ALEXANDER, Shirley Dare The Pulaski Citizen 3 Mar 1965
The third accidental electrocution in this area within a period of five days took the life of well known Columbia osteopath Monday afternoon, March 1, after his automobile left rain-slick Highway 31, knocked down a utility pole and went over an embankment in to an old rock quarry about eleven miles north of Pulaski.
Dr. Shirley Dare Alexadner, 65, was apparently unhurt in the accident and climbed back to the road after calling to passers-by to secure wrecker service for the vehicle. A few minutes later, he stepped backward onto one of the downed electrical lines and received a 12,000-volt current through his body.
State Trooper Homer Smith, who had gone to the scene, administered mouth-to-mouth resuscitation without success and Dr. Alexander was dead on arrival at Giles County Hospital.
Dr. Alexander, a native of Henderson County, Ky., was a graduate of the American School of Osteopathy and had lived in Columbia since 1928. He owned a cottage at Clear Creek Lake in Giles County and had spent much of his leisure time there in recent years. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Columbia, and the Elks Lodge.
Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery at Columbia.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Evelyn Scott Alexander; a sister, Mrs. W. N. Hensley of Henderson, Ky.; and two grandchildren.
The third accidental electrocution in this area within a period of five days took the life of well known Columbia osteopath Monday afternoon, March 1, after his automobile left rain-slick Highway 31, knocked down a utility pole and went over an embankment in to an old rock quarry about eleven miles north of Pulaski.
Dr. Shirley Dare Alexadner, 65, was apparently unhurt in the accident and climbed back to the road after calling to passers-by to secure wrecker service for the vehicle. A few minutes later, he stepped backward onto one of the downed electrical lines and received a 12,000-volt current through his body.
State Trooper Homer Smith, who had gone to the scene, administered mouth-to-mouth resuscitation without success and Dr. Alexander was dead on arrival at Giles County Hospital.
Dr. Alexander, a native of Henderson County, Ky., was a graduate of the American School of Osteopathy and had lived in Columbia since 1928. He owned a cottage at Clear Creek Lake in Giles County and had spent much of his leisure time there in recent years. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Columbia, and the Elks Lodge.
Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery at Columbia.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Evelyn Scott Alexander; a sister, Mrs. W. N. Hensley of Henderson, Ky.; and two grandchildren.
ALEXANDER, Shirley Dare The Pulaski Citizen 3 Mar 1965
The third accidental electrocution in this area within a period of five days took the life of well known Columbia osteopath Monday afternoon, March 1, after his automobile left rain-slick Highway 31, knocked down a utility pole and went over an embankment in to an old rock quarry about eleven miles north of Pulaski.
Dr. Shirley Dare Alexadner, 65, was apparently unhurt in the accident and climbed back to the road after calling to passers-by to secure wrecker service for the vehicle. A few minutes later, he stepped backward onto one of the downed electrical lines and received a 12,000-volt current through his body.
State Trooper Homer Smith, who had gone to the scene, administered mouth-to-mouth resuscitation without success and Dr. Alexander was dead on arrival at Giles County Hospital.
Dr. Alexander, a native of Henderson County, Ky., was a graduate of the American School of Osteopathy and had lived in Columbia since 1928. He owned a cottage at Clear Creek Lake in Giles County and had spent much of his leisure time there in recent years. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Columbia, and the Elks Lodge.
Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery at Columbia.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Evelyn Scott Alexander; a sister, Mrs. W. N. Hensley of Henderson, Ky.; and two grandchildren.
The third accidental electrocution in this area within a period of five days took the life of well known Columbia osteopath Monday afternoon, March 1, after his automobile left rain-slick Highway 31, knocked down a utility pole and went over an embankment in to an old rock quarry about eleven miles north of Pulaski.
Dr. Shirley Dare Alexadner, 65, was apparently unhurt in the accident and climbed back to the road after calling to passers-by to secure wrecker service for the vehicle. A few minutes later, he stepped backward onto one of the downed electrical lines and received a 12,000-volt current through his body.
State Trooper Homer Smith, who had gone to the scene, administered mouth-to-mouth resuscitation without success and Dr. Alexander was dead on arrival at Giles County Hospital.
Dr. Alexander, a native of Henderson County, Ky., was a graduate of the American School of Osteopathy and had lived in Columbia since 1928. He owned a cottage at Clear Creek Lake in Giles County and had spent much of his leisure time there in recent years. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Columbia, and the Elks Lodge.
Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery at Columbia.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Evelyn Scott Alexander; a sister, Mrs. W. N. Hensley of Henderson, Ky.; and two grandchildren.
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