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Joe Edwin Alexander

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Joe Edwin Alexander

Birth
Whiteface, Cochran County, Texas, USA
Death
5 Feb 2003 (aged 69)
Tyler, Smith County, Texas, USA
Burial
Longview, Gregg County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Services for Joe Edwin Alexander were held at 10am. Wednesday. Feb. 5, at Parkway Baptist Church with Pastors Jeff Roadcap and James Kirkland officiating. Entombment followed at the Rosewood Park Mausoleum under the direction of Rader Funeral Home of Longview. Pallbearers were Rick Gaston, TJ Kiraly, Adam Kiraly, Dennis Sanford, Dwain Hardin, and Andie Stracener.

Mr Alexander passed away after a lenghty battle with Alzheimer's, on Feb.2, 2003, at a Tyler hospice care facility. Mr Alexander was born in Whiteface, Texas on Jan. 20, 1934 to George Paul and Fannye Alexander. He trusted Jesus Christ as his Savior and was baptized at Port Caddo Baptist Church in Marshall, Texas during his teen years. He had been a member of Parkway Baptist Church for over 25 years.

He married Barbara Gayle Campbell on March 2, 1963 in Canyon, Texas. From there, they moved to the East Texas Area and raised a family. They were together for nearly 40 years.

He had served with the U.S. Navy from 1952 to 1955. After his honorable discharge, he moved back to Texas and began his lifelong career in the electrical trade. He was a member of the IBEW, as a lineman/wireman for nearly 50 years. He was a member of the IBEW local 324 in Longview for the last 39 of those years.

He is survived by his wife Barbara Gayle Alexander; two sons Joe Michael Alexander of Dallas; and Jeffrey Lynn Alexander and his wife Jaclyn of Longview; one daughter, Laurie Ann Gaston and her husband Rick of Hallsville, five grandsons Jon, Adam, and TJ Kiraly all of Hallsville, Matthew Gaston of Hallsville, and Josiah Alexander of Longview; one brother Carnes Alexander of Longview, and four sisters, Doris Lee of Tyler, Dr. Janelle Sloane of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Shirley Sivert of La Plata, Mo., and Louise Renfro of Lordsburg, NM.
Services for Joe Edwin Alexander were held at 10am. Wednesday. Feb. 5, at Parkway Baptist Church with Pastors Jeff Roadcap and James Kirkland officiating. Entombment followed at the Rosewood Park Mausoleum under the direction of Rader Funeral Home of Longview. Pallbearers were Rick Gaston, TJ Kiraly, Adam Kiraly, Dennis Sanford, Dwain Hardin, and Andie Stracener.

Mr Alexander passed away after a lenghty battle with Alzheimer's, on Feb.2, 2003, at a Tyler hospice care facility. Mr Alexander was born in Whiteface, Texas on Jan. 20, 1934 to George Paul and Fannye Alexander. He trusted Jesus Christ as his Savior and was baptized at Port Caddo Baptist Church in Marshall, Texas during his teen years. He had been a member of Parkway Baptist Church for over 25 years.

He married Barbara Gayle Campbell on March 2, 1963 in Canyon, Texas. From there, they moved to the East Texas Area and raised a family. They were together for nearly 40 years.

He had served with the U.S. Navy from 1952 to 1955. After his honorable discharge, he moved back to Texas and began his lifelong career in the electrical trade. He was a member of the IBEW, as a lineman/wireman for nearly 50 years. He was a member of the IBEW local 324 in Longview for the last 39 of those years.

He is survived by his wife Barbara Gayle Alexander; two sons Joe Michael Alexander of Dallas; and Jeffrey Lynn Alexander and his wife Jaclyn of Longview; one daughter, Laurie Ann Gaston and her husband Rick of Hallsville, five grandsons Jon, Adam, and TJ Kiraly all of Hallsville, Matthew Gaston of Hallsville, and Josiah Alexander of Longview; one brother Carnes Alexander of Longview, and four sisters, Doris Lee of Tyler, Dr. Janelle Sloane of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Shirley Sivert of La Plata, Mo., and Louise Renfro of Lordsburg, NM.


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