MARTHA M. ALFORD


YOUNGSVILLE —Martha Medlin Alford, 73, died Thursday, Sept. 3, at Guardian Care Nursing Home in Zebulon. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. today (Saturday, Sept. 5) in the Strickland Funeral Home chapel, Wendell, with burial to follow in the Zebulon Town Cemetery.

A native of Wake County, she was the daughter of Lonnie and Lela Medlin Poole of Wakefield. She worked at Square D in the accounting department.

Surviving: husband, Leo Alford; daughter, Donna Sue Bebout (Dean) of Greensboro; sons, Jimmy Medlin Jr. (Mia) of Dudley and Frankie (Christy) of Youngsville; stepchildren, Herbie, Carolyn, Allison and Robert; brother, Lonnie Poole (Lou Ellen) of Zebulon; sister, Diane Tant (Edward) of Zebulon; four grandchildren; eight step-grandchildren; and six step-great-grandchildren.

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