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Her Life
April 6, 2015

MARY JEAN ALFORD CROWDER(AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS “WEDA AND MEME” TO GRANDKIDS)WAS BORN JUNE 18, 1941 TO THE LATE TONY ALFORD AND PRICILLA PHILPOT BURSTON. SHE DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON APRIL 2, 2015 AT WEST GEORGIA HEALTH SYSTEMS.


SHE CAME TO KNOW THE LORD AT AN EARLY AGE, JOINING ST MARY UMC AND BECOMING A LIFE LONG AND FAITHFUL SERVANT OF THE CHURCH SERVING IN MANY CAPACITIES. MARY HAD A JOY AND PASSION FOR SINGING AND WORSHIPPING THE LORD. SHE LIFTED HER VOICE IN SINGING IN THE CHURCH CHOIR, ANGELIC GOSPEL SINGERS AND GOOD NEWS CHORALIERS(WHO WENT ON TO PRODUCE A GOSPEL RECORD).


MARY ATTENDED WEST END HIGH SCHOOL IN HOGANSVILLE, GA AND LATER GRADUATED FROM ETHELW KIGHT HIGH SCHOOL IN LAGRANGE, GA IN THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 1959. SHE FURTHERED HER EDUCATION AT BROWN’S BARBER COLLEGE IN ATLANTA, GA. THERE SHE BECAME A MASTER BARBER AND COSMETOLOGIST. SHE LATER OPENED HER OWN BARBER SHOP IN HOGANSVILLE, GA. MARY ALSO ATTENDED TROUP TECH AND KERR BUSINESS COLLEGE. SHE WAS A PARA-PROFESSIONAL WITHIN THE TROUP COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEMS FOR A NUMBER YEARS.


SHE HAD A GREAT PASSION AND LOVE FOR CHILDREN. SHE SOWED GOOD SEEDS INTO THEIR LIVES BY HER WORKS AS A GIRL SCOUT LEADER AND WORKING AS A LEAD PRESCHOOL TEACHER.


ON MARCH 16, 1969 SHE WAS JOINED IN HOLY MATRIMONY TO BILLY CROWDER. TO THIS UNION THEYHAVE THREE CHILDREN: MARK A ALFORD, JENNIFER M CROWDER, AND WONZA D CROWDER. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY BOTH HER PARENTS AND BROTHERS: RUFUS GLENN AND PHILLIP BURSTON. MARY ALSO LEAVES TO CHERISH HER PRECIOUS MEMORIES GRANDCHILDREN: PRICHELLA S CROWDER, ASHLEIGH N CROWDER, CORION M STEVENS AND JADA E CROWDER. SHE ALSO LEAVES HER BELOVED GREAT GRANDSON: AIDEN RYKELL K CROWDER. SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY A LOVING SISTER SHIRLEY ANN MELSON, SPECIAL NEICES AND A NEPHEW: CYNTHIA MELSON, SHEILA MELSON, TAMIKA MELSON RANCHARD, PHILICHA BURSTON AND KELVIN MELSON.


SHE ALSO LOVED AND WAS LOVED BY A HOST OF FAMILY, FRIENDS AND HER CHURCH MEMBERS.