Obituary:
SCOTT COUNTY TIMES
Forest, Scott Co., MS
Wednesday, 23 October 1963
Final Rites for W.A. Alford, 76, Held at Forkville
Funeral services were held for William Alvie Alford, 76, of Forkville on Sunday afternoon, October 20th, at 2:30 from the Bethlehem Baptist Church with the Rev. Martin Williams and Rev. W.C. Wall officiating. Interment was in the Hodge Hill Cemetery with Ott & Lee Funeral Home in charge.
Mr. Alford passed away in the Veterans Administration hospital on Friday [October 18], after an extended illness. He was a veteran of World War I. He was a retired farmer and a member of the Bethlehem Baptist Church.
The survivors are his wife, Mrs. Rosie [sic] Florence Alford of Morton; five daughters, Mrs. Leon Fitzhugh and Mrs. Buford Crapps, both of Lena, Mrs. Ausbon Harrison of Lake, Mrs. Clifton Shaw of Forest, and Mrs. Lane McCurdy of Morton; three sons, Bernard Alford of Jackson, S.J. Alford of Harlem, Ga., and Arthur Neal Alford of Morton; ten grandchildren; one great grandson; one sister, Mrs. Oscar Thompson of Morton; and three brothers, Bob, Walter, and Frank, all of Morton.
The pallbearers were Clifton Alford, Ray Alford, Billy F. Alford, Earnest Thompson, J.W. Thompson, Jefferson Thompson.
SCOTT COUNTY TIMES
Forest, Scott Co., MS
Wednesday, 23 October 1963
Final Rites for W.A. Alford, 76, Held at Forkville
Funeral services were held for William Alvie Alford, 76, of Forkville on Sunday afternoon, October 20th, at 2:30 from the Bethlehem Baptist Church with the Rev. Martin Williams and Rev. W.C. Wall officiating. Interment was in the Hodge Hill Cemetery with Ott & Lee Funeral Home in charge.
Mr. Alford passed away in the Veterans Administration hospital on Friday [October 18], after an extended illness. He was a veteran of World War I. He was a retired farmer and a member of the Bethlehem Baptist Church.
The survivors are his wife, Mrs. Rosie [sic] Florence Alford of Morton; five daughters, Mrs. Leon Fitzhugh and Mrs. Buford Crapps, both of Lena, Mrs. Ausbon Harrison of Lake, Mrs. Clifton Shaw of Forest, and Mrs. Lane McCurdy of Morton; three sons, Bernard Alford of Jackson, S.J. Alford of Harlem, Ga., and Arthur Neal Alford of Morton; ten grandchildren; one great grandson; one sister, Mrs. Oscar Thompson of Morton; and three brothers, Bob, Walter, and Frank, all of Morton.
The pallbearers were Clifton Alford, Ray Alford, Billy F. Alford, Earnest Thompson, J.W. Thompson, Jefferson Thompson.
Obituary:
SCOTT COUNTY TIMES
Forest, Scott Co., MS
Wednesday, 23 October 1963
Final Rites for W.A. Alford, 76, Held at Forkville
Funeral services were held for William Alvie Alford, 76, of Forkville on Sunday afternoon, October 20th, at 2:30 from the Bethlehem Baptist Church with the Rev. Martin Williams and Rev. W.C. Wall officiating. Interment was in the Hodge Hill Cemetery with Ott & Lee Funeral Home in charge.
Mr. Alford passed away in the Veterans Administration hospital on Friday [October 18], after an extended illness. He was a veteran of World War I. He was a retired farmer and a member of the Bethlehem Baptist Church.
The survivors are his wife, Mrs. Rosie [sic] Florence Alford of Morton; five daughters, Mrs. Leon Fitzhugh and Mrs. Buford Crapps, both of Lena, Mrs. Ausbon Harrison of Lake, Mrs. Clifton Shaw of Forest, and Mrs. Lane McCurdy of Morton; three sons, Bernard Alford of Jackson, S.J. Alford of Harlem, Ga., and Arthur Neal Alford of Morton; ten grandchildren; one great grandson; one sister, Mrs. Oscar Thompson of Morton; and three brothers, Bob, Walter, and Frank, all of Morton.
The pallbearers were Clifton Alford, Ray Alford, Billy F. Alford, Earnest Thompson, J.W. Thompson, Jefferson Thompson.
SCOTT COUNTY TIMES
Forest, Scott Co., MS
Wednesday, 23 October 1963
Final Rites for W.A. Alford, 76, Held at Forkville
Funeral services were held for William Alvie Alford, 76, of Forkville on Sunday afternoon, October 20th, at 2:30 from the Bethlehem Baptist Church with the Rev. Martin Williams and Rev. W.C. Wall officiating. Interment was in the Hodge Hill Cemetery with Ott & Lee Funeral Home in charge.
Mr. Alford passed away in the Veterans Administration hospital on Friday [October 18], after an extended illness. He was a veteran of World War I. He was a retired farmer and a member of the Bethlehem Baptist Church.
The survivors are his wife, Mrs. Rosie [sic] Florence Alford of Morton; five daughters, Mrs. Leon Fitzhugh and Mrs. Buford Crapps, both of Lena, Mrs. Ausbon Harrison of Lake, Mrs. Clifton Shaw of Forest, and Mrs. Lane McCurdy of Morton; three sons, Bernard Alford of Jackson, S.J. Alford of Harlem, Ga., and Arthur Neal Alford of Morton; ten grandchildren; one great grandson; one sister, Mrs. Oscar Thompson of Morton; and three brothers, Bob, Walter, and Frank, all of Morton.
The pallbearers were Clifton Alford, Ray Alford, Billy F. Alford, Earnest Thompson, J.W. Thompson, Jefferson Thompson.
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