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Established 1948   Ola L. Alexander 1899 - 1996 Frank F. Alexander 1894 - 1979
 Jerry W. Alexander 27 July 1929 - 14 February 1953 Texas A1C 3540th Supply SQ AF Sherman Democrat
Friday, 12 January 1996 Services for Ola L. Alexander, 96-year-old Sherman resident and homemaker, were held at 10 a.m. Saturday in Waldo Funeral Home Chapel. She died January 11, 1996, at the Chapel of Care Nursing Home. Rev. Tim Clayton, pastor of East Sherman Baptist Church, officiated. Burial was in Cedarlawn Memorial Park. Mrs. Alexander was born on November 29, 1899, in Sherman, the daughter of Robert and Mammie Kellough Hancock and attended Sherman public schools. On August 21, 1920, she married Frank F. Alexander in Grayson County. She lived in Sherman all of her life and joined East Sherman Baptist Church around 1935. During her lifetime, she was very active in all church activities and was a member of the Mary Martha Sunday School Class. She was a life member of the PTA, and held many offices in the school and city organizations. She was a member of the Sherman Rebekah Lodge No. 297, (International Order of Odd Fellows) and throughout the years, had held all the offices in the Lodge. She was also a member of the World War I Ladies Auxiliary and the American Legion Auxiliary. In her later years, she was a volunteer at the Sherman Senior Citizens Center, which she enjoyed for about 15 years. Her last three years, she made her home in the Chapel of Care Nursing Home being cared for by her family and a loving staff at the home. Mrs. Alexander is survived by her son, Bob Alexander and his wife Earline of Sherman; grandchildren, Barbara Clayton and her husband Lee of Denison, Rick Alexander and his wife Gail of Sherman, and Jerri Sue Boles and her husband, Bobby of Cd. Constitucion, Mexico; and great-grandchildren, Trevor and Tracey Clayton of Denison, Nicole, Casey, Philip and Lola Alexander, all of Sherman, and Susan, Alex and Kelli Boles, all of Mexico. She was preceded in death by her husband, who died on December 9, 1979, and a son, Jerry Alexander, who died on February 14, 1953 while serving in the Air Force during the Korean Conflict. Pallbearers were grandsons and great-grandsons: Rick Alexander, Casey Alexander, Philip Alexander, Lee Clayton, Trevor Clayton and Tracey Clayton. Memorials may be made to the East Sherman Baptist Church Building Fund, in care of East Sherman Baptist Church, 901 East King Street, Sherman, Texas 75090.  Cedarlawn Cemetery Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |
