Obituaries
February 8, 2016

KENNETH “KEN” PAUL ALEXANDER

By From JT Staff Reports

Alexander-obit

Kenneth “Ken” Paul Alexander, 75, of Powell, died Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016, at Heartland of Dublin Rehabilitation Hospital.
He was born on May 3, 1940, in Paducah, the only child of the late Clifford Paul Alexander and Edith Pauline Hale Alexander.

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