Alford Junior Corbin

CORBIN, DOUGHETY, DOUGHERTY, WOOD, WHIPPLE, REGER, DIXSON, LINT, SMITH

Posted By: Tamara Jorstad (email)
Date: 10/15/2005 at 21:47:10

From the Nevada Journal, Thursday, June 2, 2005
Alford Corbin
January 9, 1921 to April 26, 2005

Alford Junior Corbin, age 84, of Unionville, Missouri passed away Tuesday, April 26, at the Putnam County Care Center in Unionville.

Alford was born in Putnam County, Missouri on January 9, 1921, the son of Alford Herman and Kitty (Doughety) Corbin. He was united in marriage to Iva Arlene Wood on June 16, 1943. They made their home for many years in the Nevada, Iowa area, where as a young man he worked as a farm laborer and later was a long-time employee for the Nevada Brick and Tile Company. After losing part of his hand in an industrial accident, the couple moved back to Putnam County, Missouri in 1977 and worked on the farm with his son until his retirement, when they moved to Newtown, Missouri and later to Unionville, Missouri.

Alford was preceded in death by his parents, one brother Trulan Corbin and seven sisters; Lena, Hazel, Lucy, Amber, Twila, Mavis and Rose along with his daughter, Delila Jane.

He is survived by his wife Iva of Unionville, his brother Ralph Corbin of Fernald; his sister Doris Whipple of Hampton; sons: Alford Reger of Newtown, Missouri, and Paul Corbin of Lockridge, Iowa; daughters, Jannette Dixson of Enid, Oklahoma, Deanna Lint of Fayetteville, Arkansas, Rachelle Smith of Nevada, Iowa along with his 15 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren and a host of beloved nieces and nephews.

Graveside services will be held at the Murphy Cemetery at 10 a.m. on June 4th.