Obituaries:  Truman Alford, Sabine Parish       A-416
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Oct 30, 1996
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Truman Alford

  Military graveside services for Lt. Col. Truman Alford, 85, of
Lincolnshire, Ill., were conducted by an Army unit from Fort Polk
Military Base in Leesville, at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 30, 1996,
at Ft. Jesup Cemetery. Services were under the direction of
Warren Meadows Funeral Home in Many.

  Lt. Col. Alford was a resident of Lincolnshire for the past nine
years. He was a graduate of Louisiana State University in Baton
Rouge, where he participated in the Army R.O.T.C. program.
Following college, he enlisted in the U.S. Army, and began his
career of 30 years. He served during World War II, and the Korean
Conflict, and retired as a Lt. Colonel. He also served a tour in
Military Intelligence at the Pentagon.

  Mr. Alford was preceded in death by his parents, Christopher and
Molly Alford; and also by two sisters; and seven brothers.

  Lt. Col. Alford is survived by his wife, Margaret Parnell Alford
of Lincolnshire; a daughter, Martha (Bernard) Alford Marks of
Riverwoods, Ill.