Beckham Co. - Obit for Maurice Alexander Thanks to http://www.amarillonet.com/ for permission to upload their obits to the USGenWeb Archives. Copyright, http://www.amarillonet.com/ ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************ Oklahoma Maurice Alexander ELK CITY - Maurice Alexander, 83, died Friday, May 16, 2003, in Oklahoma City. Services will be at 10 a.m. today in Elk City First Baptist Church with the Rev. Russell Duck officiating. Burial will be at 3:30 p.m. in Llano Cemetery in Amarillo, Texas, with the Rev. Steve Waterhouse officiating. Arrangements are by People's Cooperative Funeral Home of Lone Wolf. Mr. Alexander was born June 5, 1919, in Gordonville, Texas. He moved to Elk City in 1994 after living in Amarillo for 52 years. Survivors include his wife, Laverne; a daughter, Sandra Merriam of Aurora, Colo.; two sons, Phil Alexander of Colleyville, Texas, and Cris Alexander of Aurora; two stepchildren, Linda Newton of Clinton and Dennis Cowles of Baytown, Miss; four brothers; five grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Amarillo Globe-News, May 20, 2003