Dorothy Provine Alexander

Dorothy Provine Alexander, "Duffy," 96, of Doraville died peacefully on July 11, 2007, attended that day by her family and the devoted nursing staff at Lenbrook Square in Atlanta, GA. Her long life began with her birth in Grenada, Mississippi on May 10, 1911 to Charles Calhoun Provine and Pearl Dowell. She graduated from Grenada High School and attended Grenada College. As a young girl she enjoyed riding horses, spoke some Spanish, and began her life-long love of flower gardening, especially with roses.In 1938 she married Henry Reid "Skeet" Alexander. The couple eloped against parental wishes and they were married for 57 years. While Dorothy was a homemaker, Skeet's work took the couple to many cities in the Southeast, including Memphis, New Orleans, Chattanooga, and finally, to Atlanta in 1960. He predeceased her on January 15, 1994. Dorothy considered her family to be her legacy. She is survived by two sons and their wives; R. Wayne Alexander and Jane, G. Douglass Alexander and Kristina Carlson. She is also leaves five grandchildren; Katherine Jane Alexander, Melissa Ann Alexander, David Wesley Alexander, Elisabeth Alexander Johnson, and Captain Provine Alexander, two great-grandsons, Alexander Daniel Coles, and Tanner Reid Johnson and many nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in her name to the University of Mississippi Foundation, P.O Box 249, University, MS 38677, telephone 662-915-5003. A graveside service will be held Sunday, July 15th at 10 a.m. at Floral Hills Memory Gardens. Arrangements being handled by A. S. Turner and Sons.