Dear Susan,

Maudie Maybelle Qualls Alexander was my great-grandmother. I was born on her 80th birthday. She helped to raise my father. She lived across the street from me my whole life until she died. We were very close and always celebrated our birthdays together. She was the best woman, no person, to date that I have ever known. I have been researching my family history and have a hard time finding anything on her side of the family. If there is any info that I may have I am willing to share it with you. I don't know much about her ancestors, but I know most of her descendants. I have all of her records that the funeral home gave us when she passed. Her son J.P. "Jadie" Alexander was my grandfather. His son, Ralph Alexander, is my father. The only child she has left that is still alive is my Aunt Pauline "Polly". How are you connected with her? I remember her telling my mom that her family migrated to Hardin County where they settled on the banks of the TN River. They lived in tents and shacks on the river when she was a little girl. That is all I really know about her upbringing.