Tylertown, Walthall Co., MS
Thursday, 22 February 2001
Funeral services for Farrol "Preacher" Alford, 84, were Feb. 16, 2001, at Hartman-Hughes Funeral Home Chapel…. Alford died Feb. 14, 2001, at Walthall General Hospital.
He and his father operated a sawmill for several years. He was also a dairyman and had worked for the U.S. Forestry Dept. for 30 years. He was a member of Dinan Baptist Church, a Mason and Past Master of Varnell Lodge No. 282.
Alford was born Dec. 19, 1916, at Walthall County, son of the late Samuel and Hattie Magee Alford. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers and a sister, Vernon Alford, Emmette Alford, Harold Alford and Hilan Magee.
Survivors include his wife of 65 years, Mildred Lowery Alford of Tylertown; three sons and daughters-in-law, Farrol and Sue Alford of Talladega, Ala., Jack and Mary Alford of Vacheria, La., and Billy and Suzanne Alford of Tylertown; two daughters and sons-in-law, Nell and Alton Ryan of Brookhaven and Christel and Robert Van Dan of Tylertown; one brother, Sammie Alford of Tylertown; two sisters, Louise Bacot of Tylertown and Christine Alexander of McComb; one sister-in-law, Louise Alford of Tylertown; nine grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were grandsons, Greg Ryan, Jack (J.R.) Alford, Raymond Van Dan, Duane Alford, Billy Alford Jr. and Benjy Alford. Honorary pallbearers were Sammy Smith, Charlie Tyner, Nicholas Greer, Brian Alexander, Vernon Alford and members of Varnell Masonic Lodge No. 282.
Burial was in Elliott Cemetery with Hartman-Hughes Funeral Home in charge.
Tylertown, Walthall Co., MS
Thursday, 22 February 2001
Funeral services for Farrol "Preacher" Alford, 84, were Feb. 16, 2001, at Hartman-Hughes Funeral Home Chapel…. Alford died Feb. 14, 2001, at Walthall General Hospital.
He and his father operated a sawmill for several years. He was also a dairyman and had worked for the U.S. Forestry Dept. for 30 years. He was a member of Dinan Baptist Church, a Mason and Past Master of Varnell Lodge No. 282.
Alford was born Dec. 19, 1916, at Walthall County, son of the late Samuel and Hattie Magee Alford. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers and a sister, Vernon Alford, Emmette Alford, Harold Alford and Hilan Magee.
Survivors include his wife of 65 years, Mildred Lowery Alford of Tylertown; three sons and daughters-in-law, Farrol and Sue Alford of Talladega, Ala., Jack and Mary Alford of Vacheria, La., and Billy and Suzanne Alford of Tylertown; two daughters and sons-in-law, Nell and Alton Ryan of Brookhaven and Christel and Robert Van Dan of Tylertown; one brother, Sammie Alford of Tylertown; two sisters, Louise Bacot of Tylertown and Christine Alexander of McComb; one sister-in-law, Louise Alford of Tylertown; nine grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were grandsons, Greg Ryan, Jack (J.R.) Alford, Raymond Van Dan, Duane Alford, Billy Alford Jr. and Benjy Alford. Honorary pallbearers were Sammy Smith, Charlie Tyner, Nicholas Greer, Brian Alexander, Vernon Alford and members of Varnell Masonic Lodge No. 282.
Burial was in Elliott Cemetery with Hartman-Hughes Funeral Home in charge.
Family Members
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Vernon J Alford
1909–1916
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Emmette Haverson Alford
1911–1976
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Infant Daughter Alford
1913–1913
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Sarah Louise Alford Bacot
1914–2011
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Harold Bernard "Bear" Alford
1919–1999
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Infant Son Alford
1921–1921
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Hilan Lucille Alford Magee
1923–1991
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Christine Alford Alexander
1925–2017
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Samuel Eugene "Sammie" Alford
1928–2013
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