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Oct 30, 2022 · NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Honey Alexander, the wife of former Tennessee Governor and Senator Lamar Alexander, has died, the family announced in a statement on Sunday. She was 77. Alexander...
- Not Your Average First Lady
- Friend Remembers Alexander
- Lasting Legacy
Tom Ingram, longtime family friend and former chief of staff to Lamar Alexander both as governor and senator, told The Tennessean just before the service that Honey Alexander was always involved in her husband's political career. In fact, the walk across Tennessee campaign that helped Lamar Alexander get elected governor in 1978 was her idea. "Some...
Just before the service, Honey Alexander's longtime friend Molly Pratt described her as determined, smart, funny, thoughtful, faithful and a great "gift-giver." "If you got a gift from Honey, you knew it was something she had picked out for you," Pratt remembered. "It was never where she had gone into a store and said 'I will take 20 of those.'" Ev...
Honey Alexander was a fierce advocate for children's issues and the results of her life's work are evident today. During her husband's time as Tennessee's governor from 1979 to 1987, she was the chair of a statewide Healthy Children Initiative, which focused on prenatal care. She also worked to help create the Governor's Task Forces on Daycare, wit...
Oct 30, 2022 · Knoxville News Sentinel. 0:02. 1:38. Leslee "Honey" Buhler Alexander, the wife of former Tennessee governor and U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander, has died. Honey, 77, was long the backbone...
Oct 30, 2022 · Leslee "Honey" Buhler Alexander, a longtime children's advocate and the wife of former Tennessee governor and U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander, died Saturday at age 77.
Oct 30, 2022 · Published 3:43 PM PDT, October 30, 2022. MARYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Leslee Kathryn Buhler Alexander, the wife of former Tennessee governor and U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander and a longtime family and children’s health advocate, has died at age 77, her family said Sunday.
Oct 30, 2022 · Honey was the wife of Lamar Alexander, the former Tennessee governor and U.S. senator. She was born Oct. 12, 1945, in Los Angeles, California and was the second oldest of five children. 📧 Have...
Oct 30, 2022 · MARYVILLE, Tenn. — Leslee Kathryn Buhler Alexander, the wife of former Tennessee governor and U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander and a longtime family and children’s health advocate, has died at...
