HAWAII - Recently resigned Maui Police Sgt. Barry Alford killed his wife Karolyn and himself on October 20th.
ANTOINETTE CLARISSA ROSS
Tallahassee Democrat
October 29, 2009
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Antoinette Clarissa Ross QUINCY - Ms. Antoinette Clarissa Ross, 34, died Thursday, Oct. 23, 2009, in Quincy. The service will be a 2 p.m. EDT Saturday, Oct. 31, at Tabernacle Church of Christ Written in Heaven in Gretna, Fla., with burial at the church cemetery. A private viewing will be held at Williams Funeral Home in Quincy (850-875-4849). Survivors include a son... two daughters... mother... and father... a brother... and four sisters...
BARRY MOORE SR.
Tallahassee Democrat
October 29, 2009
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Barry Moore Sr., 47, of Mount Pleasant, died on Friday October 23, 2009. The service will be 11 a.m. EDT Saturday October 31, 2009, at St Mary Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in Mount Pleasant, with burial to follow at the Moore's Cemetery in Mount Pleasant. He is survived by his wife... his sons... his daughters... his mother... his father... brothers... and three grandchildren. Bradwell Mortuary of Quincy is in charge of the arrangements.
KAROLYN MARIE ALFORD
The Maui News Obituaries
POSTED: October 27, 2009
Karolyn Marie Alford, 58, of Makawao, died Oct. 20, 2009, at her residence. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday at Kahului Baptist Church, with a service over urn at 11 a.m. Ballard Family Mortuary is assisting with the arrangements. Mrs. Alford was born March 26, 1951, in Colorado. She was an accountant for Kapalua Land Co. She is survived by a daughter... three stepsons... her mother... a brother... and six grandchildren.
BARRY W. ALFORD
The Maui News Obituaries
POSTED: October 27, 2009
Barry W. Alford, 59, of Makawao, died Oct. 20, 2009, at his residence. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday at Kahului Baptist Church, with a service over urn at 11 a.m. Ballard Family Mortuary is assisting with the arrangements. Mr. Alford was born Aug. 12, 1950, in New Mexico. He was a retired police officer with the Maui Police Department. He is survived by three sons... a stepdaughter... his mother... a brother... four sisters... and six grandchildren.
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The funerals are today. My heart is wondering how many people have their funeral clothes laid out for today for the four deaths above - so many miles apart. How many can't sleep, are crying or still numb. Sons, daughters, mothers, aunts, fathers, stepdaughters, brothers, uncles, grandchildren, cousins, friends, sisters, stepsons - co-workers and friends.
ReplyDeleteThe flowers are ordered.
So much is not spoken.
There is no one left to hit for this.
How can anyone can be so swept up into themselves as to kill, steal a life and not care what murder and ending their own life will do to the people inextricably woven into their lives?
We wonder where is the love in that? But hopelessness is a darker tunnel than anyone who isn't trapped in it can comprehend.
Nobody wins.
Another day. The sun will rise as it always does. I'm old enough to confirm that time does heal, but nothing will ever quite be the same.
What life looks like has changed for the young and the weight of it has altered for the old.
God is real. Nestle in close and ride out the storm. Everything is what it is now.
Play light. Love hard. Hug for real. Run and dance while we can.