Services for Bobby Glenn Alexander, age 84 of Mt. Pleasant will be 11 a.m. Thursday, October 15, 2020 at First Baptist Church Mt. Pleasant with Dr. Clint Davis and Dr. David Rose officiating.
Burial will be in the Union Hill Cemetery.
Arrangements are under the direction of Nail-Haggard Funeral Home.
Bobby passed away on Oct. 11 in Mt. Pleasant, Texas. He was born on April 23, 1936 in Mineola, Texas to Claude and Ruby Bruner Alexander.
Bobby received his Bachelor of Science degree in Wildlife Management with a minor in Range Management in 1958 from Texas A&M University. After graduation, he went to work with the Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife as a field biologist and his first assignment was in Fairfield, Texas where he met and in 1959 married his wife, June Carolyn Long of 61 years. In 1960 he became a proud dad of twins, Jill and Bobby. Bobby retired from the Wildlife Department with 34 years of service.
Bobby was a member of the First Baptist Church, Mt. Pleasant, where he had served as a Sunday school director and Deacon.
He was a Scoutmaster, member of the Optimist Club and served in the National Guard as first lieutenant, 36th Infantry Division.
He was proceeded in death by his parents; brother, Claude Alexander, Jr., and sister-in-law, Lucretia Alexander.
He is survived by his wife, June Alexander; daughter, Jill Tucker of Daingerfield; son, Bobby G. Alexander, Jr. of Avinger, three grandson’s and two great-granddaughters; sister Marianne Casey of Mt. Pleasant; brother Thomas Alexander and wife Nancy of Mt. Pleasant and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
Family will receive friends from 10 a.m. until time of Service at the church.
In lieu of flowers the family would ask that you make donations to Mt. Pleasant First Baptist Church, Building Fund and or The Mt. Pleasant Lions Club.
Online condolences may be made at Nail-HaggardFH.com.