Obituary:
MORNING NEWS
Dallas, Dallas Co., TX
Friday, 12 September 1947
ALFORD FUNERAL SLATED FRIDAY
Funeral services for Rufus E. Alford, 71-year-old Spanish-American War veteran who died at Veteran’s Hospital Thursday, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Lamar & Smith Funeral Chapel, 800 West Jefferson.
Alford, a resident of Dallas for twenty-nine years, served three years in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War.
He was born in Freestone County and worked as a salesman until his retirement in 1943.
Surviving are a son. L.W. Alford, a daughter, Mrs. Hughes Rue, Dallas; two sisters, Mrs. L.A. Roberts and Mrs. Thomas Bates of Waco.
Pallbearers will be Paul R. Kelly, Roy Robertson, Lewis McMahan, L.D. Bayles, R.E. Phillips and Joe Johnson.
MORNING NEWS
Dallas, Dallas Co., TX
Friday, 12 September 1947
ALFORD FUNERAL SLATED FRIDAY
Funeral services for Rufus E. Alford, 71-year-old Spanish-American War veteran who died at Veteran’s Hospital Thursday, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Lamar & Smith Funeral Chapel, 800 West Jefferson.
Alford, a resident of Dallas for twenty-nine years, served three years in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War.
He was born in Freestone County and worked as a salesman until his retirement in 1943.
Surviving are a son. L.W. Alford, a daughter, Mrs. Hughes Rue, Dallas; two sisters, Mrs. L.A. Roberts and Mrs. Thomas Bates of Waco.
Pallbearers will be Paul R. Kelly, Roy Robertson, Lewis McMahan, L.D. Bayles, R.E. Phillips and Joe Johnson.
Obituary:
MORNING NEWS
Dallas, Dallas Co., TX
Friday, 12 September 1947
ALFORD FUNERAL SLATED FRIDAY
Funeral services for Rufus E. Alford, 71-year-old Spanish-American War veteran who died at Veteran’s Hospital Thursday, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Lamar & Smith Funeral Chapel, 800 West Jefferson.
Alford, a resident of Dallas for twenty-nine years, served three years in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War.
He was born in Freestone County and worked as a salesman until his retirement in 1943.
Surviving are a son. L.W. Alford, a daughter, Mrs. Hughes Rue, Dallas; two sisters, Mrs. L.A. Roberts and Mrs. Thomas Bates of Waco.
Pallbearers will be Paul R. Kelly, Roy Robertson, Lewis McMahan, L.D. Bayles, R.E. Phillips and Joe Johnson.
MORNING NEWS
Dallas, Dallas Co., TX
Friday, 12 September 1947
ALFORD FUNERAL SLATED FRIDAY
Funeral services for Rufus E. Alford, 71-year-old Spanish-American War veteran who died at Veteran’s Hospital Thursday, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Lamar & Smith Funeral Chapel, 800 West Jefferson.
Alford, a resident of Dallas for twenty-nine years, served three years in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War.
He was born in Freestone County and worked as a salesman until his retirement in 1943.
Surviving are a son. L.W. Alford, a daughter, Mrs. Hughes Rue, Dallas; two sisters, Mrs. L.A. Roberts and Mrs. Thomas Bates of Waco.
Pallbearers will be Paul R. Kelly, Roy Robertson, Lewis McMahan, L.D. Bayles, R.E. Phillips and Joe Johnson.
Gravesite Details
His death date in his obituary is incorrect—his death certificate and his gravestone say September 10.
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