Ruffin, Alvin J. MARSHALL -- Services for Alvin J. Ruffin, 51, of Longview, will be 1 p.m. Saturday, April 8, 2006, at Antioch Baptist Church in Leigh, with the Rev. Paul Todd Sr. officiating. Burial will follow in Antioch Cemetery of Leigh. Arrangements are by Lewis Funeral Home. Mr. Ruffin died March 29, 2006, in Longview. He was born July 22, 1954, in Kansas City, Kan. Survivors include his mother, Girtha Ruffin; father, the Rev. Calvin Ruffin; and sisters, Loretta Ruffin, Glenda Ruffin, Evelyn Hurn, and Emily Craft. Published in the Longview News-Journal on 4/6/2006.