Matthews (Gilda), Mr. and Mrs. C. Hawkins (Louise), Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thompkins (Rose), Mr. and Mrs. William Thompkins (Cheryl); 16 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; sisters, Mrs. Juasaline Hicklen, Mrs. Geneva Bronner; brothers, Mr. and Mrs. Humphrey Alford (Earlene), Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Alford (Bessie), Mr. and Mrs. Charles Alford (Catherine), Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Alford (Christine); nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends....
Herschel Thornton Mortuary, 3346 M.L. King Jr. Dr.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not list his death.
See the obituary of his wife, Mary Louise Sumlin Thompkins Alford, in this compilation.
From GA Deaths: James Alford, black age 77, died 1 Jan 1998 in Fulton Co., GA.
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JAMES ALLEN “POODLE” ALFORD
Photo from his niece, Carol Trudel
FLORIDA TIMES-UNION
Jacksonville, Duval Co., FL—Sunday, 31 May 2009
James Allen “Poodle” Alford, 74, born Jan. 4, 1935 in East Palatka, FL, passed away May 23, 2009 at home in Unadilla, GA from Cancer. He was loved by all; he will be missed and long remembered.
He is the son of the late Henry Marvin Alford and Dora Kraft [sic: Craft] Alford.
He is survived by Wife—Margaret Rose Alford, Son—James Allen Alford Jr., Daughters—Margaret Elaine Vega and Cynthia Ann Glover. He leaves behind 5 Grandkids, 7 Great-Grand Kids, 3 Sisters and 5 Brothers, many Family and Friends.
A memorial service celebrating his life will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday, June 6, 2009 at the Southern Trails RV Park Church at 2690 Arena Road, Unadilla GA 31091….
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm the birth and death dates of James A. Alford (SS# issued in FL), last residence Unadilla, Dooly Co., GA.
See the obituary of his sister Margie Alford Riley in this compilation. We included the obituaries of his parents, Henry Marvin Alford Sr. and Dora Craft Alford; and brothers Clarence Bruce Alford, George Maxwell Alford Sr., and Henry Marvin Alford Jr. in Florida Obituaries.
For more information about this family, see AAFA’s published genealogy, Known Descendants of John Alford born about 1787 SC.
His lineage: James Allen 1935 FL1, Henry Marvin 1902 FL2, Bryant Sanders 1872 FL3 (Bryant’s father’s name is not known), Mariah E./Marian E. 1848 FL4, Hansford 1812 SC5, John 1787 SC6.
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JAMES ALVIN ALFORD
Grandfather of Celia Carolyn Alford Beaty, AAFA #1403
Photo from his granddaughter Carolyn Beaty
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Saturday, 7 July 1917
In another article:
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Sunday, 8 July 1917
Photo from Bethesda United Methodist Church Cemetery, Lawrenceville, Gwinnett Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Brittney Rau
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of his children Carl Kelley Alford, James Arthur Alford, and Walter Borden Alford in this compilation. We included the obituary of his son Benjamin Alvin Alford in New York Obituaries.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #4.
His lineage: James Alvin 1852 SC1, Joseph 1822 NC2, Lodwick 1802 SC3.
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JAMES ARTHUR ALFORD, SR.
Father of Brenda Alford, AAFA #1076
Photo from srcorbin_1 WilliamsFamily Tree (Ancestry)
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Friday, 8 September 1967
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that James Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 30 June 1893 and died _____ Sept 1967, last residence Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA.
See the obituaries of his mother, Narcissus Johnson Alford; and brother Lagree Alford in this compilation. We included the obituaries of his wife, Rosette Brasman Alford; and daughter Jacquelyn A. Alford in Maryland Obituaries; and of his children James Arthur Alford Jr. and Rosemary Alford Whitehurst in Virginia Obituaries.
His lineage: James Arthur 1893 GA1, Charles 1858 GA2, James born in slavery3.
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JAMES ARTHUR “JIMMY” ALFORD, JR.
Brother of Celia Carolyn Alford Beaty, AAFA #1403
Photo from Tom M. Wages Funeral Service
GWINNETT DAILY POST
Lawrenceville, Gwinnett Co., GA—Wednesday, 20 September 2017
James “Jimmy” Alford, Jr. died peacefully in his sleep at home Monday, September 18, 2017 at approximately 2:00am.
He is survived by his loving wife of 61 years, Carolyn Patton Alford; daughter, Theresa Alford; brother and sister-in-law, Charles A. and Peggy Alford; sister and brother-in-law, Carolyn Alford and Roy Beaty; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, J. Wendell and Donna Patton; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his son James Arthur “Art” Alford III and his parents, James Arthur, Sr. and Celia Kelley Alford.
He was born and raised in Lawrenceville and attended Bethesda Elementary School until 7th grade and then transferred to Georgia Military Academy and went on to attend and graduate from Georgia Tech. Jimmy was a kind, loving, and generous husband and father. He was loved and will be missed by all those whose lives he touched.
A Private Memorial Service will be held at a later date. Donations may be made to the American Heart Association PO Box 840692 Dallas, TX 75284-0692 in memory of James “Jimmy” Alford, Jr…. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service LLC….
Photo from Bethesda United Methodist Cemetery, Lawrenceville, Gwinnett Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Taken by Find A Grave contributor Quietly Resting
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not yet list his death.
See the obituaries of his wife, Carolyn Patton Alford; son James Arthur “Art” Alford III; and parents, James Arthur Alford Sr. and Celia Ada Kelley Alford, in this compilation.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #4.
His lineage: James Arthur 1935 GA1, James Arthur 1894 GA2, James Alvin 1852 SC3, Joseph 1822 NC4, Lodwick 1802 SC5.
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JAMES ARTHUR ALFORD, SR.
Father of Celia Carolyn Alford Beaty, AAFA #1403
Celia Kelley Alford and James Arthur Alford
Emma Kelley Alford (Granny) and her 9 children
Photos from Carolyn Alford Beaty, AAFA #1403
THE NEWS-HERALD
Lawrenceville, Gwinnett Co., GA—Thursday, 11 August 1949
J. ARTHUR ALFORD KILLED IN AUTOMOBILE CRASH
James Arthur Alford, prominent merchant of this section of the State, and civic leader of Guinnett county, was almost instantly killed last Friday afternoon in a head-on automobile collision about five miles East of Lawrenceville.
Mr. Alford was driving to his home near Gloster after his days work at Alford Bros. Store in Lawrenceville, and, according to reports, as he approached a curve as the Lawrenceville-Decatur highway near the residence of John Murphy he was suddenly confronted by a speeding automobile coming out of the curve driven by Clifford Adams, of Lawrenceville. Mr. Alford was taken to Emory Hospital, but died a short time after the accident. The occupant of the other car was carried to Grady Hospital, where it is reported he is still in a serious condition.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon from the Bethesda Methodist Church….. Interment was in the churchyard.
Mr. Alford is survived by his wife, Mrs. Celia Kelley Alford; two sons, Messers J.A. Alford Jr. and Charles Alford; one daughter, Miss Carolyn Alford; his mother, Mrs. Emma K. Alford; three sisters, Miss Alice Alford, Mrs. Louise Cleveland, Mrs. Calvan Parsons; four brothers, Mr. Kelley Alford, Lawrenceville; Mr. Inzer Alford, Covington; Mr. Ben Alford, N.Y., N.Y.; Mr. Helion Alford, Palmetto.
Starting in his early life as a merchant with his two brothers, the late W.B. Alford and Kelley Alford, in the store at Gloster, formerly operated by his deceased father, the late J.A. Alford, the mercantile business which they operated rapidly grew from a one store operation to a chain of stores located in various communities of this section, until the firm now has become one of the biggest mercantile establishments of its kind in this section; stores being operated by them in Lawrenceville, Gloster, Loganville, Lilburn, Scotdale, Fayetteville, Palmetto, and Douglasville.
After the death of the senior partner, W.B. Alford last year, Arthur and Kelley Alford took over the operation of the business and continued to carry on under the name of Alford Brothers.
Mr. Arthur Alford has held many positions of responsibility and honor in the civic and religious affairs of his community and county. For a number of years he was a member of the County Board of Education, and has always been active as a leader in the Bethesda community, being one of the chief supporters of the Bethesda Public School and the Churches of that community. At the time of his death he was a Director of the Gwinnett County Chamber of Commerce.
Photo from Bethesda United Methodist Church Cemetery, Lawrenceville, Gwinnett Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Brittney Rau
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of his wife, Celia Ada Kelley Alford; son James Arthur “Jimmy” Alford Jr.; father James Alvin Alford; brothers Carl Kelley Alford, Helion Giles Alford, and Walter Borden Alford; and sister-in-law Omer Inez Shermer Alford, AAFA #0086, in this compilation. We included the obituary of his brother Benjamin Alvin Alford in New York Obituaries.
The J.A. Alford Elementary School in Lawrenceville, GA, is named after James Arthur Alford. He donated “land, timber, and other materials for the school. In addition, Arthur provided financial support to build the gym at the school.”
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #4.
His lineage: James Arthur 1894 GA1, James Alvin 1852 SC2, Joseph 1822 NC3, Lodwick 1802 SC4.
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JAMES ARTHUR “ART” ALFORD, III
Nephew of Celia Carolyn Alford Beaty, AAFA #1403
GWINNETT DAILY POST
Lawrenceville, Gwinnett Co., GA—Sunday, 10 April 2005
James A. (Art) Alford III, age 42, of Commerce [Jackson Co.], GA formerly of Lawrenceville, GA died peacefully in his sleep on Friday, April 8, 2005.
He is survived by his parents Jimmy and Carolyn Alford; his sister: Theresa Alford; aunts and uncles: Carolyn and Roy Beaty; Peggy and Charles Alford; Donna and Wendell Patton; and several cousins. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Celia K. Alford and John and Ruby Patton.
He will be cremated with his remains to be buried in the Bethesda United Methodist Church Cemetery, Lawrenceville at a private family service. Tom Wages Funeral Service, Inc., Lawrenceville.
Photo from Bethesda United Methodist Cemetery, Lawrenceville, Gwinnett Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Taken by Find A Grave contributor Quietly Resting
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that James A. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 4 Apr 1963, last residence Commerce, Jackson Co., GA.
See the obituary of his parents, James Arthur “Jimmy” Alford Jr. and Carolyn Patton Alford, in this compilation.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #4.
His lineage: James Arthur 1963 GA1, James Arthur 1935 GA2, James Arthur 1894 GA3, James Alvin 1852 SC4, Joseph 1822 NC5, Lodwick 1802 SC6.
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JAMES BERRY ALFORD
“James Berry Alford Family Reunion 1905” in Hart Co., GA
Photo and Photo Identifications from BarbaraAnnVickery’s Vickery Alford Satcher Harley Family (Ancestry) - used with permission
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Friday, 18 April 1913
Photo from Cokesbury UMC Cemetery, Hart Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Theron Rogers
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of his wife, Emily Susan Masters Alford; children Alice S. Alford Neese, Angus Notley Alford Sr., Berta Corinda Alford Turner, and William Jesse Alford; and mother, Alsie Snipes Alford, in this compilation.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #4.
His lineage: James Berry 1841 NC1, Lodwick 1802 SC2.
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JAMES CARSON “J.C.” ALFORD, JR.
McRae, Telfair Co., GA—_____ September 2020
James Carson Alford, Jr.
March 22, 1945 ~ September 5, 2020 (age 75)
James C. “J.C.” Alford, Jr., 75, of McRae, died suddenly on Saturday, September 5.
The son of the late James Carson Alford, Sr. and the late Jewell Annette Gupton Alford, James was a truck driver for Pepperidge Farms and Campbell’s Soup.
He was preceded in death by brother, Morris G. Alford and a sister, Sandra Johns.
Survivors include a daughter, Brenda (Michael, Sr.) Wakelee of Vienna, VA; son, Daniel Alford of Tempe, AZ; brother, David Ronald Alford of McRae; and grandchildren, Kaitlyn Wakelee and Michael Wakelee.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not yet list his death.
See the obituaries of his father, James Carson Alford Sr.; and siblings Morris G. Alford and Sandra Kay Alford Johns in this compilation.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: James Carson 1945 GA1, James Carson 1919 GA2, David Nedium 1895 SC3, Harrison 1843 SC4, Arthur 1803 SC5, Arthur 1775 SC6.
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JAMES CARSON ALFORD, SR.
Source unknown—posted to this Find A Grave memorial
_____, GA—_____ June 1997
James Carson Alford Sr. died Tuesday at home.
He was born in Bulloch County and was a member of New Richland Baptist Church and St. Johns Masonic Lodge No. 6 in Norwalk, Conn. He was a retired foreman for the King Industries Chemical Co. and an Army veteran of World War II.
SURVIVORS: his wife, Jewell G. Alford of Warner Robins; three sons, James C. Alford Jr. of Norwalk, David R. and Morris G. Alford, both of Warner Robins; a daughter, Sandra K. Johns of McRae; four brothers, Harold E. Alford of Pembroke, Homer Alford of Danville, Oscar Alford of Warner Robins and Alphus Alford of Naknek, Alaska; seven sisters, Julia Thompson of Faulkville, Juanita Derwick of Georgetown, S.C., Margie Clifton and Lois Harper, both of Byron, Glennis Whaley of Dover, Jessie DeLoach of Claxton and Lora Wilson of Pooler; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. today at New Richland Baptist Church, Twiggs County, burial at 3 p.m. in Northside Cemetery, Pembroke.
McCullough Funeral Home, Warner Robins, and Morrison Funeral Home, Pembroke.
Photo from Northside Cemetery, Pembroke, Bryan Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Taken by Find A Grave contributor nu2ga
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that James G. Alford [sic] (SS# issued in GA) was born 16 Apr 1919, last residence Warner Robins, Houston Co., GA.
From SSACI: James Carson Alford was born 16 Apr 1919 in Stilson, GA, son of David N. Alford and Annie M. Edge.
See the obituaries of his children James Carson “J.C.” Alford Jr., Morris G. Alford, and Sandra Kay Alford Johns in this compilation.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: James Carson 1919 GA1, David Nedium 1895 SC2, Harrison 1843 SC3, Arthur 1803 SC54Arthur 1775 SC5.
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JAMES DENNIS ALFORD
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Friday, 25 June 1943
In another article:
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Sunday, 27 June 1943
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of his father, James Marion Alford, in this compilation.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: James Dennis ???? GA1, James Marion 1912 GA2, Warren Hamilton 1880 GA3, Robert C. 1853 GA4, Kinchen 1812 NC5, Kinchen 1768 NC6, Lodwick 1710 VA7, James 1687 VA8, John 1645 VA9.
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JAMES E. HALLFORD
COLUMBUS ENQUIRER
Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA—Wednesday, 28 November 1921
In another article:
COLUMBUS ENQUIRER
Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA—Friday, 30 November 1921
Photo from Riverdale Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Christine Thacker
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of his wife, Lula E. Lovick Hallford; and sons Arthur James Hallford and William E. Hallford in this compilation.
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JAMES F. ALFORD
[James died in Polk Co., TN, across the state line from his home in Fannin Co., GA, but we are including his obituary here because GA was his home.]
NEWS OBSERVER
Blue Ridge, Fannin Co., GA—20 May 1998
Included in AAFA ACTION, Fall 1998
James Alford, age 76, died Friday, May 15 at the Copper Basin Medical Center [Copperhill, Polk Co., TN]. He was a World War II veteran.
He is survived by two sons, Larry Alford of Blue Ridge and Terry Alford of Waleska; one daughter, Judy Peck of Holly Springs; three sisters, Nell Hudson, Bessie Bryant and Mildred McArthur, all of Holly Springs; 11 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 2 pm May 18 from the Chapel of the Sosebee Funeral Home in Canton.
Photos from Lebanon Methodist Church Cemetery, Lebanon, Cherokee Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, dgresh
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that James F. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 1 Feb 1923, last residence Blue Ridge, Fannin Co., GA.
See the obituaries of his wife, Elizabeth Waycaster Alford Colley; sons James Terry Alford and Larry Gene Alford; and sisters Bessie Alford Bryant and Ruby Nell Alford Hutson in this compilation.
His lineage: James F. 1923 GA1, James Russell 1896 GA2, John 1876 GA3, Posey 1842 GA4.
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JAMES JARRELL ALFORD
Max Brannon and Sons Funeral Home
Calhoun, Gordon Co., GA—_____ March 2013
Mr. James Jarrell Alford, age 81 of Calhoun, passed away Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at his residence.
He was born in LaGrange, GA on July 3, 1931, son of the late Ed and Mary Lee Alford. Mr. Alford was a veteran, serving his country in the US Navy.
Survivors include two sons, Jim Alford and John Alford of Sarasota, FL; and his caregiver, Johnny Carver of Calhoun.
Graveside funeral services for Mr. James Jarrell Alford will be held Monday, March 18th at 10:00 am from the Georgia National Cemetery in Canton with military honors.
…. Max Brannon and Sons Funeral Home, a legacy of compassion and care, is in charge of funeral services for Mr. James Jarrell Alford, age 81 of Calhoun.
Photo from Georgia National Cemetery, Canton, Cherokee Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Joseph G. Benning Sr.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that James J. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 3 July 1931, last residence not listed.
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JAMES L. ALFORD
MORNING NEWS
Savannah, Chatham Co., GA—23 May 2012
SAVANNAH—James L. (Jim) Alford, Sr., 77, passed away peacefully on May 21, 2012 at Hospice Savannah.
He was born in Statesboro, GA, Bulloch County on April 30, 1935.
Jim was preceded in death by his parents Charlie Green Alford and Eddie Lee Mills, his brother, Charlie G. Alford, granddaughter, Courtney Elizabeth Alford, and step-daughter, Sonja R. Fields.
Jim graduated from Commercial High School in Savannah in 1953. He was a member of the Commercial High School Cobra Club. He lived in Port Wentworth, Georgia for 45 years until he moved to Midway, Georgia in 1991. Jim was an active member of the Port Wentworth Jaycees for many years where he served in many capacities including President of the organization.
He also enjoyed coaching little league baseball. He was very involved in the Groves High School Booster Club having served two years as President. Jim retired in June of 1996 from Amoco Oil Company in Garden City, Georgia, after 20 years as an instrument mechanic. He was President of OCAW Local Number 3-673 Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers for many years. He retired from the Georgia Army National Guard after serving his country for 26 years, including 12 years in the Air Guard and 14 years in the 165th Supply Company Army National Guard. He retired as Sergeant First Class, E7. He was an active member and Past Master of the Frank F. Baker Masonic Lodge Number 46 in Garden City, Georgia. Jim was also a member of the Scottish Rite Masons Valley of Savannah, the Alee Shrine Temple, the Knights of Mecca, and a long-time member of the Iron Knights Motorcycle Club. He had a passion for motorcycles and he loved riding in parades. Jim was a member of the Midway United Methodist Church, serving God in many areas of the church, including Chairman of the Board of Trustees, President of the United Methodist Mens Club and Vice President of the Administrative Council. He was a member of the Alpha Sunday School Class and enjoyed singing in the church choir.
He is survived by his wife, Linda G. Alford, a daughter, Tammy A. Hall (Rick), sons, James L. Alford, Jr. (Mary) and Troy K. Alford (Becky), step-son, James V. Fields, three sisters, Bonnie Seckinger, Terri Andrews, and Donna Crosby, 14 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
A Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, May 25, 2012 at Midway United Methodist Church, Midway, Georgia….
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm the birth and death dates of James L. Alford (SS# issued in GA), last residence not listed.
See the obituaries of his father, Charlie Green Alford; and brother Charlie G. Alford in this compilation.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: James L. 1935 GA1, Charlie Green 1913 GA2, James Olin 1886 GA3, Green Colquitt 1853 GA4, William Benjamin 1825 GA5, William 1794 NC6, Kinchen 1768 NC7, Lodwick 1710 VA8, James 1687 VA9, John 1645 VA10.
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JAMES LAWRENCE ALFORD
THE TELEGRAPH
Macon, Bibb Co., GA—Sunday, 14 February 1999
Included in AAFA ACTION, Winter 2000
EATONTON—Services for James Lawrence Alford will be at 3 p.m. today in Lone Oak Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Alford, 48, died Saturday, Feb. 13, 1999. Born in Putnam County, he was a dairyman. He was the son of the late Lawrence and Margie Alford.
Survivors include his son, James Alford Jr.; and sisters JoAnne Herrin and Joyce Anderson, both of Eatonton, and Betty Sue Greenway of Madison.
Vining Ivy Hill Chapel has charge of arrangements.
Photo from Lone Oak Baptist Church, Eatonton, Putnam Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Patty Shreve
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not list his death.
We included the obituary of his brother Johnny Travis Alford in South Carolina Obituaries.
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JAMES LYNWOOD ALFORD
AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
Augusta, Richmond Co., GA—Saturday, 21 March 1987
Photo from Bartow City Cemetery, Bartow, Jefferson Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Doon atwell
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that James Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 11 Sept 1917 and died _____ March 1987, last residence Bartow, Jefferson Co., GA.
See the obituaries of his wife, Margaret Greenway Alford; parents, Charles Watson Alford and Elizabeth “Lizzie” Smith Alford; and siblings Charles Lewis Alford, Essie Mae Alford Clark, and Gladys Alford Morris in this compilation.
On his 1940 WWII Draft Registration Card (Ancestry), he signed his name James Linwood Alford and named his father, Charlie Watson Alford, as his contact.
James is listed as Linwood in the 1920 census of Jefferson Co. GA, the son of Charles W. (born 1892 GA) and Lizzie Alford.
His lineage: James Lynwood 1917 GA1, Charles Watson 1892 GA2, Charles Thomas 1856 GA3.
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JAMES MARION ALFORD
THE TELEGRAPH
Macon, Bibb Co., GA—Saturday, 25 December 1993
Photos from Woodlawn Cemetery, Eastman, Dodge Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographers, Loree & Billy Beacham
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that J.M. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 12 Feb 1912 and died _____ Dec 1993, last residence Eastman, Dodge Co., GA.
See the obituaries of his son James Dennis Alford; parents, Warren Hamilton Alford and Mae Odessa Butler Alford; and brothers Robert Butler Alford Sr. and Wade Hamilton Alford in this compilation. We included the obituary of his brother Warren Glenn Alford in South Carolina Obituaries.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: James Marion 1912 GA1, Warren Hamilton 1880 GA2, Robert C. 1853 GA3, Kinchen 1812 NC4, Kinchen 1768 NC5, Lodwick 1710 VA6, James 1687 VA7, John 1645 VA8.
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JAMES OLIN ALFORD
James Olin Alford and his first wife, Julia Eva Roach Alford
Posted to his Find A Grave memorial
“James Olin and Lonie Mae Alford 1948”
Posted to Lona’s Find A Grave memorial
MORNING NEWS
Savannah, Chatham Co., GA—22 January 1958
Photo from Eureka Church Cemetery, Clito, Bulloch Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Taken by Find A Grave contributor Kay W. Waters
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of his wife, Julia Eva Roach Alford; and sons Charlie Green Alford and Willie Emmitt Alford in this compilation.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: James Olin 1886 GA1, Green Colquitt 1853 GA2, William Benjamin 1825 GA3, William 1794 NC4, Kinchen 1768 NC5, Lodwick 1710 VA6, James 1687 VA7, John 1645 VA8.
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JAMES PERCY “BLONDIE” ALFORD, JR.
THE CHATTANOOGAN
Chattanooga, Hamilton Co., TN—Sunday, 25 May 2014
ROSSVILLE [Walker Co., GA]—James P. “Blondie” Alford Jr., 84, of Rossville, Georgia, passed away on Sunday, May 25, 2014, at a local hospital.
He was retired from Combustion Engineering with 38 years of service. He was on the board of directors of the ComTrust Federal Credit Union and was of the Christian faith.
He was preceded in death by his parents, James and Mildred Alford Sr.; two brothers; and one sister.
Survivors include his wife of 67 years, Mary Alford; three loving daughters, Nancy (L.D.) Long, Brenda (Joe) Sowinski and Deborah (David) Forshee; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and one greatgreat-grandchild….
Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, May 29, 2014, in Chattanooga National Cemetery where Military Honors will be observed….
Arrangements by the South Crest Chapel of Lane Funeral Home & Crematory … Rossville.
Photo from Chattanooga National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Hamilton Co., TN—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Gary T. Jordan
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not yet list his death.
See the obituaries of his wife, Mary June Mitchell Alford; and paternal grandfather, Enoch Washington Alford, in this compilation. We included the obituary of his half-brother Frank Francis Alford in Tennessee Obituaries.
James was the son of James Percy Alford Sr. and his second wife, Mildred Maner (1902–1933).
His lineage: James Percy 1930 TN1, James Percy 1896 GA2, Enoch Washington 1850 TN3.
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JAMES RALPH ALFORD
EUFALA TRIBUNE
Eufala, Barbour Co., AL—Wednesday, 8 November 2000
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm the birth and death dates of James R. Alford (SS# issued in GA), last residence Georgetown, Quitman Co., GA.
SSACI: James Ralph Alford was born 3 July 1922 in Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA, son os James H. Alford and Perlie B. Fallin.
From Alabama, County Marriage Records (Ancestry): Ralph Alford, age 22 son of J.H. Alford and Pearlie B. Fallin, married Gladys Taylor in Russell Co., AL, on 31 March 1945.
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JAMES SAMUEL HALLFORD, JR.
[He died in Texas, but we are including his obituary here because Georgia was his home.]
BRUNSWICK NEWS
Brunswick, Glynn Co., GA—Wednesday, 30 October 1968
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not list his death.
See the obituary of his daughter Ruth Lynn Hallford Banks in this compilation.
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JAMES TERRY ALFORD
Photo from his Find A Grave memorial
Canton, Cherokee Co., GA—_____ November 2011
James Terry Alford age 64, of Waleska [Cherokee Co.], GA passed away Saturday, November 05, 2011 at Northside Hospital Cherokee.
Funeral Services are scheduled for 11:00 AM, on Tuesday, November 08, 2011, at the Chapel of South Canton Funeral Home…. Interment will follow at Lebanon Cemetery….
Survivors include: sons, Mitchell Alford, Waleska, Jeff Alford, Buford, Greg Alford, Waleska, Keith Alford, Buford; daughters, Melissa Edge, Canton, Michelle Bush, Canton; brother, Larry Alford, Blue Ridge; sisters, Judy Peck, Holly Springs, Cindy Peardon, Canton; sixteen grandchildren, four great grandchildren, several nieces, and nephews also survive.
Photo from Lebanon Methodist Church Cemetery, Lebanon, Cherokee Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, dgresh
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that James T. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 12 Feb 1947, last residence not listed.
See the obituaries of his wife, Linda Lou Peck Alford; parents, James F. Alford and Elizabeth Waycaster Alford Colley; and brother Larry Gene Alford in this compilation.
His lineage: James Terry 1947 GA1, James F. 1923 GA2, James Russell 1896 GA3, John 1876 GA4, Posey 1842 GA5.
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JAMES THOMAS ALFORD, SR.
NASHVILLE TENNESSEAN
Nashville, Davidson Co., TN—Monday, 27 August 1934
ALFORD FUNERAL TODAY
Funeral services for James T. Alford, 81, of Atlanta, Ga., a former resident of Nashville, will be held at 11 o’clock this morning at the chapel of the Dorris-Karsch funeral home, 129 Ninth avenue, north…. Burial will be in Mt. Olivet cemetery.
Mr. Alford died Friday night at his home in Atlanta, where he had lived for the last 30 years. He was born and reared in Davidson county and had for many years been an active cattle and livestock dealer.
He is survived by a son, E.L. [Eugene Leslie] Alford, of Atlanta.
Pallbearers will be his nephews, William H. Alford, Henry Jones, George Jones, J.J. Shiloutte, William H. McMurray and A.S. McMahon.
Photos from Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson Co., TN—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, CB
Gravestones in foreground: James Thomas Alford Sr., Betty Shryer Alford, Harry McMurray Alford, and James Thomas Alford Jr.
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of his wife, Betty Shryer Alford; and son Eugene Leslie Alford in this compilation. We included the obituaries of his son Harry McMurray Alford; and his brother William Ewing Alford in Tennessee Obituaries.
James T. Alford married Bettie Shryer in Davidson Co., TN, on 20 Oct 1881.
From:
DAILY AMERICAN
Nashville, Davidson Co., TN—Saturday, 22 October 1881
In 1850, Davidson Co., TN, Dwelling #24:
Guthridge Alford 36 NC farmer
Celia 28 TN
Cornelius 8 TN
Lucinda 6 TN
Eliza 3 TN
William 1 TN
In 1870, Davidson Co., TN, Dwelling #99:
George Alford 55 NC farmer
Cilla 54 TN
Eliza 23 TN
William 21 TN
Mary 20 TN
James 17 TN
Elizabeth 15 TN
Ellis 13 TN
Cornelius 39 TN
Joseph Gambell 7 TN mulatto
His lineage: James Thomas 1853 TN1, Guthridge George 1815 NC2.
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JAMES W. HALLFORD
MORNING NEWS
Savannah, Chatham Co., GA—Tuesday, 3 February 2004
METTER [Candler Co.]—Mr. James “Jim” Hallford, 57, died Saturday morning at his home.
He lived most of his life in Metter, was a Project Superintendent working with Hardaway, TIC Co., and Lee Construction. He was instrumental in the building of the Talmadge Bridge in Savannah.
He was predeceased by one son, Michael Patrick Hallford.
He is survived by his wife, Debbie Hallford of Metter; a son, James W. Hallford, II of Metter; two brothers, Bill Hallford of New Windsor, MD and Grady Hallford of Metter and one grandson, John Luke Hallford of Metter.
Graveside memorial services will be held on Saturday 3:00 p.m. at the Lake Cemetery…. Kennedy-Morgan Funeral Homes Hooks Chapel Metter.
In another article:
CARROLL COUNTY TIMES
Westminster, Carroll Co., MD—Thursday, 5 February 2004
James W. ‘Jim’ Hallford, 57, of Metter, Ga., died suddenly Saturday, Jan. 31, 2004.
Born May 4, 1946, in Washington, Ga., he was the son of the late Henry Grady Hallford Sr. and Julia Dixon Hallford.
He had been a construction superintendent for various companies. He enjoyed drag racing and golfing.
Surviving are wife Debbie Hallford; son James Hallford II; grandson John Luke Hallford of Metter, Ga.; brothers Bill Hallford of New Windsor and Grady Hallford of Metter, Ga.; uncle Addison Hallford; aunts Willene Durham and Allene Morris, all of Crawfordville, Ga., and Arlene Dixon Elste of Pikesville; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by son Michael Patrick Hallford.
A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at Lake Cemetery, Metter, Ga.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Metter Primitive Baptist Church, 210 S. Kennedy St., Metter, GA, 30439.
Photo from Lake Cemetery, Metter, Candler Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Taken by Find A Grave contributor Karla Kelley-Cardell
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that James W. Hallford (SS# issued in MD) was born 4 May 1946, last residence Pulaski, Candler Co., GA.
See the obituaries of his son Michael Patrick Hallford; mother, Julia Elizabeth Dixon Hallford; and brother Henry Grady Hallford Jr. in this compilation. We included the obituary of his brother Charles William “Bill” Hallford in Pennsylvania Obituaries.
His HALLFORD lineage: James W. 1946 GA1, Henry Grady 1910 GA2, William Wallace 1887 ??3.
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JAMES WATSON ALFORD
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Monday, 20 May 1985
Photo from Redan Community Cemetery, Redan, DeKalb Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Bud
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that James Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 24 Dec 1920 and died _____ May 1985, last residence Stone Mountain, DeKalb Co., GA.
See the obituaries of his wife, Doris Louise Mitchem Alford Tweedell; parents, John Oscar Alford Sr. and Alice A. Watson Alford; and siblings Hazel Alford Slaughter and John Oscar Alford Jr. in this compilation.
On James Watson Alford’s 1942 WWII Draft Registration Card (Ancestry), he is age 21, born 24 Dec 1920 in DeKalb Co., GA. His contact is Mrs. Hazel Slaughter, his sister.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #2.
His lineage: James Watson 1920 GA1, John Oscar 1866 GA2, John T. 1831 GA3, Bynum 1787 GA4, Isham 1755 NC5.
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JAMES WESLEY ALFORD
AAFA #0725
Photo from AAFA files
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Tuesday, 29 November 2005
James Wesley Alford, 70, of Atlanta died Wednesday, November 23, 2005 after a long illness.
He was a graduate of Murphy High School and a veteran of the United States Army serving during the Korean War. He was a member of American Legion Post #1. He spent his life in the printing industry and served as president of the Atlanta Printing Industry Atlanta in the 1970’s.
Mr. Alford was preceded in death by his parents, Evelyn Burch and Lawrence C. Alford and his son, Daniel Wesley Alford.
He is survived by his son, Larry Alford; daughter-in-law, Becky Alford; and three grandchildren, Jerry, Lisa and Cody Alford.
A memorial service will be held at A.S. Turner & Sons, Wednesday, November 30th at 7 p.m....
Photo from Decatur Cemetery, Decatur, DeKalb Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Joe Stoner
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that James W. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 21 March 1935, last residence Lilburn, Gwinnett Co., GA.
See the obituaries of his mother, Evelyn Burch Alford Carithers; and sister Jane Irene Alford Galloway Fosnot in this compilation.
From SSACI: James Wesley Alford was born 21 March 1934 [different than gravestone and SSDI], son of Larry C. Alford and Mary Brock [sic—she was his second wife]. He died 13 Nov 2005.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: James Wesley 1935 GA1, Lawrence Caesar 1910 FL2, Lodwick Herrin 1885 AL3, Lodwick Herrin 1855 AL4, Julius Caesar 1799 GA5, Lodwick 1775 NC6, Julius 1750 NC7, Lodwick 1710 VA8, James 1687 VA9, John 1645 VA.
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JANE BEECHER ALFORD
MORNING NEWS
Savannah, Chatham Co., GA—Wednesday, 30 March 2011
RINCON—Ms. Jane B. Alford, 73, passed away Sunday. Memorial Service: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Garden City United Methodist Church with lunch hour visitation immediately following in the church social hall. Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Homes West Chatham Chapel 912-748-2444. Please sign our Obituary Guest Book at savannnahnow.com/obituaries .
In another article:
Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Homes
Pooler, GA—_____ March 2011
RINCON—Ms. Jane B. Alford, 73, passed away on Sunday, March 27, 2011 at Memorial Health University Medical Center.
Ms. Jane was born in Baxley to the late Edgar K. Beecher, Sr. & Mattie C. Beecher. She was employed with the City of Port Wentworth Police Department for 23 years as well as Coastal Correctional Institute for 11 years. She loved spending time with her family, traveling and fishing.
Survivors include her children, Tammy (Rick) Hall of Richmond Hill, James (Mary) Alford, Jr. of Atlanta and Troy (Becky) Alford of Rincon; grandchildren, Lyndsey Alford, Garrett (Chrissy) Alford, Kristen Hall, Jessica Hall, Judson Alford, Blake Alford, Lauren Hall, Caroline Alford, Spencer Alford, Jacob Alford and Luke Alford; great-grandson, Jace Alford; brother, Edgar K. Beecher, Jr.; sisters, Barbara Beecher and Rose Kopta and several nieces and nephews.
Memorial Service: 11 a.m. Wednesday at Garden City United Methodist Church, 62 Varnadoe Avenue, with lunch hour visitation immediately following the memorial service in the church social hall.
The Alford family would like to thank the Rincon Police Department, Effingham County E.M.S., Rincon Fire Department and Memorial Health LifeStarOne Air Ambulance Service for the dignified and professional service rendered to our mom.
Remembrances may be given to the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 2680, North Canton, OH 44720 or to the charity of the donor’s choice.
Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Homes West Chatham Chapel 912-748-2444
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Jane Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 11 March 1938, last residence Rincon, Effingham Co., GA.
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JANE IRENE ALFORD GALLOWAY FOSNOT
Sister of James Wesley Alford, AAFA #0725
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Wednesday, 30 September 1970
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Jane Fosnot (SS# issued in GA) was born 26 May 1936 and died _____ Sept 1970, last residence not listed.
See the obituaries of her mother, Evelyn Burch Alford Carithers; and brother James Wesley Alford in this compilation.
From SSACI: Jane Alford Fosnot was born 26 May 1936 in Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA, daughter of Lawrence C. Alford and Evelyn J. Burch.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
Her lineage: Jane Irene 1936 GA1, Lawrence Caesar 1910 FL2, Lodwick Herrin 1885 AL3, Lodwick Herrin 1855 AL4, Julius Caesar 1799 GA5, Lodwick 1775 NC6, Julius 1750 NC7, Lodwick 1710 VA8, James 1687 VA9, John 1645 VA.
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JANIE ALFORD MAHAFFEY
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Saturday, 14 May 1960
AAFA NOTES: We included the obituaries of her siblings Lula Mabelle Alford Dyson, Napoleon Alford, and Tillman Alford in South Carolina Obituaries.
From GA Deaths: Janie A. Mahaffey, age 62, died 12 May 1960 in Fulton Co., GA.
From South Carolina, Delayed Birth Records (Ancestry): Janie Alford Mahaffey was born 30 March 1898 in Florence, Florence Co., SC, daughter of Calhoun Alford and Josephine Webb. Sworn witnesses were her brother N. [Napoleon] Alford and sister Lula Dyson.
For more information about this family, see AAFA’s published genealogy, Known Descendants of Elizabeth Harrell Alford, born July 1818 SC. The name of Elizabeth’s husband is not known.
Her lineage: Janie 1898 SC1, Calhoun 1850 SC2, unknown3.
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JANIE LOU ALFORD STRICKLAND
Aunt of Cecil Orie Alford, AAFA #0751
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Tuesday, 5 October 1999
Photo from High Bluff Cemetery, Hoboken, Brantley Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Taken by Find A Grave deceased contributor Jerry Van Herrin
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Janie A. Strickland (SS# issued in Railroad Board) was born 8 June 1913, last residence Lawrenceville, Gwinnett Co., GA.
See the obituaries of her father, Julius Caesar Alford; and brother Ryburn Orie Alford in this compilation.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #2.
Her lineage: Janie Lou 1913 GA1, Julius Caesar 1870 GA2, Brittain Washington 1826 GA3, Brittain Washington 1782 NC4, Isham 1755 NC5.
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JARED MICHAEL ALFORD
rome news-tribune
Rome, Floyd Co., GA—Monday, 28 October 1996
Jared Michael Alford, infant son of Kirk Alford and Jill Alford, died Friday at an Atlanta hospital.
Survivors include: his parents; a sister, Sarah Alford; two brothers, Nathan Alford and Marcus Alford; his maternal grandparents, Hollis Hufstetler and Joyce Hufstetler; his paternal grandmother, Barbara Alford.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Oaknoll Memorial Gardens….
Photo from Oaknoll Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Rome, Floyd Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Evelyn Jones
AAFA NOTES: See the obituary of his father, Allison Kirk Alford, in this compilation.
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JASON E. “BILL” ALFORD
COLUMBUS LEDGER-ENQUIRER
Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA—Sunday, 17 August 2014
COLUMBUS , GA—Jason E. “Bill” Alford, 85, passed away Thursday, August 14, 2014. Services will be private.
Bill was a native of Columbus, GA and worked 27 years at Holt Williamson Manufacturing as the Vice President of Manufacturing. He later worked five years at Fruit of the Loom in Williamston, NC before retiring and returning to Columbus.
He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Carolyn Watford Alford; son, Terry Alford and wife, Teresa; daughter, Vicki Leigh Hargis; two granddaughters, Jessica Alford Jenkins and Tara Leigh Alford; great granddaughter, Noelle Hazel Jenkins, all of Greenville, NC; special nephew, Jimmy Hubbard and wife, Inez of Columbus, GA; and two great nephews, Jason and Daniel Bridges, both of Pine Mountain, GA.
Arrangements by Smith Funeral Service & Crematory., Greenville, NC….
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not yet list his death.
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JEANETTE CRAFT ALFORD
Max Brannon & Sons Funeral Home
Calhoun, Gordon Co., GA—_____ March 2008
Mrs. Jeanette Alford, age 57 of Calhoun, passed away Sunday, March 9, 2008 at Gordon Hospital. She was born in Fulton County, Georgia on June 2, 1950, daughter of the late John and Mabel Hudson Craft. Mrs. Alford was employed by Mohawk, and was a member of Evangelistic Outreach Ministries.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Misty Simley, and by several brothers and sisters.
Survivors include her husband, Randy Alford, to whom she was married for almost 10 years; two sons, Johnny Patton and his wife Vicki of Calhoun, and Mark Jones of Dalton; three step-daughters, Crystal Painter, Amanda Roberson, and Brandy Linman, all of Alabama; grandchildren, Amanda and Zane Patton, and Blake Collis; and step-grandchildren, Taylor, Will, and Jayden Roberson, Halen and Bryson Painter, and Brianna and Kaylee Linman. Nieces and nephews also survive.
…. The funeral service will be conducted Tuesday, March 11 at 2:00pm from the chapel of Max Brannon and Sons Funeral Home…. Interment will follow in the Chandler Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will include Johnny Patton, Randall Fuquea, Terry Alford, Michael Evans, William Twilley, and Larry Wheeler….
Photo from Chandler Cemetery, Gordon Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, dgresh
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not list her death.
We included the obituary of her husband, Randall Curtis Alford, in Alabama Obituaries.
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JEANNIE HELEN ALFORD MANN
SYLVESTER LOCAL
Sylvester, Worth Co., GA—Thursday, 12 November 1959
Photo from Hillcrest Cemetery, Sylvester, Worth Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, C. Bozeman
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of her father, Columbus Augustine Alford Sr.; siblings Columbus Augustine Alford Jr. and Frances Eugenia “Frankie” Alford Westberry; ; and half-brother Green Floyd Alford Sr. in this compilation. We included the obituary of her sister Bennie Love Alford Westberry in Florida Obituaries.
From GA Marriages: Jane Helen Alford married Ivan H. Mann on 7 Feb 1921 in Worth Co., GA.
Jeannie was the daughter of Columbus Augustine Alford Sr. and his second wife, Jeannie Eliza Johnston Alford.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #3.
Her lineage: Jeannie Helen 1897 GA1, Columbus Augustine 1850 NC2, Green Haywood 1820 NC3, Green about 1787 NC4, James Lodwick 1749 NC5.
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JEFF DAVID ALFORD
[He died in Alabama, but we are including his obituary here because Georgia was his home.]
ATLANTA JOURNAL
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Monday, 30 September 1940
COLORED DEATHS AND FUNERALS
In another article:
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Wednesday, 2 October 1940
Photos from Eastview Cemetery, East Newnan, Coweta Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Never Forgotten
AAFA NOTES: From SSACI: Jeff David Alford was born 15 March 1894.
From Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index (Ancestry): Jeff D. Alford, black, preacher/bricklayer, was born 15 March 1894 in LaGrange, Troup Co., GA. He died 28 Sept 1940 in Tuskegee, Macon Co., AL. His wife is Mary W. Alford.
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JEFFREY ALFORD
THE TELEGRAPH
Macon, Bibb Co., GA—Tuesday, 20 May 2008
FORSYTH—Jeffrey Alford, 47, died Friday May 16, 2008. Memorial services Wednesday, May 21, 2008, 2:00 P.M. Freeman Funeral Home Chapel 26 Brentwood Place. Burial Private.
Survivors include mother, Mrs. Annette F. Alford; sister and brother, Ms. Constance Alford, Jacquelina (Cecil) Evans, Evelyn D. Alford, Ricky (Arlene) Alford and T.J. (Mary) Alford Jr. all of Forsyth Ga.
Freeman Funeral Home of Forsyth.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Jeffrey Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 29 May 1960, last residence Culloden, Monroe Co., GA.
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JEFFERY LOUIS ALFORD
Senior photo, Iliad, 1977 yearbook, Glen Este High School, Cincinnati, OH
CINCINNATI ENQUIRER
Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH—Monday, 1 April 1996
Photo from Mount Moriah Cemetery, Withamsville, Clermont Co., OH—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Dudley Petty
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that J.L. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 23 Sept 1958 and died _____ March 1996, last residence not listed.
From SSACI: Jeffrey Louis Alford was born 23 Sept 1958 in Mariemont, Hamilton Co., OH.
From GA Deaths: J.L. Alford, age 37, died 27 March 1996 in Gwinnett Co., GA.
From:
CINCINNATI POST
Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH—Thursday, 29 May 1975
Jeffrey’s mother was Doris Janet Lee. No marriage record has been found for her and an Alford.
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JEFFREY SCOTT ALFORD
COLUMBUS LEDGER-ENQUIRER
Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA—Wednesday, 27 January 2016
Jeffrey Scott Alford
February 20, 1965–January 22, 2016
CATAULA, Georgia—Jeffrey Scott Alford, 52, of Cataula, Georgia died Friday, January 22, 2016 at his residence.
Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Thursday, January 28, 2016 in Edgewood Hall of Striffler – Hamby, 4071 Macon Road…. Interment will follow in Parkhill Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Randy Parker, Mark Lynes, Brannon Alford, Billy Glau, Kevin Gibson, and Carlton Alford, Jr….
Jeff was born February 20, 1965 in Columbus, Georgia the son of Dewey H. and Martha Gibson Alford. He was a lifelong resident of Harris and Muscogee County and retired after twenty years from Litho-Krome as a pressman.
Jeff was a member of New Harvest Assembly of God Church in Hamilton and was preceded in death by his brother, David Keith Alford.
Survivors include two daughters, Megan Elaine Alford and Taylor Marie Alford; his parents, Dewey H. and Martha Gibson Alford; several cousins, aunts, and uncles.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not yet list his death.
See the obituary of his brother David Keith Alford in this compilation.
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JESSE MARABLE “DICK” ALPHORD
TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT
Tallahassee, Leon Co., FL—Saturday, 8 November 1986
BAINBRIDGE, Ga.—Dick Alphord, 70, of Bainbridge, died Thursday. The service will be 4 p.m. today at Oak City Cemetery in Bainbridge.
A lifelong resident of Decatur County, Ga., he was a self-employed paint contractor. He was a member of Morningside Baptist Church in Bainbridge.
Survivors include two daughters, Carolyn Nutt of Jacksonville and Miriam Dixon of Dothan, Ala.; eight sons, Guy Alphord of Bainbridge and Henry, Elbert, Allen, Reisel, Randy, Jimmy and Michael Alphord, all of Dothan; 21 grandchildren; and two greatgrandchildren. (Cox Funeral Home in Bainbridge)
Photo from Oak City Cemetery, Bainbridge, Decatur Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Karen
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Jesse Alphord (SS# issued in GA) was born 7 Aug 1917 [different than gravestone] and died _____ Nov 1986, last residence Bainbridge, Decatur Co., GA.
We included the obituaries of his brother Jodie Waff Alford in Alabama Obituaries; and of his brother Charles Thaddeous Alphord in Florida Obituaries.
Members of this family spell their name Alford and Alphord.
From GA Deaths: Jesse M. Alphord died 6 Nov 1986 [different than gravestone], age 70, in Decatur Co., GA.
In 1920, Bainbridge, Decatur Co., GA: C.T. Alford, age 53 born NC; his wife Jessie E. 35 FL; and children: Ethel 14 FL, Jodie W. 12 FL, Velma V. 9 GA, Guy 7 GA, Marable 2-6/12 GA, and Johnnie 8/12 GA.
For more information about this family, see AAFA’s published genealogy, Known Descendants of Jesse Alford, b. ca 1765 NC.
His lineage: Jesse Marable 1916 GA1, Charles Thaddeus 1867 NC2, Edward/Edmund 1814 NC3, Jesse ???? NC4.
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JESSICA RENEE ALFORD
AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER
Americus, Sumter Co., GA—Monday, 26 November 2007
Photo from www.greghancockfuneralchapel.com
Jessica Renee Alford, 13, died Thursday, Nov. 22, 2007.
Miss Alford was a native of Americus, born Feb. 19, 1994, a daughter of Carrie Lou Duhon Callier and James “Scooter” Oscar Alford Jr.
Miss Alford was an artist, a member of Drayton Baptist Church, a member of the Drama Club and loved animals. She attended Schley County Schools and was in the eighth grade. She played softball and was a cheerleader in the Recreation Department. She had a heart as good as gold and a big smile for everyone.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2007 at Greater Vision Independent Baptist Church…. Burial will follow at Ellaville City Cemetery in Ellaville….
Serving as pallbearers will be Tony Smith, Richie Ludwig, Dewey Duhon, Joey Hall, Andrew Smith, Jerry Reeves and Greg Phillips.
Miss Alford is survived by her mother, Carrie Lou Duhon Callier and step-father, Don Smith of Ellaville, her father, James “Scooter” Oscar Alford Jr. and step-mother, Robin Alford of Andersonville; five sisters, Savannah Callier of Ellaville, Heather Hall of Americus, Kaitlyn Hall of Eastman, Kristen Alford of Andersonville and Callie Way of Ellaville; five brothers and three sister-in-laws, Richie and Audrey Ludwig of Americus, Tony and Ashley Smith of Baconton, Tony and Stacey Smith of Americus, Andrew Smith of Ellaville and Joey Hall of Eastman. She is also survived by her maternal grandparents, Larry and Brenda Duhon of Americus and her paternal grandparents, James and Sandy Alford of Andersonville and Cookie Seifert of Vienna; paternal great grandparents, Dorothy and Ulmer Stevens of Americus and J.O. and Irene Alford of Warner Robins; eight aunts and uncles, Dewey and Angie Duhon, Mark and Terrye Jones, Keith and Crissy James, Jason and Laura Seifert, Paul York, Jerry and Beth Reeves, Bennett Williams III, and Sarah and Kip Bolding; and also a number of cousins....
Greg Hancock Funeral Chapel is in charge of the arrangements.
Photo from Ellaville City Cemetery, Ellaville, Schley Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, C. Bozeman
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm the birth and death dates of Jessica R. Alford (SS# issued in GA), last residence not listed.
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JEWEL ALFORD
From 1957 Echoes, Morgan County High School yearbook, Freshman
MORGAN COUNTY CITIZEN
Madison, Morgan Co., GA—Thursday, 10 May 2012
Jewel Alford, 72, of Comer [Madison Co.] died May 5, 2012.
He was born January 15, 1940 to Lonnie Lee Alford and Vera Harper Alford. He was married to Linda Cranford. Mr. Alford was raised in Rutledge. He was of the Baptist faith. He enjoyed fishing and gardening.
Mr. Alford is survived by his wife Linda and children, Pam Epps and Ronald, Wayne Alford and Kelly, Bradley Alford, Jackie Alford, Tracy Collis, Candice Collis and Brandon Collis; grandchildren Shelby, Rachel, Ronald, Josh, Elizabeth, Colton and Ava; his siblings, Vera Mae Dover, Sara Maughon, Lena Alford, Bill Alford and Harvey Alford.
He was preceded in death by Mary Bell Mason, Dot O’Neal, Irene Roberts, Jack Alford and Red Alford.
The family received friends Tuesday from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. The funeral service was held at 1 p.m. in the chapel of A.E. Carter Funeral Home. Interment was at Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery in Eatonton [Putnam Co].
A.E. Carter Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not list his death.
See the obituaries of his siblings Irene M. Alford Roberts and Lena Alford in this compilation.
Jewel’s father is listed in Putnam Co., GA, as Alonzo, age 4 in 1910; Alonzo L., age 13 in 1920. In 1930, Morgan Co., GA, he is Lonnie L., age 23, still single living with his parents.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: Jewel 1940 GA1, Lonnie Lee “Jack” 1906 GA2, Edward J. 1862 GA3, John Allen 1815 GA4, William 1794 NC5, Kinchen 1768 NC6, Lodwick 1710 VA6, James 1687 VA8, John 1645 VA9.
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JEWELL BERNICE WELCH ALFORD
Wife of Harold Paschal Alford, AAFA #0700
MORGAN COUNTY CITIZEN
Madison, Morgan Co., GA—Thursday, 8 December 2011
Jewell Welch Alford, 87, died Sunday, December 4, 2011.
She was born October 15, 1924 in Putnam County to the late Fletcher and Inez Welch. She and her husband, Harold, who survives her, celebrated their 68th wedding anniversary recently. They lived on the same farm all of their married life.
Who was Jewell Welch Alford? A devoted wife, a loving mother, a sister, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, sister in the Lord, and not to be left out, a good friend. Many are the words it would take to describe who she really was. We would sum it all up with Proverbs 31:10-31, “An excellent wife, who can find?” She was a homemaker and business woman and was a member of Harmony Baptist Church.
Surviving her are her husband, Harold P. Alford of Morgan County, and three children her daughter, Dr. Linda A. Reddick, and husband, Dr. Lynn Reddick, of Portal; her son, Tyrone Alford, and wife, Arlene; daughter, Sharon Martin, and partner, George Pirie, all of Putnam County; grandchildren Greg and Cindy Reddick of Portal, Laura and Shawn Collins of Brooklet, Sheryl and Brian Murphy of Powder Springs, Tracy and David Stickley of Fairfax, Va., Reuben Alford, and Ivy Alford of Putnam County, John and Pat Martin of Morgan County and Jackie and Shane Williams of Bishop; surviving great-grandchildren are Kayla Parker of Brooklet; Ethan and Sara Reddick of Portal; Zack, Shanna and Allie Murphy of Powder Springs; Baker, Isabella and Jack Stickley of Fairfax, Va.; Logan Alford of Putnam County; and Grace and Reign Williams of Bishop. She is also survived by several nieces and nephews. Her surviving sisters are Vernezia Welch Jones, Grace Welch Bishop, and Alice Welch Pittman.
She was preceded in death by her sister, Priscilla Welch Farmer, and her brother, Leon Welch.
Her last days were in the loving care of Boswell Parker Nursing Home. The family will receive friends beginning at 2 p.m. at Vining Ivy Hill Chapel in Eatonton on Sunday, December 11. The service will follow in the Chapel at 3 p.m. Flowers are welcome or memorial contributions may be made to Harmony Baptist Church or Union Chapel United Methodist Church. Vining Ivy Hill Chapel is in charge of the arrangements.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm the birth and death dates of Jewell W. Alford (SS# issued in GA), last residence not listed.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
Her husband’s lineage: Harold Paschal 1922 GA1, George Claude 1880 GA2, John Franklin 1836 GA3, Kinchen 1812 NC4, Kinchen 1768 NC5, Lodwick 1710 VA6, James 1687 VA7, John 1645 VA8.
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JIMMIE JOE ALFORD
Photo from Morris Family Tree, Ancestry
Permission granted by the owner, Carla Renee Morris
THE TELEGRAPH
Macon, Bibb Co., GA—Thursday, 2 August 2007
VIDALIA [Toombs Co.]—Mr. Jimmie Joe Alford, 73, died August 1, 2007. Memorial service 11A.M. Saturday in the chapel of Murchison Funeral Home.
Survivors: wife, Mary Ann Knight Alford, Vidalia; daughter, Kelsey Blair and her son, Jimmie Joe; sons, Danny Adrian Alford, David Alford and Stephen Wesley Alford, all of Macon, other family.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Jimmy J. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 18 Oct 1933, last residence Vidalia, Toombs Co., GA.
See the obituary of his brothers Jack Preston Alford and John Lafayette Alford Jr. in this compilation. We included the obituary of his father, John Lafayette Alford Sr., in Florida Obituaries.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: Jimmie Joe 1933 GA1, John Lafayette 1901 GA2, Floyd Lafayette 1878 GA3, John Lafayette 1847 GA4, William Henry 1811 NC5, Job 1763 NC6, Julius 1717 VA7, James 1687 VA8, John 1645 VA9.
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JIMMIE LEOLA HAWKINS ALFORD
Grandmother of James Warren Alford, AAFA #0375
COLUMBUS ENQUIRER-SUN
Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA—Wednesday, 8 March 1922
Mrs. Edgar P. Alford, aged 45 years, died at the home, 1246 Talbot road, at 12:55 o’clock Monday night after an illness of two months of pneumonia.
Besides her husband she is survived by two daughters, Nannie Sarah and Annie Grace Alford, and one son, Emmett Hoyt Alford, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Hawkins of Columbus, five sisters, Mrs. Eva Reynolds, Mrs. T.C. Grimes, Mrs. W.P. Palmer, Mrs. Walter Helms and Mrs. Eva Reynolds of Columbus, and Mrs. Walter Edwards, of Ellsville, Ga., and two brothers, J.C. and E.H. Hawkins, of Columbus.
Mrs. Alford was a member of the Baptist church of Thomaston, Ga., where she formerly resided. She had many friends who will mourn her loss.
The following gentlemen will act as pallbearers, T.C. Grimes, Edgar Minter, Seals Alford, W.P. Palmer, M. Alford and J.F. Kelly, and the funeral will take place from the Talbotton Ave. Baptist church at 9:30 o’clock this morning … and the interment will follow in Riverdale cemetery.
Photo from Riverdale Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Christie Thacker
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of her husband, Edgar Pierce Alford; and son Emmett Hoyt Alford in this compilation.
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JOAN FITZSIMMONS KILGORE ALFORD
Whitley-Garner at Rosehaven Funeral Home
Douglasville, Douglas Co., GA—_____ May 2014
Joan Fitzsimmons Alford, of Douglasville, GA, passed away at home Tuesday, May 27, 2014.
She was born in Buchanan, GA. She received Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the University of Texas School of Nursing. She was employed as a Gerontological Nurse Practitioner at Agape Hospice Care, and was an active member of the First Presbyterian Church of Douglasville, and an avid college and professional sports fan.
Mrs. Alford was preceded in death by her husband, Charles R. “Chuck” Alford; her parents, Joe and Lula Belle Manning; sisters, Madolyn Harrison and Sarah Manning; brothers, Howard Manning and Bill Manning; and brothers-in-law, James Harrison and Buran Robinson.
She is survived by her sons, Richard Kilgore of Tucker, GA, Ed Kilgore and wife Dawn Wilson of Pacific Grove, CA; sisters, Sylvia Robinson and husband Willard, Sandra Walker and husband June, and Carol Patterson and husband Barry; several sisters- and brothers-in-law; and numerous cousins, nephews and nieces.
The family will receive friends at First Presbyterian Church of Douglasville on Sunday, June 1, 2014 from 1:00 PM until 2:00 PM. A memorial service will follow at 2:00 PM in the church chapel…. Mrs. Alford’s cremains will be interred with those of her late husband, Chuck, at the Georgia National Cemetery in Canton, GA.
Joan will be remembered by her friends, family and colleagues as a beautiful, generous and intelligent soul who loved conversation and laughter, and hated nothing other than injustice….
Arrangements by: Whitley-Garner at Rosehaven Funeral Home, Douglasville, GA 30134, 770-942-4246
Photo from Georgia National Cemetery, Canton, Cherokee Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Joseph G. Benning Sr.
Posted 9/18/2014
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not list her death.
See the obituary of her husband, Charles Richard “Chuck” Grimm Alford, in this compilation.
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JOANNE CULLER ALFORD
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Joanne Alford died Saturday, November 28th, having succumbed to a stroke.
She was born in Martinsville, VA., on June 21, 1929 to Dr. Baxter and Josephine Culler. She attended Sullins College in Bristol, VA., and graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill where she was a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority.
She was preceded in death by her brother Baxter Culler, her sister Barbara Culler, her husbands William Sanford Pottinger and Marvin Craig Alford.
Joanne was a loving mother, devoted grandmother, gracious hostess and caring friend. Some of her favorite times were hosting house parties at her home in Pawley’s Island, SC. She was a member of the Poppy Garden Club and The Sewing Club. Joanne’s happiest moments were spent with her children and their families.
She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law Hunt and Glenn Fulwiler of Newnan, GA.; two daughters and sons-in-law Barbara and Daryl Bohannon of Harrisonville, MO., and Joan and Woody Martin of Atlanta, Ga.; six grandchildren Katie, Claire, Hunt, Elizabeth, Ben and Amanda; and four great grandchildren.
Joanne was a member of St. Anne’s Episcopal Church, 3098 St. Anne’s Lane in Atlanta where a memorial service will be held Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 11:00 AM, followed by a reception at her home. In lieu of flowers the family suggests donations to the Parkinson’s Foundation, 1501 NW 9th Ave./Bob Hope Road, Miami, FL 33136, St. Anne’s Episcopal Church or the charity of your choice. Joanne fought a courageous battle with Parkinson’s disease. We sent a special thank you to her caregivers Joyce, Carla and Chris who kept her smiling.
In another article:
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Joanne Culler Alford, 80, died Saturday. The body will be cremated. Memorial service, 11 a.m. Wednesday, St. Anne’s Episcopal Church; H.M. Patterson & Son, Spring Hill.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm the birth and death dates of Joanne C. Alford (SS# issued in VA), last residence Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA.
See the obituary of her husband, Marvin Craig Alford Jr. in this compilation.
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JOB ALFORD
CARTERSVILLE EXPRESS
Cartersville, Bartow Co., GA—15 January 1874
HOMICIDE IN BARTOW COUNTY
Saturday, January 3d, closed a protracted investigation of a most lamentable occurrence in Bartow county: the homicide of Job Alford by Thomas Dawson. Both were young men of good standing and personally friendly up to the fatal evening, and were familiarly together on that very day.
Friday night, the 26th December, was appointed for a social gathering at the house of C. Dodd, Esq., where met the old and the young, the jolly and the gay. Unfortunately King Alcohol, too, was present, presiding without “calling his house to order,” or disarming his subjects. Esq. Dodd, a genial gentleman, gave up the mansion to the enjoyment of his guests. All went swimmingly, when Johnny Carroll, a lad of about 14, began to amuse himself by popping fire-crackers in the room, and at the feet of the young ladies of “the dance,” to which Alford, the fiddler, objected: resulting in a rencounter between the two, in which Johnny came out second best, being thrown to the middle of the room, knocking down a young lady in his fall. Rising with drawn pistol and curse words, he rushed into the hall calling “Uncle Tom!” Alford, ready for any emergency, followed to the hall, where he met Thomas Dawson, the threatened uncle, and seizing him by the breast, exclaimed “I’m the man you’re hunting for!” Johnny still ranting around, with pistol and oaths, gets slapped by Alford again, which rather startles Uncle Tom. They are separated, when Alford, strikes Dawson several raps over the head with his repeater; they are thrown apart by Dodd at arm’s length, when the crack of Dawson’s derringer sent a ball into the lower bowels of Alford, who turned to the parlor, fired his pistol into the fireplace, and sitting down in a chair exclaimed, “I’m a dead man.” An examination of the wound indicated a doubtful if not a hopeless case. Alford was borne the next day to the house of his uncle, Mr. Thomas Jimmerson, where he expired in great agony on the following Sunday night, at 8 o’clock.
Dawson, who manifested no disposition to avoid the consequences, was promptly arrested.
J.C. Branson, for the prosecution and J.W. Wofford for the defense, were promptly on hand and ready for examination, which was to have taken place on the 30th, but a runaway horse had emptied the legal fraternity into the road on the way to the scene, and judging from the corposity of the two, “great must have been the fall thereof.” Though the former was but slightly hurt, the latter was rendered hors du combat. He was painfully hurt and Mr. Thomas W. Milner reported himself in readiness to officiate in his stead, and then the tug of war commenced. The evidence, pro and con, was on hand; the sparring of counsel listened to, patiently and semi-patiently, for an entire week; taking distance; measuring rooms, halls, doors, sash and blinds, counting drinks, dances, fiddles, etc.; weighing the girls; recording the color of their hair, eyes and skin; giving the size, weight, height, age (by guess, only) color and complexion of all present; the prettiest girl, the ugliest boy, little Johnny, popping firecrackers, one and all. In fact, Squire Dodd’s house, yard, fixtures, surroundings and all, were fully described, daguerreotyped, depicted, painted, stamped, stained, etched and embossed over and over again; wearing out time, patience, common sense and everything else, until at last the agony was over; when counsel, though seemingly out of breath, ranted, ripped, snorted and charged until dark.
The Court then gladly retired for the night, with a huge scroll of written evidence, compared the same with the edicts of the law, and in the morning returned with the following verdict:
“Ordered and adjudged that Thomas Dawson be committed for involuntary manslaughter; and on failure of a $500 bond, that he be committed to jail. Also, that John Carroll be committed for misdemeanor in carrying a concealed pistol, and in default of a $100 bond, he be committed to jail.”
The bonds were given, the prisoners returned to a home of regret, and Alford was consigned to the cold and silent grave. And so the curtain partly fell on this lamentable scene. Oh, when will whiskey and pistols find their grave! Taproots of the mighty Upas tree of death, spreading its branches far and wide, and scattering its fruits of anguish and woe over the land! When will the arm of the law become strong enough to dry up whiskey founts, and consign pistols and daggers to their wonted oblivion! When will Senators in their wisdom, and legislators in their council, take this monster evil by the throat and say, “Thus far shalt thou go, and no further?” Then, and not till then, shall we see “peace on earth and good will among men.”
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of his siblings Amanda Alford Young, John N. Alford, Matilda Laura Alford Edwards, and Mianda Alford Huckabee in this compilation.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: Job 1842 GA1, William Henry 1811 NC2, Job 1763 NC3, Julius 1717 VA4, James 1687 VA5, John 1645 VA6.
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JOE FELTON ALFORD
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Friday, 27 February 2004
Mr. Joe Felton Alford of Holloway Rd., Barnesville, GA, passed on Monday [February 23] at the Upson Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. at the Springfield Baptist Church…. Interment will be at the Springfield Cemetery.
He is survived by one son, Mr. Melvin (Lucille) Buffin, Thomaston, GA; one daughter, Mrs. Ethleen E. Sulton, Detroit, MI; one nephew he raised as his own, Mr. Quinton Alford, Charlotte, NC; five grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren, one sister, Mrs. Mattie Lois Davis, Atlanta, GA.
Trice Funeral Home is in charge of all arrangements.
Photo from Springfield Baptist Cemetery, Crest, Upson Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Clyde and Sandra Padgett
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Joe F. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 4 July 1916, last residence Barnesville, Lamar Co., GA.
In 1940, Flint, Upson Co., GA, Joe Felton Alford, black age 23, widowed, is listed as lodger.
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JOE L. ALFORD
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Tuesday, 9 February 2010
Joe L. Alford, 60, died Feb. 3. Graveside service, 10 a.m. today, Lakeside Memorial Gardens; Goolsby Mortuary.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not list his death.
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JOHN ALLEN JACK” ALFORD
AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
Augusta, Richmond Co., GA—Saturday, 3 September 1910
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of his children Elisha H. Alford and Mason A. “Macie” Alford Robins in this compilation. We included the obituary of his son Allen Stephens Alford in South Carolina Obituaries.
From GA Marriages: John Allford married Jerusha Paschal on 1 Feb 1839 in Putnam Co., GA.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: John Allen 1815 GA1, William 1794 NC2, Kinchen 1768 NC3, Lodwick 1710 VA4, James 1687 VA5, John 1645 VA6.
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JOHN CLEMENTS ALFORD
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Friday, 9 September 1966
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that John Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 5 Feb 1886 and died _____ Sept 1966, last residence Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA.
From GA Deaths: John C. Alford, black age 80, died 6 Sept 1966 in Fulton Co., GA.
In 1900, Redbone, Meriwether Co., GA, Clements Alford, black age 12, is living with his parents, Major and Ella Alford, and 5 siblings, including Dolly.
On his 1917 WWI Draft Registration Card (Ancestry), John Alford is age 30, born 5 Feb 1887 in Molena, Pike Co., GA, his current residence.
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JOHN DAVID ALFORD
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Saturday, 11 October 1980
Photo from East View Cemetery, East Atlanta, DeKalb Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Bud
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that John Alford (SS# issued in KY) was born 6 Jan 1896 and died _____ Oct 1980, last residence Decatur, DeKalb Co., GA.
See the obituaries of his father, David A. Alford; and brother Paul Earnest Alford in this compilation.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #2.
His lineage: John David 1896 GA1, David A. 1862 GA2, John T. 1831 GA3, Bynum 1787 GA4, Isham 1755 NC5.
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JOHN E. ALFORD
AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
Augusta, Richmond Co., GA—Tuesday, 23 August 1853
Departed this life, at the residence of his father, Guilford Alford, Esq., on the 20th inst., John E. Alford, in the 24th year of his age. The decease of this young man, in the bloom of youth and early manhood, should cast a gloom o’er the community of his associations. Like other young men, he had foibles which were contracted amid the allurements of fashionable life, but justice requires we should say, his virtues largely preponderated. Noble, generous and affable, he was the friend of the needy and the defender of the just. In his intercourse with men, his integrity was above reproach, high toned and chivalrous. As an exemplification of the fact, we may observe, when informed by his medical advisers that he must die, he called his brother to his bed and remarked, “Have you a pencil?” Being answered in the affirmative, he said: “Then get down all I owe, and request father to see it all paid!” This was a bright illustration of his principle in life, and needs no comment….
AAFA NOTES: See the obituary of his mother, Elizabeth Cook Embree Alford, in this compilation.
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JOHN EDWARD ALFORD
Father of Annette Alford Castro, AAFA #0229
THE TELEGRAPH
Macon, Bibb Co., GA—Saturday, 29 August 1998
Included in AAFA ACTION, Summer 1999
EATONTON—Services for John E. Alford will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in Vining Hill Chapel with burial in Eatonton Memorial Park. Alford 91, died Thursday, Aug. 27, 1998.
A lifelong resident of Putnam County, he was the son of the late George and Georgia Alford [??—AAFA records show his mother’s name as Addie Alliston]. The widower of Georgia Harper, he was a retired dairy farmer and was retired from Enterprise Aluminum Co. He was a member of Union Chapel United Methodist Church.
Survivors include his children Annette Castro of Montgomery, Ala., and James Alford of Eatonton: brother, Harold Alford of Eatonton....
Photo from Eatonton Memorial Park, Eatonton, Putnam Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Patty Shreve
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that John E. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 16 Oct 1906, last residence Eatonton, Putnam Co., GA.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: John Edward 1906 GA1, George Claude 1880 GA2, John Franklin 1837 GA3, Kinchen 1812 NC4, Kinchen 1768 NC5, Lodwick 1710 VA6, James 1687 VA7, John 1645 VA8.
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JOHN GORDON ALFORD, JR.
Photo from Carl J. Mowell & Son Funeral Home
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Wednesday, 23 December 2009
John Gordon Alford Jr., 79, of Peachtree City [Fayette Co.] died Sunday. Memorial service, 11 a.m. today, First Presbyterian Church; Carl J. Mowell and Son Funeral Home, Peachtree City.
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STATE JOURNAL-REGISTER
Springfield, Sangamon Co., IL—Tuesday, 29 December 2009
PEACHTREE CITY, Ga.—Dr. John Gordon Alford Jr., 79, of Peachtree City, GA, passed away from respiratory failure on December 20, 2009.
Dr. Alford served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. He received his Masters in education from Northwestern University and his PhD from Harvard. He worked in various educational administrative roles for the State of Illinois for over 30 years. He retired to Tallahassee, FL in 1988. He later served in Pakistan with the Peace Corps. He enjoyed Kiwanis and volunteering with other civic and charitable organizations.
Dr. Alford is survived by his wife, Margaret Alford; daughters, Susan Alford of Summerdale, AL and Nancy McCrary and her husband Ken of Grayson, GA; son, John G. Alford and his wife Sherry of Alpharetta; grandchildren, Kenny and Kyle McCrary and John (Parker), Cole and Maggie Alford; brothers, Dr. Donald O. Alford and his wife June of Tallahassee, FL and Dr. Stanley P. Alford and his wife Karen of Denison, TX and many nieces and nephews.
A Memorial Service will be held on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at 11:00 am at First Presbyterian Church in Peachtree City….
Photo from Georgia National Cemetery, Canton, Cherokee Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Sgt Ed Elstan
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that John G. Alford (SS# issued in IL) was born 20 Apr 1930, last residence Peachtree City, Fayette Co., GA.
In 1940, John is listed with his parents, John Gordon Alford and Mildred I. Alford, in Berwyn, Cook Co., IL.
His lineage, from Ancestry family trees: John Gordon 1930 IL1, John Gordon 1897 IL2, John C. 1870 Canada3.
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JOHN HOWARD HALLFORD
TOCCOA RECORD
Toccoa, Stephens Co., GA—Thursday, 12 March 1970
John Howard Hallford, 60, of 104 Rickman Street died Thursday morning in the Stephens County Hospital after several months of declining health.
Mr. Hallford was born January 31, 1910 in Stephens County, a son of John Hallford and the late Mrs. Cora Anderson Hallford, having lived all his life in Stephens County. Mr. Hallford was employed by Coats and Clark for thirty years, was a member of the First Baptist Church, Masonic Lodge No. 309, Eastern Star and had served on the Credit Union Board of Coats and Clark for twenty years.
Survivors in addition to his father and stepmother, Mrs. Savannah Sheppard Hallford include his wife, Mrs. Ruby Yearwood Hallford of the home; two sons, Maurice E. Hallford, Thomas J. Hallford both of Toccoa; three daughters Mrs. Jesse Sheriff, Jr. of Mableton, Ga.; Miss Patsy Hallford of Toccoa; Miss Elizabeth Hallford of Atlanta, three brothers, Wallace Hallford, Henry Hallford both of Toccoa; J.D. Hallford of Marietta; five sisters Mrs. Grady Yearwood, Mrs. Eugene Robinson, Mrs. Dempsey Payne all of Toccoa; Mrs. Clyde Friar, of Powder Springs, Ga.; Mrs. E.C. Yearwood of Anderson, S.C.; Also surviving are six grandchildren. Stepbrothers and stepsisters are, Roy Sheppard, Toccoa; Baylas Sheppard, Forest Park; Mrs. Bill Albon, Fair Play, S.C.; Mrs. Ben Deal, Toccoa; Mrs. Russell Crenshaw, Anderson, S.C.
Funeral services were held at eleven o’clock Saturday from the First Baptist Church…. Burial followed Stephens Memorial Gardens.
Pallbearers were, Jack Hancock, Clay Bagby, Olen Roberts, J. O. Addington, Verner Mulkey and Charles Rickman. The escort of honour was composed of members of the Agoga Bible Class. The Universal Winding of Coats & Clark and the Toccoa Masonic Lodge No. 309.
The Mathews Mortuary is in charge of the arrangements.
Photo from Stephens Memorial Gardens, Toccoa, Stephens Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Theron Rogers
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm the birth and death (_____ March 1970) dates of John Hallford (SS# issued in GA), last residence not listed.
See the obituaries of his wife, Ruby Viola Yearwood Hallford; and children Maurice Emory “Shready” Hallford and Patsy Jo Hallford in this compilation.
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JOHN L. ALFORD
GWINNETT DAILY POST
Lawrenceville, Gwinnett Co., GA—Saturday, 8 March 2008
John L. Alford, 86, passed away peacefully on March 4, 2008 after a lengthy illness at the Parkwood Nursing Home in Snellville, Georgia.
John was born on August 15, 1921 to Emma O’Neal Alford and William Thomas Alford in Morgan County, Georgia. John served our country during WWII as a U. S. Paratrooper. He was a 32nd degree Mason and a Shriner, participating in many charitable fundraisers and events in the Atlanta area. John retired from Ford Motor Company Tractor Division in Tucker, Georgia and then served for many years as a bailiff for Superior Court Judge Dawson Jackson in Gwinnett County.
He is survived by his loving wife, Nellie M. Alford and his two sons, John William Alford, Lakewells, Florida and Donald H. Alford, Smyrna, Georgia. Also surviving are two stepdaughters, several grandchildren and nieces and nephews. Of his nine siblings, he is survived by three sisters, Ann A. Bradley of Covington, Georgia, Mabel Burnett of Sun City, Arizona, and Lucy Seay of Jersey, Georgia.
A memorial service will be held on Sunday, March 9, 2008 at the Sweetwater Memorial Chapel on Pleasant Hill Road in Lawrenceville, Georgia at 2:00 p.m. Arrangements by Cremation Society of Georgia 404/355-7627.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm the birth and death dates of John L. Alford (SS# issued in GA), last residence Snellville, Gwinnett Co., GA.
See the obituaries of his siblings Ann Alford Adams Bradley, Iris Marie Alford Bonner, Lucy Alford Seay, and William Emmett Alford in this compilation.
From GA Marriages: W.T. Alford married Emma Irene O’Neal on 9 Dec 1906 in Morgan Co., GA.
William T. Alford (1884–1968) and Emma O. Alford (1886–1946) share a gravestone in Pine Grove Cemetery, Eatonton, Putnam Co., GA.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: John L. 1921 GA1, William Thomas 1884 GA2, Elisha H. 1856 GA3, John Allen 1815 GA4, William 1794 NC5, Kinchen 1768 NC6, Lodwick 1710 VA7, James 1687 VA8, John 1645 VA9.
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JOHN LAFAYETTE ALFORD, JR.
THE TELEGRAPH
Macon, Bibb Co., GA—Thursday, 21 August 2014
KATHLEEN, GA—John L. Alford, Jr., 88, entered into rest on Tuesday, August 19, 2014.
John was born on October 21, 1925 in Rome, Georgia. He proudly served his country in the United States Army and retired from Robins Air Force Base where he worked Civil Service for many years.
His parents, John L. Alford, Sr. and Hilda Mae Yarborough Alford; and brothers, Jim, Jack and Bill Alford, preceded him in death.
John’s memory will forever be treasured by his loving wife of sixty years, Opal Story Alford of Kathleen; children, John L. Alford, III (Deitra) of Kathleen and Janet Mould (George) of Young Harris, Georgia; grandchildren, Amy Shelton of Senoia, Georgia, Jennifer Burns (Brad) of Marshall, North Carolina and Jason Orlman of Young Harris, Georgia; great-grandchildren, Justin Ford, Jesse Ford, Robbie Lunsford and Bradley Parker; brother, Jerry Alford (Mary); sisters, Martha Ann Everidge (Tommy) and Gloria Jean Burns (Lamar); and many other family members and friends.
Visitation will be Friday, August 22, 2014, from 12:30 p.m. until 1:30 p.m. at McCullough Funeral Home. Graveside services will follow at 2:00 p.m. in Glen Haven Memorial Gardens…. McCullough Funeral Home and Crematory has charge of arrangements.
Photo from Glen Haven Memorial Garden, Macon, Bibb Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Hal Stewart
Photo taken 24 Dec 2014
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not yet list his death.
See the obituaries of his wife, Opal Aline Story Alford; and brothers Jack Preston Alford and Jimmie Joe Alford in this compilation. We included the obituary of his father, John Lafayette Alford Sr., in Florida Obituaries.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: John Lafayette 1925 GA1, John Lafayette 1901 GA2, Floyd Lafayette 1878 GA3, John N. 1847 GA4, William Henry 1811 NC5, Job 1763 NC6, Julius 1717 VA7, James 1687 VA8, John 1645 VA9.
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JOHN LEE ALFORD
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Wednesday, 31 March 2010
Mr. John L. Alford of Atlanta passed March 24, 2010. Celebration of life will be held Thursday, April 1, 11:00 A.M. Sims Memorial Chapel at Fernando Sims Funeral Home, 2201 S. Cobb Dr., Smyrna. Interment Chestnut Hills Cemetery.
He leaves to cherish his memory, mother, Ethel L. Alford; children, Juan, KenDronne and Keisha; other relatives and friends. Visitation today 12-6 P.M. at the funeral home. Family and friends will assemble at the funeral home 10:30 A.M. on the day of the service. Fernando Sims Funerals & Cremations 678-217-7467.
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Fernando Sims Funerals & Cremations
Smyrna, Cobb Co., GA—_____ March 2010
Born: February 4, 1960
Place of Birth: Gay, GA
Death: March 24, 2010
Place of Death: Clayton County
John Lee Alford was born on February 4, 1960 to Clifford Alford, Sr. and Eula Lee Davis Alford. He departed this life on March 24, 2010.
John attended McCary Elementary School and Woodbury High School.
He was preceded in death by his father, Clifford Alford, Sr. and brothers, Willie James Alford and Joe Louis Alford.
He leaves to cherish his memory his mother, Mrs. Ethel Lee Davis; children, Juan A. Branford, KenDronne L. Tiggs and Keisha Branford; siblings, Oscar Lee (Ella) Alford, Clifford (Yvonne) Alford, Wardell (Mildred) Alford, Jerome Alford, Mae Verna (Ulice) Jones, Martha Lee Alford, Mary (Charlie) Geddis, Carrie Myrtice Alford, Marie (Eugene) Ellis, Willie Doris Alford; grandchildren, Cabreshiea Thomas, Jawon Thomas, Armonti Thomas; special friends, Dianna Branford, Sarah Jean Ellis and Marion Tiggs; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm the birth and death dates of John Lee Alford (SS# issued in GA), last residence Rome, Floyd Co., GA.
See the obituary of his brother Willie James Alford in this compilation.
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JOHN N. ALFORD
CARTERSVILLE EXPRESS
Cartersville, Bartow Co., GA—Thursday, 6 January 1881
Reluctantly we commence the record of the year’s events with a killing.
It was near dark on Saturday evening last [January 1] in front of the residence of Mr. J.O. Ligon, six miles from Euharlee, that Mr. Andrew J. Thomas shot and killed Mr. John Alford. The circumstances, as near as we can gather them, are these.
The two men had been participating in a village election at Euharlee and had intensified the enjoyments of the occasion by frequent libations at the village grocery. Dark coming on the crowd that had gathered at the election began to disperse. Accompanied by a small party, Mr. Thomas had proceeded home as far as the residence of Mr. Ligon. He haled at the gate and called Mr. Ligon out and while seated upon his horse and engaged in conversation with that gentleman, he was beset by blows discovered to come from the clenched hand of Mr. Alford, who it seems had slipped upon him. By his blows, Alford had nearly unseated Thomas from his horse. When the latter recovered equilibrium he drew a pistol and fired two shots at Alford—one ball entering at the right nipple and the other taking him center between the eyes. Thomas immediately gave himself up and was brought to Cartersville and lodged in jail by Constable Cunyus, where he now is. He was raised in this county and was the son of Judge Thomas, once Judge of the Superior Court. He is a disabled and crippled man and claims to have resorted to his pistol in self defense.
Mr. Alford was also raised in this county and at the time of his death was about thirty years of age. He leaves a wife and five children.
THE OTHER SIDE
As in all similar occurrences there is the other side to the story. The friends of the dead man claim to be able to prove by at least six witnesses that the deed was one of the clearest murder. The two men had been friends during the entire day and at its close were departing for home. Thomas, stopping at Ligons had commenced to raise a row there cursing and by disorderly conduct was frightening the ladies of the house. Alford presuming upon his previous friendship was endeavoring to lead him away, and get him home. Thomas objected and with his pistol took a steadied aim at Alford. The wounds prove they were inflicted in the most deliberate manner.
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FREE PRESS
Cartersville, Bartow Co., GA—6 January 1881
Jno. Alford and Andrew Thomas, neighbor, attended the militia district election at Euharlee, in this county, on Saturday last and were friendly during the day. They started home together about 4 o’clock, still on friendly terms. About a mile and a half from Euharlee they had a difficulty, when Thomas drew a pistol and shot Alford first between the eyes and then in the right breast. Alford lived about three minutes, walking into the house where the difficulty occurred after being shot. Thomas was lodged in the county jail on Sunday. He was arrested without making any resistance to the officer. We would give further particulars but for the conflicting statements concerning the affair.
Photo from Alford-Watson Cemetery, Bartow Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Pat Bell
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of his children Floyd Lafayette Alford and Lola B. Alford Lovell; and siblings Amanda Alford Young, Job Alford, Matilda Laura Alford Edwards, and Mianda Alford Huckabee in this compilation.
Although AAFA lists him as John Lafayette Alford, no records have been found with the middle name Lafayette. He is J.N. Alford or John N. Alford on censuses, property tax records, his gravestone, and probate record.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: John N. 1847 GA1, William Henry 1811 NC2, Job 1763 NC3, Julius 1717 VA4, James 1687 VA5, John 1645 VA6.
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JOHN OSCAR ALFORD, JR.
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Sunday, 27 October 1996
Included in AAFA ACTION, Fall 1998
John O. Alford of Redan [DeKalb Co.], GA, died October 25, 1996.
Survived by his wife, Laurine R. Alford; son, Rick Alford and his wife, Darlynn of Loganville, Ga.; daughter, Gail Lowe and her husband, Mike of Greensboro, Ga.; three grandchildren; sister Hazel Slaughter of Redan.
Services will be held Sunday, October 27 at 3:00 o’clock at the Redan First Baptist Church with remains placed in state at 2:30....
Mr. Alford was retired from the Dekalb County Sheriffs Department as Chief Jailer with 20 years service, after retirement he worked with Dekalb County Board of Education as a Bus Driver.
Burial Redan Cemetery. Wages & Sons, 770-469-9811.
Photo from Redan Community Cemetery, Redan, DeKalb Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Bud
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that John O. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 13 Jan 1917, last residence Conyers, Rockdale Co., GA.
See the obituaries of his wife, Laurine Richardson Alford; son John Richard “Rick” Alford; parents, John Oscar Alford Sr. and Alice A. Watson Alford; and siblings Hazel Alford Slaughter and James Watson Alford in this compilation.
From SSACI: John Oscar Alford was born 13 Jan 1916 [different than gravestone and SSDI] in Redan, DeKalb Co., GA, son of John O. Alford and Alice A. Watson. He died 25 Oct 1996.
Although not a member, John supplied AAFA with a Bible record that allowed us to put together the family of Isham Alford, his great-great-grandfather.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #2.
His lineage: John Oscar 1917 GA1, John Oscar 1866 GA2, John T. 1831 GA3, Bynum 1787 GA4, Isham 1755 NC5.
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JOHN OSCAR ALFORD, SR.
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Saturday, 13 March 1926
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of his wife, Alice A. Watson Alford; children Hazel Alford Slaughter, James Watson Alford, and John Oscar Alford Jr.; and siblings David A. Alford, Isabelle Alford Farmer, Lizzie Cornelia Alford Floyd, Luther H. Alford, Nancy Dora Alford Anderson, and Simeon W. Alford in this compilation.
In 2022, a Find A Grave photographer reported: “Cemetery office has no record of this person. There are four broken upright tomb (coffin style). One of them could be John’s, but its too weathered down and some are covered in lichen.”
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #2.
His lineage: John Oscar 1866 GA1, John T. 1831 GA2, Bynum 1787 GA3, Isham 1755 NC4.
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JOHN QUINCY ADAMS ALFORD
[He died in Texas, but we are also including his obituary in Georgia Obituaries because he lived most of his life there.]
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Tuesday, 4 July 1899
COL. J.Q.A. ALFORD DEAD. FORMER CITIZEN OF GRIFFIN DIED IN TEXAS
GRIFFIN, Ga., July 3—News reached the city early this morning at the death of Col. J.Q.A. Alford, at the home of his son J.B. Alford at Enloe, Delta, Texas.
Col. Alford is well remembered here as a prominent ante-bellum lawyer and politician. At one time he was a law partner of Colonel Doyle and the firm was one of the most successful in this section. In his later years Col. Alford occupied the pulpit and was pastor of a church in Alabama and later went to Texas, where his son lived. He was a member of the Baptist Church and was at all times a splendid type of the high minded and courageous southern gentlemen.
Few men pass through the various stages of life that Col. Alford saw and reach his age with a vitality such as he, up to a few months before his death, possessed.
He was 85 years old (b. 1814) and leaves two daughters, Mrs. J.D. Boyd [Emily, Mrs. Joseph David Boyd] of this city and Mrs. W.A. Fuller [Susan Clementine], Mrs. William Allen Fuller] of Atlanta, and one son J.B. [James Butler] Alford of Enloe, Texas.
His remains will be interned at Enloe.
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of his daughters Emily Boyd Alford Boyd and Susan Clementine Alford Fuller; and his brother George W. Alford in this compilation.
We published “John Quincy Adams Alford, 1814–1899” in AAFA ACTION, Fall 1995. It includes “Memories of a Great-Great-Granddaughter,” by Jean Mangham Holzapfel, AAFA #0121. From that article:
John Quincy Adams Alford, son of Cullen and Pherebe (Wooten) Alford, born 7 Sept 1814 in Greene (now Tolliver) Co., Georgia. J.Q.A. was a well known lawyer, politician, and lay Baptist preacher. He married 13 Feb 1838 Clementine Butler, who was born 22 Jun 1819 in Morgan County, Georgia, the daughter of James Butler. She died 10 June 1881. John died 2 July 1899, Cooper, Delta Co., Texas, buried in Cooper, Delta Co., Texas.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: John Quincy Adams 1814 GA1, Cullen 1775 NC2, James 1741 NC/VA3, Lodwick 1710 VA4, James 1687 VA5, John 1645 VA6.
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JOHN RAINEY ALFORD
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Monday, 9 August 1999
Mr. John Rainey Alford, age 77 of Atlanta, passed August 6, 1999. He was born in Madison, GA but had resided in Atlanta for the last 75 years. Mr Alford retired from I.G. Ely Company in 1981 where he had served for over 38 years. He was also the co-founder of the Golfers Twelve of Atlanta.
John Rainey Alford is survived by his wife Alice M. Alford; 3 children, Mr. and Mrs. Donald (Vernelle) Alford, Patricia A. White and Stanley Alford; 4 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren; other relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, August 10 at 11 a.m. at Murray Brothers Cascade
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that John Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 13 Nov 1921, last residence Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA.
See the obituaries of his wife, Alice Marion Peek Alford; and daughter Patricia Ann Alford White in this compilation.
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JOHN RICHARD “RICK” ALFORD
Loganville, Walton Co., GA—_____ November 2010
Rick Alford age 57 of Loganville passed away Friday, November 12, 2010. Funeral Services will be held 3 PM Sunday, November 14, 2010 in the Chapel of Tim Stewart Funeral Home, Loganville…. Interment at Redan Community Cemetery, Redan.
Mr. Alford had a Bachelor’s degree at the University of Georgia and was a member of Woodlake Baptist Church.
Preceded in death by Parents: John O. & Laurine Alford.
He is survived by Wife: Darlynn C. Alford, Loganville; Daughter & Son-in-law: Evie A. & Hunter S. Maloy, Loganville; Son: John (Tom) Alford, Charleston, SC.; Sister & Brother-in-law: Gail A. and Mike Lowe, Greensboro, Nephew: Todd Lowe, Greensboro; Grandchild: Haddon Silas Maloy: Cousins: Paul Slaughter, Annette Slaughter, Matt Slaughter, Beth Sexton, Carroll Sexton, John Paul Sexton, Darryl Alford….
Photo from Redan Community Cemetery, Redan, DeKalb Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Bud
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that John Richard Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 28 Sept 1953, last residence Loganville, Gwinnett Co., GA. [Loganville is partly in Walton Co. and partly in Gwinnett Co.
See the obituariesof his parents, John Oscar Alford Jr. and Laurine Richardson Alford, in this compilation.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #2.
His lineage: John Richard “Rick” 1953 GA1, John Oscar 1917 GA2, John Oscar 1866 GA32, John T. 1831 GA4, Bynum 1787 GA5, Isham 1755 NC6.
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JOHN S. ALFORD
GWINNETT DAILY POST
Lawrenceville, Gwinnett Co., GA—Thursday, 28 August 2008
Mr. John S. Alford, age 37, of Lawrenceville, GA passed away on Monday, August 25, 2008.
He is survived by his: wife of 14 years: Mrs. Melissa D. Cook Alford, Lawrenceville, GA daughters: Jessica Alford, age 17, of Lawrenceville, GA, Madisen Alford, age 10, Lawrenceville, GA and Shawna Alford, age 4, Lawrenceville, GA, mother: Mary Donnelly Alford, New Orleans, LA, sisters: Jo Ann Barron, Frances Alford and Trudy Alford, brothers: William Alford and James Alford, mother-in-law and father-in-law: Virginia and Wayne Cook, Lawrenceville, GA.
Mr. Alford was born February 15, 1971. He was employed with Progress Containers in Winder, GA. He was a member of the Dacula First United Methodist Church in Dacula, GA.
Memorial services will be held on Thursday, August 28, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Flanigan Funeral Home… Arrangements by: Junior E. Flanigan of Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford, GA….
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm the birth and death dates of John S. Alford (SS# issued in GA), last residence Bethlehem, Barrow Co., GA.
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JOHN W. ALFORD, SR.
MORNING NEWS
Savannah, Chatham Co., GA—22 April 2003
John W. Alford, Sr. died Saturday, April 19, 2003 at his residence.
The East Point [Franklin Co.], Florida, native had lived in Darien [McIntosh Co.] most of his life. He was a member of American Legion Post 137 in which he donated the land for the Legion Hall. He was a member of Live Oak Lodge 137 F.&A.M. He served with the United States Air National Guard during the Korean Conflict. Mr. Alford was the owner of McIntosh Utilities & Alford Construction and Land Developing. He developed Whispering Pines Subdivision in Darien and he developed and was founder of Whispering Pines Cemetery in Darien. He was instrumental in the development of I-95 exit 49 in Darien, having built and owned the Dairy Queen which was one of the first businesses at that exit. He owned and operated a fleet of shrimp boats in McIntosh County.
Survivors include his mother, Mary Emelia Alford of Darien; three sons, Bill Alford of Darien, Michael Alford of Brunswick, Scott Alford of Tallahassee, FL; two daughters, Lou McDuffie and Pat Durant, both of Darien, a brother; Jimmy Alford of Pensacola, FL; two sisters, Irene Workman and Daisy Peek, both of Milledgeville; nine children, six great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends 7:00-9:00 p.m., Tuesday at the Chapman Funeral Chapel. A private memorial service will be held at a later date….
Photo from Saint Andrews Cemetery, Darien, McIntosh Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Taken by Find A Grave contributor Joe
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not list his death.
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JOHN WILLIAM ALFORD
AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
Augusta, Richmond Co., GA—Sunday, 19 October 1969
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that John Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 4 Feb 1888 and died _____ Oct 1969, last residence Augusta, Richmond Co., GA.
See the obituaries of his father, Thomas Jefferson Alford; and siblings Emma S. Alford, Nannie Alford, and Samuel Thomas Alford in this compilation.
His lineage: John William 1888 GA1, Thomas Jefferson 1850 GA2.
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JOHNNIE HARRIS ALFORD
AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
Augusta, Richmond Co., GA—Tuesday, 8 Sept 1936
Photo from Eureka Church Cemetery, Clito, Bulloch Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Taken by Find A Grave contributor Kay W. Waters
AAFA NOTES: See the obituary of his mother, Katrine “Kate” Harris Alford, in this compilation.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: Johnnie Harris 1935 GA1, James Olin 1911 GA2, James Olin 1886 GA3, Green Colquitt 1853 GA4, William Benjamin 1825 GA5, William 1794 NC6, Kinchen 1768 NC7, Lodwick 1710 VA8, James 1687 VA9, John 1645 VA10.
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JOHNNIE MAE ALFORD
ALBANY HERALD
Albany, Dougherty Co., GA—Friday, 26 October 2007
ALBANY—Johnnie Mae Alford, 87, of 1210 E. Roosevelt Ave. died October 24, 2007, at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at New Provisor Missionary Baptist Church in Worth County with interment in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
J.L. Litman Memorial Funeral Service, Albany 229/430-8800.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Johnnie M. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 7 Jan 1923, last residence Albany, Dougherty Co., GA.
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JOHNNIE MAE BENJAMIN ALFORD
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Tuesday, 23 February 1993
In another article:
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Tuesday, 9 February 1993
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not list her death.
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JOHNNIE ROBERT ALFORD
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Saturday, 24 August 1968
Photo from Walker Memory Garden, Woodbury, Meriwether Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, J. B. Chrismond
Photo posted in 2015
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not list his death.
From GA Deaths: Johnnie R. Alford, black age 51, died 21 Aug 1968 in Meriwether Co., GA.
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JOHNNY ALFORD
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—26 July 2013
Alford, Mr. Johnny, Atlanta, GA Service Saturday, 1:00PM at Woods Memorial Baptist Church, Pastor Tony Mosley. Interment Kennedy Memorial Gardens. Willie A. Watkins Funeral Home.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Johnny Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 4 Sept 1925 and died 19 July 2013, last residence not listed.
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JON LESLIE ALFORD
Son of Charles Job Alford Jr., AAFA #0097
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—20 January 2016
Jon Leslie Alford, age 68, of Buford, GA passed away on Friday, December 18, 2015.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Charles J. and Eleanor Alford.
He is survived by his wife of twenty-eight years, Roz Landman Alford, Buford, GA; children, Christopher and Shara Lessing, Johns Creek, GA, Jason and Joanne Alford, Grayson, GA; grandchildren, Jack Alford, Jordan Alford, Talon Adkins; brothers, Walter C. “Wally” and Lynn Alford, Lawrenceville, GA, Charles J. “Buzz” and Jean Alford, Flowery Branch, GA; several nieces, nephew, great nieces and great nephews. Mr. Alford was born August 14, 1947 in Atlanta, GA.
He was a veteran of the United States National Guard, 1965 graduate of Tucker High School and a 1968 graduate of the University of GA with a Bachelors Degree. He was a retired Title Examiner with The Alford Family Law Firm in Tucker GA for many years. He was co-owner of American Systems and Programming until 1998. He was involved in The Serenity House in Buford for over twenty years. He played in a band with The Georgia Dawgs. He was an avid GA Bulldog fan.
A Celebration of Life Service for Mr. Jon Leslie Alford will be held Saturday, January 23, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. in the Chapel of Flanigan Funeral Home…. Eulogy by: Bill Milner. Entombment will be at Broadlawn Memorial Gardens Mausoleum, Buford, GA….
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not yet list his death.
See the obituaries of his parents, Charles Job Alford Sr. and Eleanor Lucille Petry Alford, in this compilation.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: Jon Leslie 1947 GA1, Charles Job 1922 GA2, Charles Job 1888 GA3, William Floyd 1837 GA4, William Henry 1811 NC5, Job 1763 NC6, Julius 1717 VA7, James 1687 VA8, John 1645 VA9.
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JOSEPH DOUTHITT ALFORD
SAVANNAH PRESS
Savannah, Chatham Co., GA—12 August 1922
Joseph D. Alford, residing at 303 West Hall Street, died early this morning after a short illness at the family residence. Mr. Alford was 88 years of age.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Isabell Alford; two daughters, Mrs. Kate Rewey of Burk, South Dakota, and Mrs. Ralph Hoyt of Savannah; three sons, Albert Alford of Tampico, Mexico; Percy Alford of Dover, Ohio, and Major Alford of Savannah, and by three grandchildren, Evelyn Alford and Warren and Annabel Hoyt.
Mr. Alford was a Union soldier in the War Between the States and was sergeant major in the Twenty-fifth Wisconsin Regiment. He was a member of Clinton Lodge of Masons. The pallbearers will be members of that lodge. His daughter Mrs. Ralph Hoyt is a member of the Eastern Star.
The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon at 3 o’clock from the residence of his daughter Mrs. Hoyt, 1114 Habersham Street. The services will be conducted by the Rev. W. A. Huckabee, pastor of the Grace Methodist Church and at the grave by Clinton Lodge of Masons. The interment will be in Hillcrest Cemetery.
The pallbearers, all members of the Clinton Lodge, will be Paul M. Bernecker, Thomas S. Russell, Isadore Collat, Harold M. Prager, John H. McTyre and Waring R. Sheftall.
Photo from Hillcrest Abbey East Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Ally
AAFA NOTES, from online family trees and censuses: Joseph D. Alford was born about 1834 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co.,PA. He married (1) Elizabeth _____. They are listed on the 1870 and 1880 censuses in Platteville, Grant Co., WI, with their children Kate and Albert. Elizabeth’s mother, Catherine Verren, widow age 89 born England, is with them in 1880.
From Iowa, Marriage Records (Ancestry): Joseph D. Alford, carpenter, age 49 son of James Mocklenain Alford and Rosanna Douthitt, married (second marriage) Isabella Logan, age 20 daughter of James Logan and Louisa Blackmore in New Albin, Allamakee Co., IA, on 30 Sept 1882.
The family is on the 1885 Iowa State Census with their first 2 children, Percy Logan Alford and [Edith] Gertrude Alford, and Joseph’s son Albert.
In 1900, 1910, and 1920, the family is in Savannah, Chatham Co., GA.
His lineage: Joseph Douthitt 1834 PA1, James M. 1807 PA2.
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JOSEPH SIDNEY ALFORD
Grandfather of James A. Hazelton, AAFA #1147
Source unknown
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Friday, 15 July 1927
From ATLANTA OBITUARIES, Scrapbook of Franklin M. Garrett
MR. JOSEPH ALFORD, PIONEER CITIZEN, CLAIMED BY DEATH
Mr. Joseph S. Alford, 85 years old, a distinguished veteran of the War Between the States and a resident of Atlanta since 1872, died Thursday night at the home, 122 Crumley Street, S.W. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock from the Chapel of Barclay and Brandon Company and interment will be in West View Cemetery. Members of Camp Tige Anderson Confederate Veterans of which he was a former commander will serve as an honorary escort.
Mr. Alford served throughout the War Between the States, first with Co. E of the 10th Georgia Infantry under Capt. A.J. McBride and later with General Longstreet in the Army of Northern Virginia.
A native of Fayetteville, GA, he moved to Jonesboro [Clayton Co.] at an early age and left for the war from that city. He came back to Jonesboro after the war, moving to Atlanta seven years later, and was first employed here at the general store of the late Capt. W.H. Brotherton at Whitehall and Mitchell Streets.
For about 13 years Mr. Alford was employed in the Fulton County Ordinary’s Office under the late Judge Lowndes Calhoun, county ordinary for years and himself a noted war veteran. Mr. Alford later entered the service of the city holding the position of city probation officer, for a number of years from which position he retired several years ago.
Mr. Alford was possessed of remarkably sturdy health and until taken by his fatal illness remained active in is many affairs. A year ago he underwent an operation for mastoiditis at Wesley Memorial Hospital and because of his age the physicians did not give him an anesthetic. He submitted to the pain with calmness and won the admiration of all who witnessed the operation by his strength of will.
During the last years of his life Mr. Alford devoted most of his activities to his work with his fellow Confederate veterans. He was a former Commander of Camp Tige Anderson, where he kept his membership and helped to organize and was a charter member of Camp Walker.
Mr. Alford is survived by two daughters, Mrs. E.B. Williams and Mrs. Charles L. Anderson; three grandchildren, Martha Anderson, Charlotte Hazelton and J. Alford Hazelton, all of Atlanta.
Photos from Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Rhonda Brady Rampy
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of his wife, Martha Kell “Mattie” Harris Alford; and children Charlotte Dorcas Alford Hazelton, Gertrude W. Alford Williams, and James Hilliard Alford in this compilation.
Joseph Sidney Alford was the son of James Alford and Dorcas Ann Pegg.
According to Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, Vol. II, p. 31, his service was as follows: Private, enlisted Jun. 20, 1861. Appointed 2nd Sgt. Wounded at Berryville, VA, June or Oct. 1863. Wounded in foot at Cedar Creek, VA, Oct, 19, 1864. Surrendered at Appomattox, VA, Apr. 9, 1865. Born at Fayetteville, GA, Dec. 25, 1842. Died at Atlanta, GA, July 14, 1927.
Although not named in the obituary, he married Martha Kell Harris by 1872, and in 1900, they had 4 children: Gertrude (1873), Olin S. (Ola S?, 1876), James H. (1878), Charlotte D. (1881). His wife was deceased by 1920. Ola Sidney Alford married Charles L. Anderson, Oct. 16, 1904 in Pike Co. GA.
Birthday article:
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Friday, 6 January 1922
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: Joseph Sidney 1841 GA1, James 1804 GA2, Cullen 1775 NC3, James 1741 NC/VA4, Lodwick 1710 VA5, James 1687 VA6, John 1645 VA7.
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JOSEPHINE CARSON ALFORD
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Friday, 27 June 2008
Homegoing Service for Mrs. Josephine Carson Alford will be held Monday, June 30, 2008 at 1 p.m. at Smyrna Word of Life Baptist Church…. Interment, Lincoln Memorial Gardens. Visitation hour Sunday from 5 until 6 p.m. at Echols Memorial Chapel….
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Josephine Alford (SS# issued in MS) was born 15 Aug 1958, last residence Marietta, Cobb Co., GA.
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JUANITA SHEPHERD ALFORD
AAFA #0382
Sister-in-law of Lodwick Houston Alford, AAFA #0011; Sarah Beatrice Alford Parramore, AAFA #0158; Louise Grace Alford Ekin, AAFA #0177; Flora Bell King Alford, AAFA #0517; and Walter Hoyle Alford, AAFA #0555
Photo from Jacksonville Memory Gardens Funeral Home
FLORIDA TIMES-UNION
Jacksonville, Duval Co., FL—5 May 2013
Juanita Shepherd Alford, age 90, passed away peacefully in Hospice care in Statesboro, GA on May 3, 2013.
Born in Macon, GA on November 1, 1922, she moved to Jacksonville as a teenager with her parents John Jordon and Annie Evelyn Shepherd where she lived most of her life until spending the last few years with her daughter Trish in Metter, GA. She graduated from Robert E. Lee high school and was a long time member of Cedar Creek Baptist Church.
She was predeceased by her husband Marvin F. Alford, Sr., son Donald H. Alford, brother Buddy Shepherd (Iris) and sister Ruth O Steen (Gene).
She is survived by her son Marvin F. Alford, Jr. (Glenda), daughter Patricia Masters (Bobby), daughter-in-law Janice Alford, 7 grandchildren: Elaine Felker (Marty), Brian Alford (Michelle), Brandi Howell (Matt), Heather Felder, Ashley Kelly (Michael), Jennifer Butler (Joe) and Logan Masters (Charity Blair) and 5 great grandchildren: Lauren Felker, Seth Alford, Addison Butler, Ansley Butler and Madison Yates.
While flowers are appreciated, the family will be honored by donations to either Cedar Creek Baptist Church or Ogeechee Area Hospice in Statesboro, GA. Family will receive friends Tuesday night from 5-7pm and services with Pastor John Montgomery will be Wednesday at 11am. Visitation and services will be in the chapel at Jacksonville Memory Gardens, 111 Blanding Blvd, Orange Park, FL, (904) 272-2435.
Photo from Jacksonville Memory Gardens, Orange Park, Clay Co., FL,—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Marcus Snow
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not list her death.
We included the obituaries of her husband, Marvin Floyd Alford; and son Donald Hoyle Alford in Florida Obituaries.
Juanita joined AAFA after her husband died.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #3.
Her husband’s lineage: Marvin Floyd 1921 GA1, William Leorus Haywood 1863 NC2, Green Haywood 1820 NC3, Green 1787 NC4, James Lodwick 1749 NC5.
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JULIA ANN ALFORD
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Saturday, 1 March 1969
Photo from Springfield Baptist Cemetery, Crest, Upson Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Clyde and Sandra Padgett
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Julia A. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 16 July 1889 [different than gravestone] and died 15 Feb 1969 [incorrect], last residence not listed.
From GA Deaths: Julia A. Alford, black, age 76, died 27 Feb 1969 in Fulton Co., GA.
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JULIA ANN AVERY ALFORD
Grandmother of Elisabeth Culver Alford McLane, AAFA #0076; and Allen Stephens Alford Sr., AAFA #00698
Great-Grandmother of Kathlyn Alford Aimonetti, AAFA #1410; and Roy Stephens Alford III, AAFA #0529
Photo from her great-granddaughter Kathlyn Alford Aimonetti, AAFA #1410
THE TELEGRAPH
Macon, Bibb Co., GA—Sunday, 4 October 1925
Photo from Pine Grove Cemetery, Eatonton, Putnam Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Patty Shreve
AAFA NOTES: We included the obituaries of her husband, Allen Stephens Alford; and children John Gordon Alford Sr. and Mae Jerusha Alford Lewis in South Carolina Obituaries; and of her son Paul Cofer Alford Sr. in Tennessee Obituaries.
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JULIA ELIZABETH DIXON HALLFORD
CARROLL COUNTY TIMES
Westminster, Carroll Co., MD—12 September 1999
Included in AAFA ACTION, Winter 2000
Julia Elizabeth Dixon Hallford, 80, of Metter [Candler Co.], Ga., died Friday, Sept. 10, 1999, at her home.
Born May 17, 1919, in Gaither [Carroll Co.], Md., she was the daughter of the late Charles M. and Edna B. Dixon. She was the wife Henry Grady Hallford Sr., who died in 1976.
She was a 1936 graduate of Sykesville High School. After graduation, she was employed by the former Maryland Milling and Supply Co., in Sykesville. She was later employed by the State of Maryland as a secretary in various locations. At the time of her retirement, in 1980, she was secretary to the Administrator of Mount Wilson Hospital. She made Metter, Ga., her permanent home in 1987.
She was an avid bowler; she was a member of the Mount Wilson Bowling League and the Carroll Mixed League. She served as a league secretary in both leagues for several years.
She also enjoyed travel, photography, gardening, and needlework (especially cross stitch and quilting). At the age of 73, she learned to play golf and was a charter member of the Willow Lake Golf Club.
Surviving are sons and daughters-in-law Charles W. and Doris Hallford of New Windsor; Grady and Mary Hallford of Frederick, and James and Debbie Hallford of Metter; sister Arlene Elste; and six grandchildren.
A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Haight Funeral Home & Chapel, 6416 Sykesville Road, Sykesville. Interment will be in Lake View Cemetery, Sykesville [Carroll Co., MD]....
Photo from Lake View Memorial Park, Sykesville, Carroll Co., MD—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, gravedigger
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm the death date of Julia D. Hallford (SS# issued in MD) but list her birth date as 18 May 1919, last residence Metter, Candler, GA.
See the obituaries of her sons Henry Grady Hallford Jr. and James W. Hallford in this compilation. We included the obituary of her son Charles William “Bill” Hallford in Pennsylvania Obituaries
Her husband, Henry Grady Hallford Sr., was born 16 July 1910, and died _____ Sept. 1976 in Carroll Co., MD.
Her husband’s HALLFORD lineage: Henry Grady 1910 GA1, William Wallace 1887 ??2.
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JULIA EVA ROACH ALFORD
Posted to her Find A Grave memorial
AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
Augusta, Richmond Co., GA—Saturday, 5 July 1941
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of her husband, James Olin Alford, which includes a photo of their shared gravestone; and sons Charlie Green Alford and Willie Emmitt Alford in this compilation. Willie’s name is misspelled as Dimit in Julia’s obituary.
From GA Marriages: Julia Eva Roach married J.O. Allford on 8 Oct 1905 in Emanuel Co., GA.
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JULIA MAE ALFORD
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Saturday, 2 August 1975
In another article:
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Tuesday, 5 August 1975
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not list her death.
From GA Deaths: Julia Alford, black age 51, died 1 Aug 1975 in Fulton Co., GA.
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JULIUS CAESAR ALFORD
Grandfather of Cecil Orie Alford, AAFA #0751
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Tuesday, 20 October 1942
Photo from Inman Methodist Church Cemetery, Fayetteville, Fayette Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Taken by Find A Grave contributor Aleta Walters
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of his children Janie Lou Alford Strickland and Ryburn Orie Alford in this compilation.
From SSACI: Julius Caesar Alford was born 8 Oct 1870 in Brooks, Fayette Co., GA, son of Britton W. Alford and Loudicy M. Brassell.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #2.
His lineage: Julius Caesar 1870 GA1, Brittain Washington 1826 GA2, Brittain Washington 1782 NC3, Isham 1755 NC4.
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KATHERINE MARY “KATIE” FITZGERALD ALFORD ESTES
Photo from Alice Wilson Alford’s Wilson/Alford Family Tree (Ancestry) - used with permission
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Saturday, 20 May 1961
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not list her death.
See the obituaries of her husband, Henry Lee Alford; and son Dallas Thurmon “Bud” Alford in this compilation.
From GA Marriages: Miss Katie FitzGerald married H.L. Alford on 30 March 1899 in Morgan Co., GA.
In 2023, a Find A Grave photographer reported that no gravestone was found for her in Forsyth City Cemetery, and that she is not listed as being buried there in the local historical society’s burial index.
In 1880, Ash Bank, Putnam Co., GA:
William Fitzgerald head 30 GA GA GA farm laborer
Ann wife 24 GA GA GA
Mary dau 2 GA GA GA
Katie dau 1/12 GA GA GA born April
Katie was probably born in 1880. Mary Jane “Mamie” Fitzgerald Mooneyham, listed as Katie’s sister in her obituary, is buried in Burke Co., GA. The birth date on her gravestone says 16 June 1877.
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KATHERINE PEARL “KITTY” ALFORD
rome news-tribune
Rome, Floyd Co., GA—Friday, 12 January 1996
Miss Katherine P. “Kitty” Alford, 77, 16 Locust St., died Wednesday evening at a Rome Hospital.
Miss Alford was born in Floyd County, Oct. 21, 1918, daughter of the late Bodie M. Alford and Harriett Yarbrough Alford. She was a member of Riverside Baptist Church and prior to retirement was employed as a school teacher.
Survivors include: two sisters, Mary L. Carnes, Rome and Louise West, Kingston; nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Riverside Baptist Church….
Photo from East View Cemetery, Rome, Floyd Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Donna Harris
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm death date of Katherine P. Alford (SS# issued in GA) but list her birth date as 21 Oct 1917, last residence Rome, Floyd Co., GA.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
Her lineage: Katherine Pearl 1918 GA1, Bodie Malcom 1876 GA3, John Lafayette 1847 GA4, William Henry 1811 NC5, Job 1763 NC6, Julius 1717 VA7, James 1687 VA8, John 1645 VA9.
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KATHRYN JENEAN ALFORD
ROCKDALE CITIZEN
Conyers, Rockdale Co., GA—Sunday, 26 August 2012
Ms. Kathryn Jenean Alford, age 55 of Columbus, was born on May 6, 1957 and passed away August 22, 2012 at Columbus Regional Medical Center.
She is survived by her parents, Peggy and Alvin Alford, Walnut Grove; sisters, Libby Humphries, Conyers, Brenda Alford, Swansea, SC; nieces, Christie Cole, Covington, Tara Welch, Columbia, SC, Allison Ralson, Columbia, SC; nephews, Scott Goldbar, Columbia, SC, Jamie Humphries, McDonough; great-nieces and nephews, Colton Humphries, Clayton Humphries, Rose Humphries, Aaron Humphries, Kayla Parker, Corey Parker, Jamie Rabon, Josey Rabon, Brittany Mack, Cody Goldbar, Dallas Hutto; great-great-niece, Payton Mack.
She was preceded in death by her nephew, Trenton Humphries; grandparents, Helen and Arthur Robinson, Annie Mae Hambrick, Doc Alford.
There are no formal services planned…. Scot Ward Funeral Services, 699 American Legion Road, Conyers, GA….
Photo from Green Meadows Memorial Gardens, Conyers, Rockdale Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, D.J.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm the birth and death dates of Kathryn J. Alford (SS# issued in GA), last residence not listed.
See the obituaries of her parents, Alvin Burns Alford and Peggy Joyce Robinson Alford, in this compilation.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #2.
Her lineage: Kathryn Jenean 1957 GA1, Alvin Burns 1930 GA2, Luther H. 1871 GA3, John T. 1831 GA4, Bynum 1787 GA5, Isham 1755 NC6.
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KATIE LOUISE CHAPMAN ALFORD
BRUNSWICK NEWS
Brunswick, Glynn Co., GA—Saturday, 22 September 2007
Katie Chapman, 71, died Sept. 17, 2007, at the Brunswick hospital of Southeast Georgia Health System.
The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. today at Greater Jerusalem Baptist Church, 1504 M St., Brunswick, with burial to follow in Greenwood Cemetery.
The family was to have received friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, 2007, at Brunswick Funeral Home.
Survivors include four sons, Michael Chapman, Robert Alford Jr., Earl Alford and Jimmy Alford, all of Brunswick; daughter, Pamela Alford Green of Brunswick; two brothers, Sandy Chapman Jr. of Brunswick and Frank Chapman of Jacksonville, Fla.; two sisters, Susie Chapman Carter and Jessie Chapman Clark, both of Brunswick; several nieces and nephews; a host of cousins; and sorrowing friends.
Photo from Greenwood Cemetery, Brunswick, Glynn Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, James Rhodes
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Katie L. Chapman (SS# issued in GA) was born 12 Apr 1936, last residence Brunswick, Glynn Co., GA.
See the obituary of her husband, Robert Larry Alford, in this compilation.
From SSACI: Katie Louise Chapman Alford, black, was born 12 Apr 1936 in Birmingham, AL, daughter of Sandy Chapman and Susie Norwood.
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KATRINE “KATE” HARRIS ALFORD
STATESBORO HERALD
Statesboro, Bulloch Co., GA—Saturday, 8 September 2007
STATESBORO—Mrs. Katrine “Kate” Harris Alford, age 95, died Wednesday [September 5] at the Statesboro Nursing Home under the care of Ogeechee Area Hospice. The Bulloch County native lived in Candler County for many years until returning to Statesboro in 1980. She was employed with Twin City Manufacturing as a presser for several years and was a homemaker. Mrs. Alford was a member of the Friendship Baptist Church, where she was a member of the Jolly Christians and the Senior Adult Sunday School Class.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Olin Alford; and four sons, Franklin, Johnnie, Winford and Wayne Alford.
Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Robert and Pam Alford of Denver, Colo.; eight grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
Visitation will be Saturday from 5-8 p.m. at Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home.
The funeral service will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Friendship Baptist Church.... Interment will be in the church cemetery. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers will be the deacons of the Friendship Baptist Church....
Photo from Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery, Statesboro, Bulloch Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Craig & Tonya Banks
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Katrine H. Alford (SS #issued in FL) was born 6 Dec 1911.
See the obituary of her son Johnnie Harris Alford; and her husband’s mother, Julia Eva Roach Alford, in this compilation.
On the 1920 census, Bullock Co., GA, her husband is listed as James O. Alford, age 8. In various other records, he is listed as Olin, Johnnie O., and Johnie Olin.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1, where her husband is listed as James Olin Alford Jr.
Her husband’s lineage: James Olin 1911 GA1, James Olin 1886 GA2, Green Colquitt 1853 GA3, William Benjamin 1825 GA4, William 1794 NC5, Kinchen 1768 NC6, Lodwick 1710 VA7, James 1687 VA8, John 1645 VA9.
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KAY PATRICIA “PAT” HUNT ALFORD
Wife of Willie Eugene Alford, AAFA #0302
GREENVILLE NEWS
Greenville, Greenville Co., SC—Sunday, 20 August 2006
TRAVELERS REST [Greenville Co., SC]—Pat Alford, 71, passed away Friday, August 18, 2006.
She was preceded in death by her father, Paul Hunt of Travelers Rest, S.C., and by her son, Wes Alford of Houston, Texas.
Born and raised in Travelers Rest, Pat graduated from Columbia College and received a master’s degree in Education from Furman University. She was cited for leadership at Columbia College and was active in the chorus and drama clubs. In addition to teaching elementary school, Pat was also a soloist at Buncombe Street United Methodist Church in Greenville, S.C. She married Gene Alford and moved to Houston, Texas. There she raised two children and helped establish her husband’s medical practice. She was also a longtime member of both St. Paul’s United Methodist Church and Chaplewood United Methodist Church. Many remember her as a loyal friend who never met a stranger. She loved entertaining and passed on her love of music to her children. She was a past president of both her local DAR and Colonial Dames chapters in South Carolina. During her term with the Colonial Dames, she helped to establish a local historical site.
Surviving are her mother, Madeleine Hunt Morro; husband Gene Alford ; daughter, Madelon Alford Morgan; son-in-law, Dave Morgan; and granddaughters, Maddie and Abbey Morgan, all of Alpharetta, Ga.
The service will be held at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, August 22, at the Howze Mortuary [Travelers Rest, SC].
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Wes Alford Memorial Scholarship at Centenary College, Shreveport, La.
Photo from Travelers Rest Cemetery, Travelers Rest, Greenville Co., SC—www.findagrave.com
Taken by Find A Grave contributor Charlie Porter
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Kay P. Alford (SS# issued in SC) was born 18 October 1934, last residence Alpharetta Estates, Fulton Co., GA.
We included the obituaries of her son Wesley Hunt Alford in Louisiana Obituaries; and of her husband’s parents, Willie Monroe Alford and Dessie Watson Alford, in South Carolina Obituaries.
Pat died in Fulton Co., GA.
Wedding announcement:
GREENVILLE NEWS
Greenville, Greenville Co., SC—Sunday, 14 June 1959
Her husband’s lineage: Willie Eugene 1935 SC1, Willie Monroe 1908 GA2, William Albert 1880 SC/GA3.
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KENNETH OSCAR ALFORD
Photo from crainey5838’s Grimm Family family tree (Ancestry)
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Friday, 24 December 1976
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not list his death.
See the obituaries of his wife, Gladys O’Dell Johnson Grimm Alford; son Charles Richard “Chuck” Grimm Alford; father, Paul Earnest Alford; and siblings Ailene Alford Putnam, Arthur Rex Alford, and Billy James Alford in this compilation. We included the obituary of his brother Linton Alford in Florida Obituaries.
From GA Deaths: Kenneth O. Alford died 22 Dec 1976 in DeKalb Co., GA.
On Kenneth Oscar Alford’s 1940 WWII Draft Registration Card (Ancestry), he is age 25, born 23 Nov 1914 in Harriman, Roane Co., TN.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #2.
His lineage: Kenneth Oscar 1914 TN1, Paul Earnest 1887 GA2, David A. 1862 GA3, John T. 1831 GA4, Bynum 1787 GA5, Isham 1755 NC6.
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KEVIN D. ALFORD
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Thursday, 19 October 1995
Included in AAFA ACTION, Summer 1999
Mr. Kevin D. Alford of Alpharetta died October 16, 1995.
Surviving are his parents, Donald and Margaret Alford, Indianapolis, IN; sisters, Donna Autry, Lakeland, FL., Barbara Alford, Indianapolis, IN; brother, Scott Alford, Indianapolis; grandmother, Jewell Hayes, Hamilton, OH; and niece, Cassandra Autry, Lakeland, FL; and many, many devoted and faithful friends.
A memorial service will be held Friday, October 20th at 4:00 o’clock at Spring Hill.... H.M. Patterson & Son.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Kevin D. Alford (SS# issued in OH) was born 23 Aug 1954, last residence Alpharetta, Fulton Co., GA.
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KEVIN LAMAR ALFORD
Conyers, Rockdale Co., GA—_____ March 2015
Mr. Kevin L. Alford, age 41 of Covington, formerly of Newnan, died Wednesday, March 4, 2015.
He is survived by his wife, Misty Alford, Covington; parents, David and Pat Alford, Newnan; sister and brother-in-law, Kelly and Jonathan Lynch, Arab, AL; mother-in-law, Norma Brown, Conyers; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Jim and Laura Brown, Conyers; brother-in-law, Eric Brown, Conyers; nieces and nephews, Sara Kate and Abigail Lynch of Arab, AL, Jessica Brown, Jacob Brown, Seth Brown, Gavin Brown, all of Conyers; and several aunts, uncles and cousins.
Mr. Alford graduated from Newnan High School in 1992 and attended Truett McConnell College. He was a truck driver with Crane Transport. Kevin was a member of Haven Fellowship Church.
A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, March 14, 2015 at 12:00pm at Haven Fellowship Church, 2240 Smyrna Road SW, Conyers, GA….
Scot Ward Funeral Services, 699 American Legion Road, Conyers, GA….
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not yet list his death.
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LAGREE ALFORD
Uncle of Brenda Alford, AAFA #1076
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Thursday, 22 October 1964
In another article:
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Friday, 23 October 1964
Photo from Madison Historic Cemeteries, Madison, Morgan Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Taken by Find A Grave contributor G. Williams
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not list his death.
See the obituaries of his mother, Narcissus Johnson Alford; and brother James Arthur Alford Sr. in this compilation.
From GA Marriages: Lagree Alford [colored], married Daisy Paschal on 22 March 1927 in Greene Co., GA
His lineage: Lagree 1896 GA1, Charles 1858 GA2, James born in slavery3.
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LAMAR EDWIN HALLFORD
ANDERSON INDEPENDENT-MAIL
Anderson, Anderson Co., SC—Saturday, 2 January 2010
EASTANOLLEE—Mr. Lamar Edwin Hallford, Sr., age 79, died Thursday [December 31]. The funeral service will be held at 2 PM Sunday in the Chapel of Whitlock Mortuary. www.whitlockmortuary.net
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Lamar E. Hallford (SS# issued in GA) was born 21 Sept 1930, last residence Toccoa, Stephens Co., GA.
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LARRY GENE ALFORD
NEWS OBSERVER
Blue Ridge, Fannin Co., GA—Tuesday, 4 September 2012
Larry Gene Alford, 64, of Blue Ridge, passed away Aug. 21.
Mr. Alford was born July 27, 1948, in Cherokee County, to James Alford and Elizabeth Waycaster Colley. He was a member of Temple Baptist Church of Blue Ridge.
He was preceded in death by father James Alford, mother and stepfather Elizabeth and Junior Colley, and brother Terry Alford.
Survivors include wife Sherry Alford; son Chris Alford; daughter Tracy Bradley; sister Judy and Stanley Peck; sister Cindy Peardon; in-laws Junior and Kim Deal, Jeff Dockery; best friend Jim Gindorff; grandchildren Devan Morris, Damon Morris, and Brooke Waters; special grandchildren Jaron Deal, Jordan Deal, Taylor Deal and Madelyn Waters.
Funeral services were held Friday, Aug. 24, at the Henry Cochran Funeral chapel…. Interment followed in Chastain Memorial Park.
Pallbearers were Dennis Chapman, Jeff Dockrey, Jerry Sisson, Frank Pless, Jimmy Dickey, Jerry Parris, Scott Millsaps, Bill Callihan. Honorary pallbearers were Wade Woody, Art Perryman, Jimmy Hopkins Jr., Junior Deal, Hank Davenport, Leon Davenport, Greg Alford, Mitchell Alford.
Family is accepting flowers and donations in memory of Mr. Alford to The Ridge Community Church building fund.
Henry-Cochran Funeral Home of Blue Ridge was in charge.
Photos from Chastain Memorial Park Cemetery, Blue Ridge, Fannin Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Chuck Garland
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm the birth and death dates of Larry G. Alford (SS# issued in GA), last residence not listed.
See the obituaries of his parents, James F. Alford and Elizabeth Waycaster Alford Colley; and brother James Terry Alford in this compilation.
His lineage: Larry Gene 1948 GA1, James F. 1923 GA2, James Russell 1896 GA3, John 1876 GA4, Posey 1842 GA5.
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LARRY JEFF HALLFORD
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Monday, 15 December 2003
Larry Jeff Hallford, age 55 of Lilburn, GA., died December 13, 2003 after courageously battling brain cancer for two years. He died peacefully at home, surrounded by his loving family.
He lived a joyous life as a dedicated husband and father, son, brother, grandson, uncle, nephew, cousin, friend, salesman, Sunday school teacher, Georgia Bulldog fan and golfer.
A man of extraordinary faith and member of Mountain Park United Methodist Church, he is survived by his wife, Nita Hove Hallford, daughters, Laura Leigh and Amy Ellen Hallford, mother, Etrulia (Trudy) Hallford of Toccoa; sister and brother in law, Judy and Keith Canup of Toccoa; and a number of beloved aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father, Jeff Jackson Hallford.
After graduating from UGA, he first worked as a salesman for Campbell’s Soup and Prince Matchabelli. In 1980 he joined Amity Leather Products where he was recognized as national salesman of the year and settled into his lifetime career under the direction of his friend and mentor Ross Palmgren. He enjoyed every aspect of being an active church member and volunteer with the Lilburn Co-op.
The funeral will be at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 16 at Mountain Park United Methodist Church in Stone Mountain with interment to follow at 3:00 p.m. in Roselane Cemetery in Toccoa. The family will receive friends Monday, December 15 from 7:00-8:30 p.m. at Wages Funeral Home in Snellville.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to Mountain Park United Methodist Church or the Lilburn Co-Operative Ministry, in memory of Larry Jeff Hallford. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, Inc., Snellville Chapel. 770-979-3200.
Photo from Roselane Cemetery, Toccoa, Stephens Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Pat Gillespie
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Larry J. Hallford (SS# issued in GA) was born 10 Apr 1948, last residence Lilburn, Gwinnett Co., GA.
See the obituary of his mother, Etrulia “Trudy” Hudson Hallford, in this compilation.
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LAURA JOLAN PIRICZKY ALFORD
AAFA #0674
Aunt of Benjamin Franklin Alford Jr., AAFA #0447; and Sarah Nell Harrison McEachern, AAFA #0053
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Monday, 13 October 1997
Included in AAFA ACTION, Fall 1999
Mrs. Laura P. Alford, age 85 of Snellville, died Sunday, October 12, 1997.
She was born in Toledo, Ohio, was a member of Grayson United Methodist Church, The Snellville Keenagers and Snellville United Methodist Church Prime-timers.
She was the widow of George W. Alford.
Survivors, daughter, Joanne Fuller of Lawrenceville; son, George Alford of Conyers; sister, Elizabeth Redfox of FL; brothers, Steve Piriczky and Albert Piriczky, both of FL; 10 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and one great-grandchild, several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, October 14, 1997, at 11:00 a.m. in Wages Snellville Chapel.... Interment will be in Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens, in College Park.... Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, Snellville Chapel, 770-979-3200.
Photos from Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens, College Park, Fulton Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Harrison
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Laura P. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 13 Apr 1912, last residence Snellville, Gwinnett Co., GA.
See the obituaries of her husband, George Washington Alford Sr.; and son George Washington Alford Jr. in this compilation.
Laura Jolan Piriczky Alford was the widow of George Washington Alford (1906-1984), who died before AAFA was established.
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LAURA VIRGINIA ALFORD BIPS
THE TIMES-HERALD
Newnan, Coweta Co., GA—Saturday, 5 March 2011
Mrs. Virginia A. Bips, attorney at law, age 90, of Newnan, GA, died March 2, 2011.
Mrs. Bips was born in Rome, GA, to Charles J. Alford and Nell Murphey. She grew up in Fort Valley, GA. She’d been a member of the State Bar of Georgia for 65 years. She began private practice in 1968 and founded the law firm of Bips and Bips, P.C. She was an avid reader and gardener.
Mrs. Bips was predeceased by her husband, Dr. John A. Bips of Atlanta.
Survived by her three sons, John A. Bips, R. Andrew Bips and Mark C. Bips; daughter, Maria Bips Yount; six grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews; and her dog Kim-woo.
Funeral services will be held in the chapel of A.S. Turner and Sons on Sunday, March 6 at 1 p.m….
Graveside services will be at 4:30 p.m. at Oaklawn Cemetery in Fort Valley, GA….
Photos from Oaklawn Cemetery, Fort Valley, Peach Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Helen Shirah Hudson
Photo taken 6 July 2013
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Laura Virginia Bips (SS# issued in GA) was born 6 July 1920, last residence Newnan, Coweta Co., GA.
See the obituaries of her brothers Charles Job Alford Jr. and William Carlton Alford in this compilation.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
Her lineage: Laura Virginia 1920 GA1, Charles Job 1888 GA2, William Floyd 1837 GA3, William Henry 1811 NC4, Job 1763 NC5, Julius 1717 VA6, James 1687 VA7, John 1645 VA8.
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LAURINE RICHARDSON ALFORD
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Saturday, 13 November 2010
Laurine R. Alford, 89, of Greensboro, died Thursday [November 11]. Funeral, 2 p.m. today, Wages & Sons Funeral Home & Crematory, Stone Mountain.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Laurine Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 18 Nov 1920, last residence Greensboro, Greene Co., GA.
See the obituaries of her husband, John Oscar Alford Jr., which includes a photo of their shared gravestone; and son John Richard “Rick” Alford in this compilation.
From Find A Grave: She was the daughter of Usher Alvin Richardson and Claudine Herndon.
Engagement announcement:
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Sunday, 26 April 1942
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LAVERNE BRADLEY ALFORD
Photo from Flanders Morrison Home
BRYAN COUNTY NEWS
Richmond Hill, Bryan Co., GA—Wednesday, 29 October 2008
Laverne Bradley Alford age 75 died Tuesday morning Oct. 28, 2008 at Spanish Oaks Hospice in Savannah. Mrs. Alford was the chief accountant at Fort Stewart for over 32 years, was a member of Pembroke Advent Christian Church and attended First Baptist Church. She enjoyed reading and cross-stitching. Mrs. Alford was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Harold E. Alford.
Survivors include 2 daughters and 1 son-in-law Debra A. Taylor and Nancy Alford and Steve Gill all of Savannah, one brother Dr. Sidney Leon Bradley of Charlotte, N.C., 3 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren.
…. Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Friday at Morrison Memorial Chapel…. Burial will follow in Northside Cemetery. Flanders Morrison Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements….
Photos from Northside Cemetery, Pembroke, Bryan Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Taken by Find A Grave contributor nu2ga
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Laverne B. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 25 March 1933, last residence Savannah, Chatham Co., GA.
See the obituary of her husband, Harold Elliott Alford, in this compilation.
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LEMERLE ALFORD MCDONALD
DAILY JOURNAL
Marietta, Cobb Co., GA—Wednesday, 30 December 1998
LeMerle Alford McDonald, 78, of Smyrna died Tuesday, Dec. 29. Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Carmichael Funeral Home in Smyrna…. Burial will be in Georgia Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mrs. McDonald retired after 25 years of teaching in public schools. She served as choir director in several Baptist churches and was a member of First Baptist Church of Smyrna where she was active in the church choir and the Women On Mission. She also was a member of the Bennet Woods Garden Club.
Survivors include her husband, Ivy G. McDonald; one stepson, A. Glynn McDonald of Rochelle; one stepgrandchild and two stepgreat-grandchildren; and one niece….
Photo from Kennesaw Memorial Park, Marietta, Cobb Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, F Chambers
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not list her death.
From SSACI: Lemerle Alford McDonald was born 30 Jan 1920 in Welch, Chambers Co., AL, daughter of Benjaminn W. Alford and Dora M. Burkes. She died 15 Dec 1998 [different than obituary].
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
Her lineage: LeMerle 1920 AL1, Benjamin Warren 1886 AL2, Spire Warren 1855 AL3, Spire Warren 1816 GA4, Zaddock 1787 GA5, Julius 1750 NC6, Lodwick 1710 VA7, James 1687 VA8, John 1645 VA9.
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LENA ALFORD
Madison, Morgan Co., GA—_____ June 2015
Born: Sun., Mar. 14, 1943
Died: Tue., Jun. 23, 2015
Ms. Lena Alford, 72 of Rutledge, died June 23, 2015.
She was the daughter of Jack and Vera Harper Alford. She was a member of Rutledge Baptist Church. Ms. Alford was a loving mother and sister. She will be missed by all who knew her.
Ms. Alford is survived by two sisters, Vera Dover and Sara Maughon and two brothers, Harvey and Bill Alford. She also leaves a number of nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by a daughter.
The family will receive friends on Thursday morning at Rutledge Baptist Church at 9:30 AM. The funeral service will begin at 11:00 AM. Interment will follow at the Rutledge City Cemetery.
A.E. Carter Funeral Home has care of arrangements.
Photos from Rutledge City Cemetery, Rutledge, Morgan Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Meleta Hansen
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not yet list her death.
See the obituaries of her daughter Lisa Ann Alford; and siblings Irene M. Alford Roberts and Jewel Alford in this compilation.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
Her lineage: Lena 1943 GA1, Lonnie Lee “Jack” 1906 GA2, Edward J. 1862 GA3, John Allen 1815 GA4, William 1794 NC5, Kinchen 1768 NC6, Lodwick 1710 VA6, James 1687 VA8, John 1645 VA9.
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LENA ALFORD TILLERY
COLUMBUS ENQUIRER-SUN
Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA—Wednesday, 26 May 1920
Mrs. Charles Tillery, aged 30 years, died at her home, 2208 Second avenue, at 3:15 o’clock yesterday morning after an illness of one month with a complication of diseases.
Besides her husband, she is survived by one daughter, Leether, and one son Grady Tillery; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Allford [sic], of Columbus; four sisters; Mrs. May Burnside, of Phenix City; Mrs. Clarence Voight, Mrs. Carl Lenoir and Miss Hazel Alford, of Columbus.
She was a member of the North Highlands Baptist church.
The funeral will take place from the home at 10 o’clock this morning. The interment will be at Pine Grove cemetery….
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COLUMBUS LEDGER
Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA—Tuesday, 25 May 1920
Mrs. Charles Tillery, aged 30 years, died at her home, 2208 Second avenue, at 3:15 o’clock this morning after an illness of one month with a complication of diseases.
Besides her husband, she is survived by one daughter, Leether, and one son Grady Tillery; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Alford, of Columbus; four sisters; Mrs. May Burnside, of Phenix City; Mrs. Clarence Voight, Mrs. Carl Lenoir and Miss Hazel Alford, of Columbus, and one brother, Leslie Alford, of Columbus.
She was a member of the North Highlands Baptist church.
The funeral will take place from the home at 10 o’clock tomorrow morning. The interment will be at Pine Grove cemetery.
Photo from Parkhill Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Christine Thacker
AAFA NOTES: See the obituary of her brother Robert Leslie Alford in this compilation. We included the obituaries of her father, George Washington Alford; and sisters Earlene Alford Boyett and Hazel Alford in Alabama Obituaries.
Marriage announcement:
COLUMBUS ENQUIRER-SUN
Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA—Thursday, 15 April 1909
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #3.
Her lineage: Lena 1889 GA1, George Washington 1844 AL2, William 1815 GA3, Peyton 1788 NC4, James Lodwick 1749 NC5.
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LENORA ANNE WESSINGER ALFORD
Great-Grandmother of Stanley David Alford, AAFA #0785
ANNISTON STAR
Anniston, Calhoun Co., AL—Sunday, 6 July 1952
LENORA ANNE ALFORD SUCCUMBS AT HER HOME IN BOWDON, GEORGIA
Mrs. Lenora Anne Alford, 72, mother of C.J. and N.G. Alford of Anniston, succumbed yesterdaya fternoon at her home in Bowdon, Ga.
Mrs. Alford, a native of Bowdon, had been ill about two weeks.
She was a member of the Baptist Church.
Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. (CST) this afternoon at the Tyus, Ga. Baptist Church…. Burial will be in an adjoining cemetery.
Survivors include five sons, J.R. [stepson James Richard] of Gadsden; A.J. [stepson Alonza Juhan] of Teague, Texas; P.C. [stepson Perry Calvin] of Bowdon and C.J. [Clarence Jacob] and N.G. [Neuford Guice] Alford of Anniston; five daughters, Mrs. G.C. Fully [Nety Ima, wife of Grover C. Fuller] of Rome, Ga., Mrs. O.L. Gentry [Euna, wife of Oscar Gentry], Athens, Ga.; Mrs. D.J. Wllllamson [Nina, wife of Dewey Williamson] of Bowdon; Mrs. Pate Walston [Neva] of Bowdon, and Mrs. G.B. Payne [Celeste, wie of Grover Barrett Payne] of Newnan, Ga.; three brothers, E J. Wessinger of Bowdon; S.J. Wessinger of Carrollton, Ga. and Walter Wessinger of Checotah, Oklahoma, and a sister, Mrs. Walter Adams of Lineville.
Photo from Tyus Baptist Church Cemetery, Tyus, Carroll Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Janie Light
AAFA NOTES: She was the second wife of Clarence Juhan Alford. His first wife, Allice Margaret Wessinger, was Lenora’s sister. Alice died in 1900 and is buried in Tyus Baptist Church Cemetery, where her name is engraved as Allice Alford on her gravestone.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
Her husband’s lineage: Clarence Juhan 1859 GA1, James Richard 1821 GA2, Jeptha 1797 NC3, Goodrich 1750 NC4, Julius 1717 VA5, James 1687 VA6, John 1645 VA7. [Jeptha-Goodrich connection not proven].
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LEONIDAS F. “LEE”ALFORD
Great-Grandfather of Henry George Alford, AAFA #0057
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Wednesday, 16 April 1884
In another article:
BISMARCK TRIBUNE
Bismarck, Burleigh Co., ND—Friday, 18 April 1884
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of his children Edwin Pleas Alford, Eugene Marcelus Alford, Henry Emmitt Alford, and Sallie E. Alford Howard in this compilation.
From GA Marriages: Lee F. Alford married Frances V. Grant on 17 Aug 1866 in Harris Co., GA.
In 1880 (June 16), this family is in Smiths Cross Roads, Harris Co., GA: Lee F. Alford, age 36 born GA; his wife Fannie 36; and children: James 12, Eddie 9, Mary Lou 7, Sassie 6, Hershal 4, Albert 2, and baby 5/12, son born in Dec.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: Leonidas F. 1844 GA1, Spire Warren 1816 GA2, Zaddock 1787 GA3, Julius 1750 NC4, Lodwick 1710 VA5, James 1687 VA6, John 1645 VA7.
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LILLIAN ALFORD NESMITH
Photo from her Find A Grave memorial
THE TELEGRAPH
Macon, Bibb Co., GA—Sunday, 30 November 2008
MACON—Lillian A. NeSmith, 72, was called home by her Heavenly Father November 28, 2008. Funeral services will be held at 11A.M. Tuesday at Mikado Baptist Church. Burial will be in Glen Haven Memorial Gardens….
Mrs. NeSmith was born on November 22, 1936 in Eatonton, Georgia. She was an active member of Mikado Baptist Church after serving at Southside United Methodist Church for most of her adult life. She was a teacher of the Soul Winner Sunday School Class, past president of the GYP Senior Group, and a life member of the Telephone Pioneers of America. Mrs. NeSmith retired from Bell South as an accounting clerk after 23 1/2 years.
She was the daughter of the late Simon R. and Maude Ruth Bowman Alford and the widow of her husband of 45 years, Thomas L. NeSmith.
Mrs. NeSmith is survived by her children, Linda (Ricky) Moore, Kathy Reeves and Tommy (Patty) NeSmith; five grandchildren, Shelley, Wes, Trey, Eric and Jonathan; four great-grandchildren, Kaitlin, Crystal, Elijah and Evan; sister, Estes Key of Eatonton; brothers, Roy Alford of Lizella and Hubert McLeod of Florida; and also her sisters in Christ friends.
…. Snow’s Memorial Chapel Funeral and Cremation Services, Pio Nono Avenue, has charge of arrangements.
Photo from Glen Haven Memorial Garden, Macon, Bibb Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Hal Stewart
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm the birth and death dates of Lillian Nesmith (SS# issued in GA), last residence Macon, Bibb Co., GA.
See the obituary of her brother Roy Alford in this compilation.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
Her lineage: Lillian 1936 GA1, Simon 1915 GA2, Edward J. 1862 GA3, John Allen 1815 GA4, William 1794 NC5, Kinchen 1768 NC6, Lodwick 1710 VA6, James 1687 VA8, John 1645 VA9.
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LILLIE B. ALFORD HUNTER WILLIAMSON
THE STATE
Columbia, Richland Co., SC—Wednesday, 20 August 2014
COLUMBUS, Ga.—Mrs. Lillie B. Alford Williamson of Columbus, GA, passed Thursday, August 14, 2014, at the age of 92.
The Homegoing Celebration for Mrs. Williamson will be Friday, August 22, 2014, at 11:00 a.m. at Pentecostal Deliverance Church with interment in Main Post Cemetery, Fort Benning, GA….
Survivors include: her sons, Willie Hunter, Jr. (Linda), Henry James Hunter and Clarence Williamson, Jr.; five grandchildren, Cassandra Young (James), Willie Hunter III, William J. Hunter (Tisha), Todd Williamson and Tannis Williamson; three great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren; a “daughter and caregiver,” Lorena Grover; a sister, Rosie M. “Daisy” Gibson Cunningham; a special friend, Perdell Johnson; a host of other relatives and friends.
Arrangements entrusted to the staff of Progressive Funeral Home, Inc., 4235 St. Mary’s Road, Columbus, GA 31907. Ph. (706)685-8023….
Photo from Fort Benning Post Cemetery, Fort Benning, Muscogee Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Taken by Find A Grave contributor Chuck
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not yet list her death.
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LILLIE FAY NEWBERRY ALFORD
ATLANTA JOURNAL
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Thursday, 1 August 1957
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of her husband, Hosie Thomas Alford, which includes a photo of their shared gravestone; and son Trenon James Alford in this compilation.
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LILLIE REE ALFORD
AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER
Americus, Sumter Co., GA—_____ February 1988
Ms Lillie Ree Alford of Leslie, GA was born in 1938. She died Saturday morning, February 13, 1988 at her residence. Funeral services are planned at 2 p.m., Thursday at New Mt Mariah Baptist Church in Americus, GA….
Survivors include a stepmother, Ms Classie Alford of Americus; three sisters, Ms Willie Bell Nelson and Ms Bessie Alford of Leslie and Ms Ossie Mae James of Chipley, FL; three brothers, Mr. Mack Alford and Mr. Otis Alford of Americus, Mr. Pearlman Alford of Leslie; two aunts, Ms Willie Mae Knighton of Brooklyn, NY and Ms Hattie Mae Isler of Cleveland, OH; one uncle, Mr. Raymond Bennett of Columbus, GA
Photo from New Mount Mariah Baptist Church Cemetery, Sumter Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, J. B. Chrismond
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Lillie R. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 24 Sept 1937 and died _____ Feb 1988 [both different than obituary], last residence Leslie, Sumter.
See the obituaries of her brothers Otis Alford and Pearlman “Big Daddy” Alford in this compilation. We included the obituary of her brother Luther Alford Sr. in Florida Obituaries.
From SSACI: Lillie Ree Alford, black, was born 23 Sept 1937 in Americus, Sumter Co., GA, daughter of Mack Alford and Lillie B. Burnett, and died _____ Feb 1988.
From GA Deaths: Lillie R. Alford, black, died 13 Feb 1988 in Sumter Co., GA.
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LINDA G. BAILEY ALFORD
AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
Augusta, Richmond Co., GA—Saturday, 31 January 1998
Included in AAFA ACTION, Fall 1998
MILLEN, Ga.—Mrs. Linda Bailey Alford, 38, of 321 Drexel Ave., died Friday, Jan. 30, 1998, at Jenkins County Hospital.
The funeral will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at True Born Church of Christ Deliverance Center, Inc.... Burial will be in New Millen Cemetery.
Mrs. Alford, a native of Millen, was a homemaker and a member of True Born Church of Christ Deliverance Center. She attended Atlanta Area Technical School, where she trained as a dental assistant.
Survivors include three daughters, Latisha Alford, Monique Alford and Tiffany Alford, all of Millen; her parents, Rufus and Lannie Bailey, both of Millen; one brother, Gene Patrick Bailey, Millen; and one sister, Carolyn Bynes, Millen.
Dwight’s Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Linda G. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 24 July 1959 and died 15 Jan 1998 [different than obituary], last residence Millen, Jenkins Co., GA.
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LINDA LOU PECK ALFORD
CHEROKEE TRIBUNE
Canton, Cherokee Co., GA—Wednesday, 17 October 2007
Linda Alford, 61, of Waleska died Saturday, Oct. 13, 2007.
Services were Tuesday at Sosebee Funeral Home in Canton…. Burial was in Lebanon Methodist Church cemetery.
Mrs. Alford was a member of Toonigh Baptist Church and was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, Terry Alford; four sons, Mitchell Alford of Canton, Jeff Alford of Jasper, Greg Alford of Waleska, and Keith Alford of Buford; two daughters, Missy Williams and Michelle Bush, both of Canton; two brothers, Stanley Peck and Wesley Wacaster, both of Holly Springs; one sister, Brenda Gregg of Griffin; and 13 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Photo from Lebanon Methodist Church Cemetery, Lebanon, Cherokee Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, dgresh
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Linda L. Alford (SS# issued in OK) was born 28 Apr 1946, last residence Waleska, Cherokee Co., GA.
See the obituary of her husband, James Terry Alford, in this compilation.
From SSACI: Linda Lou Peck was born 28 Apr 1944 [different than gravestone] in Gainesville, Hall Co., GA, and died 13 Oct 2007.
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LINN RONDALL ALFORD
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—19 June 2014
Alford, Linn R. Age 63, of Adairsville, passed away June 15, 2014.
Service June 20, 11 AM. Georgia Funeral Care & Cremation Services.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not yet list his death.
See the obituaries of his parents, William Floyd Alford and Christine Elizabeth Lewis Alford; and brothers William Franklin Alford and Windel Marvin Alford in this compilation.
His middle name is from his father’s obituary.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: Linn Rondall 1950 GA1, William Floyd 1922 GA2, William Leroy 1887 GA3, William Floyd 1837 GA4, William Henry 1811 NC5, Job 1763 NC6, Julius 1717 VA7, James 1687 VA8, John 1645 VA8.
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LISA ANN ALFORD
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Athens, Clarke Co., GA—Thursday, 17 June 2004
RUTLEDGE [Morgan Co.]—Lisa Ann Alford, 34, died Wednesday, June 16, 2004, at her residence. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Rutledge Baptist Church. Burial will be in Rutledge City Cemetery.
Survivors include her mother, Lena Alford, Rutledge.
Simmons Funeral Home, Madison, has charge of arrangements.
Photo from Rutledge City Cemetery, Rutledge, Morgan Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, PC
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Lisa A. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 23 Sept 1969, last residence not listed.
See the obituary of her mother, Lena Alford, in this compilation.
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LISA KAY BRASWELL ALFORD
Loganville, Walton Co., GA—_____ February 2011
Lisa and her husband Bruce Marcus Alford
Lisa Kay Braswell Alford, age 48 of Clarkston, formerly of Monroe, passed away February 5, 2011. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at 2 PM in the Monroe Chapel of Tim Stewart Funeral Home…. Interment will follow in Hill Haven Memory Gardens in Monroe.
She is survived by her husband: Rev. Bruce Marcus Alford; step-children: Bruce Alford Ivery, Lawrence Alford, Diane Carol Alford, all of Atlanta; mother: Peggy Joyce Butler of Covington; sisters and brothers-in-law: Denise and Toney Jones, Alice and Keith Jones, Sonya and Jeff Squires, all of Monroe; sisters-in-law: Carol Jean Alford and Ophelia Diane Gaines, both of Lancaster, TX; several nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends from 1 until 2 PM Wednesday afternoon before the service. Tim Stewart Funeral Home, 823 East Spring Street, Monroe, GA 30655. (770) 267-2594. You may sign the online guest registry at www.stewartfh.com
Photo from Hill Haven Cemetery, Monroe, Walton Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, GA Firefighter
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Lisa Kay Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 26 Dec 1962, last residence Clarkston, Dekalb Co., GA.
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LISA SUZANNE RAGSDALE ALFORD
AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
Augusta, Richmond Co., GA—Monday, 15 April 1996
Mrs. Lisa Suzanne Ragsdale Alford, 35, of 272 Alford Road [Franklin, Heard Co.], died Wednesday, April 10, 1996.
Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Franklin United Methodist Church…. Burial was in Franklin City Cemetery.
Mrs. Alford, a native of Honolulu, had lived in Franklin for 13 years. She was a special education teacher and a member of Franklin United Methodist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Ty Alford; two daughters, Ryan Alford and Blake Alford, both of Franklin; her parents, Edmond Eugene Ragsdale and Patricia Ragsdale, Swainsboro; a brother, Scott Ragsdale, Swainsboro; a sister, Lori Bonds, Hartwell; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Lamar Anderson, Swainsboro; and her paternal grandmother, Mrs. Edmond Ragsdale, Pima Mountain Valley.
Tom Stutts and Son Funeral Home, Franklin, is in charge of arrangements. Peebles-Curry-Durden Mortuary, Swainsboro, is in charge of local arrangements.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not list her death.
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LIZZIE CORNELIA ALFORD FLOYD
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Thursday, 25 August 1955
Photo from Crest Lawn Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, RrrrrGrrrr
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of her siblings David A. Alford, Isabelle Alford Farmer, John Oscar Alford, Luther H. Alford, Nancy Dora Alford Anderson, and Simeon W. Alford in this compilation.
From GA Marriages: Lizzie C. Alford married James R. Floyd on 25 Dec 1894 in DeKalb Co., GA.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #2.
Her lineage: Lizzie Cornelia 1873 GA1, John T. 1831 GA2, Bynum 1787 GA3, Isham 1755 NC4.
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LODWICK HOUSTON ALFORD
AAFA #0011
Father of Lodwick Kirkland Alford, AAFA #0306
Brother of Sarah Beatrice Alford Parramore, AAFA #0158; Louise Grace Alford Ekin, AAFA #0177; and Walter Hoyle Alford, AAFA #0555
Brother-in-law of Flora Bell King Alford, AAFA #0517; and Juanita Shepherd Alford, AAFA #0382
From AAFA files
Alford Reunion, April 1959 in Shingler, Worth Co., GA
Left to right: Lucy Melvina Alford Sumner, Sarah Beatrice Alford Parramore, William Leorus Alford, Marvin Floyd Alford, Lodwick Houston Alford, Mary Marjorie Alford Brown Ditto, and Maggie Eugenia Alford Akins
Photo from Joel Parker’s JD Parker Tree (Ancestry) - used with permission
ALBANY HERALD
Albany, Dougherty Co., GA—5 January 2008
BRUNSWICK—Captain Lodwick Houston Alford, O.S.N. (Ret), 93, of Sea Island, GA, died December 19, 2007, in Sylvester, GA.
Born in Sylvester, Worth County, in 1914, he was the seventeenth child of William Leorus Haywood Alford and the sixth child of Lucy Melvina (Overby) Alford.
Captain Alford enlisted in the Navy in 1932 and entered the U.S. Naval Academy in 1934. After graduation in 1938, he was commissioned as an Ensign and embarked on a long and interesting career covering three wars and varied service in battleships, cruisers, aircraft carriers, destroyers, and staff duty ashore. In senior ranks, he commanded a Fletcher class destroyer in the Korean War, a division of four destroyers in the Atlantic Fleet, a squadron of eight destroyers in the Sixth Fleet, and an 18,000 ton destroyer tender in the Atlantic Fleet.
Captain Alford holds the following decorations: Bronze Star for combat performance in the Iwo Jima and Okinawa campaigns; Navy Commendation Medal for combat in Gilbert, Marshall and Solomon Island campaigns; a second Bronze Star for combat performance in the Korean War; Armed Forces Commendation Medal; and twelve campaign and service ribbons. He retired from the Navy in 1967 after 35 years of service.
His education includes: BS, U.S. Naval Academy; Diploma, U.S. Naval War College; Diploma, The National War College; Diploma, The American University; MA, The George Washington University.
Captain Alford published a book, “Playing for Time: War on an Asiatic Fleet Destroyer” that gives a firsthand portrayal of the conflict in Asian waters during the first few months on World War II. The book is available at the G.J. Ford bookstore on St. Simons Island. Captain Alford founded the Civil War Round Table of Coastal Georgia in 1980. The group represents Civil War buffs from all over the coast.
Captain Alford was preceded in death by his first wife of 53 years, Katherine Kirkland in 1993 and a grandson, Scott Kirkland Alford in 2005.
Surviving are his second wife, Frances Du Priest Park Alford; her son, John Mack Park and his wife, Deborah; her daughter-in-law, Faye Park; a sister, Louise Parker; a son, Lodwick Kirkland Alford and his wife, Jerilyn; a grandson, Brett Allan Alford and his wife, Jordin; a daughter-in-law, Heather Coker Alford; a great-grandson, Tristan Kirkland Alford; a daughter, Andrea and her husband, Charles Fantacci; and two granddaughters, Victoria and Carol Fantacci.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials to the St. Simons Methodist Church Building Fund.
A memorial service will be held on Monday, January 7, 2008 at the St. Simons Methodist Church at 11 a.m. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery will be on Wednesday, February 6, 2008 at 3 p.m. Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home, Brunswick 912/265-3636.
Photo from Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington Co., VA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Paul Hays
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Lodwick H. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 27 Apr 1914, last residence Sea Island, Glynn Co., GA.
See the obituaries of his second wife, Frances Anita Dupriest Park Alford; father, William Leorus Haywood Alford; and siblings Mary Marjorie Alford Brown Ditto, Sarah Beatrice Alford Parramore, and William Leorus Alford in this compilation. We included the obituaries of his brothers Marvin Floyd Alford and Walter Hoyle Alford in Florida Obituaries.
Wick was the first president of the Alford American Family Association.
His AAFA In Remembrance includes many photos and documents.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #3.
His lineage: Lodwick Houston 1914 GA1, William Leorus Haywood 1863 NC2, Green Haywood 1820 NC3, Green 1787 NC4, James Lodwick 1749 NC5.
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LOIS CLAIRE SHIREY ALFORD
Mother of James Warren Alford, AAFA #0375
COLUMBUS LEDGER-ENQUIRER
Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA—Wednesday, 14 July 1993
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm the birth and death dates of Lois S. Alford (SS# issued in GA), last residence Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA.
See the obituaries of her husband, Emmett Hoyt Alford, which includes a photo of their shared gravestone; and daughters Helen Joyce Alford Queen and Patricia Grace Alford Cheney in this compilation. We included the obituary of her daughter Dorothy Ann “Dottie” Alford Hoyt in Louisiana Obituaries.
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LOLA B. ALFORD LOVELL
rome news-tribune
Rome, Floyd Co., GA—Tuesday, 8 November 1960
Mrs. W.C. Lovell, 86, died Monday night in a Rome hospital following an attack suffered a few minutes earlier at her home, 1406 Dean St.
Mrs. Lovell had been in declining health for several months but her death was unexpected.
Mrs. Lovell, the former Miss Lola Alford, was born in Bartow County on Oct. 25, 1874, daughter of the late John L. and Laura Watson Alford. She had spent the greater part of her life in Rome and Floyd County and had been identified with the civic and religious activities. She was a member of the Spring Creek Baptist Church, and was married on Nov. 13, 1892 to the late W.C. Lovell, who preceded her in death in 1926.
Surviving are seven daughters, Mr. C.W. Evans, Mrs. J.W. Day, Mrs. J.J. Arp, Mrs. Sarah Ellis, Mrs. J.L. Couch, Mrs. P.K. Gaddy, all of Rome, and Mrs. T.J. Craton, of Marietta; one son, M. Hoyt Lovell, of Rome; three brothers, W.L. Alford of Spring Creek, C.J. Alford, of Ft. Valley, and O.J. Alford, of Atworth; two sisters, Mrs. Barclay Terhune and Mrs. J. Sanie Crawford, of Rome; 10 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of the Stevens-Davenport Funeral Home…. Interment will be in the East View cemetery….
Photo from East View Cemetery, Rome, Floyd Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Pat Millican
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of her father, John N. Alford; and brother Floyd Lafayette Alford in this compilation.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
Her lineage: Lola B. 1874 GA1, John N. 1847 GA2, William Henry 1811 NC3, Job 1763 NC4, Julius 1717 VA5, James 1687 VA6, John 1645 VA7.
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LOOMIS JORDAN ALFORD
DAILY HOME
Talladega, Talladega Co., AL—Tuesday, 25 April 2000
MARIETTA, Ga.—Graveside service for Loomis Jordan Alford, 83, will be Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. in Evergreen Memorial Cemetery….
Mr. Alford died April 24 at Wellstar-Cobb Hospital in Atlanta, Ga. He was retired from Avondale Mills, served in the United States Army during World War II and was a native of Clay County.
He is survived by one stepson, Ray Bowen of Marietta, Ga.
Curtis and Son Funeral Home North Chapel will direct the service.
Photo from Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Sylacauga, Talladega Co., AL—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Page Teel
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Loomis J. Alford (SS# issued in AL) was born 14 March 1917, last residence Smyrna, Cobb Co., GA.
We included the obituaries of his [first?] wife, Georgia Lee Lawhorn Alford; his mother, Mary Ella Wright Alford; and his siblings Brenton Lee Alford, Beulah Mae Alford, Herman Elbert Alford, and Rubin Otis Alford in Alabama Obituaries.
From SSACI: Loomis Jordan Alford was born 14 March 1917 in Wadley, Clay Co. [sic: Randolph Co.], AL, son of William A. Alford and Mary E. Wright.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: Loomis Jordan 1917 AL1, William Andrew 1881 AL2, Virgil Almon Christopher 1857 AL3, Thomas Lafayette 1834 GA4, Julius Charles 1805 NC5, Job 1763 NC6, Julius 1717 VA7, James 1687 VA8, John 1645 VA9.
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LORENE ALFORD
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Monday, 23 June 1947
AAFA NOTES: From GA Deaths: Lorean [sic] Alford, black age 34, died 20 June 1947 in Fulton Co., GA.
She has a nearly illegible gravestone in Gathering of Champions Church Cemetery, Marietta, Cobb Co., GA.
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LOUIS ALFRED, JR.
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—14 November 2011
Mr. Louis Alfred, Jr., of Sandy Springs [Fulton Co.] passed. His remains were shipped to Gertrude Geddes Willis Funeral Home, Inc., 2120 Jackson Ave., New Orleans, LA 70113. Tele: 504-522-2525. Grissom-Clark Funeral Home. 404-373-3191. www.grissom-clarkfh.com.
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Gertrude Geddes Willis Funeral Home
New Orleans, LA—_____ November 2011
Louis Alfred Jr. age 84, died November 12, 2011 at Northeast Atlanta Rehabilitation Hospital in Atlanta due to complications resulting form a stroke.
He was born July 2, 1927 in New Orleans to the late Louis Alfred Sr. and the late Leona Gibson. He attended Xavier University and Loyola University School of Law. Mr. Alfred worked for the New Orleans Legal Assistance Corporation in addition to an independent law practice in the City of New Orleans and the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
He was married to the late Eloise Richard Alfred.
He is survived by his brother Armand Alfred Sr. and his sister Mildred Alfred. His daughter Pamela Alfred George and her children grandson Jordan Alexander George and granddaughter Rebecca Alexis George. Sons, Louis Alfred III and Stephen Richard Alfred and his wife, daughter-in-law Wanda Hogan Alfred, their child, granddaughter Arielle Williams, and her son, great-grandson Jayden Allen and a host of cousins, nieces and nephews
Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the Funeral Services on Saturday November 19, 2011 at Gertrude Geddes Willis Funeral Home, 2120 Jackson Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana at 10:00 am. Viewing from 8:00 am to 10:00 am . Interment Mt. Olivet Mausoleum, 4000 Norman Mayer Avenue….
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm the birth and death dates of Louis Alfred (SS# issued in LA), last residence not listed.
We included the obituary of his wife, Eloise Richard Alfred, in Louisiana Obituaries.
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LUCIA DENT ALFORD
Great-Great-Grandmother of Catherine Moore Casper, AAFA #1030
DAILY ENQUIRER
Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA—Saturday, 15 September 1877
Mrs. Larkin Alford, who lived near Millners’ Crossroads, Harris county, died last Sunday night of puerperal fever, and leaves an infant about three weeks old.
AAFA NOTES: From GA Marriages: Larking J. Alford married Miss Lucia Dent on 22 Sept 1869 in Harris Co., GA.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
Her husband’s lineage: Larkin J. 1849 GA1, Thomas 1829 GA2, Wiley A. 1794 GA3, James 1741 NC/VA4, Lodwick 1710 VA5, James 1687 VA6, John 1645 VA7.
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LUCILLE GARY ALFORD
Newton, Newton Co., MS—_____ December 2016
Lucille G. Alford
(June 9, 1927 - December 1, 2016)
Lucille Gary Alford, 89, of Lawrenceville, GA died Thursday, December 1, 2016 at MeSun Health Services Inc. in Lawrenceville, GA.
She was born Thursday, June 9, 1927 in Newton, MS.
…. Funeral services at 11:00 AM at First Baptist Church of Newton in Newton, MS…. Newton County Funeral Home - North is in charge of arrangements. (601) 635-3200.
Lucille was a loving wife, mother, and friend to many. She loved Newton, MS and her First Baptist Church. She served for years attending the babies in the church nursery and enjoyed the church music. No event went without one of her delicious casseroles or desserts.
She and James enjoyed traveling and spending time with family and friends, especially the grands and great grands.
She is preceded in death by her husband James B. Alford, her parents; Frank and Nannie Hall Gary, and eight siblings.
Survivors include her two daughters; Debrah A. Johnson and husband Charles Watson, and Kathi Wirth and husband Jim, Lawrenceville, GA,
Pallbearers will be; Jim Wirth, Charles Watson, Michael Johnson, Christopher Johnson, Cole Nelson, and Jody Wagner….
Photos from Newton County Memorial Gardens, Newton, Newton Co., MS—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Wyndy South
Photo taken 26 Apr 2017
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not yet list her death.
We included the obituary of her husband, James Basil Alford, in Mississippi Obituaries.
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LUCILLE HALLFORD PAYNE
ANDERSON INDEPENDENT-MAIL
Anderson, Anderson Co., SC—Thursday, 10 July 2014
Lucille Hallford Payne
TOCCOA [Stephens Co.], Ga.—Lucille Payne, age 96, died Tuesday. Services at 3pm Thursday at Stephens Memorial Gardens. Visitation: 1-2:30 Thursday at Whitlock Mortuary.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records do not yet list her death.
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LUCILLE JOHNSON ALFORD
HERALD & NEWS
Passaic, Passaic Co., NJ—Friday, 17 December 1999
In another article:
THE STAR-LEDGER
Newark, Essex Co., NJ—Friday, 17 December 1999
Services for Mrs. Lucille Alford, 94, of Savannah, Ga., a former New Jersey resident, will be held at noon tomorrow in St. Peter Sound of Praise Pentecostal Church, 175 Fair St., Paterson. Arrangements are by the Bragg Funeral Home, Paterson.
Mrs. Alford, who died Sunday [December 12] in the Memorial Medical Center, Savannah, was a domestic worker.
Born in Atlanta, Ga., she lived in Newark and East Orange before moving to Savannah two years ago.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Jean Walker; a brother, Dr. Emory L. Johnson; a sister, Rev. Alma Moore, and five grandchildren.
In another article:
MORNING NEWS
Savannah, Chatham Co., GA—16 December 1999
Lucille Alford, 94, died Dec. 12 at Memorial Health University Medical Center.
She was born in Atlanta and moved to Savannah four years ago after living in Orange, N.J., for 60 years. She was a member of Tabernacle Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: a daughter, Barbara Jean Alford-Walker of Savannah; a sister, Alma Moore of Paterson, N.J.; a brother, the Rev. Emory Johnson of Roosevelt Long Island, N.J.; six grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
FUNERAL: noon Saturday at St. Peter’s Sound of Praise in Paterson. Carnie Bragg Funeral Home, Paterson. Sidney A. Jones Funeral Home, Savannah.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Lucille Alford (SS# issued in NJ) was born 30 Oct 1905, last residence Orange, Essex Co., NJ.
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LUCILLE K. ALFORD
COLUMBUS LEDGER-ENQUIRER
Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA—Tuesday, 15 January 2002
Alford, Lucile, 88, LaGrange, Ga., died Sunday [January 13]. Hunter-Allen-Myhand Funeral Home, LaGrange.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Lucille K. Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 25 Jan 1913, last residence LaGrange, Troup Co., GA.
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LUCILLE VIRGINIA ALFORD
Newnan, Coweta Co., GA—_____ July 2008
In profound sorrow we announce the passing of Ms. Lucille V. Alford, age 67, of Newnan, Georgia, at Piedmont Newnan Hospital on Tuesday, July 22, 2008.
The family can be contacted at the home of her daughter, Pricilla Penson at 206 Wynnmeade Parkway, Peachtree City, Georgia.
Lucille Virginia Alford was born to the late Willie and Millie Alford of Newnan, Georgia, on May 7, 1941. She departed her earthly home on Tuesday, July 22, 2008.
At a young age she joined The Church of God and Christ under the leadership of Reverend Tucker of Newnan, Georgia. She later joined St. Smyrna Baptist Church.
Lucille had seven brothers to precede her in death.
Her presence will forever be felt in the hearts of her family and friends, including her beloved children; Reverend and Mrs. Anthony Alford (Patsy) of Watkinsville, Georgia, Mr. and Mrs. Ricky Penson (Precilla) of Peachtree City, Georgia, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Seldon (Margaret) of Sharpsburg, Georgia, Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Alford (Jill) of Newnan, Georgia, and Mr. and Mrs. Deoin Alford (Tracey) of Newnan, Georgia; three sisters, Mary Elder of Newnan, Georgia, Helen Johnson of Madras, Georgia, and Margaret Riley of Stone Mountain, Georgia; three brothers, Johnny Alford of Atlanta, Georgia, Cleveland Alford of Stone Mountain, Georgia, and Bobby Lee Alford of Newnan, Georgia; fourteen grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and a host of nieces and nephews.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm the birth and death dates of Lucille V. Alford (SS# issued in GA), last residence Watkinsville, Oconee Co., GA.
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LUCILLE W. HALFORD
AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
Augusta, Richmond Co., GA—20 December 1997
Included in AAFA ACTION, Fall 1998
Entered into rest Friday, Dec. 19, 1997, at University Hospital, Lucille W. Halford, of Augusta, GA.
Family members include a daughter, Vivian L. Swanagin; sister, Annie Kate Lawhorne; grandchildren, Susan Anderson, Steve Swanagin, Joel Swanagin; five great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild....
In another article:
AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
Augusta, Richmond Co., GA—21 December 1997
Included in AAFA ACTION, Fall 1998
Mrs. Lucille W. Halford, 80, died Friday, Dec. 19, 1997, at University Hospital.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Westover Memorial Park….
Mrs. Halford, a native of LaGrange, was a homemaker and a Baptist.
Survivors include a daughter, Vivian L. Swanigan, Martinez; a sister, Annie Kate Lawhorne, Americus; and four grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Friends may call at Poteet Funeral Home, Greene Street.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Lucille Halford (SS# issued in GA) was born 4 March 1917, last residence Augusta, Richmond Co., GA.
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LUCY ALFORD SEAY
Duluth, Gwinnett Co., GA—_____ January 2014
Lucy Alford Seay, age 81, of Lawrenceville, Georgia passed away Tuesday, January 7, 2014. A memorial service will be held 1:00 P.M. Friday, January 10, 2014 at Chestnut Grove Baptist Church, Grayson, Georgia….
Mrs. Seay was born Monday, July 6, 1931 in Godfrey, Georgia. She was a homemaker and devoted Christian caring for her family and home.
She was preceded in death by 8 Brothers and Sisters.
Mrs. Seay is survived by her Husband: Joseph Seay of Lawrenceville, Georgia; Daughter: Bonnie Barfield of Snellville, Georgia; Daughter: Vickie Garner of Birmingham, Alabama; Son: Joseph Seay, Jr. of Lawrenceville, Georgia; and 10 Grandchildren.
Georgia Cremation … is assisting the family with local arrangements.
Photo from Georgia National Cemetery, Canton, Cherokee Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Joseph G. Benning Sr.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Lucy A. Seay (SS# issued in GA) was born 6 July 1930 [different than obituary and gravestone], last residence not listed.
See the obituaries of her siblings Ann Alford Adams Bradley, Iris Marie Alford Bonner, John L. Alford, and William Emmett Alford in this compilation.
Lucy does not appear on the 1930 census, and she is age 9 on the 1940 census.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #1.
His lineage: Lucy 1931/1932 GA1, William Thomas 1884 GA2, Elisha H. 1856 GA3, John Allen 1815 GA4, William 1794 NC5, Kinchen 1768 NC6, Lodwick 1710 VA7, James 1687 VA8, John 1645 VA9.
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LUCY MAE WILSON PULLEN HALLFORD
AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
Augusta, Richmond Co., GA—Thursday, 31 January 2002
WASHINGTON, Ga.—Mrs. Lucy Mae Wilson Hallford, 79, of Hallford Road, died Tuesday, January 29, 2002, at her home. Funeral services will be Friday afternoon at 3 p.m., at the Tignall Baptist Church....
Burial will follow at Forest Hills Memorial Park in Elberton. Pallbearers are Tommy Bradford, Jim Hallford, David McAvoy, John Walton Henderson III, Jeremy Pullen, Douglas Pullen, Blake Davis and Charlie McAvoy.
She was born in Wilkes County and had lived in Wilkes all of her life. She retired from the Almar Manufacturing Company and was a member of the Tignall Baptist Church.
Mrs. Hallford is survived by two sons, Charles D. Pullen, Washington and Larry W. Pullen, Tignall; one brother, Malcolm Wilson, Elberton; six grandchildren, Michele McAvoy, Phoebe Pullen, Jeremy Pullen, Lacey P. Henderson, Karmen Pullen and Douglas Pullen; and five great-grandchildren, Blake Davis, Aubrey Davis, Morgan McAvoy, Charlie McAvoy and Sydney Pullen.
She was preceded in death by her husband, C.A. Hallford; and her parents, Metz J. Wilson and Nellie N. Wilson....
The family will receive friends tonight, Thursday, from 7 to 9 p.m., at Hopkins Funeral Home.
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Lucy P. Hallford (SS# issued in GA) was born 18 Dec 1922, last residence Washington, Wilkes Co., GA.
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LUDIE BELLE ALFORD HALL
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Athens, Clarke Co., GA—Monday, 8 September 2003
WATKINSVILLE [Oconee Co.]—Ludie Belle Hall, 79, died Sunday, September 7, 2003.
A native of Oglethorpe County, she was a daughter of the late James Benton and Hattie Brooks Alford and was preceded in death by a son, James Lowayne Hall.
She was a homemaker and a member of Whitehall Baptist Church since 1954.
Funeral services will be Tuesday, September 9, 2003, at 2:00 PM at Whitehall Baptist Church…. Interment will be in the church cemetery.
Survivors include her husband, James Dewey Hall; daughter and son in law, Barbara Hall and Charles Ray Cannon of Watkinsville; sons and daughters in law, Willie Dewey (Bill) and Rita Hall of Arnoldsville, Jimmy Don and Carlene Hall, Grover Daniel and Teresa Hall, all of Watkinsville, Carl Clinton and Vickie Hall of Eastville; eighteen grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; a number of nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends Monday from 6:00 until 8:00 PM at the funeral home. Lord & Stephens, East is in charge of arrangements.
Photo from Whitehall Baptist Church Cemetery, Athens, Clarke Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Ed Saye
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Ludie B. Hall (SS# issued in GA) was born 23 July 1924, last residence Watkinsville, Oconee Co., GA.
The family of Ludie’s grandfather, William Albert Alford, moved often. Locations for census years:
1910 Oconee Co., GA—Alfred, Will (32 GA GA GA, 2nd marriage) & Anna (19, 1st marriage)
1920 Morgan Co., GA—Alford, William (36 SC SC SC) & Anna (26)
1930 Henry Co., GA—Alford, Willie A. (54 GA GA GA) & Rosa Anna (39)
1935 Anderson Co., GA (per 1940 census)
1940 Madison Co., GA—Alford, Willie A. (61 SC) & Annie (52)
Ludie’s father is Benton (10) in 1910 and what looks like Bennard (18) in 1920.
On Willie Albert Alford’s 1918 WWI Draft Registration Card, he says he was age 38, born 8 March 1880. He was living in Swords, Morgan Co., GA, with Anner Alford.
Her lineage: Ludie Belle 1924 GA1, James Benton 1901 GA2, William Albert 1880 SC/GA3.
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LULA E. LOVICK HALLFORD
COLUMBUS ENQUIRER
Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA—Thursday, 4 July 1963
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COLUMBUS ENQUIRER
Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA—Thursday, 4 July 1963
Page 21
Photo from Riverdale Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Christine Thacker
AAFA NOTES: See the obituaries of her husband, James E. Hallford; and sons Arthur James Hallford and William E. Hallford in this compilation.
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LURENE MCDOUGAL ALFORD
THE JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—23 January 1990
Included in AAFA ACTION, September 1990
Mrs. Lurene McDougal Alford of Second Street, Bostwick, Ga. Funeral services Wednesday, 2 p.m., Gibbs Memorial Baptist Church…. Interment Bostwick Cemetery.
Survived by brother, Mr. Ev Walker McDougal, Stockbridge, Ga.; nephew, Mr. Raymond McDougal and family, Decatur, Ga.; family of Lamar P. McDougal, Gainesville, Ga.; family of Dan Nelson of Perry, Ga.; number of great nieces and nephews, step-daughter-in-law, Mrs.Katherine Baugh, Victoria, Tx.; two step-daughters, Mrs. Margaret Landers, Rochester, N.Y.; Mrs. Sarah Penick of Tx.; number of step-grandchildren, number of step-great-grandchildren.
Simmons Funeral Home, Madison, Ga.
Photo from Bostwick Memorial Cemetery, Bostwick, Morgan Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, PC
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Lurene Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 11 Aug 1902 and died 22 Jan 1990, last residence Madison, Morgan Co., GA.
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LUTHER FITZGERALD ALFORD
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA—Monday, 10 August 1981
Photo from Decatur Cemetery, Decatur, DeKalb Co., GA—www.findagrave.com
Permission granted by the photographer, Vickie30030
AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Luther Alford (SS# issued in GA) was born 17 Nov 1891, last residence Decatur, DeKalb Co., GA.
See the obituary of his sister Annie Ruth Alford George in this compilation. We included the obituary of his wife, Orena Guest Alford, in South Carolina Obituaries.
On his 1917 WWI Draft Registration Card (Ancestry), Luther Fitzgerald Alford is age -25-1/2, born 17 Nov 1891 in “Port Tampa City, “ FL. He is a single preacher living in Lithonia, DeKalb Co., GA, and is partially supporting his 8 year old brother.
*See AAFA’s Published Genealogies, #2.
His lineage: Luther Fitzgerald 1891 FL1, Walter S. 1859 GA2, John T. 1831 GA3, Bynum 1787 GA4, Isham 1755 NC5.
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