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Curtis E Alford

5 Dec 1914 – 19 Oct 2003

Birth5 Dec 1914
Death19 Oct 2003
CemeteryHouston Cemetery
Houston , Chickasaw County , Mississippi , USA
Added byFinding My Roots on 20 Jan 2016
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HOUSTON – Curtis E. Alford, 88, died Sunday, Oct. 19, 2003, at the Mississippi State Veterans Home in Oxford. He was born Dec. 5, 1914, in Chickasaw County. He was a retired employee of the Jackson Casket Company and a member of the Mississippi Funeral Directors Association. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and a member of the First Baptist Church of Houston. He enjoyed hunting and fishing. He loved the funeral industry and those that he served. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. today at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel in Houston with Bro. Dan Robertson officiating. Burial will be in the Houston Cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Margueritte “Marg” Seale Alford of Houston; three daughters, Barbara Ann Ladner and Jim of Madison, Betty Neilson and Charlie of Tupelo, and Sue Boyd and Randy of Tupelo; three sons, Curtis “Hub” Alford and Adele of Starkville, Bill Alford and Connie of Tallahassee, Fla., and Mitch Alford and Sherry of Houston; 16 grandchildren, three great-grandchildren; a sister, Geraldine Allen of Houston; a brother, J.W. Alford of California; a great-aunt, Bill Purnell of New Albany. He was preceded in death by his parents, W.W. Alford and Ollie Berry Alford, and three sisters, Ethel Winberly, Virginia Bray and Olene Lawson. His grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Memorials may be made to the Mississippi Funeral Directors Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 22932, Jackson MS 39225-22932; or a charity of the donor's choice. North Mississippi Daily Journal, October 21, 2003 PFC US ARMY WORLD WAR II

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