Obituary of Virginia ALEXANDER, Crawford County, Illinois This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Jim Admire This obituary is copied from the collection located at the Robinson Public Library. The obituaries themselves are usually not dated. Whoever made the collection has written down the dates by hand. The source of the obituary (i.e. which newspaper) is also not included. Transcribed by Dan Weger. Virginia Alexander (6/30/1978) Mrs. Ross (Virginia) Alexander, 56, 705 S. Garfield, Oblong, a former nurses' aide at Crawford Memorial Hospital, died early this morning in the Skilled Care Unit of Crawford Memorial Hospital following an extended illness. She was born Oct. 10, 1921 in Tennessee, and married Ross A. Alexander Dec. 3, 1941 at Hazel Green, Ala. She was the daughter of H. N. and Artie M. Counts and was a member of the Prior Grove Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband, Ross; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Bob (Marilyn) Yost, Olney; four stepgrandchildren; one great stepgrandson; four brothers, Glen Counts, Estell Springs, Tenn., Lloyd Counts, Grand Rapids, Ohio, Robert Counts, Huntsville, Ala., and Nelle Counts, Maquon; three sisters, Mrs. Madeline McGee, Thornton, Mrs. Mary McComb, Fort Wayne, Ind., and Mrs. Odell Williams of Nashville, Tennessee. Funeral arrangements are pending at Buchanan Funeral Home, Oblong. ***************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproducd in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. ***************************************************************** Contributed by: Jim Admire