Enid, OK — The memorial service for Billie D. Alford, 84, will be 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 21, 2009, at Anderson-Burris Funeral Home Chapel. Ray Rose will officiate. Cremation arrangements are by Anderson-Burris Funeral Home and Crematory.

He was born Dec. 7, 1924, in Oilton to Earl D. and Rosie L. Leonard Alford and died Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009, in Enid.

He grew up in Oilton and graduated from Newkirk High School in 1943. He served in the Army during World War II from June 1943 to January 1946.

He married Wanda Noema Cathcart Sept. 21, 1946, in Blackwell. They made their home in Newkirk and Kansas City. He attended National Trade School in Kansas City, Mo., where he received his master automotive technical diploma. They moved to Enid in 1948, where he worked 38 years for the Pontiac-Cadillac dealership. He was a member of Garriott Road Church of Christ.

Surviving are his wife, Noema; his children, Gail Hayes of Bennett, Colo., and Greg Alford of Katy, Texas; one sister, Helen Nowell of Winfield, Kan.; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

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