Alphia Burns Temple was born on this day in 1898, in West Virginia, to C. H. and Betty Lee Burns.
Alphia was married in 1914 to Edward Oscar Temple Sr., who passed away in 1957.
She worked for and retired from R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.
She was a member of Sedge Garden United Methodist Church.
Alphia passed away at 102 years of age, in 2001, just 11 days short of her 103rd birthday. She lived to see her great-great-great grandchildren.
Birthday postcard courtesy of Wayne and Louise Biby.
