Headline: James T. Alexander, 21, is This Area's First Polio Fatality
Polio visited its first fatality of the year upon this area last week when James Taliaferro Alexander, 21 year old youth of Rhinehart passed away at the polio center in Alexandria. Alexander, the son of Mrs. Addie Alexander, died at about 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 15, after he was stricken by the disease on Monday.
Alexander was rushed almost immediately to the polio center after he was brought on Monday to the Gaharan Clinic in Jena. Almost total paralysis of the body and limbs was reported in the case.
He was a member of the Baptist Church of Rhinehart.
He is survived by his mother; three brothers, who are Roy of Rhinehart, Sidney of Rhinehart, and Jack of Jonesville; and five sisters, who are Mary Enterkin of Ferriday, Vera Breithaupt, Rhinehart, Ruth Corley, Jena, Nina Bell Reeves, Rhinehart, and Sybil Alexander, of Rhinehart.
Funeral services were held at 3 last Thursday at the Rhinehart Baptist Church, with the Rev. Baker officiating. Interment was in the Alexander Cemetery at Rhinehart, under the direction of Kinner and Stevens Home for Funerals, Jena.
Pallbearers at the funeral were Charlie Richardson, Alex Russell, Perry Little, Robert Little, Jimmy Alexander and Charles Alexander.
Headline: James T. Alexander, 21, is This Area's First Polio Fatality
Polio visited its first fatality of the year upon this area last week when James Taliaferro Alexander, 21 year old youth of Rhinehart passed away at the polio center in Alexandria. Alexander, the son of Mrs. Addie Alexander, died at about 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 15, after he was stricken by the disease on Monday.
Alexander was rushed almost immediately to the polio center after he was brought on Monday to the Gaharan Clinic in Jena. Almost total paralysis of the body and limbs was reported in the case.
He was a member of the Baptist Church of Rhinehart.
He is survived by his mother; three brothers, who are Roy of Rhinehart, Sidney of Rhinehart, and Jack of Jonesville; and five sisters, who are Mary Enterkin of Ferriday, Vera Breithaupt, Rhinehart, Ruth Corley, Jena, Nina Bell Reeves, Rhinehart, and Sybil Alexander, of Rhinehart.
Funeral services were held at 3 last Thursday at the Rhinehart Baptist Church, with the Rev. Baker officiating. Interment was in the Alexander Cemetery at Rhinehart, under the direction of Kinner and Stevens Home for Funerals, Jena.
Pallbearers at the funeral were Charlie Richardson, Alex Russell, Perry Little, Robert Little, Jimmy Alexander and Charles Alexander.
Family Members
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Mary Alexander Enterkin
1906–1999
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John Steele Alexander
1910–1984
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Mildred Aline Alexander
1912–1925
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Roy Zachary Alexander
1915–1997
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Vera Eliza Alexander Breithaupt
1917–2009
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Ruth Alexander Corley
1919–1963
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Syble Nell Alexander
1922–1989
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Sidney Walker Alexander Sr
1922–1997
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Nina Bell Alexander Reeves
1927–2002
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