William G. “Diesel” Alexander, 50, of Peoria, passed away at 10:40 a.m. on Monday, November 9, 2009, at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria.
Diesel was born on July 26, 1959 in Peoria, a son of McKinley Jake and Dollie (McClain) Alexander. His mother preceded him in death. Two brothers and four sisters also preceded him in death.
He is survived by his father, of Peoria; daughters, Vernonica Alexander and Ashley Perkins, both of Peoria; sons, Ryan and Keontae Alexander, both of Peoria; brother, H.C. Clark of Peoria; sisters, Ruby Clark and Dorothy Alexander, both of Peoria and Kattie Alexander of St. Paul, MN; five grandchildren; and his companion for twenty years, Lura Kramer of Peoria.
Diesel was a truck driver for his father’s business, Expo Trucking, in Peoria and a member of the Teamsters Local 627 in Peoria.
Private services will be held for the family at Clary Funeral Home, 428 West McClure Avenue, in Peoria and cremation rites will be accorded.
My deepest condolences. May these few words from the Holy Scriptures bring you comfort in your time of grief...
John 11:32-45
32 And so Mary, when she arrived where Jesus was and caught sight of him, fell at his feet, saying to him: “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” 33 Jesus, therefore, when he saw her weeping and the Jews that came with her weeping, groaned in the spirit and became troubled; 34 and he said: “Where have YOU laid him?” They said to him: “Lord, come and see.” 35 Jesus gave way to tears. 36 Therefore the Jews began to say: “See, what affection he used to have for him!” 37 But some of them said: “Was not this [man] that opened the eyes of the blind man able to prevent this one from dying?”
38 Hence Jesus, after groaning again within himself, came to the memorial tomb. It was, in fact, a cave, and a stone was lying against it.39 Jesus said: “TAKE the stone away.” Martha, the sister of the deceased, said to him: “Lord, by now he must smell, for it is four days.”40 Jesus said to her: “Did I not tell you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?” 41 Therefore they took the stone away. Now Jesus raised his eyes heavenward and said: “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42 True, I knew that you always hear me; but on account of the crowd standing around I spoke, in order that they might believe that you sent me forth.” 43 And when he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice: “Laz´a·rus, come on out!” 44The [man] that had been dead came out with his feet and hands bound with wrappings, and his countenance was bound about with a cloth. Jesus said to them: “Loose him and let him go.”
45 Therefore many of the Jews that had come to Mary and that beheld what he did put faith in him;
Please go to the following link for more information regarding the Hope expressed in this passage
http://www.jw.org/finder?locale=en&docid=1102013500&prefer=lang
