Thomas Ryon Rayford, born Feb. 26 1973, died Sunday, June 26, 2011.
He was a 1991 graduate of Piggott High School in Arkansas and was alumni of Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn.
Over the years he has worked as a food service employee and will be missed by his co-workers at Carroll Place.
Survivors include his parents, Thomas Joseph Rayford and Sandra Bulmer Rayford; grandparents, Thomas J. and Suanna G. Rayford of Seymour, Tenn.; brother, Shane Ross (Dawn) Rayford of Cincinnati; niece, Madelyn Rayford, and nephew, Colin Rayford of Cincinnati.
The family wishes to say a special thanks to a very dear friend, Jeff Mog of Fairhope.
A Celebration of Life service will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday, June 30 at the Fairhope Inn.
Arrangements are by Wolfe-Bayview Funeral Homes & Crematory Inc., Fairhope. Online at www.wolfefuneralhome.net.