Erlene Alford
Posted: February 28, 2021
COLUMBUS – Erlene Crutchfield Alford, 90, died Feb. 4, 2021, at her residence. A private memorial will be held at a later date. Lowndes Funeral Home of Columbus is entrusted with arrangements Ms. Alford worked for both American Bosch and Mississippi State University. She was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas and Ruth Crutchfield; sisters, Ruth Stockman, Louise Ellis, Effie Thompson and Irene Carter; brothers, Franklin Crutchfield, Edwin Crutchfield, Earl Crutchfield and Jimmy Crutchfield; and one great-grandchild. She is survived by sisters, Betty Vaugine of Missouri and Pasty Lovell of Arkansas; daughters, Nancy Bordelon of Louisiana, Janice Brown of Texas, Mary Guin and Carolyn Andrews, both of Mississippi; seven grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital 501 St. Jude Place Memphis, TN 38105.