ALEXANDER RITES HELD
Funeral services for Mrs. Cora Brown Alexander, 86, who died yesterday morning at her home on Sharon View Road, were held this afternoon at 3 o'clock at Douglas and Sing Chapel. The Rev. Paul L. Grier of Sardis ARP Church officiated, and interment was in the Providence Presbyterian Church cemetery.
Serving as pall bearers were Dr. Calvin Rea, Howard White, Bonner Hood, Thad Grier, J.C. Brown, and Strong McGinnis.
Mrs. Alexander was born March 15, 1862, the daughter of the late James Calvin Brown and Sarah Brown, early settlers of Sharon Township.
Surviving Mrs. Alexander are one daughter, Mrs. P.W. Stewart; one son, C.B. Alexander, both of Charlotte; one brother, W.R. Brown of McIntosh, Fla.; and three grandchildren, Miss Gene Denton, Mrs. Wyatt Gordon, and B. Tate Denton Jr., all of Charlotte.
Note: the year of birth is 1862 in the obituary and death certificate. The date of birth on the headstone says 1861.
Information from elsewhere:
Death Certificate: Father's full name is James Cashion Brown. Mother is listed as simply Sarah Brown. Age at death is listed as 86 years, 7 months and 10 days. Date of birth is listed as March 15, 1862. Date of death is listed as October 25, 1948 at 11 a.m. Cause of death was a cerebral hemorrhage.
Funeral services for Mrs. Cora Brown Alexander, 86, who died yesterday morning at her home on Sharon View Road, were held this afternoon at 3 o'clock at Douglas and Sing Chapel. The Rev. Paul L. Grier of Sardis ARP Church officiated, and interment was in the Providence Presbyterian Church cemetery.
Serving as pall bearers were Dr. Calvin Rea, Howard White, Bonner Hood, Thad Grier, J.C. Brown, and Strong McGinnis.
Mrs. Alexander was born March 15, 1862, the daughter of the late James Calvin Brown and Sarah Brown, early settlers of Sharon Township.
Surviving Mrs. Alexander are one daughter, Mrs. P.W. Stewart; one son, C.B. Alexander, both of Charlotte; one brother, W.R. Brown of McIntosh, Fla.; and three grandchildren, Miss Gene Denton, Mrs. Wyatt Gordon, and B. Tate Denton Jr., all of Charlotte.
Note: the year of birth is 1862 in the obituary and death certificate. The date of birth on the headstone says 1861.
Information from elsewhere:
Death Certificate: Father's full name is James Cashion Brown. Mother is listed as simply Sarah Brown. Age at death is listed as 86 years, 7 months and 10 days. Date of birth is listed as March 15, 1862. Date of death is listed as October 25, 1948 at 11 a.m. Cause of death was a cerebral hemorrhage.
ALEXANDER RITES HELD
Funeral services for Mrs. Cora Brown Alexander, 86, who died yesterday morning at her home on Sharon View Road, were held this afternoon at 3 o'clock at Douglas and Sing Chapel. The Rev. Paul L. Grier of Sardis ARP Church officiated, and interment was in the Providence Presbyterian Church cemetery.
Serving as pall bearers were Dr. Calvin Rea, Howard White, Bonner Hood, Thad Grier, J.C. Brown, and Strong McGinnis.
Mrs. Alexander was born March 15, 1862, the daughter of the late James Calvin Brown and Sarah Brown, early settlers of Sharon Township.
Surviving Mrs. Alexander are one daughter, Mrs. P.W. Stewart; one son, C.B. Alexander, both of Charlotte; one brother, W.R. Brown of McIntosh, Fla.; and three grandchildren, Miss Gene Denton, Mrs. Wyatt Gordon, and B. Tate Denton Jr., all of Charlotte.
Note: the year of birth is 1862 in the obituary and death certificate. The date of birth on the headstone says 1861.
Information from elsewhere:
Death Certificate: Father's full name is James Cashion Brown. Mother is listed as simply Sarah Brown. Age at death is listed as 86 years, 7 months and 10 days. Date of birth is listed as March 15, 1862. Date of death is listed as October 25, 1948 at 11 a.m. Cause of death was a cerebral hemorrhage.
Funeral services for Mrs. Cora Brown Alexander, 86, who died yesterday morning at her home on Sharon View Road, were held this afternoon at 3 o'clock at Douglas and Sing Chapel. The Rev. Paul L. Grier of Sardis ARP Church officiated, and interment was in the Providence Presbyterian Church cemetery.
Serving as pall bearers were Dr. Calvin Rea, Howard White, Bonner Hood, Thad Grier, J.C. Brown, and Strong McGinnis.
Mrs. Alexander was born March 15, 1862, the daughter of the late James Calvin Brown and Sarah Brown, early settlers of Sharon Township.
Surviving Mrs. Alexander are one daughter, Mrs. P.W. Stewart; one son, C.B. Alexander, both of Charlotte; one brother, W.R. Brown of McIntosh, Fla.; and three grandchildren, Miss Gene Denton, Mrs. Wyatt Gordon, and B. Tate Denton Jr., all of Charlotte.
Note: the year of birth is 1862 in the obituary and death certificate. The date of birth on the headstone says 1861.
Information from elsewhere:
Death Certificate: Father's full name is James Cashion Brown. Mother is listed as simply Sarah Brown. Age at death is listed as 86 years, 7 months and 10 days. Date of birth is listed as March 15, 1862. Date of death is listed as October 25, 1948 at 11 a.m. Cause of death was a cerebral hemorrhage.
Inscription
ALEXANDER/ Cora Brown/ Mar. 15, 1861/ Oct. 25 1948
Gravesite Details
Shares a double stone with husband, Marcellus Al Alexander PLEASE DISREGARD ERNEST DELEPHATE ALEXANDER. HE WAS MARRIED TO A DIFFERENT CORA BROWN
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