Daniel Alexander Alford

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name: Daniel Alexander Alford
death date: 28 Jun 1970
death place: San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas
gender: Male
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death age: 76 years
estimated birth date: 1894
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father's name: Thomas Alford
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mother's name: Sally Collier
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film number: 2218857
digital film number: 4169069
image number: 2851
reference number: 51977
Collection: "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," Daniel Alexander Alford, 1970

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Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, San Augustine Precinct, San Augustine Town
Enumerated April 21, 1930
ED 203-1 SD 19 Sheet 8B
210-220
Alford, Daniel Head M W 36 M 19 Tx Tx Miss Manager Oil Co
Alford, Vera Wf F W 33 M 16 Tx Tx Tx
Alford, Virgil Son M W 16 S Tx Tx Tx
Alford, Foy Son M W 14 S Tx Tx Tx
Alford, Dorette Dtr F W 9 S Tx Tx Tx

Daniel married Mattie Vera Mason before 1915. Mattie (daughter of Rev. James G. Mason, Jr. and Nannie Rebecca Meador) was born on 23 Sep 1896 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 8 Oct 1988 in San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Obituary (From FindAGrave)

James V. Alford, on Wednesday, February 8, 1985 at 10:30 a.m., beloved husband of Juliette Clement Alford; father of Donald and Ronald Alford both of Houston, TX; son of Vera M. Alford and the late Daniel Alford; brother of Thomas F. Alford of Texarkana, AR and Dorette Barr of San Augustine, TX; also survived by 5 grandchildren; age 71 years a native of Texas and a resident of Laplace for the past 29 years.

Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend funeral services from Millet Funeral Home, Laplace on Friday, February 8, 1985 at 10:30 a.m. followed by religious services at St. Joan Of Arc Catholic Church. Interment in St. Peter Cemetery, Reserve, LA?.

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The Sabine County Reporter
January 1, 2009, Page 8

Dorette Barr

Funeral services for Dorette Barr, 88, of San Augustine, were held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, December 29, 2008 at San Augustine First Baptist Church. Burial followed at Liberty Hill Cemetery in San Augustine County. Rev. Kent Pate, Rev. Chet Hensley Jr., Dr. Sam Wayman and Rev. David Burcham officiated. She died December 25, 2008 in San Augustine.

Dorette Barr was born in Geneva on October 8, 1920 to Dan Alford and Vera Mason Alford. She worked for the San Augustine Independent School District. She organized the first choral program at San Augustine High School and was a member of San Augustine First Baptist Church.

She is survived by her daughter, Linda Gay Goller and husband Bill of San Augustine; son Dr. Frank Barr and wife, Judith of Oakland, California; two grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; sisters-in-law, Judy Alford of Laplace, LA, Pauline Barr of Dallas and Billie Barr of Center.

Wyman Roberts Funeral Home in San Augustine ws in charge of arrangements.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, January 2009)

A nearly identical obituary appeared in the December 31, 2008 Sabine County Reporter, and in the Lufkin Daily News on December 27, 2008.

Dorette married Frank Ervay Barr, Sr. before 1943. Frank was born on 21 Sep 1914 in Texas; died on 7 Aug 1998 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Liberty Hill Cemetery, Bland Lake, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]