Theodore Pete Alford

Theodore Pete Alford, 83, of Gunnison died Friday, March 20, 2009 at his home. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday, March 23, 2009 at the United Gunnison Methodist Church with Rev. Hugh Holder-Cummings officiating. Burial will follow in New Cleveland Cemetery under the direction of Ray Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 4-6 p.m. today, Sunday, March 22, 2009 at Ray Funeral Home and again fr

om 1-2 p.m. Monday at the church.

Mr. Alford was born on December 28, 1925 in Cleveland to Mr. and Mrs. Zack A. Alford. He graduated from Merigold High School . Mr. Alford enlisted in the navy in 1944 and was a World War II veteran. He trained at Camp Perry , Virginia , and was stationed at Pearl Harbor , Hawaii . He reached the rank of Yoeman 2nd Class before his discharge on April l, 1946. He was a Mason and a member of the Gunnison United Methodist Church . Mr. Alford was a pulpwood and timber contractor with U.S. Gypsum Company for 30 years and was engaged in the auto parts business in Rosedale and Cleveland before his retirement.

He is preceded in death by his grandson, Matthew Ryon Baker.

Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth Ann Alston Alford; a daughter, Cynthia Alford Baker and her husband Stanley, of Rogers , Arkansas ; two sons, Theodore (Ted) Alford, Jr., and William Davidson (Dave) Alford of Donald Point Hunting Club, Gunnison; three grandchildren, Shelley Baker, Davis Alford, and Anna Vause Alford; and one sister, Mrs. Virginia Hort of Sierra Vista , Arizona .

An online guestbook may be viewed and signed at Ray Funeral Home.