Nina Smith Alford, 89, of Amarillo died Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2006.
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Jenkins Chapel Baptist Church with Darrel D. Fincher, pastor, officiating. Eulogist will be her nephew, the Rev. Climmie Smith, of Lompoc, Calif.
Mrs. Alford was born Nov. 13, 1916, to the parentage of Alonzo and Versie Austin Smith in Clarksville, (Red River County) Texas. The youngest of eight children, she grew up and attended schools in Clarksville.
She married Delbert "Del" Alford on Dec. 23, 1935, in Clarksville, and to this union four daughters were born and one grandson reared.
Mrs. Alford was a member of Jenkins Chapel Baptist Church for more than 43 years, where she served as a deaconess and worked with the South-Side Circle of the WMS for many years. She was a burial policy agent for Richardson Burial Association of Texarkana until its closing in the late 1960s, and later became burial policy representative for the late Mr. Clifford Austin of Austin Funeral Home. Mrs. Alford was also a sales representative for Lucky Heart Cosmetics for more than 50 years, from the mid-1950s until her death. She was also a former member of the North Star-Electa Order of the Eastern Star.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years in 1992; a daughter, Valene Mims in 1986; two grandsons; three brothers; and three sisters.
Survivors include three daughter, Pearlene Brown, Versie Moore-Skinner and Lillie P. Miller, all of Amarillo; four grandsons, Delbert "D.L." Moore of the home, Leroy Mims Jr. and Joel E. Miller Jr., both of Amarillo, and Leonard Mims and wife Tasya of Las Vegas; two granddaughters, Merri McClain of Amarillo and Wanda Mims of Arlington; a brother, the Rev. J.E. Smith of Memphis; seven great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
The family will be at 1305 Mimosa Lane.
Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 17, 2006
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Jenkins Chapel Baptist Church with Darrel D. Fincher, pastor, officiating. Eulogist will be her nephew, the Rev. Climmie Smith, of Lompoc, Calif.
Mrs. Alford was born Nov. 13, 1916, to the parentage of Alonzo and Versie Austin Smith in Clarksville, (Red River County) Texas. The youngest of eight children, she grew up and attended schools in Clarksville.
She married Delbert "Del" Alford on Dec. 23, 1935, in Clarksville, and to this union four daughters were born and one grandson reared.
Mrs. Alford was a member of Jenkins Chapel Baptist Church for more than 43 years, where she served as a deaconess and worked with the South-Side Circle of the WMS for many years. She was a burial policy agent for Richardson Burial Association of Texarkana until its closing in the late 1960s, and later became burial policy representative for the late Mr. Clifford Austin of Austin Funeral Home. Mrs. Alford was also a sales representative for Lucky Heart Cosmetics for more than 50 years, from the mid-1950s until her death. She was also a former member of the North Star-Electa Order of the Eastern Star.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years in 1992; a daughter, Valene Mims in 1986; two grandsons; three brothers; and three sisters.
Survivors include three daughter, Pearlene Brown, Versie Moore-Skinner and Lillie P. Miller, all of Amarillo; four grandsons, Delbert "D.L." Moore of the home, Leroy Mims Jr. and Joel E. Miller Jr., both of Amarillo, and Leonard Mims and wife Tasya of Las Vegas; two granddaughters, Merri McClain of Amarillo and Wanda Mims of Arlington; a brother, the Rev. J.E. Smith of Memphis; seven great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
The family will be at 1305 Mimosa Lane.
Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 17, 2006
Nina Smith Alford, 89, of Amarillo died Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2006.
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Jenkins Chapel Baptist Church with Darrel D. Fincher, pastor, officiating. Eulogist will be her nephew, the Rev. Climmie Smith, of Lompoc, Calif.
Mrs. Alford was born Nov. 13, 1916, to the parentage of Alonzo and Versie Austin Smith in Clarksville, (Red River County) Texas. The youngest of eight children, she grew up and attended schools in Clarksville.
She married Delbert "Del" Alford on Dec. 23, 1935, in Clarksville, and to this union four daughters were born and one grandson reared.
Mrs. Alford was a member of Jenkins Chapel Baptist Church for more than 43 years, where she served as a deaconess and worked with the South-Side Circle of the WMS for many years. She was a burial policy agent for Richardson Burial Association of Texarkana until its closing in the late 1960s, and later became burial policy representative for the late Mr. Clifford Austin of Austin Funeral Home. Mrs. Alford was also a sales representative for Lucky Heart Cosmetics for more than 50 years, from the mid-1950s until her death. She was also a former member of the North Star-Electa Order of the Eastern Star.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years in 1992; a daughter, Valene Mims in 1986; two grandsons; three brothers; and three sisters.
Survivors include three daughter, Pearlene Brown, Versie Moore-Skinner and Lillie P. Miller, all of Amarillo; four grandsons, Delbert "D.L." Moore of the home, Leroy Mims Jr. and Joel E. Miller Jr., both of Amarillo, and Leonard Mims and wife Tasya of Las Vegas; two granddaughters, Merri McClain of Amarillo and Wanda Mims of Arlington; a brother, the Rev. J.E. Smith of Memphis; seven great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
The family will be at 1305 Mimosa Lane.
Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 17, 2006
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Jenkins Chapel Baptist Church with Darrel D. Fincher, pastor, officiating. Eulogist will be her nephew, the Rev. Climmie Smith, of Lompoc, Calif.
Mrs. Alford was born Nov. 13, 1916, to the parentage of Alonzo and Versie Austin Smith in Clarksville, (Red River County) Texas. The youngest of eight children, she grew up and attended schools in Clarksville.
She married Delbert "Del" Alford on Dec. 23, 1935, in Clarksville, and to this union four daughters were born and one grandson reared.
Mrs. Alford was a member of Jenkins Chapel Baptist Church for more than 43 years, where she served as a deaconess and worked with the South-Side Circle of the WMS for many years. She was a burial policy agent for Richardson Burial Association of Texarkana until its closing in the late 1960s, and later became burial policy representative for the late Mr. Clifford Austin of Austin Funeral Home. Mrs. Alford was also a sales representative for Lucky Heart Cosmetics for more than 50 years, from the mid-1950s until her death. She was also a former member of the North Star-Electa Order of the Eastern Star.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years in 1992; a daughter, Valene Mims in 1986; two grandsons; three brothers; and three sisters.
Survivors include three daughter, Pearlene Brown, Versie Moore-Skinner and Lillie P. Miller, all of Amarillo; four grandsons, Delbert "D.L." Moore of the home, Leroy Mims Jr. and Joel E. Miller Jr., both of Amarillo, and Leonard Mims and wife Tasya of Las Vegas; two granddaughters, Merri McClain of Amarillo and Wanda Mims of Arlington; a brother, the Rev. J.E. Smith of Memphis; seven great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
The family will be at 1305 Mimosa Lane.
Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 17, 2006
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