Obituaries:  Mrs. Velma Thatch Alford, Sabine Parish       A-416
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., May 3, 1973
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Mrs. Velma Thatch Alford (Photo)

  Mrs. Velma Thatch Alford died April 24, at 6:30 p.m., in a Many
hospital, after a long illness. She was the wife of W. Roy
Alford, former Superintendent of Sabine Parish Schools. A native
of Eastabuchie, Mess., she was the daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. C. C. Thatch.

  Mrs. Alford attended Blue Mountain College, and Mississippi
Woman's College, and received her degree from the University of
Southern Mississippi. She taught for a number of years in
Mississippi and Louisiana. Before retirement, she served for 12
years as Supervisor of Adult Education of Sabine Parish. She was
a member of Delta Kappa Gamma Society, an organization of Key
Women teachers.

  Mrs. Alford was a member of the First Baptist Church of Many.

  Survivors are her husband; a sister, Mrs. Durwood Hinton; and a
brother, Thomas Thatch of Eastabuchie, Miss.; a daughter, Nancy
Carolyn Alford, preceded her in death, several years ago.

  Funeral services were held at the Many First Baptist Church,
Thursday, April 26, with the Rev. Perry Lassiter officiating.
Burial was in the Ft. Jesup Cemetery, under the direction of
Warren Meadows Funeral Home.

  Pallbearers were W. C. Alford, Truman Alford, Oscar Alford, Brue
Alford, J. M. Gandy, L. B. Skinner, Clark Pouncy, and Wiley
Cummings.