Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Alford, Clinton B., 1941 

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CLINTON B. ALFORD 

  Clinton B. Alford, 50, died yesterday morning at Tidewater Memorial Hospital 
after a long illness.  He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. A.R. Davenport of 
Columbia, S.C., and Mrs. H.A. Sloan of Pendleton, S.C., and one sister, Miss 
Agnes Alford of Orange, Va. 

  The body was taken to the funeral home of I.O. Hill & Company, where funeral 
services will be held at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon, conducted by Dr. A.L. 
Franklin, pastor of the Main Street Methodist church. 

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Clifton [sic; Clinton] B. Alford 

  Suffolk, Oct. 10. - Funeral services for Clinton Benjamin Alford, who died 
at Tidewater Memorial Hospital, after a long illness, will be conducted 
Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the funeral home of I.O. Hill & Co. by Dr. 
A.L. Franklin.  Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 

  Mr. Alford was the son of Francis and Susan Alford, and is survived by two 
daughters, Mrs. A. Roy Davenport, of Columbia, S.C., and Mrs. Harry A. Sloan, 
Jr., of Pendleton, S.C. and a sister, Miss Agnes Alford of Norfolk.  He is 
also survived by a number of cousins in Norfolk. 


Clinton Benjamin ALFORD, house painter, 
b. 19 Oct 1891, Suffolk, d. 9 Oct 1941, Lynnhaven, Princess Anne Co., 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery*, Suffolk, 11 Oct 1941, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 19, No. 239, Fri., Oct. 10, 1941, p. 2; 
"Virginian-Pilot," Sat., Oct. 11, 1941, p. 13; 
   text of both posted with Find a Grave Memorial #249251920 

*Additional information: 

Unmarked?  Added to the Cedar Hill list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_a.txt 

His parents, "Frank" Francis Marion & Susan Caroline (McPHERSON) ALFORD, 
   are buried in Block O, Lot 95. 

D.Cert. 24971 (Kempsville #78) 

Clinton & Lillian Idell CLARKE m. 28 Jun 1914 in Suffolk; they div. in 1927. 
   Lillian (1893 - 1991) 2m. Samuel Duprey GAIILARD; they are buried in 
   Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery, Anderson, Anderson Co., SC. 

His father was a Confederate veteran, having served as a private in Co. B, 
   19th Battalion VA Heavy Artillery, and later as a clerk in the Richmond 
   Commissary. 

His father's obits ("Norfolk Landmark," May 28 & 29, 1901, p. 6, &c.) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/a416f1ob.txt 

His mother's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald," Feb. 18 & 21, 1933, & donated) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/a416s1ob.txt 


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