Dr. C. L. Alexander, Noted Dentist, Passes Here
Leader In Profession, Member of Old Mecklenburg Family Dead -- Services Sunday Afternoon
Dr. Charles L. Alexander, 71, one of the foremost dentists of the United States, died this morning at 1 o'clock at his residence here, 1133 Queens road. He had been in ill health for most of the summer and seriously sick for more than a week. However, he was able to walk about his house Friday and said that he felt better.
Funeral services will be held at the residence tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock, with Rev. W. G. Clark, of St. Peter's Episcopal church, in charge. Burial will be made in Elmwood cemetery.
He was born in the old Alexander homestead on the Catawba river in Mecklenburg county February 12, 1861, the son of Dr. Amzi Wallace Alexander and Martha Wilson Alexander. He was a graduate of Baltimore Dental college and had taken post-graduate courses in other institutions. He was a fellow of the American College of Dentists.
The work of Dr. Alexander in his profession was regarded as outstanding. He had practiced continuously for 52 years and invented a large number of processes and instruments in use all over the world by dentists. Among his inventions were crown and bridge processes and instruments for dental work. He was regarded as a pioneer in several phases of dental work and treatment.
Dr. Alexander was actively identified with the civic and social life of Charlotte.
He is survived by his wife, who was formerly Mrs. T. B. Tyson; a son, Odum Alexander; a daughter, Mrs. Floyd M. Simmons; five grandchildren and four stepchildren, Thomas Tyson, Mrs. Frank Page, Jr., of Raleigh; Robert Tyson and Miss Dorothy Tyson. He was twice married. His first wife was Miss Sue Odom, who died in 1925.
Members of the Charlotte Dental society will attend the funeral in a body.
The Charlotte News
Charlotte, NC
Saturday, October 14, 1933
Leader In Profession, Member of Old Mecklenburg Family Dead -- Services Sunday Afternoon
Dr. Charles L. Alexander, 71, one of the foremost dentists of the United States, died this morning at 1 o'clock at his residence here, 1133 Queens road. He had been in ill health for most of the summer and seriously sick for more than a week. However, he was able to walk about his house Friday and said that he felt better.
Funeral services will be held at the residence tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock, with Rev. W. G. Clark, of St. Peter's Episcopal church, in charge. Burial will be made in Elmwood cemetery.
He was born in the old Alexander homestead on the Catawba river in Mecklenburg county February 12, 1861, the son of Dr. Amzi Wallace Alexander and Martha Wilson Alexander. He was a graduate of Baltimore Dental college and had taken post-graduate courses in other institutions. He was a fellow of the American College of Dentists.
The work of Dr. Alexander in his profession was regarded as outstanding. He had practiced continuously for 52 years and invented a large number of processes and instruments in use all over the world by dentists. Among his inventions were crown and bridge processes and instruments for dental work. He was regarded as a pioneer in several phases of dental work and treatment.
Dr. Alexander was actively identified with the civic and social life of Charlotte.
He is survived by his wife, who was formerly Mrs. T. B. Tyson; a son, Odum Alexander; a daughter, Mrs. Floyd M. Simmons; five grandchildren and four stepchildren, Thomas Tyson, Mrs. Frank Page, Jr., of Raleigh; Robert Tyson and Miss Dorothy Tyson. He was twice married. His first wife was Miss Sue Odom, who died in 1925.
Members of the Charlotte Dental society will attend the funeral in a body.
The Charlotte News
Charlotte, NC
Saturday, October 14, 1933
Dr. C. L. Alexander, Noted Dentist, Passes Here
Leader In Profession, Member of Old Mecklenburg Family Dead -- Services Sunday Afternoon
Dr. Charles L. Alexander, 71, one of the foremost dentists of the United States, died this morning at 1 o'clock at his residence here, 1133 Queens road. He had been in ill health for most of the summer and seriously sick for more than a week. However, he was able to walk about his house Friday and said that he felt better.
Funeral services will be held at the residence tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock, with Rev. W. G. Clark, of St. Peter's Episcopal church, in charge. Burial will be made in Elmwood cemetery.
He was born in the old Alexander homestead on the Catawba river in Mecklenburg county February 12, 1861, the son of Dr. Amzi Wallace Alexander and Martha Wilson Alexander. He was a graduate of Baltimore Dental college and had taken post-graduate courses in other institutions. He was a fellow of the American College of Dentists.
The work of Dr. Alexander in his profession was regarded as outstanding. He had practiced continuously for 52 years and invented a large number of processes and instruments in use all over the world by dentists. Among his inventions were crown and bridge processes and instruments for dental work. He was regarded as a pioneer in several phases of dental work and treatment.
Dr. Alexander was actively identified with the civic and social life of Charlotte.
He is survived by his wife, who was formerly Mrs. T. B. Tyson; a son, Odum Alexander; a daughter, Mrs. Floyd M. Simmons; five grandchildren and four stepchildren, Thomas Tyson, Mrs. Frank Page, Jr., of Raleigh; Robert Tyson and Miss Dorothy Tyson. He was twice married. His first wife was Miss Sue Odom, who died in 1925.
Members of the Charlotte Dental society will attend the funeral in a body.
The Charlotte News
Charlotte, NC
Saturday, October 14, 1933
Leader In Profession, Member of Old Mecklenburg Family Dead -- Services Sunday Afternoon
Dr. Charles L. Alexander, 71, one of the foremost dentists of the United States, died this morning at 1 o'clock at his residence here, 1133 Queens road. He had been in ill health for most of the summer and seriously sick for more than a week. However, he was able to walk about his house Friday and said that he felt better.
Funeral services will be held at the residence tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock, with Rev. W. G. Clark, of St. Peter's Episcopal church, in charge. Burial will be made in Elmwood cemetery.
He was born in the old Alexander homestead on the Catawba river in Mecklenburg county February 12, 1861, the son of Dr. Amzi Wallace Alexander and Martha Wilson Alexander. He was a graduate of Baltimore Dental college and had taken post-graduate courses in other institutions. He was a fellow of the American College of Dentists.
The work of Dr. Alexander in his profession was regarded as outstanding. He had practiced continuously for 52 years and invented a large number of processes and instruments in use all over the world by dentists. Among his inventions were crown and bridge processes and instruments for dental work. He was regarded as a pioneer in several phases of dental work and treatment.
Dr. Alexander was actively identified with the civic and social life of Charlotte.
He is survived by his wife, who was formerly Mrs. T. B. Tyson; a son, Odum Alexander; a daughter, Mrs. Floyd M. Simmons; five grandchildren and four stepchildren, Thomas Tyson, Mrs. Frank Page, Jr., of Raleigh; Robert Tyson and Miss Dorothy Tyson. He was twice married. His first wife was Miss Sue Odom, who died in 1925.
Members of the Charlotte Dental society will attend the funeral in a body.
The Charlotte News
Charlotte, NC
Saturday, October 14, 1933
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