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The Alexander Funeral Home is the oldest African American owned business in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Alexander Funeral Home was founded by Zechariah Alexander in 1914 when Alexander bought half of Coles and Smith Undertakes. In 1927 Alexander purchased the remaining part of the business and changed the name to the Alexander Funeral Home.
His father was a prominent African-American businessman and district manager of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company and owner of the Alexander Funeral Home. Frederick's brother Kelly Alexander eventually became a national leader for the NAACP. Alexander graduated from Charlotte's Second Ward High School in 1926.
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In 1965 Alexander's home was one of four homes bombed by someone trying to stifle the civil rights movement in Charlotte. Alexander's brother Frederick Alexander's home was hit along with civil rights lawyer Julius Chambers and activist Reginald Hawkins. No one was injured from the explosion.
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Alexander is a town in Washington County, Maine, United States. The population was 525 at the 2020 census . [ 2 ] The town is named for Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton , the British negotiator of the Webster–Ashburton Treaty which ended the Aroostook War in 1838–1839.
ZIP code: 14005. Area code: 585: FIPS code: 3603701165: Website: ... A hamlet located near the intersection of Brookville and West Bethany roads at the east town line.