Mr. Joey Lyn Alford

Chapel funeral service honoring the life of Joey Lyn Alford, 43, of Wellington, will be 12:30 Monday, December 27, 2010 at Collier-Butler Funeral Home. Pastor and life-long friend, Darrin Post will officiate with burial to follow at Williams-Southside Memorial Park with Collier-Butler Funeral Home directing.

Joey graduated from Glencoe High School. He was of the Baptist faith and attended Cove Creek Baptist Church. While serving 4 years in the United States Marine Corp, he served as Layman for his platoon. He owned and operated Alford’s Welding Shop for the past 22 years. He was known for his talent with welding, working with wrought iron, and fabrication. He was an avid hunter and fisherman. He was preceded in death by his wife, Tammy Watson Alford; nephew, Josh Templeton; father, Jeffrey Ladell Alford, Sr.; brother, Jeffrey Ladell Alford, Jr.; and grandparents, Flora and Bob Hood and Hazel and Horace Alford.

Cherishing Joey’s memory will be his mother, Shirley Alford Hill; brother, Jason Lee Alford; 2 daughters, Jessica Malynn Alford and Jamie Leigh Alford; mother and father-in-law, Gerald and Linda Gay Watson; grandmother-in-law, Clara Hill; step-brother, Brian Bush; step-sisters, Jennifer and Thomas Russell, Alex Russell, Vickie and Brian McCollum and 2 girls; sisters-in-law, Teresa and Perry Barnett, Terri and Jed McCallie; nieces and nephews, Tiffany and Todd Goggins, Coti and Chandler Herman, Jordan and Jody Alford, Brian and Blake Sims; aunts, Teresa Sheffield and Wanda Sims; great-aunt Lucille Sims; and special friends, Mr. & Mrs. Jemison and Mr. & Mrs. Pinson.

Pallbearers will be Tab Word, Brian Bush, Michael Mitchell, Keith Mitchell, Anthony Pinson, Jimmy Benson, Brett Ray, and David Evans. Honorary pallbearers will be Richard Bone and Michael Todd Eubanks.

The family requests in lieu of flowers, that memorials be made to the trust fund for his daughters at Regions Bank.

The family will be accepting friends at Collier-Butler Funeral Home from 5 until 7 PM on Sunday.