Location: S-Monroe

Born: July 10, 1891 Lineville, Clay County, Alabama

Died: May 19, 1959 China Spring, McLennan County, Texas

Son of Winnie Elizabeth Gauntt Stanford

Husband of Faye Etta Naylor Stanford and Fannie Myrtis McCoy Stanford

Parents:
Winnie Elizabeth Gauntt Stanford (1847 – 1928)

Spouses:
Faye Etta Naylor Stanford (1907 – 2002)
Fannie Myrtis McCoy Stanford (1895 – 1930)

Children:
John Thomas Stanford (1914 – 1977)
James Stanford (1916 – 1986)
William Norris Stanford (1922 – 1962)
Silas Jefferson Stanford (1933 – 2006)

A. F. “Dolph” Stanford, 66, died at 5:15 a.m. Tuesday at his  home in China Spring.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday at the China Spring Baptist Church, Rev. Paul Smith officiating, burial in China Spring Cemetery.

Crawford Lodge No. 585 A. F. and A. M. will  have charge of services at the grave.

Survivors:  His wife of China Spring; four sons, J. T. Stanford and W. N. Stanford of Waco,  J. F. Stanford of Wichita, Kan., and S. J. Stanford of China Spring; six daughters, Mrs. Louise Stripling of Parkinsburg, W. Va., Mrs. Mildred Roush of New Haven, W. Va., Mrs. Annie Ruth Necker of Sealy, Mrs. Alleen Lumpkin of Waco, and Mrs. Wilda Morgan and Mrs. Jeannette Bone of China Spring; one brother, Jeff Stanford of Linebille, Ala., 11 grandchildren.