Class of 1971
Dignity Memorial
Sandra Faye Alston
December 30, 1953 – May 16, 2025
Sandra F. Alston, of Casa Grande, entered her final destination with our Lord and Savior on May 16, 2025, after a courageous five-month battle with uterine cancer.
Sandra F. Alston was born in St. Louis, Missouri to her parents Ed and Wanda Alston on December 30, 1953. They moved to Stanfield, Arizona in 1954 when she was just 11 months old, searching for the “white gold” everyone was looking for in those days. When she was just a little girl, her parents bought, and operated Moore’s Grocery store located on Main Street in Casa Grande where she grew up and was instrumental in helping her parents run their business. Although biologically an only child, her parents took in two of her cousins and raised them as their own. She lovingly called them “scuzzins” (sisterly cousins of course).
Sandra was incredibly close to her mother and at age 19 she found herself getting ready to be a mother as well. She devoted herself to her daughter, Melanie, until the day she died. Upon her parents’ retirement (and the sale of Moore’s Grocery) in 1985, Sandra needed to find another occupation, so her father sent her to beauty school. She spent the next 35 years as a Nail Technician, starting out at Deanna’s Shear Radiance and moving to TLC Salon in 1988 where she remained until retirement. Her career led to many wonderful friendships throughout the years, friends that she couldn’t live without, like Stella, Cynthia, Janice, Stacey, Karen, Cheryse, Linda and Madonna to name a few.
There were so many beautiful characteristics that made up Sandra’s DNA. She was devoted to her life partner, Jim Clark, her family and her friends. She was a faithful servant of our Lord, and her heart of gold was something everyone benefited from. Her sense of humor made an entire room erupt in laughter and she possessed a true servant’s heart which came out through her delicious cooking and baking from scratch. Her phenomenal recipes will live on through her grandchildren, but her patience and teaching them to cook will be sorely missed.
The only thing Sandra enjoyed more than motherhood was being a Memaw to her four grandchildren. She had a way of making DJ, Sierra, Sheyne and Savannah feel as though they were each her favorite, spending time with each of them on a one-on-one basis.
Sandra is preceded in death by her parents; sisterly cousins, Mary Burden and Jeanette Alston; and her half-brother, Billy Alston. She is survived by her daughter, Melanie and beloved son-in-law, David; her grandchildren, Darrin (Jessica) Durant, Sierra Durant (Allaina Elliston), Sheyne Bradley (Martii Sullivan) and Savannah Bracken. She is survived by three great-grandchildren as well as her life partner of 20+ years, Jim Clark.
A celebration of Sandra’s life will be held on May 30th, 2025, at 9:30 a.m. at J. Warren Funeral Services, 525 N Peart Road, Casa Grande, Arizona 85122. Sophia Cossins, Sandra’s friend and minister, will officiate. We will escort Sandra to her final resting place at Mountain View Cemetery and a reception for friends and family will follow at Su Casa Grande Mexican Grill & Cantina, 804 Cacheris Court, Casa Grande, Arizona 85122.
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