NAME: LEE ALEXANDER, AGE 77, A LONGTIME FARRIS AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: MAY 3, 1923 AT ANTLERS, OKLAHOMA TO GEORGE LOGAN AND SEVELAR (STILES) ALEXANDER. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2001 AT THE PUSHMATAHA COUNTY HOSPITAL IN ANTLERS . AGE: 77 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 19 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT FARRIS, OK. MARRIED: BERTHA MARIE BOYD ON AUGUST 13, 1942 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: RETIRED SUPERINTENDENT FOR LAMAR CONSTRUCTION AND HE BUILT WATER AND SEWER PLANTS ALL OVER OKLAHOMA AND KANSAS. CHURCH: HE WAS A MEMBER OF FARRIS BAPTIST CHURCH. LEE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY DURING WORLD WAR II IN THE TANK BATTALION. HE ENJOYED FISHING AND GARDENING. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE V.F.W. NORMAN POST 4890. SURVIVED BY WIFE: BERTHA ALEXANDER OF THEIR HOME NEAR FARRIS, OK. CHILDREN: DIAN EVANS AND HUSBAND LARRY OF MONROE, OK. NANCY STANDIFER AND HUSBAND JERRY OF HOWE, OK. DONNIE ALEXANDER AND WIFE JEANIE OF LAVACA, AR. ALICIE ALEXANDER JORDAN OF FARRIS, OK. 12 GRANDCHILDREN, 18 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTERS: JEWELL STANDIFER OF TALIHINA, OK. FLOYE HORN OF FARRIS, OK. BROTHERS: GEORGE ALEXANDER AND WIFE BETTY OF WICHITA, KS. L. D. ALEXANDER OF TEXAS. L. W. DUB ALEXANDER AND WIFE LOIS OF FARRIS, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: GEORGE AND SEVELAR ALEXANDER. BROTHER: EMMETT ALEXANDER. DAUGHTER-IN-LAW: DEBBIE ALEXANDER. SON-IN-LAW: BOLL VAN KIRK. IN-LAWS: J. A. AND ETHEL BLOYD. BROTHERS-IN-LAW: BILL BLOYD, EDWARD HORN, AND JIM STANDIFER.

DATE OF SERVICES: SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE. INTERMENT: FARRIS CEMETERY ~ FARRIS, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. TERRY BURTON CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) LARRY EVANS, DAVID EVANS, RON BERANEK, JERRY STANDIFER, JOHN ALEXANDER, ED BERANEK, BRYAN ALEXANDER. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS THE FAMILY REQUEST THAT MEMORIAL BE MADE TO THE FARRIS BAPTIST CHURCH OR THE FARRIS FIRST RESPONDERS.