Clifton H. Alford married Bessie Parrish 06-25-1946.
Was a paratrooper during WWII.European Theater.
Enlistment records have him joining up 1942 in New Orleans.
THE ADVOCATE
Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA—Sunday, 25 September 1988
Alford, Clifton "Tip"—Died Friday, Sept. 23, 1988, at Westpark Community Hospital, Hammond. He was 66, a native of St. Helena Parish and resident of Jackson. He was a retired E.L.S.H. mechanic supervisor and a U.S. veteran of World War II.
Visiting at Second Baptist Church, Jackson, until religious services at 10 a.m. Sunday, conducted by the Rev. J.W. Taylor. Burial in church cemetery.
Survived by wife, Bessie P. Alford; two daughters, Betty Jo Travis, Greensburg, and Sonya Brunson, Jackson; a son, Kenneth M. Alford, Jackson; two sisters, Odell Hooge, Clinton, and Idell Langlois, Baker; a brother, Robert "Genie" Alford, Donaldsonville; 12 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Preceded in death by parents; a brother, Percy Alford; and three sisters, Irma Lee Carter, Vernie Mae Devain and Hazel Henry.
Pallbearers will be nephews.
He was a member of Second Baptist Church and a former member of Jackson VFW Post. Charlet Funeral Home, Clinton, in charge of arrangements.
Thanks to the AAFA for a copy of the obit.
Was a paratrooper during WWII.European Theater.
Enlistment records have him joining up 1942 in New Orleans.
THE ADVOCATE
Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA—Sunday, 25 September 1988
Alford, Clifton "Tip"—Died Friday, Sept. 23, 1988, at Westpark Community Hospital, Hammond. He was 66, a native of St. Helena Parish and resident of Jackson. He was a retired E.L.S.H. mechanic supervisor and a U.S. veteran of World War II.
Visiting at Second Baptist Church, Jackson, until religious services at 10 a.m. Sunday, conducted by the Rev. J.W. Taylor. Burial in church cemetery.
Survived by wife, Bessie P. Alford; two daughters, Betty Jo Travis, Greensburg, and Sonya Brunson, Jackson; a son, Kenneth M. Alford, Jackson; two sisters, Odell Hooge, Clinton, and Idell Langlois, Baker; a brother, Robert "Genie" Alford, Donaldsonville; 12 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Preceded in death by parents; a brother, Percy Alford; and three sisters, Irma Lee Carter, Vernie Mae Devain and Hazel Henry.
Pallbearers will be nephews.
He was a member of Second Baptist Church and a former member of Jackson VFW Post. Charlet Funeral Home, Clinton, in charge of arrangements.
Thanks to the AAFA for a copy of the obit.
Clifton H. Alford married Bessie Parrish 06-25-1946.
Was a paratrooper during WWII.European Theater.
Enlistment records have him joining up 1942 in New Orleans.
THE ADVOCATE
Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA—Sunday, 25 September 1988
Alford, Clifton "Tip"—Died Friday, Sept. 23, 1988, at Westpark Community Hospital, Hammond. He was 66, a native of St. Helena Parish and resident of Jackson. He was a retired E.L.S.H. mechanic supervisor and a U.S. veteran of World War II.
Visiting at Second Baptist Church, Jackson, until religious services at 10 a.m. Sunday, conducted by the Rev. J.W. Taylor. Burial in church cemetery.
Survived by wife, Bessie P. Alford; two daughters, Betty Jo Travis, Greensburg, and Sonya Brunson, Jackson; a son, Kenneth M. Alford, Jackson; two sisters, Odell Hooge, Clinton, and Idell Langlois, Baker; a brother, Robert "Genie" Alford, Donaldsonville; 12 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Preceded in death by parents; a brother, Percy Alford; and three sisters, Irma Lee Carter, Vernie Mae Devain and Hazel Henry.
Pallbearers will be nephews.
He was a member of Second Baptist Church and a former member of Jackson VFW Post. Charlet Funeral Home, Clinton, in charge of arrangements.
Thanks to the AAFA for a copy of the obit.
Was a paratrooper during WWII.European Theater.
Enlistment records have him joining up 1942 in New Orleans.
THE ADVOCATE
Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA—Sunday, 25 September 1988
Alford, Clifton "Tip"—Died Friday, Sept. 23, 1988, at Westpark Community Hospital, Hammond. He was 66, a native of St. Helena Parish and resident of Jackson. He was a retired E.L.S.H. mechanic supervisor and a U.S. veteran of World War II.
Visiting at Second Baptist Church, Jackson, until religious services at 10 a.m. Sunday, conducted by the Rev. J.W. Taylor. Burial in church cemetery.
Survived by wife, Bessie P. Alford; two daughters, Betty Jo Travis, Greensburg, and Sonya Brunson, Jackson; a son, Kenneth M. Alford, Jackson; two sisters, Odell Hooge, Clinton, and Idell Langlois, Baker; a brother, Robert "Genie" Alford, Donaldsonville; 12 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Preceded in death by parents; a brother, Percy Alford; and three sisters, Irma Lee Carter, Vernie Mae Devain and Hazel Henry.
Pallbearers will be nephews.
He was a member of Second Baptist Church and a former member of Jackson VFW Post. Charlet Funeral Home, Clinton, in charge of arrangements.
Thanks to the AAFA for a copy of the obit.
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