Harbert Alexander (1939-2022) graduated from Jackson (Tennessee) High School in 1957, earned a B.A. from Virginia Military Institute in 1961 and a graduate degree from Rutgers University. He served as an Army artillery officer in West Germany, retiring as a captain. A banker in Jackson for more than forty-three years, he served as president of Jackson National Bank, Union Planters National Bank and chairman and chief executive officer of Bank of Jackson until 2010. Alexander, the author of eight books, was the Madison County, Tennessee, historian for 23 years. He was an avid hunter and amateur archaeologist. He served on the Tennessee State Museum board.