The Tattnall Journal - June 27, 1912
OBITUARY
Dr. J. Waldo Alexander
On a glorious summer morning while the trees and flowers were still sparkling, in the sunlight of a new-born day, like jewels with the crystal drops which had fallen the night before, while the woods rang with bird songs, while buds and blossoms every where were gracefully swaying in a gentle breeze, God, in His infinite wisdom, saw fit to send that most dreaded executioner, Death, into our midst and snap the life cords of a throbbing heart, drag a soul from its earthly temple, then quickly turn the key that opens a place of eternity, and rush that soul out of this fierce arena of human endeavors " Beyond the smoke and stir of this dim spot which we all call earth."
Death leaped upon the doomed young man to execute the sentence God imposed: a father rushed to his dying son: a mother was suddenly grief-stricken: a sister wept with sorrow: a young wife was made a widow: a whole community was stirred with excitement and surprise: physicians were called, but death had snatched the soul from it earthly temple when the arrived: friends rushed to the scene of battle and found a beloved associate dead: all because God saw fir to remove from our midst a beloved young man.
Time kept up its pace, the sparkling dew drops were soon put to flight by the burning rays of a summer sun, friends came to see who had fallen suddenly a prey of death; and at last came night, a night of sorrow and weeping; for those who loved him so well saw his stately form stilled in death, awaiting the dawning of another day and then the darkness of the tomb.
At last morning dawned, soon the sun flashed its beams and drove away the canopy of darkness which had hovered over our sleeping world. Then came friends and relatives, the minister and pall bearers; then a song, Scripture reading, and an oration by Rev. W.A. Mallory upon the life and death of the beloved deceased. The funeral procession began its march to a silent grave to entomb therein a beloved son, a husband, a brother, a friend, my friend, Dr. J. Waldo Alexander, who died June 15th, 1912, at 7 o'clock A.M. Dr. J. Waldo Alexander was born April 13th, 1889. He was the only son of Dr. O. L. and Mrs. Emma Alexander. After much preparation in the schools at home, he decided to prepare himself to practice the chosen profession of his father: and before he was twenty years of age, he entered the Atlanta Medical College. Later he became a student of John Hopkins Medical College of Baltimore. However, he spent his last year in Atlanta Medical College where he graduated, taking his final examination April 19th, 1910. On the following day he was examined by the State Board of Medical Examiners and licensed to practice his chosen profession. He was a generous and sympatric young man endowed with intellect that could have soon brought him to the front rank of his chosen profession. Before he graduated he was married to Miss Dora Higdon of Baltimore, who has many friends to sympathize with her in the loss of her husband, who died while she was visiting in Baltimore.
In the death of Dr. J. Waldo Alexander a community has lost an able young physician who had already shown great skills and ability in the treatment of diseases. Dr. O.L. Alexander, father of the deceased; Mrs. Emma Alexander, mother; Miss Willie Alexander, sister; and Mrs. Dora Alexander, wife, have lost one who was affectionate and kind and dear to them. And I have lost a friend.
June 20th, 1912
R.H. Burroughs, Reidsville, Ga.
The Tattnall Journal-July 11, 1912
Dr. Waldo Alexander
When anyone dies it is only natural for his friends to pile high, the new-made grave with beautiful flowers. Many have said they want their flowers while they live, and I am one of those, but I earnestly desire to pay my feeble tribute to the life of my good friend, Dr. Waldo Alexander. Waldo was born at Ludowici in Liberty County, on April 13th, 1889, where his parents then lived and died here on June the 15th, 1912, at the age of 23, and just as he was stepping out into active life of a young doctor, with brightest opportunity before him. He lived the greater part of his life in Reidsville. He was the only son of Dr. and Mrs. O.L. Alexander. He married Miss Dora Higdon, in Baltimore, while attending a Medical College, on March the 12th, 1909. His father and mother and wife and only sister, Miss Willie still survive him.
He was a manly young man, kind and tender to everyone. He had as bright an intellect as I ever knew.
You can best know anyone from the life he lives at home with his family. I have said it time and again, I repeat it now, that Waldo loved his mother more devotedly than anyone I ever saw. He was as gentle and kind to his sister as the average man is to his baby. He loved and honored his father, he worshipped his invalid wife and would carry her in his arms as tenderly as he would a baby.
These words are written by his friend to satisfy my mind and to soothe the aching of his dear mother.
H.H. Elders
OBITUARY
Dr. J. Waldo Alexander
On a glorious summer morning while the trees and flowers were still sparkling, in the sunlight of a new-born day, like jewels with the crystal drops which had fallen the night before, while the woods rang with bird songs, while buds and blossoms every where were gracefully swaying in a gentle breeze, God, in His infinite wisdom, saw fit to send that most dreaded executioner, Death, into our midst and snap the life cords of a throbbing heart, drag a soul from its earthly temple, then quickly turn the key that opens a place of eternity, and rush that soul out of this fierce arena of human endeavors " Beyond the smoke and stir of this dim spot which we all call earth."
Death leaped upon the doomed young man to execute the sentence God imposed: a father rushed to his dying son: a mother was suddenly grief-stricken: a sister wept with sorrow: a young wife was made a widow: a whole community was stirred with excitement and surprise: physicians were called, but death had snatched the soul from it earthly temple when the arrived: friends rushed to the scene of battle and found a beloved associate dead: all because God saw fir to remove from our midst a beloved young man.
Time kept up its pace, the sparkling dew drops were soon put to flight by the burning rays of a summer sun, friends came to see who had fallen suddenly a prey of death; and at last came night, a night of sorrow and weeping; for those who loved him so well saw his stately form stilled in death, awaiting the dawning of another day and then the darkness of the tomb.
At last morning dawned, soon the sun flashed its beams and drove away the canopy of darkness which had hovered over our sleeping world. Then came friends and relatives, the minister and pall bearers; then a song, Scripture reading, and an oration by Rev. W.A. Mallory upon the life and death of the beloved deceased. The funeral procession began its march to a silent grave to entomb therein a beloved son, a husband, a brother, a friend, my friend, Dr. J. Waldo Alexander, who died June 15th, 1912, at 7 o'clock A.M. Dr. J. Waldo Alexander was born April 13th, 1889. He was the only son of Dr. O. L. and Mrs. Emma Alexander. After much preparation in the schools at home, he decided to prepare himself to practice the chosen profession of his father: and before he was twenty years of age, he entered the Atlanta Medical College. Later he became a student of John Hopkins Medical College of Baltimore. However, he spent his last year in Atlanta Medical College where he graduated, taking his final examination April 19th, 1910. On the following day he was examined by the State Board of Medical Examiners and licensed to practice his chosen profession. He was a generous and sympatric young man endowed with intellect that could have soon brought him to the front rank of his chosen profession. Before he graduated he was married to Miss Dora Higdon of Baltimore, who has many friends to sympathize with her in the loss of her husband, who died while she was visiting in Baltimore.
In the death of Dr. J. Waldo Alexander a community has lost an able young physician who had already shown great skills and ability in the treatment of diseases. Dr. O.L. Alexander, father of the deceased; Mrs. Emma Alexander, mother; Miss Willie Alexander, sister; and Mrs. Dora Alexander, wife, have lost one who was affectionate and kind and dear to them. And I have lost a friend.
June 20th, 1912
R.H. Burroughs, Reidsville, Ga.
The Tattnall Journal-July 11, 1912
Dr. Waldo Alexander
When anyone dies it is only natural for his friends to pile high, the new-made grave with beautiful flowers. Many have said they want their flowers while they live, and I am one of those, but I earnestly desire to pay my feeble tribute to the life of my good friend, Dr. Waldo Alexander. Waldo was born at Ludowici in Liberty County, on April 13th, 1889, where his parents then lived and died here on June the 15th, 1912, at the age of 23, and just as he was stepping out into active life of a young doctor, with brightest opportunity before him. He lived the greater part of his life in Reidsville. He was the only son of Dr. and Mrs. O.L. Alexander. He married Miss Dora Higdon, in Baltimore, while attending a Medical College, on March the 12th, 1909. His father and mother and wife and only sister, Miss Willie still survive him.
He was a manly young man, kind and tender to everyone. He had as bright an intellect as I ever knew.
You can best know anyone from the life he lives at home with his family. I have said it time and again, I repeat it now, that Waldo loved his mother more devotedly than anyone I ever saw. He was as gentle and kind to his sister as the average man is to his baby. He loved and honored his father, he worshipped his invalid wife and would carry her in his arms as tenderly as he would a baby.
These words are written by his friend to satisfy my mind and to soothe the aching of his dear mother.
H.H. Elders
The Tattnall Journal - June 27, 1912
OBITUARY
Dr. J. Waldo Alexander
On a glorious summer morning while the trees and flowers were still sparkling, in the sunlight of a new-born day, like jewels with the crystal drops which had fallen the night before, while the woods rang with bird songs, while buds and blossoms every where were gracefully swaying in a gentle breeze, God, in His infinite wisdom, saw fit to send that most dreaded executioner, Death, into our midst and snap the life cords of a throbbing heart, drag a soul from its earthly temple, then quickly turn the key that opens a place of eternity, and rush that soul out of this fierce arena of human endeavors " Beyond the smoke and stir of this dim spot which we all call earth."
Death leaped upon the doomed young man to execute the sentence God imposed: a father rushed to his dying son: a mother was suddenly grief-stricken: a sister wept with sorrow: a young wife was made a widow: a whole community was stirred with excitement and surprise: physicians were called, but death had snatched the soul from it earthly temple when the arrived: friends rushed to the scene of battle and found a beloved associate dead: all because God saw fir to remove from our midst a beloved young man.
Time kept up its pace, the sparkling dew drops were soon put to flight by the burning rays of a summer sun, friends came to see who had fallen suddenly a prey of death; and at last came night, a night of sorrow and weeping; for those who loved him so well saw his stately form stilled in death, awaiting the dawning of another day and then the darkness of the tomb.
At last morning dawned, soon the sun flashed its beams and drove away the canopy of darkness which had hovered over our sleeping world. Then came friends and relatives, the minister and pall bearers; then a song, Scripture reading, and an oration by Rev. W.A. Mallory upon the life and death of the beloved deceased. The funeral procession began its march to a silent grave to entomb therein a beloved son, a husband, a brother, a friend, my friend, Dr. J. Waldo Alexander, who died June 15th, 1912, at 7 o'clock A.M. Dr. J. Waldo Alexander was born April 13th, 1889. He was the only son of Dr. O. L. and Mrs. Emma Alexander. After much preparation in the schools at home, he decided to prepare himself to practice the chosen profession of his father: and before he was twenty years of age, he entered the Atlanta Medical College. Later he became a student of John Hopkins Medical College of Baltimore. However, he spent his last year in Atlanta Medical College where he graduated, taking his final examination April 19th, 1910. On the following day he was examined by the State Board of Medical Examiners and licensed to practice his chosen profession. He was a generous and sympatric young man endowed with intellect that could have soon brought him to the front rank of his chosen profession. Before he graduated he was married to Miss Dora Higdon of Baltimore, who has many friends to sympathize with her in the loss of her husband, who died while she was visiting in Baltimore.
In the death of Dr. J. Waldo Alexander a community has lost an able young physician who had already shown great skills and ability in the treatment of diseases. Dr. O.L. Alexander, father of the deceased; Mrs. Emma Alexander, mother; Miss Willie Alexander, sister; and Mrs. Dora Alexander, wife, have lost one who was affectionate and kind and dear to them. And I have lost a friend.
June 20th, 1912
R.H. Burroughs, Reidsville, Ga.
The Tattnall Journal-July 11, 1912
Dr. Waldo Alexander
When anyone dies it is only natural for his friends to pile high, the new-made grave with beautiful flowers. Many have said they want their flowers while they live, and I am one of those, but I earnestly desire to pay my feeble tribute to the life of my good friend, Dr. Waldo Alexander. Waldo was born at Ludowici in Liberty County, on April 13th, 1889, where his parents then lived and died here on June the 15th, 1912, at the age of 23, and just as he was stepping out into active life of a young doctor, with brightest opportunity before him. He lived the greater part of his life in Reidsville. He was the only son of Dr. and Mrs. O.L. Alexander. He married Miss Dora Higdon, in Baltimore, while attending a Medical College, on March the 12th, 1909. His father and mother and wife and only sister, Miss Willie still survive him.
He was a manly young man, kind and tender to everyone. He had as bright an intellect as I ever knew.
You can best know anyone from the life he lives at home with his family. I have said it time and again, I repeat it now, that Waldo loved his mother more devotedly than anyone I ever saw. He was as gentle and kind to his sister as the average man is to his baby. He loved and honored his father, he worshipped his invalid wife and would carry her in his arms as tenderly as he would a baby.
These words are written by his friend to satisfy my mind and to soothe the aching of his dear mother.
H.H. Elders
OBITUARY
Dr. J. Waldo Alexander
On a glorious summer morning while the trees and flowers were still sparkling, in the sunlight of a new-born day, like jewels with the crystal drops which had fallen the night before, while the woods rang with bird songs, while buds and blossoms every where were gracefully swaying in a gentle breeze, God, in His infinite wisdom, saw fit to send that most dreaded executioner, Death, into our midst and snap the life cords of a throbbing heart, drag a soul from its earthly temple, then quickly turn the key that opens a place of eternity, and rush that soul out of this fierce arena of human endeavors " Beyond the smoke and stir of this dim spot which we all call earth."
Death leaped upon the doomed young man to execute the sentence God imposed: a father rushed to his dying son: a mother was suddenly grief-stricken: a sister wept with sorrow: a young wife was made a widow: a whole community was stirred with excitement and surprise: physicians were called, but death had snatched the soul from it earthly temple when the arrived: friends rushed to the scene of battle and found a beloved associate dead: all because God saw fir to remove from our midst a beloved young man.
Time kept up its pace, the sparkling dew drops were soon put to flight by the burning rays of a summer sun, friends came to see who had fallen suddenly a prey of death; and at last came night, a night of sorrow and weeping; for those who loved him so well saw his stately form stilled in death, awaiting the dawning of another day and then the darkness of the tomb.
At last morning dawned, soon the sun flashed its beams and drove away the canopy of darkness which had hovered over our sleeping world. Then came friends and relatives, the minister and pall bearers; then a song, Scripture reading, and an oration by Rev. W.A. Mallory upon the life and death of the beloved deceased. The funeral procession began its march to a silent grave to entomb therein a beloved son, a husband, a brother, a friend, my friend, Dr. J. Waldo Alexander, who died June 15th, 1912, at 7 o'clock A.M. Dr. J. Waldo Alexander was born April 13th, 1889. He was the only son of Dr. O. L. and Mrs. Emma Alexander. After much preparation in the schools at home, he decided to prepare himself to practice the chosen profession of his father: and before he was twenty years of age, he entered the Atlanta Medical College. Later he became a student of John Hopkins Medical College of Baltimore. However, he spent his last year in Atlanta Medical College where he graduated, taking his final examination April 19th, 1910. On the following day he was examined by the State Board of Medical Examiners and licensed to practice his chosen profession. He was a generous and sympatric young man endowed with intellect that could have soon brought him to the front rank of his chosen profession. Before he graduated he was married to Miss Dora Higdon of Baltimore, who has many friends to sympathize with her in the loss of her husband, who died while she was visiting in Baltimore.
In the death of Dr. J. Waldo Alexander a community has lost an able young physician who had already shown great skills and ability in the treatment of diseases. Dr. O.L. Alexander, father of the deceased; Mrs. Emma Alexander, mother; Miss Willie Alexander, sister; and Mrs. Dora Alexander, wife, have lost one who was affectionate and kind and dear to them. And I have lost a friend.
June 20th, 1912
R.H. Burroughs, Reidsville, Ga.
The Tattnall Journal-July 11, 1912
Dr. Waldo Alexander
When anyone dies it is only natural for his friends to pile high, the new-made grave with beautiful flowers. Many have said they want their flowers while they live, and I am one of those, but I earnestly desire to pay my feeble tribute to the life of my good friend, Dr. Waldo Alexander. Waldo was born at Ludowici in Liberty County, on April 13th, 1889, where his parents then lived and died here on June the 15th, 1912, at the age of 23, and just as he was stepping out into active life of a young doctor, with brightest opportunity before him. He lived the greater part of his life in Reidsville. He was the only son of Dr. and Mrs. O.L. Alexander. He married Miss Dora Higdon, in Baltimore, while attending a Medical College, on March the 12th, 1909. His father and mother and wife and only sister, Miss Willie still survive him.
He was a manly young man, kind and tender to everyone. He had as bright an intellect as I ever knew.
You can best know anyone from the life he lives at home with his family. I have said it time and again, I repeat it now, that Waldo loved his mother more devotedly than anyone I ever saw. He was as gentle and kind to his sister as the average man is to his baby. He loved and honored his father, he worshipped his invalid wife and would carry her in his arms as tenderly as he would a baby.
These words are written by his friend to satisfy my mind and to soothe the aching of his dear mother.
H.H. Elders
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