Paoli (Orange County, Indiana) Republican, Jul 4, 1961, from the collection of Wilma Davis, Paoli, Indiana. FORMER PAOLIAN DIES IN ILLINOIS Orange County native, Alvis H. Alexander, died last week in Decatur, Ill., where he had made his home since 1910. His death came in the Wabash Employees Hospital after an illness of five days. Final rites were held Friday morning and burial was in Kenney, Ill. Born June 24, 1882, in Paoli, he was a son of John and Alice (Huddleson) Alexander. He was married to Anise Love of Decatur in 1910. A retired machinist at the Wabash Railroad Company, he was a member of the First Methodist Church. Surviving with his wife are two sons, Horace L Alexander and Gerald E. Alexander, both of Decatur; and one grandchild. Two brothers preceded him in death.