John Ralph Sr. 1939-2016

Services for John Walton Ralph Sr., 76, of Alba, were held Friday, May 20, 2016, at Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home Chapel, Alba, with Gerald Kelly and Earl Warren officiating.  

Burial was in Colfax Cemetery, Colfax.

Mr. Ralph died Sunday, May 15, 2016, at a nursing home in Grand Saline.

He was born Sunday, Aug. 13, 1939, in Vinemont, Ala., to the late Robert Linzie Sr. and Eunice Helen Lamon Ralph.

 He married Anna Ruth Morris on June 8, 1963, in Dallas. They moved from Fruitvale and had lived in Alba for the last seven years. He served in the Army and worked in maintenance for the Grand Prairie Water Department. He also worked for the World of Animals of Forney and the Lion Country Safari of Grand Prairie. He was a member of the Alba Church of Christ.

Survivors include his wife of 52 years, Anna Ruth Ralph of Alba; son, John Walton Ralph Jr. of Alba; daughter, Karen Lynn and husband, John Gibson of Wills Point; three sisters, Gracie Lee Petty of Fort Worth, Sue Cadle of Cullman, Ala. and Helen Bowen of Cullman, Ala.; five grandchildren, Roy Dan Ralph, Jonathon Casey Ralph, Ethan Chance Ralph, Jett Grace Ralph, and John Richard Gibson II; and one great-granddaughter, Taryn Braylee Ralph.

He was preceded in death by his parents and; brother, Robert Linzie Ralph Jr.

Pallbearers were Phillip Morris, Marvin Mullins, and Ethan Ralph.