Alexandria "Andi" Alford Gonzalez was born on March 8, 1999, in Canton, Georgia, to  Dave and Beth Alford. She grew up in Osyka, Ocean Springs, and rural Magnolia.  She graduated from Home School in 2016. Andi attended college at Pearl River Community College and Southwest Mississippi Community College. She later moved back to the Gulf Coast and in 2019, she married Joel Gonzalez.

Andi was preceded in death by her paternal grandparents, Howard and Betty Alford of Osyka, MS and infant daughter, Saylor Rose.

She is survived by her husband,  Joel Gonzalez of Gulfport, MS;  her 2 year old son Silas Alexander and 8 month old daughter Sophia Mae; parents Dave and Beth Alford of Magnolia, MS; sisters,  Emily Alford of Lakenheath, England, and Madeline Alford of Magnolia, MS;  brothers Rob Alford of D'Iberville, MS and Ben Hendricks of Newnan, GA, and grandparents Jeff and Elaine Brock of Lakeland, FL.