Zachary Pafford

A memorial service is scheduled for 11:00 AM. Saturday, February 2, 2013 at the Gateway Church of Christ for Zachary Morrow Pafford, age 32, who passed away on January 1, 2013 in Jacksonville Beach, Florida.

Zachary was born on Feb 6, 1980 in Ruidoso, New Mexico to Patrick and Gloria Pafford of San Patricio, New Mexcio.

Zac graduated from Ruidoso High School in 1998. He joined the US Navy and was stationed on the USS Hue City in Mayport, Florida. Zac remained in Florida after leaving the Navy and was coowner of United Tax Relief Corp in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. He was attending the University of Phoenix completing a degree in business administration.

He is survived by his parents, Gloria and Patrick Pafford of San Patricio, New Mexico, his grandfathers Charlie Alarid of Roswell, New Mexico and Winton B. Pafford and his wife Marge of Gainesville, Georgia. He is also survived by his sister, Tammy Duncan of Petuluma, CA and his two nephews, Justin Kase Duncan of San Patricio, and Dane Kolby Massengill of Petuluma, CA and his uncles Carlos Alarid and wife Carol of Santa Fe, NM and Joel Pafford and his wife Joelynn from Raton, NM. He is proceded in death by his grandmothers Rita Alarid of Roswell, NM and Betty Ruth Morrow of San Patricio, New Mexico and his uncle, Tito Alarid of Arlington, Texas.

Please come and join the family to celebrate his life and recount the many happy memories of Zachary we hold. We will miss his enduring smile, his kind heart, quick wit and humor.

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