Adrian Thomas Alba passed away on Tuesday, October 25, 2016. A native of New Orleans, he was born on Tuesday, January 20, 1931 to Jeannette Shields and Charles Gilmore Alba. He owned and operated Crescent City Garage on Magazine St. for many years before moving to Mandeville in 2007. The beloved husband of the late Dorothy Robinson Alba, he is survived by two daughters - Jeanne Schmidt (late John Schmidt) and Deborah Mecom (Richard); four sons - Adrian T. Alba, Jr. (Denise), Charles G. Alba, Thomas T. Alba (Teresa) and Gary A. Alba (Brenda); one sister - Anne Shubert; 12 grandchildren; and 14 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; and two brothers - Richard and Charles Alba. All services will be private and are entrusted to E.J. Fielding Funeral Home of Covington, LA. Mr. Alba's cremated remains will be laid to rest next to his wife at Pinecrest Memorial Gardens in Covington. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The in care of Brookdale Senior Living, 1414 North Causeway Blvd, Mandeville, LA. The family would like to thank Brookdale Senior Living and Passages Hospice for all the love and care they provided for their dad and family. Please Share a Memory on the Tribute Wall at www.ejfieldingfh.com.
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Alba ran and worked at the Crescent City Garage in New Orleans next door to the Reily Coffee Co. (Wm. B. Reily & Co., Inc) where Lee Harvey Oswald worked during the spring/summer of 1963 before returning to Dallas. According to Alba's FBI interviews, obtained shortly after JFK was assassinated, Oswald regularly spent his lunch hour and breaks at the garage chatting with Alba and reading gun magazines laying about in the small lobby area; and it was from one of those magazines that Oswald allegedly ordered the Mannlicher-Carcano rifle he allegedly used to later assassinate President Kennedy, according to the Warren Commission in 1964.
But according to the HSCA (House Select Committee on Assassinations) in the mid to late '70s, which did more in depth research and questioned much of the Warren Commission's research and their conclusions, the FBI and Secret Service had also regularly parked their cars in his garage.
Years later in the 1970s, Alba bravely came forward and gave a news interview stating that he saw Oswald regularly accepting white envelopes from G-men in what he knew to be FBI company cars as they entered or exited his garage. Alba explained to his interviewer that he had refused previous interviews or photos, even for money, because he was worried about the safety of his family. He refused to be filmed for the interview. He reported watching Oswald approach an FBI car outside the garage and receive a white envelope that was handed to him through a cracked window before concealing it under his shirt. Alba stated Oswald "met the car again a couple of days later and talked briefly with the driver," whom, as detailed in the acclaimed 2008 book, "JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters" by James W.Douglass, "Alba knew as an FBI agent visiting New Orleans from Washington." He further stated that he did not know the content of the envelopes. Nonetheless, from his accounts, the conclusion can be drawn that Oswald had a working relationship with the FBI - that of an agent, asset or informant - something that was reported on in the press shortly after the assassination, and discussed among the Warren Commission members in lengthy secret "Executive Sessions" in early 1964 and marked "Top Secret". The transcriptions of these sessions were not declassified and released to the public for years to come, and then only after a lengthy court battle initiated by JFK assassination researcher, Harold Weisberg. (Weisberg, who died in 2002, had served as an OSS officer during World War II, a U.S. Senate staff member and investigative reporter, an investigator for the Senate Committee on Civil Liberties, and a U.S. State Department intelligence analyst and devoted 40 years of his life investigating and writing about the assassinations of JFK and MLK. Prior to the release of the secret transcriptions, the Commission continued feeding disinformation to the public that Oswald's connections to the FBI were just unsubstantiated "rumors".
In addition to being interviewed by the FBI regarding Oswald, he testified to the Warren Commission, which can be read here:
http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/russ/testimony/alba.htm
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Alba ran and worked at the Crescent City Garage in New Orleans next door to the Reily Coffee Co. (Wm. B. Reily & Co., Inc) where Lee Harvey Oswald worked during the spring/summer of 1963 before returning to Dallas. According to Alba's FBI interviews, obtained shortly after JFK was assassinated, Oswald regularly spent his lunch hour and breaks at the garage chatting with Alba and reading gun magazines laying about in the small lobby area; and it was from one of those magazines that Oswald allegedly ordered the Mannlicher-Carcano rifle he allegedly used to later assassinate President Kennedy, according to the Warren Commission in 1964.
But according to the HSCA (House Select Committee on Assassinations) in the mid to late '70s, which did more in depth research and questioned much of the Warren Commission's research and their conclusions, the FBI and Secret Service had also regularly parked their cars in his garage.
Years later in the 1970s, Alba bravely came forward and gave a news interview stating that he saw Oswald regularly accepting white envelopes from G-men in what he knew to be FBI company cars as they entered or exited his garage. Alba explained to his interviewer that he had refused previous interviews or photos, even for money, because he was worried about the safety of his family. He refused to be filmed for the interview. He reported watching Oswald approach an FBI car outside the garage and receive a white envelope that was handed to him through a cracked window before concealing it under his shirt. Alba stated Oswald "met the car again a couple of days later and talked briefly with the driver," whom, as detailed in the acclaimed 2008 book, "JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters" by James W.Douglass, "Alba knew as an FBI agent visiting New Orleans from Washington." He further stated that he did not know the content of the envelopes. Nonetheless, from his accounts, the conclusion can be drawn that Oswald had a working relationship with the FBI - that of an agent, asset or informant - something that was reported on in the press shortly after the assassination, and discussed among the Warren Commission members in lengthy secret "Executive Sessions" in early 1964 and marked "Top Secret". The transcriptions of these sessions were not declassified and released to the public for years to come, and then only after a lengthy court battle initiated by JFK assassination researcher, Harold Weisberg. (Weisberg, who died in 2002, had served as an OSS officer during World War II, a U.S. Senate staff member and investigative reporter, an investigator for the Senate Committee on Civil Liberties, and a U.S. State Department intelligence analyst and devoted 40 years of his life investigating and writing about the assassinations of JFK and MLK. Prior to the release of the secret transcriptions, the Commission continued feeding disinformation to the public that Oswald's connections to the FBI were just unsubstantiated "rumors".
In addition to being interviewed by the FBI regarding Oswald, he testified to the Warren Commission, which can be read here:
http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/russ/testimony/alba.htm
Adrian Thomas Alba passed away on Tuesday, October 25, 2016. A native of New Orleans, he was born on Tuesday, January 20, 1931 to Jeannette Shields and Charles Gilmore Alba. He owned and operated Crescent City Garage on Magazine St. for many years before moving to Mandeville in 2007. The beloved husband of the late Dorothy Robinson Alba, he is survived by two daughters - Jeanne Schmidt (late John Schmidt) and Deborah Mecom (Richard); four sons - Adrian T. Alba, Jr. (Denise), Charles G. Alba, Thomas T. Alba (Teresa) and Gary A. Alba (Brenda); one sister - Anne Shubert; 12 grandchildren; and 14 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; and two brothers - Richard and Charles Alba. All services will be private and are entrusted to E.J. Fielding Funeral Home of Covington, LA. Mr. Alba's cremated remains will be laid to rest next to his wife at Pinecrest Memorial Gardens in Covington. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The in care of Brookdale Senior Living, 1414 North Causeway Blvd, Mandeville, LA. The family would like to thank Brookdale Senior Living and Passages Hospice for all the love and care they provided for their dad and family. Please Share a Memory on the Tribute Wall at www.ejfieldingfh.com.
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Alba ran and worked at the Crescent City Garage in New Orleans next door to the Reily Coffee Co. (Wm. B. Reily & Co., Inc) where Lee Harvey Oswald worked during the spring/summer of 1963 before returning to Dallas. According to Alba's FBI interviews, obtained shortly after JFK was assassinated, Oswald regularly spent his lunch hour and breaks at the garage chatting with Alba and reading gun magazines laying about in the small lobby area; and it was from one of those magazines that Oswald allegedly ordered the Mannlicher-Carcano rifle he allegedly used to later assassinate President Kennedy, according to the Warren Commission in 1964.
But according to the HSCA (House Select Committee on Assassinations) in the mid to late '70s, which did more in depth research and questioned much of the Warren Commission's research and their conclusions, the FBI and Secret Service had also regularly parked their cars in his garage.
Years later in the 1970s, Alba bravely came forward and gave a news interview stating that he saw Oswald regularly accepting white envelopes from G-men in what he knew to be FBI company cars as they entered or exited his garage. Alba explained to his interviewer that he had refused previous interviews or photos, even for money, because he was worried about the safety of his family. He refused to be filmed for the interview. He reported watching Oswald approach an FBI car outside the garage and receive a white envelope that was handed to him through a cracked window before concealing it under his shirt. Alba stated Oswald "met the car again a couple of days later and talked briefly with the driver," whom, as detailed in the acclaimed 2008 book, "JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters" by James W.Douglass, "Alba knew as an FBI agent visiting New Orleans from Washington." He further stated that he did not know the content of the envelopes. Nonetheless, from his accounts, the conclusion can be drawn that Oswald had a working relationship with the FBI - that of an agent, asset or informant - something that was reported on in the press shortly after the assassination, and discussed among the Warren Commission members in lengthy secret "Executive Sessions" in early 1964 and marked "Top Secret". The transcriptions of these sessions were not declassified and released to the public for years to come, and then only after a lengthy court battle initiated by JFK assassination researcher, Harold Weisberg. (Weisberg, who died in 2002, had served as an OSS officer during World War II, a U.S. Senate staff member and investigative reporter, an investigator for the Senate Committee on Civil Liberties, and a U.S. State Department intelligence analyst and devoted 40 years of his life investigating and writing about the assassinations of JFK and MLK. Prior to the release of the secret transcriptions, the Commission continued feeding disinformation to the public that Oswald's connections to the FBI were just unsubstantiated "rumors".
In addition to being interviewed by the FBI regarding Oswald, he testified to the Warren Commission, which can be read here:
http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/russ/testimony/alba.htm
**
Alba ran and worked at the Crescent City Garage in New Orleans next door to the Reily Coffee Co. (Wm. B. Reily & Co., Inc) where Lee Harvey Oswald worked during the spring/summer of 1963 before returning to Dallas. According to Alba's FBI interviews, obtained shortly after JFK was assassinated, Oswald regularly spent his lunch hour and breaks at the garage chatting with Alba and reading gun magazines laying about in the small lobby area; and it was from one of those magazines that Oswald allegedly ordered the Mannlicher-Carcano rifle he allegedly used to later assassinate President Kennedy, according to the Warren Commission in 1964.
But according to the HSCA (House Select Committee on Assassinations) in the mid to late '70s, which did more in depth research and questioned much of the Warren Commission's research and their conclusions, the FBI and Secret Service had also regularly parked their cars in his garage.
Years later in the 1970s, Alba bravely came forward and gave a news interview stating that he saw Oswald regularly accepting white envelopes from G-men in what he knew to be FBI company cars as they entered or exited his garage. Alba explained to his interviewer that he had refused previous interviews or photos, even for money, because he was worried about the safety of his family. He refused to be filmed for the interview. He reported watching Oswald approach an FBI car outside the garage and receive a white envelope that was handed to him through a cracked window before concealing it under his shirt. Alba stated Oswald "met the car again a couple of days later and talked briefly with the driver," whom, as detailed in the acclaimed 2008 book, "JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters" by James W.Douglass, "Alba knew as an FBI agent visiting New Orleans from Washington." He further stated that he did not know the content of the envelopes. Nonetheless, from his accounts, the conclusion can be drawn that Oswald had a working relationship with the FBI - that of an agent, asset or informant - something that was reported on in the press shortly after the assassination, and discussed among the Warren Commission members in lengthy secret "Executive Sessions" in early 1964 and marked "Top Secret". The transcriptions of these sessions were not declassified and released to the public for years to come, and then only after a lengthy court battle initiated by JFK assassination researcher, Harold Weisberg. (Weisberg, who died in 2002, had served as an OSS officer during World War II, a U.S. Senate staff member and investigative reporter, an investigator for the Senate Committee on Civil Liberties, and a U.S. State Department intelligence analyst and devoted 40 years of his life investigating and writing about the assassinations of JFK and MLK. Prior to the release of the secret transcriptions, the Commission continued feeding disinformation to the public that Oswald's connections to the FBI were just unsubstantiated "rumors".
In addition to being interviewed by the FBI regarding Oswald, he testified to the Warren Commission, which can be read here:
http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/russ/testimony/alba.htm
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