Anna Alexander

Anna Ellison Butler Alexander
Deaconess
Born	circa 1865 St. Simons Island, Glynn County, Georgia, United States
Died	1947 Pennick, Glynn County, Georgia
Venerated in	Episcopal Church
Feast	September 24

Anna Ellison Butler Alexander (c. 1865 – September 24, 1947) was the first and only African-American consecrated a deaconess in the Episcopal Church.^[1] She served in the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia during her entire career, and may be remembered in the Calendar of saints on September 24.^[2]