W. O. ALEXANDER, LIFELONG CITIZEN OF OCONEE, PASSED AWAY SUNDAY
The old landmarks of Oconee are passing away, one by one. Announcement of the death of Mr. Wilburn O. Alexander, of Coneross, was made here Monday and it brought sorrow to many who knew him personally. Mr. Alexander died Sunday evening at about seven o'clock, following several months of ill health. He had been blind several years, but enjoyed good health up until sometime last year when he became confined to his home and bed. His mind was clear and he remained conscious up until the last. He and his eldest daughter, Mrs. Avalona Breazeale, were the inmates of the home, Mrs. Alexander having died several years ago.
He was 88 years old his last birthday. In 1882 he married Miss Sallie Marett, of Fair Play, who was precisely the same age of her husband. The same year he united with the Coneross Baptist Church and he lived a faithful and upright life, always by precept and example daily performing the things that were worthy of emulation by the church flock and his acquaintances. He was a successful farmer and lived all his life in sight and almost in sight of his birthplace. His parents and grandparents also lived in the same community in the years gone by. Mr. Alexander lived at only two places since he began housekeeping. At the present home he had spent the past fifty-three years of his life. The first five years was spent on a farm about two miles further up the same creek -- Coneross.
Mr. Alexander, who was second son of a family of eight children, was the last member of the family to be called to the Great Beyond, Mrs. Sue Hunsinger, a sister, having died last June. His father was James Alexander and he died away from home after he had answered the Call to Arms of the Confederacy in the Civil War of the 1860's. His mother, Mrs. Jane Crosby Alexander, died October 27, 1891. The Alexander reunion became an annual event in 1892 and it is understood Mr. W. O. Alexander had always been able to be present at all of them.
Mr. Alexander leaves to mourn his passing and cherish his memory, two sons, five daughters, fourteen grandchildren and a large number of nieces and nephews. Following are the children; A. M. Alexander, Pickens, Brunis Alexander, Mrs. Avalona Breazeale, Mrs. Jesse King, and Mrs. Codye Duckworth, of near Coneross; Mrs. George Walters, of Toccoa, Ga., and Mrs. Grover Hubbard, of near Richland. Friends throughout the county and elsewhere sympathize with the bereaved families.
A large concourse of friends from the vicinity and neighboring towns were at the Coneross church on the Westminster-Walhalla highway for the funeral and interment Monday afternoon at four o'clock. The new pastor, Rev. Whitmire, had charge of the funeral services, assisted by Dr. D. D. Lewis of Westminster.
The old landmarks of Oconee are passing away, one by one. Announcement of the death of Mr. Wilburn O. Alexander, of Coneross, was made here Monday and it brought sorrow to many who knew him personally. Mr. Alexander died Sunday evening at about seven o'clock, following several months of ill health. He had been blind several years, but enjoyed good health up until sometime last year when he became confined to his home and bed. His mind was clear and he remained conscious up until the last. He and his eldest daughter, Mrs. Avalona Breazeale, were the inmates of the home, Mrs. Alexander having died several years ago.
He was 88 years old his last birthday. In 1882 he married Miss Sallie Marett, of Fair Play, who was precisely the same age of her husband. The same year he united with the Coneross Baptist Church and he lived a faithful and upright life, always by precept and example daily performing the things that were worthy of emulation by the church flock and his acquaintances. He was a successful farmer and lived all his life in sight and almost in sight of his birthplace. His parents and grandparents also lived in the same community in the years gone by. Mr. Alexander lived at only two places since he began housekeeping. At the present home he had spent the past fifty-three years of his life. The first five years was spent on a farm about two miles further up the same creek -- Coneross.
Mr. Alexander, who was second son of a family of eight children, was the last member of the family to be called to the Great Beyond, Mrs. Sue Hunsinger, a sister, having died last June. His father was James Alexander and he died away from home after he had answered the Call to Arms of the Confederacy in the Civil War of the 1860's. His mother, Mrs. Jane Crosby Alexander, died October 27, 1891. The Alexander reunion became an annual event in 1892 and it is understood Mr. W. O. Alexander had always been able to be present at all of them.
Mr. Alexander leaves to mourn his passing and cherish his memory, two sons, five daughters, fourteen grandchildren and a large number of nieces and nephews. Following are the children; A. M. Alexander, Pickens, Brunis Alexander, Mrs. Avalona Breazeale, Mrs. Jesse King, and Mrs. Codye Duckworth, of near Coneross; Mrs. George Walters, of Toccoa, Ga., and Mrs. Grover Hubbard, of near Richland. Friends throughout the county and elsewhere sympathize with the bereaved families.
A large concourse of friends from the vicinity and neighboring towns were at the Coneross church on the Westminster-Walhalla highway for the funeral and interment Monday afternoon at four o'clock. The new pastor, Rev. Whitmire, had charge of the funeral services, assisted by Dr. D. D. Lewis of Westminster.
W. O. ALEXANDER, LIFELONG CITIZEN OF OCONEE, PASSED AWAY SUNDAY
The old landmarks of Oconee are passing away, one by one. Announcement of the death of Mr. Wilburn O. Alexander, of Coneross, was made here Monday and it brought sorrow to many who knew him personally. Mr. Alexander died Sunday evening at about seven o'clock, following several months of ill health. He had been blind several years, but enjoyed good health up until sometime last year when he became confined to his home and bed. His mind was clear and he remained conscious up until the last. He and his eldest daughter, Mrs. Avalona Breazeale, were the inmates of the home, Mrs. Alexander having died several years ago.
He was 88 years old his last birthday. In 1882 he married Miss Sallie Marett, of Fair Play, who was precisely the same age of her husband. The same year he united with the Coneross Baptist Church and he lived a faithful and upright life, always by precept and example daily performing the things that were worthy of emulation by the church flock and his acquaintances. He was a successful farmer and lived all his life in sight and almost in sight of his birthplace. His parents and grandparents also lived in the same community in the years gone by. Mr. Alexander lived at only two places since he began housekeeping. At the present home he had spent the past fifty-three years of his life. The first five years was spent on a farm about two miles further up the same creek -- Coneross.
Mr. Alexander, who was second son of a family of eight children, was the last member of the family to be called to the Great Beyond, Mrs. Sue Hunsinger, a sister, having died last June. His father was James Alexander and he died away from home after he had answered the Call to Arms of the Confederacy in the Civil War of the 1860's. His mother, Mrs. Jane Crosby Alexander, died October 27, 1891. The Alexander reunion became an annual event in 1892 and it is understood Mr. W. O. Alexander had always been able to be present at all of them.
Mr. Alexander leaves to mourn his passing and cherish his memory, two sons, five daughters, fourteen grandchildren and a large number of nieces and nephews. Following are the children; A. M. Alexander, Pickens, Brunis Alexander, Mrs. Avalona Breazeale, Mrs. Jesse King, and Mrs. Codye Duckworth, of near Coneross; Mrs. George Walters, of Toccoa, Ga., and Mrs. Grover Hubbard, of near Richland. Friends throughout the county and elsewhere sympathize with the bereaved families.
A large concourse of friends from the vicinity and neighboring towns were at the Coneross church on the Westminster-Walhalla highway for the funeral and interment Monday afternoon at four o'clock. The new pastor, Rev. Whitmire, had charge of the funeral services, assisted by Dr. D. D. Lewis of Westminster.
The old landmarks of Oconee are passing away, one by one. Announcement of the death of Mr. Wilburn O. Alexander, of Coneross, was made here Monday and it brought sorrow to many who knew him personally. Mr. Alexander died Sunday evening at about seven o'clock, following several months of ill health. He had been blind several years, but enjoyed good health up until sometime last year when he became confined to his home and bed. His mind was clear and he remained conscious up until the last. He and his eldest daughter, Mrs. Avalona Breazeale, were the inmates of the home, Mrs. Alexander having died several years ago.
He was 88 years old his last birthday. In 1882 he married Miss Sallie Marett, of Fair Play, who was precisely the same age of her husband. The same year he united with the Coneross Baptist Church and he lived a faithful and upright life, always by precept and example daily performing the things that were worthy of emulation by the church flock and his acquaintances. He was a successful farmer and lived all his life in sight and almost in sight of his birthplace. His parents and grandparents also lived in the same community in the years gone by. Mr. Alexander lived at only two places since he began housekeeping. At the present home he had spent the past fifty-three years of his life. The first five years was spent on a farm about two miles further up the same creek -- Coneross.
Mr. Alexander, who was second son of a family of eight children, was the last member of the family to be called to the Great Beyond, Mrs. Sue Hunsinger, a sister, having died last June. His father was James Alexander and he died away from home after he had answered the Call to Arms of the Confederacy in the Civil War of the 1860's. His mother, Mrs. Jane Crosby Alexander, died October 27, 1891. The Alexander reunion became an annual event in 1892 and it is understood Mr. W. O. Alexander had always been able to be present at all of them.
Mr. Alexander leaves to mourn his passing and cherish his memory, two sons, five daughters, fourteen grandchildren and a large number of nieces and nephews. Following are the children; A. M. Alexander, Pickens, Brunis Alexander, Mrs. Avalona Breazeale, Mrs. Jesse King, and Mrs. Codye Duckworth, of near Coneross; Mrs. George Walters, of Toccoa, Ga., and Mrs. Grover Hubbard, of near Richland. Friends throughout the county and elsewhere sympathize with the bereaved families.
A large concourse of friends from the vicinity and neighboring towns were at the Coneross church on the Westminster-Walhalla highway for the funeral and interment Monday afternoon at four o'clock. The new pastor, Rev. Whitmire, had charge of the funeral services, assisted by Dr. D. D. Lewis of Westminster.
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