Obituary:
SCOTT COUNTY TIMES
Forest, Scott Co., MS
Wednesday, 26 May 1976
Funeral services for R.L. (Lavern) Alford, 66, were held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, May 21, from the Ott & Lee Chapel with Dr. Lovett Weems officiating. Interment followed in the Homewood Methodist Cemetery.
Alford passed away on Wednesday [May 19] at the Lackey Hospital following an extended illness. A lifetime resident of Route 1, Forest, he was a retired farmer and merchant, having been owner and operator of Alford Grocery at Homewood for over 20 years. He was a member of the Homewood Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Martha Pryor Alford, Route 2, Forest; three sons, Bobby Alford, Monticello, Kenneth L. Alford, Pisgah-Forrest, North Carolina, and James A. Alford, Chattanooga, Tenn.; three daughters, Mrs. Bettye Risher, Morton, Mrs. Gwen Lindsey, Jackson, and Mrs. Janice Burt, Marrero, La.; one brother, Edwin Alford, Dallas; three sisters, Mrs. Virgie Wall, Tulsa, Okla., Mrs. Audrey Gibson, Dallas, and Mrs. Christine Hegwood, Biloxi; 14 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild, and a number of nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers were Tommy Barnes, Ray Barnes, Jimmy Pryor, Baker Alford, Billy R. Alford, and Ricky Hegwood.
SCOTT COUNTY TIMES
Forest, Scott Co., MS
Wednesday, 26 May 1976
Funeral services for R.L. (Lavern) Alford, 66, were held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, May 21, from the Ott & Lee Chapel with Dr. Lovett Weems officiating. Interment followed in the Homewood Methodist Cemetery.
Alford passed away on Wednesday [May 19] at the Lackey Hospital following an extended illness. A lifetime resident of Route 1, Forest, he was a retired farmer and merchant, having been owner and operator of Alford Grocery at Homewood for over 20 years. He was a member of the Homewood Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Martha Pryor Alford, Route 2, Forest; three sons, Bobby Alford, Monticello, Kenneth L. Alford, Pisgah-Forrest, North Carolina, and James A. Alford, Chattanooga, Tenn.; three daughters, Mrs. Bettye Risher, Morton, Mrs. Gwen Lindsey, Jackson, and Mrs. Janice Burt, Marrero, La.; one brother, Edwin Alford, Dallas; three sisters, Mrs. Virgie Wall, Tulsa, Okla., Mrs. Audrey Gibson, Dallas, and Mrs. Christine Hegwood, Biloxi; 14 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild, and a number of nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers were Tommy Barnes, Ray Barnes, Jimmy Pryor, Baker Alford, Billy R. Alford, and Ricky Hegwood.
Obituary:
SCOTT COUNTY TIMES
Forest, Scott Co., MS
Wednesday, 26 May 1976
Funeral services for R.L. (Lavern) Alford, 66, were held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, May 21, from the Ott & Lee Chapel with Dr. Lovett Weems officiating. Interment followed in the Homewood Methodist Cemetery.
Alford passed away on Wednesday [May 19] at the Lackey Hospital following an extended illness. A lifetime resident of Route 1, Forest, he was a retired farmer and merchant, having been owner and operator of Alford Grocery at Homewood for over 20 years. He was a member of the Homewood Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Martha Pryor Alford, Route 2, Forest; three sons, Bobby Alford, Monticello, Kenneth L. Alford, Pisgah-Forrest, North Carolina, and James A. Alford, Chattanooga, Tenn.; three daughters, Mrs. Bettye Risher, Morton, Mrs. Gwen Lindsey, Jackson, and Mrs. Janice Burt, Marrero, La.; one brother, Edwin Alford, Dallas; three sisters, Mrs. Virgie Wall, Tulsa, Okla., Mrs. Audrey Gibson, Dallas, and Mrs. Christine Hegwood, Biloxi; 14 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild, and a number of nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers were Tommy Barnes, Ray Barnes, Jimmy Pryor, Baker Alford, Billy R. Alford, and Ricky Hegwood.
SCOTT COUNTY TIMES
Forest, Scott Co., MS
Wednesday, 26 May 1976
Funeral services for R.L. (Lavern) Alford, 66, were held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, May 21, from the Ott & Lee Chapel with Dr. Lovett Weems officiating. Interment followed in the Homewood Methodist Cemetery.
Alford passed away on Wednesday [May 19] at the Lackey Hospital following an extended illness. A lifetime resident of Route 1, Forest, he was a retired farmer and merchant, having been owner and operator of Alford Grocery at Homewood for over 20 years. He was a member of the Homewood Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Martha Pryor Alford, Route 2, Forest; three sons, Bobby Alford, Monticello, Kenneth L. Alford, Pisgah-Forrest, North Carolina, and James A. Alford, Chattanooga, Tenn.; three daughters, Mrs. Bettye Risher, Morton, Mrs. Gwen Lindsey, Jackson, and Mrs. Janice Burt, Marrero, La.; one brother, Edwin Alford, Dallas; three sisters, Mrs. Virgie Wall, Tulsa, Okla., Mrs. Audrey Gibson, Dallas, and Mrs. Christine Hegwood, Biloxi; 14 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild, and a number of nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers were Tommy Barnes, Ray Barnes, Jimmy Pryor, Baker Alford, Billy R. Alford, and Ricky Hegwood.
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SSDI records list his birth date as 22 Aug 1909.
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