Roscoe V. Alexander


Roscoe Vernon Alexander of South Main Street, Mount Crawford, died Saturday, May 16, 2009, at Rockingham Memorial Hospital, Harrisonburg.

Mr. Alexander was born Oct. 23, 1926, in Mount Sidney, a son of the late John R. and Edna (Young) Alexander.

He graduated from North River High School in 1945, attended Roanoke College and received his Associates Degree from Shenandoah

College in Dayton. He served in the U.S. Army twice, once from September 1946 to June 1947, when he served in Japan, and again from December 1954 to March 1956, when he served at Fort Jackson, S.C.

Mr. Alexander was a lifelong member of Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mount Sidney, where he was president of the church council, a Sunday School and Vacation Bible School teacher and treasurer of the church cemetery.

Until his retirement in 1989, he had been employed by Virginia Department of Transportation as a Contract Administrator. He also was an independent tax preparer and a Little League football official.

On Nov. 7, 1962, he married Phyllis R. Lambert, who survives him. He is also survived by a daughter, Ruth-Ann of Herndon; and three brothers, Paul, of Verona, Nelson, of Harrisonburg, and Lindy, of Mount Sidney.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Frances Christian, and brothers, Marion, Stanley, Joseph, and Edwin Alexander.

A funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 19, 2009, at Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church with the Rev. Christopher Carr presiding and the Rev. Jeffery Carr assisting. Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 7 until 8:30 p.m. today, Monday, May 18, 2009, at Henry Funeral Home.

As Mr. Alexander was a bell ringer for the Salvation Army, the family requests those desiring to make memorial contributions, please place them in the Salvation Army kettle of their choosing during the upcoming holiday season.

Condolences may be sent to the family at www.henryfuneralhome.net.