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Foy Mae Alford

Foy Mae Alford

Female 1923 - 2023  (100 years)

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  • Name Foy Mae Alford  [1
    Birth 17 Jul 1923  Columbia, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Residence 1930  Benton, Columbia, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Death 4 Aug 2023  Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Foy Alford Stiles. July 17, 1923 - August 4, 2023.

      Our Mom, Foy Alford Stiles, 100, of Lake City passed away peacefully on Friday, August 4, 2023, at The Canopy at Harper Lake ALF. She was born in northern Columbia County to the late Christopher Columbus Alford and Mary Alma Melton on July 17, 1923. She was born, raised, and worked on the family farm alongside her parents and siblings until she moved to town and took a job at the Lake City Bus Station in 1944. In the summer of 1945 she met our Daddy, Gilbert E. Stiles, when he was returning to Camp Blanding from being on leave while in the Army. They married on August 25, 1945, and were married for 63 years until his passing in 2008. She truly was the love of his life. Together they raised seven children.

      Having a gift for growing things, she enjoyed tending to her plants and mowing the yard up into her 80's. She loved raising chickens, ducks and had an affinity for all small animals. She had various hobbies and always stayed busy. In addition, she and Daddy spent the majority of their marriage fishing on the upper Suwannee River and playing cards together.

      She was predeceased by her parents, her brothers, Willie, John, Bill, and Butler Alford and her only sister, Ruth Woods as well as a son, Rickey E. Stiles, Sr. (2006) and two great great-grandchildren, Kyler and AnaGrace Miller (2021).

      She is survived by her children; Judy Ann Stiles, Ronald Daniel Stiles (Kim), Pamela Gail Hagerman, Laurel Katrina Lutze (Ron), Harry Russell Stiles and Penny Stiles Faris (Harvey). She is also survived by Seventeen grandchildren, thirty great-grandchildren & fourteen great great-grandchildren.

      At Mama's request, a private family service was held. She was laid to rest next to Daddy at Oak Grove Baptist Church, Lake City, FL. Arrangements are under the direction of GATEWAY-FOREST LAWN FUNERAL HOME, 3596 S US Hwy 441, Lake City, FL 32025. Please leave words of comfort for the family at www.gatewayforestlawn.com.

      Published by Lake City Reporter on Aug. 8, 2023.

      https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/lakecityreporter/name/foy-stiles-obituary?id=52649134
    • The Canopy at Harper Lake
    Burial Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Columbia, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I20411  tng Genealogy

    Father Christopher Columbus Alford,   b. 18 Jul 1897, Columbia, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Oct 1946, Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mary Alma Melton,   b. 20 Feb 1898, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jan 1975, Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 9 Jul 1916  Columbia, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F880  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Gilbert E Stiles,   b. 22 Jan 1926   d. 21 Dec 2008 (Age 82 years) 
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
     3. Living
     4. Living
     5. Living
     6. Living
    +7. Rickey E Stiles,   b. 12 Mar 1948, Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Mar 2006 (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F17537  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1930 - Benton, Columbia, Florida, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 4 Aug 2023 - Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
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  • Sources 
    1. [S337] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;).
      Year: 1930; Census Place: Benton, Columbia, Florida; Roll 308; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 2; Image: 650.0.
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&h=102518858&indiv=try
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      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&h=102518858&indiv=try

    2. [S96] Columbia County, FL Marriages 1893-1925.
      C Columbus Alford and Alma Melton