The Wellington Leader December 25, 1986
Earl G. Alexander, 86, a lifelong resident of Collingsworth County, died Wednesday, Dec. 17, at 1:25 p.m. at Wellington Care Center.
Mr. Alexander was born May 17, 1899 in a half dugout in the Lutie community. His father was Lyman Terry Alexander and his mother Emma Stell Winney Alexander.
Mr. Alexander's family was in Texas while it was a province of Mexico. His great grandfather Amos Alexander was a founder of Bastrop, and was killed in 1835 by Indians as he was hauling supplies to his general mercantile store in that town. Other members of the family were influential in the development of the areas in which they lived, as they moved further north, until Earl Alexander's father, Terry Alexander, came to Collingsworth County with three brothers.
He was a former ASCS county committeeman in Childress County, a former member of the Loco School board, the Loco gin Board of Directors, and the administrative board of First United Methodist Church, of which he was a member. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Bess Alexander, two daughters, Mrs. Edna Smith of Sweeney and Mrs. Louise Craft of Earth; a daughter-in-law, Betty Alexander of Austin; a brother, John L. Alexander of Frankston; a sister, Mrs. Thelma Bairfield of Clarendon; 9 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, Col. John T. Alexander in 1981, and a sister, Mrs. Alma Crawley in 1984.
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U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Earl Gray Alexander
Birth Date: 17 May 1899
Residence Date: 1917-1918
Street Address: Aberdon Route
Residence Place: Collingsworth County, Texas, USA
Physical Build: Medium
Height: Tall
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Relative: Limon Terry Alexander
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Earl Gray Alexander
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 42
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 17 May 1899
Birth Place: Collingsworth, Texas, USA
Residence Place: Loco, Childress, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 16 Feb 1942
Registration Place: Loco, Childress, Texas, USA
Employer: Self
Weight: 168
Complexion: Dark
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 6 1
Next of Kin: Earl G Alexander
Household Members: 1
Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Earl Alexander
Death Date: 17 Dec 1986
Death County: Collingsworth
Gender: Male
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Earl Alexander
Birth Date: 17 May 1899
Issue Year: 1955
Issue State: Texas
Last Residence: 79095, Wellington, Collingsworth, Texas, USA
Death Date: Dec 1986
Earl G. Alexander, 86, a lifelong resident of Collingsworth County, died Wednesday, Dec. 17, at 1:25 p.m. at Wellington Care Center.
Mr. Alexander was born May 17, 1899 in a half dugout in the Lutie community. His father was Lyman Terry Alexander and his mother Emma Stell Winney Alexander.
Mr. Alexander's family was in Texas while it was a province of Mexico. His great grandfather Amos Alexander was a founder of Bastrop, and was killed in 1835 by Indians as he was hauling supplies to his general mercantile store in that town. Other members of the family were influential in the development of the areas in which they lived, as they moved further north, until Earl Alexander's father, Terry Alexander, came to Collingsworth County with three brothers.
He was a former ASCS county committeeman in Childress County, a former member of the Loco School board, the Loco gin Board of Directors, and the administrative board of First United Methodist Church, of which he was a member. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Bess Alexander, two daughters, Mrs. Edna Smith of Sweeney and Mrs. Louise Craft of Earth; a daughter-in-law, Betty Alexander of Austin; a brother, John L. Alexander of Frankston; a sister, Mrs. Thelma Bairfield of Clarendon; 9 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, Col. John T. Alexander in 1981, and a sister, Mrs. Alma Crawley in 1984.
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U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Earl Gray Alexander
Birth Date: 17 May 1899
Residence Date: 1917-1918
Street Address: Aberdon Route
Residence Place: Collingsworth County, Texas, USA
Physical Build: Medium
Height: Tall
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Relative: Limon Terry Alexander
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Earl Gray Alexander
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 42
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 17 May 1899
Birth Place: Collingsworth, Texas, USA
Residence Place: Loco, Childress, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 16 Feb 1942
Registration Place: Loco, Childress, Texas, USA
Employer: Self
Weight: 168
Complexion: Dark
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 6 1
Next of Kin: Earl G Alexander
Household Members: 1
Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Earl Alexander
Death Date: 17 Dec 1986
Death County: Collingsworth
Gender: Male
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Earl Alexander
Birth Date: 17 May 1899
Issue Year: 1955
Issue State: Texas
Last Residence: 79095, Wellington, Collingsworth, Texas, USA
Death Date: Dec 1986
The Wellington Leader December 25, 1986
Earl G. Alexander, 86, a lifelong resident of Collingsworth County, died Wednesday, Dec. 17, at 1:25 p.m. at Wellington Care Center.
Mr. Alexander was born May 17, 1899 in a half dugout in the Lutie community. His father was Lyman Terry Alexander and his mother Emma Stell Winney Alexander.
Mr. Alexander's family was in Texas while it was a province of Mexico. His great grandfather Amos Alexander was a founder of Bastrop, and was killed in 1835 by Indians as he was hauling supplies to his general mercantile store in that town. Other members of the family were influential in the development of the areas in which they lived, as they moved further north, until Earl Alexander's father, Terry Alexander, came to Collingsworth County with three brothers.
He was a former ASCS county committeeman in Childress County, a former member of the Loco School board, the Loco gin Board of Directors, and the administrative board of First United Methodist Church, of which he was a member. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Bess Alexander, two daughters, Mrs. Edna Smith of Sweeney and Mrs. Louise Craft of Earth; a daughter-in-law, Betty Alexander of Austin; a brother, John L. Alexander of Frankston; a sister, Mrs. Thelma Bairfield of Clarendon; 9 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, Col. John T. Alexander in 1981, and a sister, Mrs. Alma Crawley in 1984.
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U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Earl Gray Alexander
Birth Date: 17 May 1899
Residence Date: 1917-1918
Street Address: Aberdon Route
Residence Place: Collingsworth County, Texas, USA
Physical Build: Medium
Height: Tall
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Relative: Limon Terry Alexander
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Earl Gray Alexander
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 42
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 17 May 1899
Birth Place: Collingsworth, Texas, USA
Residence Place: Loco, Childress, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 16 Feb 1942
Registration Place: Loco, Childress, Texas, USA
Employer: Self
Weight: 168
Complexion: Dark
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 6 1
Next of Kin: Earl G Alexander
Household Members: 1
Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Earl Alexander
Death Date: 17 Dec 1986
Death County: Collingsworth
Gender: Male
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Earl Alexander
Birth Date: 17 May 1899
Issue Year: 1955
Issue State: Texas
Last Residence: 79095, Wellington, Collingsworth, Texas, USA
Death Date: Dec 1986
Earl G. Alexander, 86, a lifelong resident of Collingsworth County, died Wednesday, Dec. 17, at 1:25 p.m. at Wellington Care Center.
Mr. Alexander was born May 17, 1899 in a half dugout in the Lutie community. His father was Lyman Terry Alexander and his mother Emma Stell Winney Alexander.
Mr. Alexander's family was in Texas while it was a province of Mexico. His great grandfather Amos Alexander was a founder of Bastrop, and was killed in 1835 by Indians as he was hauling supplies to his general mercantile store in that town. Other members of the family were influential in the development of the areas in which they lived, as they moved further north, until Earl Alexander's father, Terry Alexander, came to Collingsworth County with three brothers.
He was a former ASCS county committeeman in Childress County, a former member of the Loco School board, the Loco gin Board of Directors, and the administrative board of First United Methodist Church, of which he was a member. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Bess Alexander, two daughters, Mrs. Edna Smith of Sweeney and Mrs. Louise Craft of Earth; a daughter-in-law, Betty Alexander of Austin; a brother, John L. Alexander of Frankston; a sister, Mrs. Thelma Bairfield of Clarendon; 9 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, Col. John T. Alexander in 1981, and a sister, Mrs. Alma Crawley in 1984.
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U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Earl Gray Alexander
Birth Date: 17 May 1899
Residence Date: 1917-1918
Street Address: Aberdon Route
Residence Place: Collingsworth County, Texas, USA
Physical Build: Medium
Height: Tall
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Relative: Limon Terry Alexander
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Earl Gray Alexander
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 42
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 17 May 1899
Birth Place: Collingsworth, Texas, USA
Residence Place: Loco, Childress, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 16 Feb 1942
Registration Place: Loco, Childress, Texas, USA
Employer: Self
Weight: 168
Complexion: Dark
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 6 1
Next of Kin: Earl G Alexander
Household Members: 1
Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Earl Alexander
Death Date: 17 Dec 1986
Death County: Collingsworth
Gender: Male
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Earl Alexander
Birth Date: 17 May 1899
Issue Year: 1955
Issue State: Texas
Last Residence: 79095, Wellington, Collingsworth, Texas, USA
Death Date: Dec 1986
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