MATTIE ALFORD CHAFFIN -
Services for Mrs. Mattie Alford Chaffin were yesterday at Pafford Funeral Home with Dr. Edwin Deusner officiating. Burial was in Mimosa Cemetery at Lawrenceburg. Mrs. Chaffin, who was 79, died early Tuesday at Lexington Hospital where she had been a patient 23 days. She had been ill about a year. For the past five years, Mrs. Chaffin made her home here with her daughter, Mrs. Asa Giles. Born and reared in Lawrence County, she was the widow of Algie Chaffin, who died in 1935. She was a Baptist. In addition to Mrs. Giles, she leaves another daughter, Mrs. Gladys Murray of Birmingham; a foster daughter, Mrs. Clifton Brown of Shelbyville; siz grandchildren; and five great grandchildren.
The Lexington Progress, February 1, 1962
