Alfonsa La Valle Willingham

ALFONSA LAVALLE WILLINGHAM WAS BORN ON JUNE 3, 1945 IN TIFTON, GA. TO THE LATE SHIVELY WILLINGHAM SR. AND CLAUDIE MCCOWAN WILLINGHAM. HE WAS REARED IN ROCKY MOUNT AND RESIDED IN WILLIAMSTON.
ALPHONSA DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON MARCH 13, 1995.
HE ATTENDED BOOKER T. WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL AND WAS A GRADUATE OF FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY.
ALPHONSA WAS A MEMBER OF MOUNT SHILOH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH IN WILLIAMSTON. HE WAS A MEMBER OF EUREKA MASONIC LODGE NO. 3 OF FAYETTEVILLE, U.S. ARMY VETERAN AND A MEMBER OF KAPPA ALPHA PSI FRATERNITY. HE TAUGHT PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND COACHED BASKETBALL, BASEBALL AND FOOTBALL AT WASHINGTON COUNTY UNION MIDDLE SCHOOL LOCATED IN ROPER.
AL, AS HE WAS AFFECTIONATELY CALLED, IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, BETTIE JEAN JOYNER WILLINGHAM; TWO SONS, ALPHONSA JR. OF RALEIGH AND RADAMES OF ELIZABETH CITY STATE UNIVERSITY; TWO DAUGHTERS, J’NAI OF ELIZABETH CITY STATE UNIVERSITY AND TERESA OF RALEIGH; THREE BROTHERS, GEORGE AND SHELLY OF ROCKY MOUNT, AND SHIVELY II OF PHILLADELPHIA, PA.; TWO SISTERS, ELAINE CHERRY AND LAURETTE LEWIS, BOTH OF ROCKY MOUNT.
HE ALSO LEAVES HIS FATHER AND MOTHER-IN-LAW, MR. AND MRS. JAMES JOYNER OF WILSON; TWO BROTHERS-IN-LAW, ARNOLD AND ROBERT JOYNER OF WILSON; ONE SISTER-IN-LAW, MARY J. WILLOUGHBY OF FARMVILLE; AN UNCLE AND AUNTY ODIES AND MILDRED MCCOWAN; AND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS AND FRIENDS. TWO SISTERS PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH, INEZ SIMPKINS AND LULLIE HARRIS.
A SERVICE OF REMEMBERANCE WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 2PM AT METROPOLITAN BAPTIST CHURCH, LEGGETT RD., ROCKY MOUNT. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS AT HUNTER-ODOM FUNERAL HOME, 240 ATLANTIC AVE. TODAY FROM 7-8PM