Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Alexander, Ethel Marie Rowe March 24, 1979
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The Virginian-Pilot, Tuesday, March 27, 1979

PORTSMOUTH - Mrs. Ethel Rowe (Dolly) Alexander of 518 Spectator St., the widow 
of Willie Alexander Sr. and a retired owner-operator of Ethel's Florist on South 
Street, died Saturday in a hospital.

She was a native of Norfolk and operated the florist business 20 years. she also 
was a former nurse of the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Norfolk.

She was a member of Fourth Baptist Church, St. Mark Eastern Star Chapter 62, 
Elmi Elizabeth Tents 364, Independent Daughters of Norfolk 1, and International 
Longshoreman Ladies Auxiliary 37.

Survivor include a daughter, Mrs. Ethel Stewart of Norfolk four sons, Eugene K. 
Wilson, Claudious Wilson, and David Alexander of Norfolk, and Willie Alexander 
Jr. of Portsmouth; a sister, Mrs. Belver Veal of Norfolk; two brothers, Russell 
Washington of Norfolk and Garfield M. Brock of Louisiana; 12 grandchildren; and 
nine great-grandchildren.

A funeral will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. in Fourth Baptist church, Portsmouth, 
by Dr. S. L. Scott Jr. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Norfolk, with 
Metropolitan Funeral Home, Norfolk, in charge. The body will be in church at 11 
a.m. Wednesday.

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