Dorothy Lanier Alford

Dorothy Lanier Alford, 91, entered into rest on April 10, 2008.

Mrs. Alford was born on July 9, 1916 in Toombs County, Georgia. She and her husband were the proud owner of Alford's General Merchandise of Milledgeville from 1947 to 1978. She made Warner Robins her home about twelve years ago. She was a member of Shirley Hills Baptist Church attended the Joy Sunday School Class and was an avid gardener. Her husband, Mack F. Alford, Sr. parents, Hezekiah and Leah Bell Lanier, son, Mack F. Alford, Jr., and five brother and two sisters, preceded her in death.

Family members include her sons, Richard Earl Alford (Linda), Cumberland, Maryland and William Lanier Alford (Roya), Warner Robins; daughter, Dorothy Ann Oermann (Tim), Orange Park, Florida; sister, Sibyl Bateman, Macon; and seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be Sunday, April 13, 2008 from 2:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. at Shirley Hills Baptist Church with funeral services will follow at 3:00 p.m. Interment will follow in the Baldwin Memorial Gardens, Milledgeville. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial donations be made to the Senior Adult Ministry at Shirley Hills Baptist Church, 615 Corder Road, Warner Robins, GA 31093.


Funeral Home:
McCullough Funeral Home
417 S. Houston Lake Rd.
Warner Robins, GA
US 31088