What a terrible loss to the community:

Louise N. Alexander

March 13, 1924 — Nov. 3, 2006

NATCHEZ — Services for Louise N. Alexander, 82, of Vidalia, who died Friday, Nov. 3, 2006, at Natchez Regional Medical Center, will be 1 p.m. Monday at Laird Funeral Home Union Street Chapel with the Rev. Dan Glenn officiating.

Burial will follow at Greenlawn Cemetery under the direction of Laird Funeral Home.

Visitation will be from 3 to 5 p.m. today and from noon until service time Monday at the funeral home.

Mrs. Alexander was born March 13, 1924, in New Orleans, the daughter of Lane and Adele Lyle Nunnery. She enjoyed planning meals for her young people as cafeteria manager of Vidalia High School for 17 years. A resident of Vidalia since 1948, she was known as a surrogate mother or friend to all who knew her, and she will be sadly missed.

She was my neighbor across the street.

When I moved here, she brought over a dish of brownies and fudge and divinity as a welcome to the neighborhood. That was just a foretaste of the sweetness that woman had in her. And did she love to laugh. We'd giggle like schoolgirls together.

She will be missed.