William Marlin “Pa” Malone

77 year old William Marlin “Pa” Malone of Alexandria died Thursday at Alive Hospice in Nashville. He was a dozier operator and a member of the Malone’s Chapel Missionary Baptist Church. The funeral will be Sunday at 2:00 p.m. at the chapel of Anderson Funeral Home in Alexandria. Mike Gay and Javin Lawson will officiate and burial will be in the New Hope Cemetery. Visitation will be Saturday from 10:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. and Sunday from 10:00 a.m. until the service. He was preceded in death by his parents, Johnny D. and Laura A. Wills Malone; a brother, Gaston Malone; and sisters, Louise Driver and Janie Fuson. Survivors include his children, Howard and his wife Gayle Malone of Alexandria and Billy Malone of Alexandria. Grandchildren, Christy Malone, Tera Lynn Stacey, and William Travis Malone. Great grandchildren, Tyler Malone, Tatem Stacey, and Tylan Stacey. A brother, John Martin and his wife Barbara Malone. A sister, Shirley and her husband Robert Katzenmiller. Devoted nieces and nephews, Deb and husband Phil McCoy, Denise and husband Scotty Barrett, and Sam and wife Nancy Malone. Brother-in-law, Charles Fuson. Several nieces and nephews also survive. Anderson Funeral Home in Alexandria is in charge of the arrangements. The family has requested that donations be made to the New Hope Cemetery North Fund, in lieu of flowers.