The Celebration of Life for Ms. Phaedria V. Alexander, 60, of Orange, will be Wednesday, November 18, 2026, at 11am at Wesley United Methodist Church under the direction of Sparrow Funeral Home. Rites of Christian Burial will follow at Magnolia Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 10 until 11am.
A loving soul to all who knew her. Phaedria (Phae) Von Astoria Alexander was born in Orange, TX December 30, 1965, to Beverly Yvonne (Hall) Alexander and Franklin George Alexander.
Gone too soon, she passed away at Harbor Hospice House in Beaumont, Texas.
Raised in Orange, Phae attended West Orange- Stark High School where she was an active clarinet player in the Marching Band. She gained lifelong friendships before graduating with the Class of 1984.
After graduating from Lamar University with an Associate of Science Degree, Phaedria moved to Houston where she spent 30 years working as a mid-level manager.
Over the course of her lifetime and at every job in between, Phae met co-workers who became friends who then became sisters and she loved each one of them dearly.
Phae was a compassionate sister to all her siblings and loved them with all her heart. She played both the role of “Lil Sis” and “BIG Sis,” always checking in to make sure they were all doing well and would lend her help however needed.
In the last 5 years of her life, Phae moved back to Orange where she helped care for her stepmother, Mary Alexander, and assumed the role of primary caretaker for her father, George.
To cherish her memories Phaedria leaves behind her siblings, Sebastian Alexander (Lara), Tiffany Stout (Brandon), Karl Lynn Lathan, Christopher Lathan, and Naudia Lisa Lathan and a host of nieces and nephews.
She was proceeded in death by her parents, Beverly Yvonne Lathan and Franklin George Alexander, stepparents, Mary E Alexander, and Carl H Lathan, III, siblings, Darnell Lathan and Terhea Lathan, grandparents, Ethel Mae Walker Davis, and George McClain Alexander, her great great aunt and uncle, Bertha B. “Big Momma” Hall and Eddie Hall, and also great great aunt, Maggie B. Knox, who delivered her birth.
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