Alex was employed as a billing clerk at SOS Global and attended First Baptist Church. She was a 2019 graduate of Chuckey Doak High School and had attended Tusculum University.
She is survived by her parents: Brian and Natasha Gridley; a brother: Ben Gridley; grandparents: Gary and Frances Gridley and Lyle Smith; aunts and uncles: Brian and Teresa Smith, Joe and Valerie Gonzalez; cousins: Chris and Tabatha Cutshall, Cody and Kacie Shipley, Mylee Gonzalez, Matt and Anika Smith, Hunter Cutshall, Liam and Emmie Smith and Huxlei Shipley; a boyfriend: Colton Edwards; special friends: Caleigh “Spud” Norton and Dusty Smith, and her dog: Willow.
Alex was preceded in death by her nanny: Brenda Smith; an uncle: Jeff Smith and other great grandparents.
Honorary pallbearers will be friends and co-workers.
There will be no formal funeral service at this time. The family will receive friends Friday from 2-4 and 6-8pm at Kiser-Rose Hill Funeral Home.