This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Alexander Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/7018 Message Board Post: DIED--at his home William H. Alexander of heart trouble, Friday, pril 7th, 1911 at 2 o'clock. The funeral was conducted by the Berlin I.O.O.F. 137 of which he was a member. Over 40 carraiges and wagons followed the remains to the last resting place at the Berlin cemetery. He leaves a wife and 6 children to mourn his departure. Mr. Alexander settled here 5 years ago from Missouri on the old Downing place where he has resided ever since. Sayre Headlight, Sayre, OK 14-Apr-1911 William R. Alexander died at his home near Grimes, Friday, April 7, 1911 at 2 o'clock p.m., after a sickness of eight days, of pneumonia. The funeral services were held at the school house in Berlin, conducted by the pastor of the Methodist Church, after which the remains were laid to rest in the Berlin cemetery, Berlin, Roger Mills CFounty, Oklahoma. At the grave the Odd Fellows took charg, he having been a member of that order in Berlin. The deceased was born May 4, 1850, in Alabama, so would have neen 61 years of age next month. He moved from south Missouri to Oklahoma about five years ago and had made a large acquaintance. A very large crowd of friends and neighbors attended the funeral, showing the great respect in which he was held. He was a good man. He leaves a wife and eleven children, six children being with hime at the time of his death. They have the sympathy of all in their bereavement. (Note the difference in name William H. & William R.) Sayre Standard, Sayre, OK 13-Apr-1911