Donna Lynn Alexander passed away peacefully on June 21, 2025 surrounded by her four children after a courageous two and a half year battle with breast cancer.

Donna was predeceased by her parents Robert and Francis Jackson. She is survived by her brother Wayne, sister-in-law Cheryl, her three children Melissa, Chuck and Jennifer and daughter-in-law Lauren, her grandchildren Simeon, Sellers, Mae and Emory and other extended family.

Donna was a beautiful soul, always bringing humor and liveliness to those around her. She enjoyed cooking delicious food and was an avid animal lover. Donna's love for her children was remarkable. She was an incredibly selfless woman, always doing for others and putting herself last. Her main desire while on this Earth was only that her children were taken care of and happy. It is with the deepest sadness that we say goodbye to Donna, for her love and light will truly be missed. We take much comfort that she no longer has to feel pain and suffering, is united with loved ones and can rest in peace.

"Lord, make me a channel of thy peace—that where there is hatred, I may bring love—that where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness—that where there is discord, I may bring harmony—that where there is error, I may bring truth—that where there is doubt, I may bring faith—that where there is despair, I may bring hope —that where there are shadows, I may bring light—that where there is sadness, I may bring joy. Lord, grant that I may seek rather to comfort than to be comforted—to understand, than to be understood—to love, than to be loved. For it is by self-forgetting that one finds. It is by forgiving that one is forgiven. It is by dying that one awakens to Eternal Life. Amen."

Shives Funeral Home, Trenholm Road Chapel, is assisting the family.