Mr. Alphonso “Al” Alexander Gorham, son of the late Walter and Cariner Gorham of 326 Van Norden Street, Washington, N.C., and a resident of 2900 Oxon Park South, Temple Hill, Maryland, died Sunday, September 11, 2011.

Funeral services were 10:30 a.m. Saturday, September 17, 2011, at Saint Paul Baptist Church, 6611 Walker Mill Road, Capital Heights, Maryland. The family received friends from 9 a.m. until the funeral hour.

Flowers and condolences are welcome and can be sent to the Steward Funeral Home, 4001 Benning Road, NE, Washington, D.C. 20019, which is handling the arrangements.

Local follow-up is by Randolph Funeral Home, 219 N. Bonner St., Washington.