The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1919-03-14
w. L. ALEXANDER.
Members of Farrest Cavalry Honored
By ALI Union City.

this city on Wednesday of last week,
brief notice being printed in the
last issue of The Commercial. The
funeral service was conducted from
the Methodist Church, South by
Revs. G. w. Evans and w. w. Arm
during the service and large crowd
of lifelong friends and admirers at
| tended the service and accompanied
the body to its last resting place, East
View Cemetery.
The following Is taken from the
biographical schctch which was road
during the service by Rev. Evans:
William Locke Alexander was born
in Summer County, Tenn. Nov. Is.
1843. He died at Union City, We'd
nesday afternoon, Merch S, 1919. He
was the son CT VIM. L. and Mary
Alexander, enc of ten children, nine
of whom lived to be grown. He NOV
cd with his parents to Fulton County,
Kentucky, in 1852.
In 1861 he enlisted in the Confed
Grated army, Joining a company
which was organized in his neigh
borhood, and was latter transferred
to Henderson's Scouts, serving under
Gen. Forrest until the end Of the war,
when he returned to his home in Full
ton County, kentucky.
In 1866 he married Mary A. Tits
worth, who with four sons. Harvey
c., James A., Locke B., and William
S. Alexander, together with two sis
tiers, Miss Margaret H. Alexander and
Mrs. W. A. Shuck survive him. He
leaves a great number of more dis
tant relatives.
! He made a profession of religion
and joined the Methodist Church at
Mt. Zion in 1871. In 1887 he moved
to Union City where he spent the bal
ance of his life. He was SO closely
and so intcrcstcdly Unidentified with
all the activities of the town, educa-
tional as we'll as business, political,
that he became one of the foremost
citizens of Union City, and has left
an example of loyal citizenship
worthy to be followed. | have no
doubt that there are many who have
known him through these years who
could tell of many incidents in his
life that illustrate his high convic-
tions of duty as citizen. Of him in
his home, as a father and husband,
it is needless to speak. We are certain
that his life within the sacred pre-
cincts of his home YVES so tender and
considerate that the memory of it will
be as ointment poured forth to those
of his family circle; the memories of
it will recur to those of that circle
ten thousand times because of the
beauty of it, and their own lives will
gather inspiration from memories on
through the years, and their own
lives will be enriched thereby.
There is a unity about life that en-
ables us to judge with more or less
accuracy of the citizenship of the de-
ceased and of his life with his family,
not so much from what l know of him
in these sacred relationships, but
as pastor for these few weeks since
Conference and a few months nearly
thirteen. years ago, and furthermore
from what his friends say concerning
him.
He was an exemplary Christian, by
common consent. l have yet to hear
anything but the highest praise of
his Christian character, never Off
cious, if anything, retiring; appar-
emily, always in full control of him
self, gentle and kind in his bearing |
towards all, and always delighting In
the exercises of worship. God was |
very real to him. AS member of |
the church he iG worthy of emulation. |
When he came to Union City, he was |
not content to be simply resident of |
the town. He came with his church
membership, and all these years he |
has faithfully kept his churh vows.
The church was a spiritual home to
him, and it became so much part |
of him through long and faithful
service that he could not be content |
to neglect any part of his church
duties at any time. But / need not |
dwell on his virtues. His humble
Christian life in it's every walk has
proclaimed the man so cloquently
that we gre held by a spell of admir-
alton as we think of him. 1t was
near sunset Wednesday, the clouds
seemed to part Z nd there was burst
of sunlight, and 1t seemed to the
watchers that his weary spirit aband-
oned it's house of clay in that mo-
ment, TRULY tho promise was realized
"At evening time it shall be light"
And SO he was gone. At one time in
his sickness he sang thGt trustful
prayer of Cardinal Newman's Lead
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