in one eye as a child. That never kept him from
living life to the fullest, including serving in
World War II - it just kept him state side.
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Tyler Morning Telegraph, Friday, August 3, 1990
Services for Cecil Fowler Alston, 64, Tyler are
scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday in the Memorial
Funeral Home chapel, Tyler, with the Rev. James
L. Fortner officiating.
Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery;
Tyler, TX.
Mr. Alston died Thursday at a local hospital
after a sudden illness.
He was born July 9, 1926, in Snyder. He lived
in Tyler since 1971 and was owner and operator
of Alston Upholstery. He was a World War II
veteran, serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps.
He was a Baptist.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Billie Ruth
Alston, Tyler; son, Rick Alston, Coleman; three
daughters, Terry Curren, Sweetwater, Sherry
Beall, Snyder, Jerry Calhoun, Gatesville; a
brother, Carl Alston, Sweetwater; four sisters,
Vada Merle Wagner, New Mexico, Luella Cox,
Breckenridge, Imogene Ross, Grandbury, and
Katie Posten, Sweetwater; 17 grandchildren;
and four great-grandchildren.
in one eye as a child. That never kept him from
living life to the fullest, including serving in
World War II - it just kept him state side.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tyler Morning Telegraph, Friday, August 3, 1990
Services for Cecil Fowler Alston, 64, Tyler are
scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday in the Memorial
Funeral Home chapel, Tyler, with the Rev. James
L. Fortner officiating.
Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery;
Tyler, TX.
Mr. Alston died Thursday at a local hospital
after a sudden illness.
He was born July 9, 1926, in Snyder. He lived
in Tyler since 1971 and was owner and operator
of Alston Upholstery. He was a World War II
veteran, serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps.
He was a Baptist.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Billie Ruth
Alston, Tyler; son, Rick Alston, Coleman; three
daughters, Terry Curren, Sweetwater, Sherry
Beall, Snyder, Jerry Calhoun, Gatesville; a
brother, Carl Alston, Sweetwater; four sisters,
Vada Merle Wagner, New Mexico, Luella Cox,
Breckenridge, Imogene Ross, Grandbury, and
Katie Posten, Sweetwater; 17 grandchildren;
and four great-grandchildren.
Family Members
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Bonnie Mae Alston Flinn
1911–1974
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Henry Cicero Alston
1912–1964
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Richard Frances Alston
1916–1990
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Eveline Alston
1918–1918
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Reba Arlene Alston McCain
1919–1990
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Luella Alston Cox
1921–2013
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Katy Modean Alston Posten
1924–2004
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Carl Junior Alston
1928–2007
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Vera Imogene "Imo" Alston Ross
1931–2016
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Vada Merle Alston Shanklin
1934–2016
