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John Henry Alexander

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John Henry Alexander

Birth
Moultrie County, Illinois, USA
Death
22 Feb 1908 (aged 29)
Moultrie County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Lovington, Moultrie County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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BETHANY ECHO 2/28/1908

J. H. ALEXANDER, A YOUNG MAN 29 YEARS OF AGE, DIED AT THE HOME OF HIS FATHER, H. M. ALEXANDER NEAR LAKE CITY, AT 9 OCLOCK SATURDAY MORNING. DECEASED HAD SUFFERED WITH A CANCEROUS GROWTH ON HIS NECK FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS AND HAD SEVERAL OPERATIONS PERFORMED WITHOUT BEING MATERIALLY BENEFITED. HE WAS RECENTLY TREATED AT THE AUGUSTINA HOSPITAL, CHICAGO, BUT CAME HOME ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.
MR. ALEXANDER WAS A HIGHLY ESTEEMED YOUNG GENTLEMAN. HE WAS UNMARRIED BUT LEAVES HIS FATHER AND MOTHER, THREE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER.

FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT THE FAMILY RESIDENCE SUNDAY AFTERNOON ABOUT 1 OCLOCK, CONDUCTED BY REV. C. S. LYLES, OF LOVINGTON, INTERMENT WAS IN THE HEWITT CEMETERY.

A LARGE CONCOURSE OF NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS ATTENDED THE OBSEQUIES AND PAID THEIR LAST RESPECTS TO THE MEMORY OF THIS EXCELLENT YOUNG MAN. THE PALL BEARERS ACCOMPANIED THE BODY TO ITS LAST RESTING PLACE ON HORSEBACK AND WERE AS FOLLOWS: ROLLO WINNINGS, VERNA WININGS, LOUIS BURCHAM, BERT BURCHAM, WILL ACOM AND OWEN ACOM. HONRARY PALL BEARERS, JOE BURCHAM, CHAS SHERMAN, WILL WINNINGS, WILL BAKER, ARTHUR AULT AND HARRIS KEYES.

THE FLOWER GIRLS WERE ZONA ADKINS AND CLEO BAKER

OBITUARY BY JANET DONNER
BETHANY ECHO 2/28/1908

J. H. ALEXANDER, A YOUNG MAN 29 YEARS OF AGE, DIED AT THE HOME OF HIS FATHER, H. M. ALEXANDER NEAR LAKE CITY, AT 9 OCLOCK SATURDAY MORNING. DECEASED HAD SUFFERED WITH A CANCEROUS GROWTH ON HIS NECK FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS AND HAD SEVERAL OPERATIONS PERFORMED WITHOUT BEING MATERIALLY BENEFITED. HE WAS RECENTLY TREATED AT THE AUGUSTINA HOSPITAL, CHICAGO, BUT CAME HOME ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.
MR. ALEXANDER WAS A HIGHLY ESTEEMED YOUNG GENTLEMAN. HE WAS UNMARRIED BUT LEAVES HIS FATHER AND MOTHER, THREE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER.

FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT THE FAMILY RESIDENCE SUNDAY AFTERNOON ABOUT 1 OCLOCK, CONDUCTED BY REV. C. S. LYLES, OF LOVINGTON, INTERMENT WAS IN THE HEWITT CEMETERY.

A LARGE CONCOURSE OF NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS ATTENDED THE OBSEQUIES AND PAID THEIR LAST RESPECTS TO THE MEMORY OF THIS EXCELLENT YOUNG MAN. THE PALL BEARERS ACCOMPANIED THE BODY TO ITS LAST RESTING PLACE ON HORSEBACK AND WERE AS FOLLOWS: ROLLO WINNINGS, VERNA WININGS, LOUIS BURCHAM, BERT BURCHAM, WILL ACOM AND OWEN ACOM. HONRARY PALL BEARERS, JOE BURCHAM, CHAS SHERMAN, WILL WINNINGS, WILL BAKER, ARTHUR AULT AND HARRIS KEYES.

THE FLOWER GIRLS WERE ZONA ADKINS AND CLEO BAKER

OBITUARY BY JANET DONNER


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