Gladys Narron Alford Gladys was born Nov. 19, 1936, in Johnston County, NC and died on Oct. 6, 2008, in Rocky Mount, NC

Gladys' children

David Wlibert Liles -

Diane Alford McConnell -

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Gladys, like many of her peers, started smoking at a young age.

She met Billy Wilbert Liles at the Union Hall Baptist Church. On Sundays her father would take the children to visit Esker, their aunt.

From there, they would either walk to church or were taken in a car. Gladys and Billy had an immediate attraction.

Gladys quit school in 10th grade and married Billy in Dillon, SC.

They moved in with his sister in Rocky Mount, NC. Billy worked in the cotton mill and Gladys worked at Burlington Mill until they closed.

They had one son David Wilbert Liles born April 24, 1957, in Nash County, NC.

Gladys and Billy had one daughter, Teresa Diane born Jan. 15, 1960.

Gladys was a blond, but after getting cancer and having chemo therapy, her hair came back black and then changed to brown.

Gladys successfully won a battle against lymphoma, but she also struggled against lung and uterine cancers.