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Shelby “Bumbo” Alford

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Shelby “Bumbo” Alford

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16 Sep 1986 (aged 78)
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St. Helena Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
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Shelby Alford married Mattie Lindsey 6-25-1930.


THE ADVOCATE

Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA—Wednesday, 17 September 1986



Alford, Shelby "Bumbo"—Died 12:14 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16, 1986, at Westpark Community Hospital, Hammond. He was 78, a native of St. Helena Parish and resident of Kentwood. Visiting at McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, 5 to 10 p.m. Wednesday, and 8 a.m. until religious services at 11 a.m. Thursday. Burial in Alford Cemetery, west of Kentwood.

Survived by a daughter, Mrs. Sam (Shirley) Rowe, Livingston; a son, Shelby Gene Alford, Kentwood; three sisters, Mrs. Minnie A. Harris and Mrs. Louise "Tiny" Allen, both of Kentwood, and Mrs. Lillie Mae A. Falcon, Greensburg; a brother, J.E. "Gene" Alford, Kentwood; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by wife, Mattie Lee Lindsey Alford.


Thanks to the AAFA for a copy of the obit.

Shelby Alford married Mattie Lindsey 6-25-1930.


THE ADVOCATE

Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA—Wednesday, 17 September 1986



Alford, Shelby "Bumbo"—Died 12:14 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16, 1986, at Westpark Community Hospital, Hammond. He was 78, a native of St. Helena Parish and resident of Kentwood. Visiting at McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, 5 to 10 p.m. Wednesday, and 8 a.m. until religious services at 11 a.m. Thursday. Burial in Alford Cemetery, west of Kentwood.

Survived by a daughter, Mrs. Sam (Shirley) Rowe, Livingston; a son, Shelby Gene Alford, Kentwood; three sisters, Mrs. Minnie A. Harris and Mrs. Louise "Tiny" Allen, both of Kentwood, and Mrs. Lillie Mae A. Falcon, Greensburg; a brother, J.E. "Gene" Alford, Kentwood; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by wife, Mattie Lee Lindsey Alford.


Thanks to the AAFA for a copy of the obit.

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