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Mattoon, Coles Co., IL—Tuesday, 1 May 2018
Iris Marie Alford, age 86, of Martinsville, IL passed away at 11:45 a.m. on Saturday, April 28, 2018 with her family by her side in Burnsides Community Health Center in Marshall [Clark Co.], IL.
She was born on February 8, 1932 in Huntsville, AL, the daughter of Andrew Jackson Smithson and Edna Clarine Tippit Smithson. On May 10, 1953 she married Roy Lytton Alford in Tennessee. He passed away on July 1, 2014.
Survivors include her sons, Dale Alford of Paris, IL and Jim Dodd and wife Kay of Martinsville, IL; daughters, Betty Burkett and husband Bob of Marshall, IL, Sue Borders and husband Don of Janesville, WI and Dorothy Grisham of Marshall IL; sister, Jewel StJohn of Manchester, TN; fourteen grandchildren, twenty three great grandchildren and eighteen great great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, daughter, Patricia Dodd; son in law, Olaf Grisham; two brothers and seven sisters.
Marie was a faithful member of the Martinsville Baptist Church, where she spent time volunteering. She enjoyed cooking and spending time with her family.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at the Greenwell Funeral Home…. Burial will follow in the Ridgelawn Cemetery, Martinsville, IL….
Memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association….
DAILY JOURNAL-GAZETTE & TIMES-COURIER
Mattoon, Coles Co., IL—Tuesday, 1 May 2018
Iris Marie Alford, age 86, of Martinsville, IL passed away at 11:45 a.m. on Saturday, April 28, 2018 with her family by her side in Burnsides Community Health Center in Marshall [Clark Co.], IL.
She was born on February 8, 1932 in Huntsville, AL, the daughter of Andrew Jackson Smithson and Edna Clarine Tippit Smithson. On May 10, 1953 she married Roy Lytton Alford in Tennessee. He passed away on July 1, 2014.
Survivors include her sons, Dale Alford of Paris, IL and Jim Dodd and wife Kay of Martinsville, IL; daughters, Betty Burkett and husband Bob of Marshall, IL, Sue Borders and husband Don of Janesville, WI and Dorothy Grisham of Marshall IL; sister, Jewel StJohn of Manchester, TN; fourteen grandchildren, twenty three great grandchildren and eighteen great great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, daughter, Patricia Dodd; son in law, Olaf Grisham; two brothers and seven sisters.
Marie was a faithful member of the Martinsville Baptist Church, where she spent time volunteering. She enjoyed cooking and spending time with her family.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at the Greenwell Funeral Home…. Burial will follow in the Ridgelawn Cemetery, Martinsville, IL….
Memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association….
Obituary:
DAILY JOURNAL-GAZETTE & TIMES-COURIER
Mattoon, Coles Co., IL—Tuesday, 1 May 2018
Iris Marie Alford, age 86, of Martinsville, IL passed away at 11:45 a.m. on Saturday, April 28, 2018 with her family by her side in Burnsides Community Health Center in Marshall [Clark Co.], IL.
She was born on February 8, 1932 in Huntsville, AL, the daughter of Andrew Jackson Smithson and Edna Clarine Tippit Smithson. On May 10, 1953 she married Roy Lytton Alford in Tennessee. He passed away on July 1, 2014.
Survivors include her sons, Dale Alford of Paris, IL and Jim Dodd and wife Kay of Martinsville, IL; daughters, Betty Burkett and husband Bob of Marshall, IL, Sue Borders and husband Don of Janesville, WI and Dorothy Grisham of Marshall IL; sister, Jewel StJohn of Manchester, TN; fourteen grandchildren, twenty three great grandchildren and eighteen great great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, daughter, Patricia Dodd; son in law, Olaf Grisham; two brothers and seven sisters.
Marie was a faithful member of the Martinsville Baptist Church, where she spent time volunteering. She enjoyed cooking and spending time with her family.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at the Greenwell Funeral Home…. Burial will follow in the Ridgelawn Cemetery, Martinsville, IL….
Memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association….
DAILY JOURNAL-GAZETTE & TIMES-COURIER
Mattoon, Coles Co., IL—Tuesday, 1 May 2018
Iris Marie Alford, age 86, of Martinsville, IL passed away at 11:45 a.m. on Saturday, April 28, 2018 with her family by her side in Burnsides Community Health Center in Marshall [Clark Co.], IL.
She was born on February 8, 1932 in Huntsville, AL, the daughter of Andrew Jackson Smithson and Edna Clarine Tippit Smithson. On May 10, 1953 she married Roy Lytton Alford in Tennessee. He passed away on July 1, 2014.
Survivors include her sons, Dale Alford of Paris, IL and Jim Dodd and wife Kay of Martinsville, IL; daughters, Betty Burkett and husband Bob of Marshall, IL, Sue Borders and husband Don of Janesville, WI and Dorothy Grisham of Marshall IL; sister, Jewel StJohn of Manchester, TN; fourteen grandchildren, twenty three great grandchildren and eighteen great great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, daughter, Patricia Dodd; son in law, Olaf Grisham; two brothers and seven sisters.
Marie was a faithful member of the Martinsville Baptist Church, where she spent time volunteering. She enjoyed cooking and spending time with her family.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at the Greenwell Funeral Home…. Burial will follow in the Ridgelawn Cemetery, Martinsville, IL….
Memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association….
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