Mitchell County GaArchives Obituaries.....W. J. Stratford 1956
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Albany Herald
W. J. Stratford Dies: Funeral Set Wednesday

 William J. Stratford, 64, of  419 2nd Ave., died Monday night, January 9, 1956 
in Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital of a heart attack suffered earlier Monday 
morning. Mr. Stratford was born on Sept. 12, 1891, in Russell County, Ala., and 
was the son of the late William Eli and Mattie M. Gordy Stratford of Seale Ala.
  Before moving to Albany 4 ˝ years ago, Mr. Stratford was formerly  Chief of  
Police of Camilla and Pelham, a position he held for many years. At the time of 
his death he was employed by the Bullington Hardware and Building Supply 
Company of Albany. He was a member of the Camilla Baptist Church.
 Survivors include his wife, the former Miss Lucile Black of  Camilla; three 
daughters, Mrs. James E. Smith of  Camilla, Mrs. C. L. DesRosier and Miss Polly 
Stratford, both of Albany; two sons, W. R. “Dick” Stratford of Albany and Joe 
Stratford of Portland, Maine; and seven grandchildren and a number of nieces 
and nephews.
  Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 3 p.m. in the Camilla Baptist 
Church. The Rev. Charles Duncan, pastor, will conduct the services, assisted by 
the Rev. N. H. Williams of Camilla. Interment will follow in Oakview Cemetery, 
Camilla.
The following will serve as pallbearers: Active, Paul Thomas and Clint Cooper 
of Pelham, W. H. Tuggle, Grover Jones and  J. D. Sapp of  Camilla and Morton 
Burnett of Albany. Honorary, Judge Carl Crow, Dan Palmer, Sr., P. C. Cullens, 
R.E.L. Culpepper, Sr., E. J. Vann, Jr. and Drewry Ledbetter Sr., all of 
Camilla, John Collins, Sr., of Cotton and Arlington Brown of Albany.
  The Albany Undertaking Company is in charge of arrangements.


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