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News About AAFA Members & The AAFA
This is something new we are initiating this year. We will post here, in reverse chronological order, brief announcements concerning AAFA members and the association. For most of this news we will be dependent on members to tell us about it. In some cases members can expect follow-up information elsewhere on this site, in the AAFA On Line Newsletter and/or in AAFA ACTION, the AAFA Quarterly. Send your news to alford_association@sbcglobal.net
The chronological order of the news items has been reversed so that the most current is always on top.
May 18 2009 Jeweleen Joy Bell Alford #0138 died Houston, TX.
May 7 2009. WELCOME to new member #1336 Sidney F. Alford of Petersburg, TX who is from the Needham Alford limb of the James Alford family tree.
Apr 28 2009. Helen Frances Alford McManus, #0451 died Ridgeland, MS.
Mar 29 2009. Received belated news of the death of two members:
#0601 Melba Wise died Feb 11 2003
#0603 Thelma Alford McGeorge died Jul 1 2005
Mar 22 2009. Pat Smith, #0064, reported receipt of the shipment of AAFA ACTION from the printers in Missouri. She and her sister Joana Breeland, #1142, who live in southern Mississippi, will prepare them for mailing and they hope to have them to the post office next week. In the past they have taken them to the post office sealed and ready to go and the post office affixed the metered postage stamp. The post office had to give up one of their meters so now Pat and Joana have to stamp each one.
Mar 20 2009. Theodore Pete Alford, #0067 died. He and wife Elizabeth were at the 1991 meeting in Jackson, MS
Mar 16 2009. Arliene F. Alford, #0196, died. She was the widow of Hollis W. Alford and the mother of members Roy and David Alford.
Mar 9 2009 Ramona Alford Darden, AAFA Meetings Chair announced a fantastic contract with a Dallas Hotel.
See the announcement.
Feb 28 2009 about 9:30 CST Sally Stoewer, AAFA #0120, volunteered to help Pam with obit typing. We can still us lots of help. There are Alford cemeteries in every state and we need helpers with just about every one of them. And you can do it all from the comfort of your computer chair.
Feb 28 2009. The 2nd 2009 monthly online newsletter was dispatched about 5:30 CST. Included was a plea for help. In about two hours the first volunteer, Lynn Bennett #1022 had offered her services.
Feb 28 2009. Quarterly AAFA ACTION #82 manuscript has been sent to the printers. Active members (dues current) can expect to see it in about 6 weeks or less.
Feb 27, 2009. Jim Adams, editor of AAFA ACTION joined the Alford Y-DNA project.
While Jim does not have the Alford name - he has Alford blood. His direct male ancestor
was George Washington Alford, who was killed in the Civil War and is buried in Baton Rouge.
His grandfather George Washington Alford Jr. was adopted by an Adams family.
Feb. 23, 2009. It is hardly news but in working to validate member addresses we learned today of the death of two members
#0006 Christie Alford Baldwin died Feb 18 2008
#0122 Glen A. Holmes died Apr 8 1999.
Feb 17, 2009 - Madison, MS. Edgar Griffin Alford, Jr., AAFA #0452, died.
Feb 13, 2009 - Houston, TX. We're very sorry to report that Charles Knox Alford, age 16
(son of Drs. Eugene and Mary Alford and Grandson of Landon and Phyllis Alford AAFA #0002)
was killed in a car accident Friday afternoon. His mother, Mary was injured in the accident and is recovering.
A memorial service will be held at 2:00 pm Wednesday, February 18th at the First Presbyterian Church, 5300 Main Street , Houston, Texas 77004.
Dr. Eugene Alford, mentioned above, is the subject of a feature article in the latest (March) issue of Readers Digest. Be sure to see "A Doctor's Own Medicine" via THIS LINK.
Feb 10, 2009 - Lewisburg, TN. Jane Wallace Alford, AAFA #0550, died at age 96.PHOTO
Feb 3, Editors Jim and Sue Adams sent AAFA ACTION #82 to the proofreading team. This 92 page (plus index) issue includes articles and photos from the 2008 SC meeting as well as extensive Texas Cemetery information, a genealogy of Green Alford, and more.
Feb 2, AAFA membership team mailed post cards to almost 500 members who have no email address in the membership database. If you have an email address and don't know for sure that AAFA has it you need to send an email to alford_association@sbcglobal.net. copy
January 23, 2009 - Knightdale, Wake Co., NC. Bessie Mae Alford Lewis, AAFA #1104, died at age 103.FOTO
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