Thomas Wildcat Alford, known as one of the outstanding Indian leaders and educators in Oklahoma, will be honored in final rites at his home, east of Benson Park, at 2:30 Thursday afternoon. The 78-year-old benefactor of his fellow tribesmen succumbed to a long illness at 2:45 Wednesday morning at his home, south of Shawnee. Rev. M. Jordan of Tecumseh will be in charge of the service to be followed by burial in the Tecumseh Cemetery at 3 o'clock when a Masonic graveside service will be held. Alford was a thirty-second degree Mason and a member of the McAlester consistory. Alford was 78 years old at the time of his death. He had been in failing health for some time.
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Thomas Wildcat Alford, known as one of the outstanding Indian leaders and educators in Oklahoma, will be honored in final rites at his home, east of Benson Park, at 2:30 Thursday afternoon. The 78-year-old benefactor of his fellow tribesmen succumbed to a long illness at 2:45 Wednesday morning at his home, south of Shawnee. Rev. M. Jordan of Tecumseh will be in charge of the service to be followed by burial in the Tecumseh Cemetery at 3 o'clock when a Masonic graveside service will be held. Alford was a thirty-second degree Mason and a member of the McAlester consistory. Alford was 78 years old at the time of his death. He had been in failing health for some time.
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Pierrepont Alford
1885–1963
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Charles Reece Alford
1887–1956
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Paul Leon Alford
1888–1981
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Pauline A "Polly" Alford Peters
1904–1986
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Eugene R. Alford
1905–1975
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Thomas W. Alford Jr
1906–1982
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Rachel Alford Powell
1907–1997
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George Wildcat Alford
1909–1985
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Elwood Seymour Alford
1911–1992
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Ruth Francis Alford Musick
1917–2003
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