Extracted from The Morning Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)
Former Mayors of 2 La. Towns Die This Week
COLUMBIA (UPI) -- Funeral services will be held Saturday for Margaret Webb Alford, the first woman elected a Louisiana mayor.
Mrs. Alford, 71, died Thursday in Caldwell Memorial Hospital after a long illness. She was Columbia's mayor from 1953--57 and was a retired school teacher.
Among survivors are her husband, Guy Alford, and one son.
Extracted from The Caldwell Watchman (Columbia, LA)
Columbia Ex-Mayor Succumbs Thursday
The funeral of Mrs. Margaret Lynn Alford, 71, the first woman elected mayor in Louisiana, was held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the First United Methodist Church here, with the Rev. Eugene Kimble officiating. Burial was in Columbia Hill Cemetery under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home.
Mrs. Alford died Thursday at the Caldwell Memorial Hospital following a lengthy illness.
She served as mayor of Columbia from 1953-57. She was a past governor of Quota International, 21st District, a retired school teacher and a member of the First United Methodist Church.
She was also active in the local organization for mental health, and took part in a compiling of gravesites in Caldwell Parish to form a book known as ‘Caldwell Parish Garden of Memories.’
Survivors include her husband, Guy H. Alford; one son, Mecom H. Alford; one sister, Mrs. Julia Phillips of Baton Rouge and one granddaughter, Katherine Alford of Monroe.
Saturday, September 30, 1978
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Thursday, October 5, 1978