Cassandra Marie Alexis

January 7, 2022

Cassandra Marie Alexis, 55 years old, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, entered into eternal rest on Friday, January 7, 2022 at Passages Hospice. She was the beloved daughter of Nolan and Dorothy Alexis, Sr. (Gonzales, LA). Cassandra received her formal education from Jayne Wallace, Little Woods, and Edward Douglas White Elementary Schools. Cassandra was a graduate of St. Mary Academy, Class of 1984. She studied at Southern University of New Orleans. She graduated in Business Management at Texas A&M University-Commerce, Class of 2013. She later received her Masters of Education in Special Education from Grand Canyon University in December 2020. Cassandra was a current educator of Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology Charter School where she taught Special Education and was chosen as Teacher of the Year and maintained perfect attendance there. She was a formal employee of Auto Zone, Advance Auto and John Deere. She leaves to mourn her precious memory, her parents Nolan and Dorothy Alexis, Sr. of Gonzales, Louisiana, her two brothers Nolan Alexis Jr. and Kolin Alexis, Sr. (Baton Rouge, LA), great aunt Emma Jean Dorsey (Rollingfork, MS), her aunts Sandra Jackson (Gonzales, LA), Sharon Alexis, Marilyn Alexis, Annie Tyler, Lois (Samuel) Hawkins, Jeanette (Stephon) McGee, Carolyn (Charles) Bailey, uncles Elijah Alexis, Jr., Willie (Roshone) Tyler, Sr. (Lafayette, LA), Michael Dorsey (Miami, FL), and Keith Winfield and one godchild Kolin Alexis, Jr. (Baton Rouge, LA) and a host of other cousins, relatives, Houston family and friends. She was proceeded in death by her paternal grandparents Elijah and Marion B. Alexis, Sr., maternal grandparents Willie E. and Mary Alice Winfield, uncles Jonas Tyler, Jr., Lawrence Tyler Sr., and Willie Goldie Walls, an aunt Joyce,Winfield Hughes, great uncle and aunt Nolan and Betty Clements, Sr., nephew and godchild Elijah Bentley, one cousin, Stephon McGee, Jr. and one sister-in-law Sindey Ann Felix Alexis. Relatives, friends, co-workers and members of Franklin Avenue Baptist, Beacon Light and the St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church are invited to attend the celebration of life services at D. W. Rhodes Funeral Home, 3933 Washington Ave., New Orleans, La 70125 on Friday, January 14, 2022 at 10:00 am. Visitation will begin at 9:00 am. The Rev. Bruce McClue, III Pastor of Mount Carmel B.C. Seventh Ward Church will be officiating. ALL COVID RESTRICTIONS WILL BE ADHERED TO. Interment will be at Lake Lawn Metairie Cemetery. Arrangements by Rhodes Funeral Home, New Orleans, LA. Please visit www.rhodesfuneral.com to sign the guestbook.