Alpha Floyd Dulaney (1907-1997)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. Vesta Avis Akers Alpha Floyd Dulaney Born: 7 Dec 1907, Floyd Co., VA 2 3 4 Marriage (1): Vesta Avis Akers on 10 Oct 1931 in Floyd Co., VA 1 Died: 28 Jun 1997, Floyd Co., VA at age 89 4 5   Noted events in his life were: • Obituary: Roanoke Times: 6/30/1997. 6 Alpha Floyd Dulaney, 89, of Alum Ridge, passed away Saturday, June 28, 1997 at his home. He was the beloved husband of Avis Akers Dulaney, wife of sixty five years, who preceded him in death on June 28, 1993. Mr. Dulaney was a member of White Rock Church of the Brethren and a veteran of World War II. Surviving are daughters and sons-in-law, Prentis D. and Mavon Thompson, Floyd, Ruth D. and James Akers, Roanoke, Virginia D. and Billy Cromer, Floyd, Paula D. Hubbard, Roanoke, Mary D. and Paul Dress, Vinton; son and daughter-in-law, Wayne and Mabel Dulaney, Vinton; brother and sister-in-law, Thurlie S. and Effie Dulaney, Alum Ridge; nine grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; four stepgrandchildren. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Maberry Funeral Home Chapel, Floyd, with the Rev. Kenny Wurzburger officiating. Burial will be in the Duncan Cemetery with Military Honors by Hillsville V.F.W. Post #1115. The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. Monday at the Maberry Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Floyd County Rescue Squad. Roanoke Times, June 30, 1997 Alpha married Vesta Avis Akers, daughter of James Fulton Akers and Laurett Linney Reed, on 10 Oct 1931 in Floyd Co., VA.1 (Vesta Avis Akers was born on 19 Jan 1912 in Floyd Co, VA 4 5 7 and died on 28 Jun 1993 in Radford (City), VA 4 5 7.)

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3 World War II Draft Registration Cards 1942, microfilm publication Records of the Selective Service System (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, ancestry.com (database on-line), Lehi, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011). Surety: 3.

4 Social Securtiy Administration, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935 - 2014 (Washington D.C., USA, Social Security Death Index, Master File, Ancestry.com (on-line database), Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, 2014), Surety: 3.

5 Virginia Department of Health, "Virginia, Deaths, 1912 -2014" (Richmong, Virginia, Ancestry.com (database on-line), Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Surety: 3.

6 Ancestry.com, U.S. Find A Grave Index, 1600's - Current (ancertry.com (database on-line), Provo, UT., USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Surety: 3.

7 ancestry.com, "U.S., Social Security Applications an Claims Index, 1936-2007" (ancestry.com (database on-line), Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Surety: 3.