Born on February 25, 1920 in Montgomery, Alabama, Alva was the daughter of Frank P. Stephens and Theodora Bennett Stephens, and the sister of Mack L. Stephens, Class of 1931, Dan Oliver Stephens, Class of 1941, and John Stephens, Class of 1943. She graduated from Sidney Lanier High School in 1937, and on August 10, 1940, married John Sim Roth, Lanier Class of 1932.
Alva and Johnny had two children:
Theodora "Teddie" Kay Roth (Miller) (Jones) (Lanier Class of 1962)
John Phillip Roth, (Lanier Class of 1964), dec. 2006
Alva passed away on May 19, 1950.
5 Grandchildren:
Patrick Newton Miller, Born March 3, 1970
Brian Gregory Roth, Born December 27, 1971
Jon Marshall Miller, Born April 11, 1974
Todd Phillip Roth, Born December 11, 1974
John Herbert Roth, Born August 2, 1976
Great-Grandchildren:
Brian Gregory Roth, Jr., Born September 11, 1998
Ann Burks Roth, Born January 22, 2002
Emory Anne Roth, Born August 2, 2004
Peyton Beville Roth, Born April 10, 2006
John Lawson Roth, Born May 24, 2006
Thomas Mackin Roth, Born June 4, 2009
Rachel Elizabeth Miller, Born June 15, 2009
Frances Jones Roth, Born June 18, 2009
Ashley Caroline Miller, Born February 8, 2012
Minna Dent Roth (Hill) (1970)