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«b»Robert Heard Alexander: Newspaper Obituary and Death«/b»
«b»Notice«/b»
«b»Delta Democrat Times (Greenville, MS) - Monday, March 24, 2003«/b»
«b»Deceased Name: Robert Heard Alexander«/b»
GREENVILLE - Funeral services for Robert Heard Alexander, 65, of Greenville will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday at St. James' Episcopal Church, Greenville. He died March 23, 2003, at his home after being ill with multiple sclerosis for many years. Burial will be in Greenville Cemetery under the direction of Boone- Wells Funeral Home, Greenville.
A retired banker and businessman, Mr. Alexander was born March 25, 1937, at The King's Daughters Hospital in Greenville, the second son of George Edward and Frances Murphy Alexander. He attended Greenville Public Schools, graduating in 1955. He received his B.B.A. from the University of Mississippi in 1959 and graduated from the Louisiana School of Banking in 1967.
Mr. Alexander served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army from 1959 to 1961, after which he returned to Greenville to join Alexander Lumber Co. for a year. He became assistant cashier and branch manager for Commercial National Bank (now Trustmark) in 1962. During his 24 years at the bank, he rose to the position of executive vice president. He was forced to retire because of multiple sclerosis in 1986.
During Mr. Alexander's active years, he held many leadership positions in the community. He served as president of the Washington County YMCA Board, campaign chairman and president of the Washington County United Way and president of the Greenville Rotary Club. He was also a Paul Harris Rotary Fellow.
In 1980, the Washington County Board of Supervisors appointed Mr. Alexander as Washington County's representative on the Commission on Mental Illness and Mental Retardation for the Fifth Region of Mississippi. He served as chairman from 1980 to 1992. He was presented a joint resolution of appreciation from the supervisors and the commission at his retirement.
He also served as chairman of the Washington County Cancer Crusade, treasurer of the Chamber of Commerce and was a Salvation Army Board member. He served as stewardship chairman for St. James' Episcopal Church, where he was a communicant.
Mr. Alexander was active in the Mississippi Young Bankers Association and served that organization as vice president, president and executive council member.
After his retirement from the bank in 1986, Mr. Alexander purchased the Credit Bureau of Greenville
Inc., which he owned for a number of years.
Despite his increasing disability, Mr. Alexander founded and was president of Handicapped Inc., a local non-profit organization. He devoted much time to raising public awareness for the needs of disabled persons in the community, particularly as to the need for handicapped parking, curb cuts and access
to buildings.
At the time of his death, he was serving as co-chair of the 2003 Mid-Delta fund-raiser for the
Mississippi Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Mr. Alexander was preceded in death by his parents and his sister-in-law, Virginia Ford Alexander. He is survived by his wife of 43 years, Marian Sykes Alexander, and two children, Robert Heard
Alexander Jr. of Jackson and Lanier Sykes Alexander «b»Quantz «/b»of Atlanta; a daughter-in-law, Michelle
Leigh Alexander; a son-in-law, «b»Newton «/b»G. «b»Quantz «/b»III; and four grandchildren, Claire Sykes
Alexander, Millie Rives Alexander, «b»Newton «/b»Gaston «b»Quantz «/b»IV and Shelton Sykes «b»Quantz«/b».
Other survivors include his two brothers, George Edward Alexander Jr. and Kenneth Conwill Alexander, and his sisters and brother-in-law, Fay Prince Alexander, Lanier Sykes Bogen and Eugene Michael Bogen, all of Greenville; an aunt, Mary Murphy of West Point, Miss.; an uncle-in-law, Walter Lee Shelton Jr. of Jackson; and eight nieces and nephews.
After the burial, friends are invested to visit with family members at a reception in the St. James' Parish Hall.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the St. James' Organ Fund, 1026 S. Washington Ave., Greenville, MS 38701 or the Mississippi Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 145
Executive Drive, Madison, MS 38110.
Copyright, 2003, Delta Democrat Times (Greenville, MS)
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