Obituaries:  W. C. "Bill" Alford, Sabine Parish       A-416
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Mar 15, 1995
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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W. C. "Bill" Alford

  Funeral services were held for Mr. W. C. "Bill" Alford, 89, at 2
p.m., on Sunday, March 5, 1995, at Alford Heights Baptist Church.
Officiating the services were Rev. Jeff Hoffman, Rev. Earl Marr,
and Rev. Charles Luke. Interment followed in the Fort Jesup
Cemetery, under the direction of the Warren Meadows Funeral Home.

  Mr. Alford was born on November 13, 1905, on Old Presley Place
on Middle Creek Road near Many, to Molly Smith and Christopher
Alford. Mr. Alford married DeVara Skinner on July 31, 1936, in
Mount Carmel. Mr. Alford worked 30 years in the oil fields
throughout south Louisiana. He was employed as a janitor at Many
High School. He also farmed and raised cattle in Sabine Parish
for many years. Mr. Alford was a member of Alford Heights Baptist
Church.

  He is survived by one son, Charles Alford and his wife Pattie
Veuleman Alford of Baton Rouge; one daughter, Beth Martin and her
husband; three grandchildren, Staci, and Kevin Alford of Baton
Rouge, and Jared Lapp of Many; one brother, Truman Alford and his
wife Margaret of Lincolnshire, Ill.; two sisters-in-law, DeVanda
Skinner Alford, and Eula Byrd Alford, both of Many, and a host of
nieces and nephews.

  Pallbearers were Dean Crittenden, Tommy Koss, Butch Manasco,
Kevin Alford, Jared Lapp, and Thurman Ritter. Honorary
pallbearers were Men's Sunday School Class of Alford Heights
Baptist Church, Oscar Alford, Marvin Adams,. J. J. Koss, and Burt
Smith.