Obit of Alexander, Clarence Duncan - Texas County, Oklahoma

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Clarence Duncan Alexander

GUYMON, Okla. - Clarence Duncan "C.D.'' Alexander, 93, died Wednesday, 
July 9, 1997, at Amarillo.

Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Victory Memorial United 
Methodist Church with the Rev. Mike Chaffin, pastor, officiating. Burial 
will be in Elmhurst Cemetery by Henson-Novak Funeral Directors.

Mr. Alexander was born in Wills Point, Texas, and moved with his family to 
the Oklahoma Panhandle, settling south of Goodwell in 1904. He attended 
country schools and Goodwell schools and graduated from Texhoma High 
School in 1922.

Mr. Alexander was instrumental in the agricultural and civic growth of 
Texas County and the surrounding areas. As a cattle and horseman, he was 
inducted into the Horseman's Hall of Fame. He owned and operated several 
businesses in the area.

Mr. Alexander was the 1983 Texas County Pioneer Day parade marshal.

He was a member of Victory Memorial United Methodist Church. He was active 
in Guymon Lodge 335 AF&AM and was a York Rite Mason and a member of the 
Scottish Rite Consistory at Guthrie. He also was a member of the India 
Shrine Temple in Oklahoma City and was active in the Panhandle Shrine 
Club.

He married Sue E. Lindsay in 1927 at Guymon. She died in 1981. He also was 
preceded in death by an infant daughter.

Survivors include a son, Lindsay L. Alexander of Tulsa; three sisters, 
Lulu Kuhn and Mable Ford, both of Pampa, Texas, and Jewel Davidson of 
Denver; a brother, Ray Alexander of Harrison, Ark.; a granddaughter; and 
two great-granddaughters.

The family suggests memorials be to a C.D. Alexander Memorial that has 
been established for the Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children. 
Memorials will be accepted at Henson-Novak Funeral Home, Box 1306, Guymon, 
Okla. 73942.

Amarillo Globe News 11 Jul 1997
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