Alley, Daphne Dunford

Daphne Dunford Alley, 61, of 4152 Old Baltimore Road, Draper, Va. and formerly of the Piney Community (Wythe County), died Wednesday, October 4, 2006 in the Pulaski Community Hospital.

She was born in Wythe County on October 2, 1945 and was the daughter of the late Roy Dunford and Mary Frye Dunford. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Harry Alley and by a sister, Judy Burnette.

She was an employee of Jefferson Mills with 34 years of service.

Surviving are son and daughter-in-law, Sam and Brenda Alley, Max Meadows; special friend and companion, Harry Dishon, Jr., Draper; sister, Effie Dunford, Wytheville; brother and sister-in-law, Roy Lee “Tom Tink” and Marie Dunford, Wytheville; stepgrandchild, Cole Barker, Max Meadows; several nieces and nephews; several aunts and uncles.

Funeral services will be held Friday at 8 p.m. from Stevens Funeral Chapel, Pulaski with the Rev. Brian Wyke and the Rev. Hal Lewis officiating. Visiting will be Friday at Stevens Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 6 p.m. until the service hour.

A graveside service will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. from the Mt. Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery, Piney. The family wishes that memorials may be made to the American Heart Association or to the Lead Mines Rescue Squad, Austinville.

The family will be meeting at the residences of Harry Dishon, Jr., 4152 Old Baltimore Road, Draper or Sam and Brenda Alley, 3281 Major Grahams Road, Max Meadows. Arrangements by Stevens Funeral Home, Pulaski, Va.