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I would suggest ordering Alexander's death certificate from the Florida Department of Health. All of the ones I have ordered from Florida in the past note the name of the cemetery where the deceased was to be buried (except for one who was cremated and is kind of iffy). Hopefully, you will find that Alexander's body was returned to a cemetery in Michigan for burial, and that in turn will help locate William if you contact the cemetery office. If not, then I would assume that the Michigan Department of Health has some similar process for ordering death certificates (which should note the burial place).
On the 1930 US Census, Alexander is living at 6164 Fifteenth Street in Detroit with his wife Jean (b. 1898 Scotland, immigrated 1924- same immigraiton date given for Alexander), daughter Helen (b. 1922 Michigan), unmarried brother William (immigrated 1927, noted as a veteran of the World War- and so you can probably find other records in this regard), and mother-in-law Annie Galloway (b. 1874 Scotland, immigrated 1924 as well). All four of the immgirants are coded PA, which I think designates them as petitions for naturalization pending / permanent alien. Alexander and Jean married about 1924-1925 as his age at marriage is given as 25 and hers as 27, and it was likely in Scotland. Alexander was a pattern maker at the auto factory and William worked as a buffer there.
I've also found most of the group on the immigration records. William arrived in NY on 9 Oct 1927 aboard the ship Transylvania. The family contact is given as his sister Miss Sarah Campbell living at 31 Franklin Street in Glasgow. He was heading to Detroit to meet his brother Alexander living at 6169 15th Street. Physical description is 5'6" tall, dark complexion, brown hair, grey eyes. Occupation noted as a wood machinist.
Alexander arrived in NY on 27 Jan 1925 aboard the Cameronia. Occupation noted as a motor-body builder. Family contact given as his mother Charlotte at 97 Barlock Street in Possilpark Glasgow. He was heading to Detroit to meet his friend Frank Bowie at 1527 Parker Avenue. Physical description is 5'4" 1/2, fresh complexion, black hair, grey eyes. His is noted as married, but Jean must have come separately.
There is a border crossing record for Annie M. Galloway going to meet her daughter Jean Campbell at 6003 McGraw in Detroit on 29 Mar 1926. The Canadian contact is given as a Mrs. Annie Thornton at a P.O. Box in Acton, Ontario. I can't read the print on the card on the bottom line, but it has a reference to Halifax seaport on 8 Apr 1925 and Athenia (a ship?). This could be the date that she and Jean immigrated.