Mrs. Mavis Helen Alexander, 63, died Thursday, February 28, 2013, at her home in Louisville, MS. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, March 2nd, at Porter Funeral Home, with Rev. Fred Frazier and Sister Minnie Dempsey officiating. Interment will be in Welcome Chapel Church Cemetery. Visitation will be held Friday, from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM at the funeral home. Porter Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Alexander was born December 7, 1949, in Louisville, MS. She was a truck driver, and a member of Welcome Chapel Church. She was preceded in death by her father, Norman Harold Dempsey; and a sister, Norma Howard. She is survived by her husband. William V. Alexander, Sr., her mother, Hilda Worrell Dempsey; two sons, Toby (Kayla) Alexander, and Jimmy (Lynn) Alexander; one daughter, Jeannie (Larry) Johnson; one sister, Sherry (James) Schuler, and one brother, Ralph (Martha) Dempsey, all of Louisville, MS. She is also survived by her 10 grandchildren. To sign the guestbook, please go to www.porterfuneralhome.net.