A Memorial Service for Billie D. Alford, age 84, will be at 10:00 AM Monday, September 21, 2009, at the Anderson-Burris Funeral Home Chapel, with Mr. Ray Rose officiating.  Cremation arrangements are by Anderson-Burris Funeral Home and Crematory.

    He was born to Earl D. and Rosie L. (Leonard) Alford on December 7, 1924, in Oilton, OK, and died Wednesday, September 16, 2009, in Enid.

    He grew up in Oilton, and then graduated from Newkirk High School  in 1943.  Billie served in the United States Army during World War II from June 1943 to January 1946.   On September 21, 1946 he married Wanda Noema Cathcart in Blackwell, and they made their home in Newkirk and Kansas City.  Billie attended the National Trade School in Kansas City, MO, and received his Master Automotive Technical diploma. They moved to Enid in 1948.  He worked at the Pontiac-Cadillac dealership for thirty-eight years.  He was a member of Garriott Road Church of Christ.

 Billie is survived by his wife Noema of sixty-three years; his children, Gail Hayes of Bennett, CO, Greg and Debbie Alford of Katy, TX; one sister, Helen Nowell of Winfield, KS; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

 He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, and three sisters.

 Memorials may be made through the funeral home to Garriott Road Church of Christ.