Alexander Graham Streett was born in Camden, Ouachita County, Arkansas, on February 21, 1939.
After graduating high school, Streett attended Henderson College and the University of Arkansas before joining the United States Army. He returned to Fayetteville and graduated from the University of Arkansas School of Law with a juris doctorate in 1965.
Streett served as a clerk for Associate Justice Paul Ward before moving to Russellville in 1966 to start his own law practice. He was elected prosecuting attorney of the Fifth Judicial District in 1971 and served until 1982. Streett then returned to his private law practice.
Streett was an active Rotarian and a member of the Knights of Columbus. He was president of the Arkansas Prosecuting Attorneys Association and served on the boards of Friendship Community Care and the River Valley Regional Intermodal Facilities Authority.
Streett passed away on April 25, 2019.
#1: Composite image of early photo of Alex Streett and still frame from Pryor Center video interview
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#2: Alex Streett's father, Johnson Bruce Streett, on leave from the US Army, World War I, Marseilles, France, 1919
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#3: Alex Streett's mother, Gertrude Sanderson Streett
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#4: Alex Streett's father, Johnson Bruce Street, 1932
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#5: Alex Streett held by his mother, Gertrude Streett; also pictured, his father, Johnson Bruce Streett (back row, far right), his paternal grandfather, Alexander Graham Streett (back row, center); and his maternal grandmother, Katherine Pollard Sanderson (3rd from left), ca. 1941
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#6: Alex Streett, age 8, 1947
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#7: Alex Streett, ca. 1950
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#8: Alex Streett, Camden High School football picture, 1955
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#9: Alex Streett (back row, far right) with his family: (from left) brother, Julian D., father, Johnson Bruce, brother, "Judge" John Bruce, mother, Gertrude Sanderson; (front row, from left) sister, Shelley, grandmother, Olivia Wood Johnson, and sister, Gertrude "Trudy", ca. 1957
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#10: Alex Streett in his campaign for 5th Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney and his daughters (left to right), Bridgette, Stephanie, and Mary; Clarksville Peach Festival, Clarksville, Arkansas, 1973
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#11: Alex and Sue Streett with their children (clockwise from bottom right), Jimmy, Graham, Mary, Bridgette, and Stephanie Streett; March 1979
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#12: Alex and Sue Streett with their children (clockwise from far left), Mary, Stephanie, Bridgette, Graham, and Jimmy Streett,1982
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#13: Alex Streett, ca. 1985
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#14: Alex Streett, holding the Streett Family Bible, with his wife, Sue, and their children (from left), Graham, Mary, Jimmy, Bridgette, and Stephanie, at his 70th birthday party, Mount Magazine, Arkansas, 2009
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#15: Alex Streett (top row, right) with five generations of Streett lawyers
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#16: Alex and Sue Streett (center) with their children, Graham, Mary, Stephanie, Bridgette, and Jimmy Steett
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#17: Alex Streett with his sons, Graham and Jimmy
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#18: Sue and Alex Streett
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#19: George Fisher cartoon featuring Alex Streett
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#20: George Fisher cartoon featuring Alex Streett
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#21: Political cartoon featuring Alex Streett
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#22: Political cartoon featuring Alex Streett
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#23: Political cartoon featuring Alex Streett
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#24: George Fisher cartoon featuring Alex Streett
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#25: Political cartoon featuring Alex Streett
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#26: George Fisher cartoon featuring Alex Streett
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#27: Political cartoon featuring Alex Streett
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#28: Political cartoon featuring Alex Streett
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#29: George Fisher cartoon featuring Alex Streett
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#30: George Fisher cartoon featuring Alex Streett
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#31: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Alex G. Streett; Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2018
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#32: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Alex G. Streett; Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2018
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#33: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Alex G. Streett; Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2018
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