Services:  Tuesday, January 5, 2010 at 2:00 pm
                  Sulligent First Free Will Baptist Church

Visitation: Monday, January 4, 2010 from 6 - 9 pm
                  Sulligent First Free Will Baptist Church

Burial:     Beaverton Cemetery
 

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Mr. Collie Benford Stanford age 88 of Sulligent, AL lost his battle with cancer on Friday, January 1, 2010 at his residence. 

Mr. Stanford was born on February 3, 1921 in Lamar County to the late William Edward and Dessie Jane Noe Stanford. He had worked for L.G. Boyett and Sons for 23 years as a mechanic, and then he changed jobs and worked with the Lamar County Commission, District 2 as a road hand until he was elected and served sixteen years as the Lamar County Commissioner for District 2.  Mr. Stanford was a member of the First Free Will Baptist Church in Sulligent and a life long resident of the Pine Springs Community. 

Survived by his Wife of 68 years: Cora Lee Minor Stanford of Sulligent, AL, Two Daughters: Loretta King of Sulligent, AL and Juanita Barton Walker and her husband Terry of Moody, AL, A Sister: Freddie Mae Eastman Robinson of Columbus, MS, Three Grandchildren; John Rodney Sizemore and his wife Cheryl of Sulligent, AL, Jason Bradley Barton of Pelham, AL and Jared Brandon Barton of Leeds, AL and a host of Nieces and Nephews. 

Preceded in death by his Parents and Eight Brothers: Lawrence, Robert, Raymond, Cager, Coy, William Jack, Lecil and Walt, Six Sisters: Florence Johnson, Julie Morrow, Maggie Finch, Viola Lucas, Ruby Gray White, Violet Ray Stanford and a Infant Son.

Services held Tuesday, January 5, 2010 at 2:00 pm from the Sulligent First Free Will Baptist Church with burial in the Beaverton City Cemetery. Bro. Thomas M. Scott officiating. 

Norwood Funeral Homes, Inc. of Sulligent, Alabama directing.