Beckham Co. OK - Obit for J.W. "Wib" Alexander
   
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   J.W.  "Wib"  Alexander was born April 26, 1903 in Jamestown, Tennessee
   and  passed  away March 14, 1990 in the Elk City Community Hospital at
   the age of 86 years, 10 months and 16 days.
   Wib,  the  son  of  James Marcus and Katherin Alexander moved with his
   parents  to  Texas  in  1906.  On February 21, 1926 he married Cynthia
   Mamie  Barker  in  Wheeler,  Texas  and  they  lived in the Doxey, and
   Meridian  Communities  before  moving  to  Carlsbad  and  Roswell, New
   Mexico.  They later lived in Cooper, Texas until May of 1969 when they
   moved to Sayre to make their home.
   He  had  been  a  member of the Baptist Church and was a member of the
   Erick Masonic Lodge.
   He  was  preceded  in  death  by  his  parents,  wife, 18 brothers and
   sisters.
   He  is survived by: 4 daughters, Georgia Nell Hardy, of Cooper, Texas;
   Clara  Jo Coffey of Wildorado, Texas; Emma Jean Wendt of Fairport, New
   York;  Mary  Lou Kendrick, of Sayre, Okal.; 10 grandchildren; 17 great
   grandchildren; and a host of other relatives and friends.
   Funeral services were Saturday, March 17, 1990 at the Sweetwater First
   Assembly  of  God Church at 2:30 p.m. with C.R. Tucker and J.M. Ashley
   officiating.  Burial  was  in the Mulberry Cemetery, Sweetwater, Roger
   Mills County, OK under the direction of Rose Chapel Funeral Service of
   Sayre.