Jean Alford

June 26, 1929 - September 17, 2020

Jean Alford, age 91 of Rockdale, passed away Thursday afternoon, September 17, 2020 in the Renaissance Villa in Rockdale. Services for Mrs. Alford will be 2:00 p.m. Sunday, September 20, 2020 at Phillips & Luckey Funeral Home in Rockdale with Pastor Matt Higginbotham of First Baptist Church officiating. Burial will follow in the Oak Lawn Cemetery in Rockdale. Visitation is 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Saturday, September 19th, at the funeral home. Jean was born June 26, 1929 in Rockdale to Braxton B. And Elsie M. (Yoakum) McQuinn. On June 12, 1948, she and Weldon Alford were married in Rockdale. To this union four children were born. She was a loving and dedicated homemaker who had also worked as a telephone operator for Southwestern Bell for seven years, retiring in 1952. Jean was a member of First Baptist Church in Rockdale. She loved yard work, gardening, sewing, sports, reading, and spending time with the grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Weldon Alford on July 3, 2008; her parents; sisters, Mary Ellen Brannon on April 16, 1971 and Peggy Jo Stauffer on April 23, 2019 and brother, James Bruce McQuinn on May 19, 2002. Surviving are her children, son, Kenny Alford and wife Melissa of Richmond, Texas; daughters, Debbie Kaderka and husband Johnnie of Houston, Donna Smith and husband Owen of Hilltop, Texas and Patti Morgan and husband Randy of Rockdale; seven grandchildren, Amber Robinson and husband Eric, Courtney McGee and husband Michael, Kelsey Thurman and husband Andrew, Whitney Booth and husband Darel, Brandy Brooks and husband Jimmy, Kayla Philbrook and husband Garet, and Jared Alford and wife Carolyn; 16 great grandchildren, Jace Robinson, Kyndal Robinson, Alli McGee, Kennedy Robinson, Brynn Robinson, Carson Thurman, Carter Thurman, Brooklyn Thurman, Madden Brooks, Morgan Brooks, Maverick Brooks, Peyton McGee, John Booth, Owen Booth, Dain Booth, Nathan Alford, and one on the way. Pallbearers are Jared Alford, Jace Robinson, Eric Robinson, Andrew Thurman, Jimmy Brooks, Michael McGee, Darel Booth, and Garet Philbrook. Memorials may be made in Mrs. Alford’s memory to First Baptist Church, 240 Green Street, Rockdale, Texas 76567.