A graveside funeral service for Alton L. Pilcher, age 87 of Choudrant, LA, will be held at 2:30 PM, Sunday, December 22, 2024 at Choudrant Memorial Cemetery with Mr. Jim Davis officiating. Services are under the direction of Owens Memorial Chapel Funeral Home of Ruston, LA.
Alton L. Pilcher was born January 13, 1937 and passed away December 19, 2024. Alton retired from AT&T where he had worked worldwide. After his retirement he enjoyed being in the outdoors, spending time with his wife Joann, and spending time with his family. He and Joann loved their great-grandchildren dearly and enjoyed being with them. He was known to his family as “Grandpa Alton”. Mr. Alton loved his dogs Nel and Penny. He was a devout Christian and found great pleasure in reading his Bible. He loved listening to, and playing music. To know him was to love him.
Alton is preceded in death by his wife, Joann Pilcher; his parents, Charles Clifton Pilcher and Leslie Frazier Pilcher; and his siblings, Elizabeth Hood, Charles Lester Pilcher, and Lorene Aulds.
Mr. Pilcher is survived by his brother, Doyle Pilcher and his wife Katie; his sister, Devone Pilcher; his son, Bobby J. Milner and his wife Barbara; a grandson, Brandon J. Milner; a granddaughter, Bethany Hearne and her husband Jacob; and four great-grandchildren, Emma Barber, Ella Milner, Tucker Hearne, and Ava Hearne.
