Beckham Co. OK         Floyd Baxter Alexander
                                      
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   Funeral services were held at the Sweetwater Baptist Church today,
   Thursday, October 14, at 2:00 p.m. for Floyd Baxter Alexander. Mr.
   Alexander died at his home on Tuesday, October 12, 1971. Officiating
   for the service was Rev. C. R. Tucker.
   
   Mr. Alexander was born September 7, 1896, at Faulkner County,
   Arkansas, to Mr. Ed Alexander and Ottie B. Green Alexander. He came to
   Mayfield [Beckham Co., OK] with his family in 1911. In 1919 he was
   married to Helen Whitaker, who preceded him in death in 1924. He was
   married to Mary A. Davis at Erick on November 21, 1925. Following
   their marriage they made their home in the Mayfield community. He was
   a veteran of World War I and a member of the Baptist Church of
   Sweetwater.
   
   Survivors include his wife of the home; one daughter, Imogene
   Pickering, Mayfield; two sons, Raymond of Lawrence, Indiana, and
   Charles of Washington, Oklahoma; two sisters, Edna Flowers of Erick,
   and Elsie Kerr of Sweetwater; five brothers, Bob of Mayfield, Bill of
   Durango, Colorado, Homer of Bethany, Oklahoma, Forrest and Ray of
   Erick; eight grandchildren; and two great grandchildren.
   
   Pall bearers were Edmond Logan, Elza Howell, E. R. Haag, Earl Hobbs,
   C. R. Wells, and Rufus Atwood.
   
   Burial was in the Buffalo Cemetery with the Fatheree-Albert Funeral
   Home in charge of arrangements.