When Nancy Jane Sloan was born on 31 August 1919, in Steel Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States, her father, Ewell Ella Sloan, was 37 and her mother, Carrie Pearl Neely, was 29. She married Carl Lapsley Alexander Jr. on 28 February 1938. She lived in Berryhill, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States in 1920. She died on 30 March 2003, in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Sharon Memorial Park, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States.