Alese Bourne Conrad

CONRAD, Alese Bourne, 97, of Richmond, died December 30, 2009. She was born to the late Arthur Irving Bourne and the late Olia Campbell Bourne on August 11, 1912. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Samuel Lafayette "Fayette" Crone; and her second husband, Everett Conrad; sister, Ora Bourne Sanders; and a nephew, Melvin Irving Perkins. She is survived by one brother, George Wilson Bourne and his wife, Ruth Noel Bourne; and one sister, Myrtle Bourne Duke; and six nieces and nephews, Kenneth Bourne and his wife, Elizabeth "Libby," Sandra Bourne Holland and her husband, James, Maurice Duke and his wife, Elizabeth, George Duke and his wife, Kathleen, Frances Duke Reynolds and her husband, William, and a number of great-nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends at Bliley's-Staples Mill, 8510 Staples Mill Road, from 2 to 5 p.m. Friday. Funeral at Bliley's at 1 p.m. Saturday, with burial to follow at Forest Lawn Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Hatcher Memorial Baptist Church, 2000 Dumbarton Road, 23228.


This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.