Posted on: Crawford Co. Il Obituaries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Il/CrawfordObits/10162 Surname: Alexander, Yost, Counts, McGee, McComb, Williams ------------------------- This obituary is copied from the collection located at the Robinson Public Library. The obituaries themselves are usually not dated. Whoever made the collection has written down the dates by hand. The source of the obituary (i.e. which newspaper) is also not included. Transcribed by Dan Weger. Virginia Alexander (6/30/1978) Mrs. Ross (Virginia) Alexander, 56, 705 S. Garfield, Oblong, a former nurses' aide at Crawford Memorial Hospital, died early this morning in the Skilled Care Unit of Crawford Memorial Hospital following an extended illness. She was born Oct. 10, 1921 in Tennessee, and married Ross A. Alexander Dec. 3, 1941 at Hazel Green, Ala. She was the daughter of H. N. and Artie M. Counts and was a member of the Prior Grove Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband, Ross; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Bob (Marilyn) Yost, Olney; four stepgrandchildren; one great stepgrandson; four brothers, Glen Counts, Estell Springs, Tenn., Lloyd Counts, Grand Rapids, Ohio, Robert Counts, Huntsville, Ala., and Nelle Counts, Maquon; three sisters, Mrs. Madeline McGee, Thornton, Mrs. Mary McComb, Fort Wayne, Ind., and Mrs. Odell Williams of Nashville, Tennessee. Funeral arrangements are pending at Buchanan Funeral Home, Oblong.