Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
NameOlice Marie ALEXANDER [19426], [19424]
BirthMay 21, 1925, Snow Camp, Alamance County, North Carolina [19424]
DeathSep 17, 2018, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas [19424]
BurialGuilford Memorial Park, 6000 High Point Rd, Greensboro, North Carolina [19424]
FatherAlson Edgar ALEXANDER (1889-1970)
MotherCleo B. CLAPP (1892-1970)
Spouses
BirthJul 8, 1924 [38245]
DeathDec 8, 2005 [19424]
BurialGuilford Memorial Park, 6000 High Point Rd, Greensboro, North Carolina [38245]
FlagsUS Marines
MarriageMay 31, 1947, Alamance County, North Carolina [19424]
ChildrenErnest Doyle (1948-2007)
Obituary Online notes for Olice Marie ALEXANDER
10/14/2018

Olice Alexander Lockamy

EL PASO, TX - Olice Alexander Lockamy, 93, passed away peacefully in her sleep at her home in El Paso, Texas.

A funeral service will be conducted at Hanes Linebery Sedgefield Chapel at 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 20, 2018. A short graveside service will follow at Guilford Memorial Park Cemetary. The Rev. Patrick Snow of Irving Park United Methodist Church will officiate.

Olice was born at home on 21 May 1925 in Snow Camp, North Carolina.

Her Parents, Alson E. Alexander and Cleo Clapp Alexander, named the new baby girl Olice Marie Alexander. She was and remained a member of Irving Park United Methodist Church even after Moving to El Paso in 2007. Olice graduated from Sylvan High School of Alamance County in May of 1942 and later attended King's Business School of Accounting in Greensboro, NC. She subsequently worked at a number of accounting jobs including Jewel Box and Rolane Sales (from which she retired). After Her husband, Ernest, was honorably discharged from the U. S. Marine Corp in 1946, Olice and Ernest having attended school together from Elementary through High School reconnected and were married in Alamance County on May 31, 1947. They moved to Greensboro shortly thereafter where they lived happily married until Ernest died on Dec. 8, 2005. Olice moved to El Paso, Texas in July 2007.

Olice was proceeded in death by her parents; her brother, AD Alexander; her sisters, Allie Mae Hester and Martha Dare Cooke; her husband, Ernest Cameron Lockamy; and her oldest son, Ernest Doyle Lockamy.

Surviving Olice are her son Michael Cameron Lockamy of El Paso, Texas; Four grandchildren with three spouses, Jamison (Jami) and Amber Lockamy of El Paso, Texas, Sheanon and Robyn Lockamy of Randleman, NC, Dixie (Misha) Lockamy of Albuquerque, NM, and David and Alicia Lockamy of Asheboro, NC; two step grandchildren, Sheila White of Houston Texas and Kevin Boetto of El Paso, Texas; and eight great-grandchildren and three step great-grandchildren. Olice always tried to remember all of her grandchildren, step grandchildren, great-granddchildren and step great-grandchildren with cards and gifts for birthdays and Christmas.

Online condolences may be made at
www.haneslineberryfuneralhomes.com
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Irving Park United Methodist Church, 1510 W. Cone Blvd., Greensboro, NC, 27408
[19424]
Obituary Online notes for Ernest Cameron (Spouse 1)
US MARINE CORPS
WORLD WAR ll


GREENSBORO- On Thursday, Dec. 8, 2005, Ernest Cameron Lockamy, 81, passed away at
Moses Cone Extended Care.

A funeral service will be conducted at 3 p.m. on Sunday at Hanes Lineberry
Sedgefield Chapel. The Rev. Brian C. Allen will officiate. Burial will follow at
Guilford Memorial Park with military graveside rites.

Ernest was born on July 8, 1924, in Alamance County to the late James Clem and
Eugenia Phibbs Lockamy. He was a member of Irvin Park United Methodist Church. He
retired from Greensboro News and Record after 43 years. He was a past grandmaster
and a member of Independent Order of Odd Fellows Buena Vista Lodge No. 21. During WW
II, Ernest was a corporal in the U. S. Marine Corp.

In addition to his parents, Ernest was preceded in death by five sisters, Ethel
Bentley, Nell McLean, Nettie Moser, Lorena Thompson and Eugenia Wyrick and four
brothers, Rush , Maurice, George and Wallace Lockamy.

Surviving Ernest are his wife, Olice Alexander Lockamy; two sons, Ernest Doyle
Lockamy of Greensboro and Michael Cameron Lockamy of El Paso, Texas; two sisters,
Kathleen Wheeler and Mary Loy; brother J.C. Lockamy, all of Burlington; four
grandchildren, Jamison Monroe Lockamy, Dixie "Misha" Lockamy, David Cameron Lockamy,
all of El Paso, Texas and Sheanon Barrymore Lockamy of Greensboro.

The Lockamy family will receive friends one hour prior to the service.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Irving Park United
Methodist Church, 1510 W. Cone Blvd., Greensboro, NC 27408 or Hospice and Palliative
Care of Greensboro, 2500 Summit Avenue, Greensboro, NC 27405.

Greensboro News & Record (NC) - Saturday, December 10, 2005
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