OBITS: Okie Roberson Alexander, 1938, Bath Co., Kentucky ----------------------------------------------------- Contributed for use in USGENWEB Archives by: From: "Darrell Warner" Date: Friday, October 19, 2001 11:33 AM ------------------------------------------------------ **************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net. **************************************************************************** Okie Roberson Alexander Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, January 7, 1938 Accident Fatal To Mrs. Alexander Flat Creek Woman Dies From Injuries Mrs. Okie Roberson Alexander, 59, died at the Winchester hospital shortly after noon Monday from injuries sustained when she fell from a moving automobile near her home on Flat Creek a short time before. In company with her son, R. C. Alexander and son-in-law, E. L. Moore, Mrs. Alexander was enroute from her Flat Creek home to Mt. Sterling Monday morning when she fell from the open door of the car in which they were riding. Whether she opened the door for some reason, or whether the door was not well closed and she attempted to fasten it is not definitely known. However, the draft from the moving car pulled the door wide and threw Mrs. Alexander out of the car, throwing her to the roadside, where her head struck a post supporting a mail box. She sustained a fractured skull, a broken arm and leg and internal injuries. When the other two occupants of the car reached her she was unconscious. She was taken to Mt. Sterling and later to Winchester where she expired. The wife of James H. Alexander, and the daughter of the late George and George Ann Williams Roberson, she was one of the more prominent women of the Flat Creek section. Besides her husband and son, R. C. Alexander, she is survived by one other son, George Alexander, Miami, Fla.; a daughter, Mrs. E. L. Moore; four sisters, Mrs. Simps McClain, Mrs. Ed Given, Mrs. Cole Ratliff, of Mt. Sterling, and Mrs. Strib Williams, Middletown, O., and two brothers, R. G. Roberson, Louisville, and William Roberson, Perry, Mo. Funeral services were held at the residence Wednesday morning, January 26, conducted by the Rev. George C. Frey and the Rev. R. L. Bailey. Interment was in Machpelah Cemetery, Mt. Sterling. Pall bearers were: active, Herman Orme, Roy Hon, George Foley, Garrett Denniston, Jesse Pendleton, John A. Thomas, Joe Sorrell and Dr. P. K. McKenna; honorary, W. E. Foley, Seth Botts, Alfred Crooks, Allen Prewitt, R. H. Amburgey, James Toy, Roy Stephens and C. C. Chenault.