Beckham CO. OK - Obit for Walker Melton Alexander

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ALEXANDER Walker Melton
 Funeral services for Walker Melton Alexander will be held at 2 p.m.,
Wednesday at the First Baptist Church in Elk City with Russell Duck and
Arol Steverson officiating.  Burial will be in Fairlawn Cemetery, Elk
City, Beckham County, Oklahoma under the direction of Peoples Cooperative
Funeral Home of Lone Wolf.
 Walker Melton Alexander was born November 6, 1922 in Whitesboro, Texas
to Guy H. and Maude L. Walker Alexander and died Sunday, February 17,
2002 at Jackson County Memorial Hospital in Altus at the age of 79.
 He moved to Oklahoma in 1928, living near Elk City and lived there until
he went into the Army in 1942.  He attended Merritt Schools from 1930 to
1942, Cameron, Jr. College from 1950 to 1952 and Oklahoma A & M from 1952
to 1954.  He married Dorotha Winell Hudler September 11, 1949 in Wheeler,
Texas.  He later married Ruth B. Henry February 16, 1996 in Elk City.  He
served his country in the US Army from October 30, 1942 to October 31,
1945.  While in the Army he was a Surgical Technician.  He also worked
for 25 years at the Oklahoma State Reformatory, as a farm superintendent.
 He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Elk City.
 He was preceded in death by his parents, first wife; one daughter, Donna
Jean and two sisters, Mildred Alexander and Sylvia Newman.
 Survivors include his wife, Ruth of the home; three sons, Ronald Wayne
Alexander and wife Lynn of Granite, Dennis Alan Alexander and wife
Rebecca of Abilene, Texas and Kent Melton Alexander of Granite; five
brothers, Raymond Alexander of Clovis, California, James Alexander and
wife Pauline of Whitesboro, Texas, Maurice Alexander and wife LaVerne of
Elk City, Leroy Alexander and wife Ida of Elk City and Jack Alexander and
wife Margaret of Guymon; one grandchild and three great grandchildren.
      The Elk City Daily News, Elk City, OK 19-Feb-2002