Edwin Guy Alexander, August 9, 1921 - February 22, 2007
Tech Sergeant 4, US Army, World War II

Edwin Guy Alexander died on Thursday, February 22, 2007, at age 85. He was the seventh of the 12 children parented by George William and Ola Vivian Alexander. Guy was born August 9, 1921, near Kline, West Virginia. His brothers were Foster, Roy, Ernest, Warnie, Marvin, Raymond, and Dolan; his sisters were Hazel, Grace, Eva Mae, and Neva. He attended Mowery (Main Mountain) Elementary School and Franklin High School in his home state and the Baltimore Construction Inst. in Maryland.

Like many young men at that time, Guy was drafted into the army. He began his service in October of 1942 and was given medical training at Camp Grant in Illinois, desert training from Camp Hahn in California, and other training in Tennessee and North Carolina. In February of 1944 Guy was a member of the largest convoy to cross the Atlantic. On D-Day, June 6, he was part of the historic amphibious assault and landed on Utah Beach at 4:00 p.m. He was also involved in the Battle of the Bulge and the Danube River and Rhine River campaigns. He found himself in southern Germany in May of 1945 when the war ended.

He returned to civilian life the following year and settled in Baltimore. There, he married Mary Hedrick and had one son named Donald. In 1957 the family moved to Harrisonburg, Virginia, where Guy built his own home, worked as a construction foreman, and became a Deacon in the United Church of Christ. After his divorce, he met and married Gertrude Prater; they lived in Oklahoma and then in California. Gertrude and Guy spent much of their time traveling over most of the United States.

Guy was preceded in death by his wife Gertrude and son Donald, his mother and father, his sister Hazel, his brothers Foster, Roy, Ernest, and Dolan, and his four brothers-in-law Harry Mitchell, Edwin Dunkle, Alton Hatton, and Ellis Mallow. He is survived by his grandsons Jeffery and Ronald Alexander of Virginia and by his close friend Emma Driscol of Davis.

Guy was a member of the Davis VFW No. 6949, Odd Fellows Yolo Lodge No. 169, Rebekahs in Davis, and the Church of Christ in Woodland. He also served as a hall manager and was a Council Chaplain for the United Commercial Travelers of America in Virginia.

A time of visitation was held Wednesday, February 28, 2007. Funeral services followed at Wiscombe's Davis Funeral Chapel, 116 D St., Davis. Interment. In recognition of his US Army service, Guy was interred at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Veterans Memorial Center, 203 14th. St, Davis, CA 95616.

Arrangements are with Wiscombe's Davis Funeral Chapel.
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Published in the Daily Democrat on February 26, 2007, adapted for Findagrave.