Jack E. Alexander, 32, prominent Borger attorney, died while enroute to a hospital here following a head-on collision with another Borger vehicle around 9 o'clock Friday night 2.2 miles west of Panhandle on U.S. 60.
Alexander's secretary, Joy Woods, 410 W. Grand, a passenger, and four members of the Arthur C. Friend family, 800 Madison, were injured in the accident and hospitalized at North Plains Hospital.
The attorney and his secretary had been to Amarillo to file a legal brief and were travelling east on highway 60 when they collided head-on with the Friend vehicle travelling West.
All injured parties were rushed to North Plains Hospital by Poston Funeral Home ambulances of Panhandle. Alexander was given first aid treatment by a Panhandle physician and later died in an ambulance while enroute to Borger.
North Plains hospital attendants reported late Saturday that Arthur C. Friend Sr. suffered a broken right leg and multiple lacerations. His son, Arthur Jr. suffered lacerations and is believed by physicians to suffer a possible fractured skull.
Mrs. Friend sustained a broken left shoulder, a chipped bone in the left ankle and lacerations. The couple's daughter, Martha, suffered a fractured arm and dislocated ankle; another son, Jerry survived the accident without injury. Hospital attendants stated that the injured Friends were recovering and that none were in serious condition.
Joy Woods, Alexander's secretary since graduating from high school in May, suffered a severe beack injury and cuts and bruises about the head and face. North Plains attendants described her condition as "good."
Her parents are residents of Spring Creek.
Highway patrolmen stated that Alexander's vehicle was completely demolished and the left front side of the Friend auto was caved in. No reason could be given for the cause of the accident, according to investigating officers.
Alexander received his LLB from the University of Texas law school in August 1949 and moved to Borger upon graduation to form a partnership with K.H. Dally, former Borger attorney.
He was appointed to represent the Federal Housing Unit of Borger and was a member of the Rotary, Jaycees, Business Men's Club, Masons and the Methodist Church. Alexander had been active with the Boy Scouts and was extremely interested inn the welfare of youth.
The active civic leader and attorney spent 14 months in the Pacific as a pilot on a B-24 Bomber and was discharged a Captain on February 12, 1945 after serving three years in the air force and six months in the calvary.
Alexander belonged to the ex-students association of the New Mexico Military Institute and also of the University of Texas. He is a past secretary-treasurer of the Hutchinson County Bar Association, and was president for the association in 1951.
He was born in Wilson, Oklahoma, December 21, 1921 and five years later moved to Phillips. He attended Phillips grade school and two years of Phillips high school before finishing highschool [sic] at the military institute.
Alexander two years ago was active in the sponsoring of Allan Shivers for governor. He was a delegate to the National Democratic convention and was a County Chairman of the Democratic Party for President Eisehower. In addition he was a Democratic chairman in Borger.
Alexander lived with his wife, Eloise, and four children - Jack, Jana Kay, Boyd Allen and Lisa Ann at the home 1313 Jolly. Mrs. Alexander was in San Antonio when the accident occurred.
Alexander also is survived by his father, E.G. Alexander of Kearns; his foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Alexander of Phillips; a sister, Wanda Jean of Phillips; four brothers - Stanley, Doyle, Keigh and Gale, all of Borger. Services, which will be from a local funeral home, still were pending the arrival of relatives Saturday night.
Meanwhile, late Saturday there was no change in the conditions of other patients involved in the accident. North Plains hospital attendants reported they were all "resting well and doing as well as expected."
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Sunday, July 11, 1954)
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Funeral services for Jack Alexander, prominent Borger attorney, who was killed in a head-on collision on Highway 60 near Panhandle Friday night, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Phillips Methodist Church.
Rev. S. Dwane Bruce, pastor, assisted by the Rev. Lloyd Hamilton pastor of the Borger Methodist Church will officiate at the services. Interment will be in Highland Park Cemetery.
Alexander was killed in a two-car collision in which five others were injured. Four member of the Arthur C. Friend family, the father, mother and two children, and Miss Joy Woods, 18, secretary to Alexander, are all in the North Plains Hospital.
Hospital attendants reported late this morning that all the injured persons are progressing well toward recovery. None was reported in a critical condition. A third member of the Friend family was not injured in the accident.
Active casket bearers for Alexander's services are Hugh Miller, Jimmy Lynn, P.B. Higgs, Jr., L. B. Nichols, Jr., Bob Gallaway, Robert Smock, Cecil Rentfrow and Dale Elliott.
Honorary pallbearers are: Hugh Anderson, C.H. Fraley, C.D. Davis, Homer Moss, Dr. J.W. Barnett, Jack Knight, Kenneth Lawing, Vernon Brown, and members of the Hutchinson County Bar Association.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Monday, July 12, 1954)
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Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Edgar Jack Alexander
Death Date: 9 Jul 1954
Death County: Hutchinson
Certificate: 34661
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Edgar Jack Alexander
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 32
Birth Date: 19 Dec 1921
Birth Place: Ardmore, Oklahoma
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Death Date: 9 Jul 1954
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Father: E G Alexander
Mother: Emma Dobkins
Spouse: Jack Alexander
Alexander's secretary, Joy Woods, 410 W. Grand, a passenger, and four members of the Arthur C. Friend family, 800 Madison, were injured in the accident and hospitalized at North Plains Hospital.
The attorney and his secretary had been to Amarillo to file a legal brief and were travelling east on highway 60 when they collided head-on with the Friend vehicle travelling West.
All injured parties were rushed to North Plains Hospital by Poston Funeral Home ambulances of Panhandle. Alexander was given first aid treatment by a Panhandle physician and later died in an ambulance while enroute to Borger.
North Plains hospital attendants reported late Saturday that Arthur C. Friend Sr. suffered a broken right leg and multiple lacerations. His son, Arthur Jr. suffered lacerations and is believed by physicians to suffer a possible fractured skull.
Mrs. Friend sustained a broken left shoulder, a chipped bone in the left ankle and lacerations. The couple's daughter, Martha, suffered a fractured arm and dislocated ankle; another son, Jerry survived the accident without injury. Hospital attendants stated that the injured Friends were recovering and that none were in serious condition.
Joy Woods, Alexander's secretary since graduating from high school in May, suffered a severe beack injury and cuts and bruises about the head and face. North Plains attendants described her condition as "good."
Her parents are residents of Spring Creek.
Highway patrolmen stated that Alexander's vehicle was completely demolished and the left front side of the Friend auto was caved in. No reason could be given for the cause of the accident, according to investigating officers.
Alexander received his LLB from the University of Texas law school in August 1949 and moved to Borger upon graduation to form a partnership with K.H. Dally, former Borger attorney.
He was appointed to represent the Federal Housing Unit of Borger and was a member of the Rotary, Jaycees, Business Men's Club, Masons and the Methodist Church. Alexander had been active with the Boy Scouts and was extremely interested inn the welfare of youth.
The active civic leader and attorney spent 14 months in the Pacific as a pilot on a B-24 Bomber and was discharged a Captain on February 12, 1945 after serving three years in the air force and six months in the calvary.
Alexander belonged to the ex-students association of the New Mexico Military Institute and also of the University of Texas. He is a past secretary-treasurer of the Hutchinson County Bar Association, and was president for the association in 1951.
He was born in Wilson, Oklahoma, December 21, 1921 and five years later moved to Phillips. He attended Phillips grade school and two years of Phillips high school before finishing highschool [sic] at the military institute.
Alexander two years ago was active in the sponsoring of Allan Shivers for governor. He was a delegate to the National Democratic convention and was a County Chairman of the Democratic Party for President Eisehower. In addition he was a Democratic chairman in Borger.
Alexander lived with his wife, Eloise, and four children - Jack, Jana Kay, Boyd Allen and Lisa Ann at the home 1313 Jolly. Mrs. Alexander was in San Antonio when the accident occurred.
Alexander also is survived by his father, E.G. Alexander of Kearns; his foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Alexander of Phillips; a sister, Wanda Jean of Phillips; four brothers - Stanley, Doyle, Keigh and Gale, all of Borger. Services, which will be from a local funeral home, still were pending the arrival of relatives Saturday night.
Meanwhile, late Saturday there was no change in the conditions of other patients involved in the accident. North Plains hospital attendants reported they were all "resting well and doing as well as expected."
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Sunday, July 11, 1954)
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Funeral services for Jack Alexander, prominent Borger attorney, who was killed in a head-on collision on Highway 60 near Panhandle Friday night, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Phillips Methodist Church.
Rev. S. Dwane Bruce, pastor, assisted by the Rev. Lloyd Hamilton pastor of the Borger Methodist Church will officiate at the services. Interment will be in Highland Park Cemetery.
Alexander was killed in a two-car collision in which five others were injured. Four member of the Arthur C. Friend family, the father, mother and two children, and Miss Joy Woods, 18, secretary to Alexander, are all in the North Plains Hospital.
Hospital attendants reported late this morning that all the injured persons are progressing well toward recovery. None was reported in a critical condition. A third member of the Friend family was not injured in the accident.
Active casket bearers for Alexander's services are Hugh Miller, Jimmy Lynn, P.B. Higgs, Jr., L. B. Nichols, Jr., Bob Gallaway, Robert Smock, Cecil Rentfrow and Dale Elliott.
Honorary pallbearers are: Hugh Anderson, C.H. Fraley, C.D. Davis, Homer Moss, Dr. J.W. Barnett, Jack Knight, Kenneth Lawing, Vernon Brown, and members of the Hutchinson County Bar Association.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Monday, July 12, 1954)
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Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Edgar Jack Alexander
Death Date: 9 Jul 1954
Death County: Hutchinson
Certificate: 34661
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Edgar Jack Alexander
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 32
Birth Date: 19 Dec 1921
Birth Place: Ardmore, Oklahoma
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Death Date: 9 Jul 1954
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Father: E G Alexander
Mother: Emma Dobkins
Spouse: Jack Alexander
Jack E. Alexander, 32, prominent Borger attorney, died while enroute to a hospital here following a head-on collision with another Borger vehicle around 9 o'clock Friday night 2.2 miles west of Panhandle on U.S. 60.
Alexander's secretary, Joy Woods, 410 W. Grand, a passenger, and four members of the Arthur C. Friend family, 800 Madison, were injured in the accident and hospitalized at North Plains Hospital.
The attorney and his secretary had been to Amarillo to file a legal brief and were travelling east on highway 60 when they collided head-on with the Friend vehicle travelling West.
All injured parties were rushed to North Plains Hospital by Poston Funeral Home ambulances of Panhandle. Alexander was given first aid treatment by a Panhandle physician and later died in an ambulance while enroute to Borger.
North Plains hospital attendants reported late Saturday that Arthur C. Friend Sr. suffered a broken right leg and multiple lacerations. His son, Arthur Jr. suffered lacerations and is believed by physicians to suffer a possible fractured skull.
Mrs. Friend sustained a broken left shoulder, a chipped bone in the left ankle and lacerations. The couple's daughter, Martha, suffered a fractured arm and dislocated ankle; another son, Jerry survived the accident without injury. Hospital attendants stated that the injured Friends were recovering and that none were in serious condition.
Joy Woods, Alexander's secretary since graduating from high school in May, suffered a severe beack injury and cuts and bruises about the head and face. North Plains attendants described her condition as "good."
Her parents are residents of Spring Creek.
Highway patrolmen stated that Alexander's vehicle was completely demolished and the left front side of the Friend auto was caved in. No reason could be given for the cause of the accident, according to investigating officers.
Alexander received his LLB from the University of Texas law school in August 1949 and moved to Borger upon graduation to form a partnership with K.H. Dally, former Borger attorney.
He was appointed to represent the Federal Housing Unit of Borger and was a member of the Rotary, Jaycees, Business Men's Club, Masons and the Methodist Church. Alexander had been active with the Boy Scouts and was extremely interested inn the welfare of youth.
The active civic leader and attorney spent 14 months in the Pacific as a pilot on a B-24 Bomber and was discharged a Captain on February 12, 1945 after serving three years in the air force and six months in the calvary.
Alexander belonged to the ex-students association of the New Mexico Military Institute and also of the University of Texas. He is a past secretary-treasurer of the Hutchinson County Bar Association, and was president for the association in 1951.
He was born in Wilson, Oklahoma, December 21, 1921 and five years later moved to Phillips. He attended Phillips grade school and two years of Phillips high school before finishing highschool [sic] at the military institute.
Alexander two years ago was active in the sponsoring of Allan Shivers for governor. He was a delegate to the National Democratic convention and was a County Chairman of the Democratic Party for President Eisehower. In addition he was a Democratic chairman in Borger.
Alexander lived with his wife, Eloise, and four children - Jack, Jana Kay, Boyd Allen and Lisa Ann at the home 1313 Jolly. Mrs. Alexander was in San Antonio when the accident occurred.
Alexander also is survived by his father, E.G. Alexander of Kearns; his foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Alexander of Phillips; a sister, Wanda Jean of Phillips; four brothers - Stanley, Doyle, Keigh and Gale, all of Borger. Services, which will be from a local funeral home, still were pending the arrival of relatives Saturday night.
Meanwhile, late Saturday there was no change in the conditions of other patients involved in the accident. North Plains hospital attendants reported they were all "resting well and doing as well as expected."
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Sunday, July 11, 1954)
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Funeral services for Jack Alexander, prominent Borger attorney, who was killed in a head-on collision on Highway 60 near Panhandle Friday night, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Phillips Methodist Church.
Rev. S. Dwane Bruce, pastor, assisted by the Rev. Lloyd Hamilton pastor of the Borger Methodist Church will officiate at the services. Interment will be in Highland Park Cemetery.
Alexander was killed in a two-car collision in which five others were injured. Four member of the Arthur C. Friend family, the father, mother and two children, and Miss Joy Woods, 18, secretary to Alexander, are all in the North Plains Hospital.
Hospital attendants reported late this morning that all the injured persons are progressing well toward recovery. None was reported in a critical condition. A third member of the Friend family was not injured in the accident.
Active casket bearers for Alexander's services are Hugh Miller, Jimmy Lynn, P.B. Higgs, Jr., L. B. Nichols, Jr., Bob Gallaway, Robert Smock, Cecil Rentfrow and Dale Elliott.
Honorary pallbearers are: Hugh Anderson, C.H. Fraley, C.D. Davis, Homer Moss, Dr. J.W. Barnett, Jack Knight, Kenneth Lawing, Vernon Brown, and members of the Hutchinson County Bar Association.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Monday, July 12, 1954)
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Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Edgar Jack Alexander
Death Date: 9 Jul 1954
Death County: Hutchinson
Certificate: 34661
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Edgar Jack Alexander
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 32
Birth Date: 19 Dec 1921
Birth Place: Ardmore, Oklahoma
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Death Date: 9 Jul 1954
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Father: E G Alexander
Mother: Emma Dobkins
Spouse: Jack Alexander
Alexander's secretary, Joy Woods, 410 W. Grand, a passenger, and four members of the Arthur C. Friend family, 800 Madison, were injured in the accident and hospitalized at North Plains Hospital.
The attorney and his secretary had been to Amarillo to file a legal brief and were travelling east on highway 60 when they collided head-on with the Friend vehicle travelling West.
All injured parties were rushed to North Plains Hospital by Poston Funeral Home ambulances of Panhandle. Alexander was given first aid treatment by a Panhandle physician and later died in an ambulance while enroute to Borger.
North Plains hospital attendants reported late Saturday that Arthur C. Friend Sr. suffered a broken right leg and multiple lacerations. His son, Arthur Jr. suffered lacerations and is believed by physicians to suffer a possible fractured skull.
Mrs. Friend sustained a broken left shoulder, a chipped bone in the left ankle and lacerations. The couple's daughter, Martha, suffered a fractured arm and dislocated ankle; another son, Jerry survived the accident without injury. Hospital attendants stated that the injured Friends were recovering and that none were in serious condition.
Joy Woods, Alexander's secretary since graduating from high school in May, suffered a severe beack injury and cuts and bruises about the head and face. North Plains attendants described her condition as "good."
Her parents are residents of Spring Creek.
Highway patrolmen stated that Alexander's vehicle was completely demolished and the left front side of the Friend auto was caved in. No reason could be given for the cause of the accident, according to investigating officers.
Alexander received his LLB from the University of Texas law school in August 1949 and moved to Borger upon graduation to form a partnership with K.H. Dally, former Borger attorney.
He was appointed to represent the Federal Housing Unit of Borger and was a member of the Rotary, Jaycees, Business Men's Club, Masons and the Methodist Church. Alexander had been active with the Boy Scouts and was extremely interested inn the welfare of youth.
The active civic leader and attorney spent 14 months in the Pacific as a pilot on a B-24 Bomber and was discharged a Captain on February 12, 1945 after serving three years in the air force and six months in the calvary.
Alexander belonged to the ex-students association of the New Mexico Military Institute and also of the University of Texas. He is a past secretary-treasurer of the Hutchinson County Bar Association, and was president for the association in 1951.
He was born in Wilson, Oklahoma, December 21, 1921 and five years later moved to Phillips. He attended Phillips grade school and two years of Phillips high school before finishing highschool [sic] at the military institute.
Alexander two years ago was active in the sponsoring of Allan Shivers for governor. He was a delegate to the National Democratic convention and was a County Chairman of the Democratic Party for President Eisehower. In addition he was a Democratic chairman in Borger.
Alexander lived with his wife, Eloise, and four children - Jack, Jana Kay, Boyd Allen and Lisa Ann at the home 1313 Jolly. Mrs. Alexander was in San Antonio when the accident occurred.
Alexander also is survived by his father, E.G. Alexander of Kearns; his foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Alexander of Phillips; a sister, Wanda Jean of Phillips; four brothers - Stanley, Doyle, Keigh and Gale, all of Borger. Services, which will be from a local funeral home, still were pending the arrival of relatives Saturday night.
Meanwhile, late Saturday there was no change in the conditions of other patients involved in the accident. North Plains hospital attendants reported they were all "resting well and doing as well as expected."
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Sunday, July 11, 1954)
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Funeral services for Jack Alexander, prominent Borger attorney, who was killed in a head-on collision on Highway 60 near Panhandle Friday night, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Phillips Methodist Church.
Rev. S. Dwane Bruce, pastor, assisted by the Rev. Lloyd Hamilton pastor of the Borger Methodist Church will officiate at the services. Interment will be in Highland Park Cemetery.
Alexander was killed in a two-car collision in which five others were injured. Four member of the Arthur C. Friend family, the father, mother and two children, and Miss Joy Woods, 18, secretary to Alexander, are all in the North Plains Hospital.
Hospital attendants reported late this morning that all the injured persons are progressing well toward recovery. None was reported in a critical condition. A third member of the Friend family was not injured in the accident.
Active casket bearers for Alexander's services are Hugh Miller, Jimmy Lynn, P.B. Higgs, Jr., L. B. Nichols, Jr., Bob Gallaway, Robert Smock, Cecil Rentfrow and Dale Elliott.
Honorary pallbearers are: Hugh Anderson, C.H. Fraley, C.D. Davis, Homer Moss, Dr. J.W. Barnett, Jack Knight, Kenneth Lawing, Vernon Brown, and members of the Hutchinson County Bar Association.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Monday, July 12, 1954)
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Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Edgar Jack Alexander
Death Date: 9 Jul 1954
Death County: Hutchinson
Certificate: 34661
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Edgar Jack Alexander
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 32
Birth Date: 19 Dec 1921
Birth Place: Ardmore, Oklahoma
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Death Date: 9 Jul 1954
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Father: E G Alexander
Mother: Emma Dobkins
Spouse: Jack Alexander
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