Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries





Oscar Carl Alexander
July 29, 1929 - May 29, 2021

Funeral services for Oscar Carl Alexander were held on Tuesday, June 1, 2021, 
at 2:00 p.m. at Bowers Funeral Home in Teague. Bro. Clayton Smith and Bro Ed 
Ridge officiated. Interment followed the services at Driver Cemetery with 
Masonic Graveside Rites.

Mr. Alexander passed away on Saturday, May 29, 2021, at his home near Streetman, 
tended to by his loving wife of sixty-seven years; one day before their sixty-
eighth anniversary.

He was born in Attala County, Mississippi on July 29, 1929, grew up there and 
entered into the U. S. Army where he was stationed in Korea for two years during 
the Korean War. He married June West of Teague on May 30, 1953. The couple lived 
in Dallas and later Memphis, TN, before returning to Teague in 1961 to go into a 
business partnership selling auto parts. By 1970, Mr. Alexander had bought out 
his partners and changed the name of the company to Carl’s Auto Parts. He sold 
the business in 1984, but remained working there for several years and later 
worked for Leon’s Garage parttime before he retired. Mr. Alexander was a member 
of Cotton Gin Masonic Lodge #154 for over thirty-four years, and a member of 
First Baptist Church of Streetman.

He is survived by his faithful and loving wife, June Alexander; three daughters, 
Carla Wettermark, Joyce Hubert & husband Mike, and Terri Higdon; seven 
grandchildren; twelve great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; numerous 
nieces, nephews, and an abundance of friends.

Mr. Alexander was preceded in death by his parents, Oscar Howard & Alma Rivers 
Alexander; two sisters, Nellie Norwood and Loree Cody; and one brother, Joe 
Alexander.