Obituaries:  Eula Mae Alford, Sabine Parish       A-416
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jan 29, 1997
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Eula Mae Alford (Photo)

  Funeral services for Eula Mae Alford were held Thursday, Jan.
23, 1997, at 10 a.m., at Warren Meadows Funeral Home Chapel.
Officiating was Rev. Charles D. Luke. Interment was in Ft. Jesup
Cemetery, under the direction of Warren Meadows Funeral Home.

  Mrs. Alford died Tuesday, Jan. 21, at Summitt Hospital in
Bossier City. The former Miss Eula Mae Byrd was the last
surviving child of the ten children of Lafayette Washington Byrd
and Martha Ann Hardin Byrd. Mrs. Alford was born Aug. 30, 1900,
in Mt. Carmel Community. She died at the age of 96. Until
Thanksgiving, 1996, she lived by herself in the family home on
Fisher Rd.

  Prior to her marriage, Mrs. Alford worked at Peason Sawmill, and
with other logging companies in Kissimee, Fla. Mrs. Alford
managed the old McNeely Hotel in Many for several years, and was
a popular resident of Many. At least two of her siblings attended
college through her generosity. She married Floyd Alford, Dec.
27, 1945. they lived the remainder of their lives in Many.

  Mrs. Alford was a member of the Sabine Chapter, Daughters of the
American Revolution, the Order of the Eastern Star, chapter 3,
Florien, and the Alford Heights Baptist Church. She was a former
Worthy Matron for the Peason Eastern Star Chapter.

  Mrs. Alford was preceded in death by her husband, Mr. Floyd
Alford, who died in February, 1974; and by nine siblings, Julia
Catherine Davis, Joseph W. Byrd, Effie Oxley, Emma Oxley, Luther
Byrd, Lula Ross, Pearl Patrick, Ruth Enis, and Oma Chance.

  She is survived by numerous nieces and nephews, many of whom
still reside in Many. Mrs. Alford was cared for in her later
years by many loving nieces, nephews, great nieces, great
nephews, great-great nieces, and great-great nephews.