Alexander Kyle Rorex
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1951 Lion's Roar
Carrollton High School
Carrollton, Dallas Co., Texas
Faculty - Science Teacher
 

 

OBITUARY
 
Alexander Rorex

DALLAS " Alexander Kyle Rorex, died Wednesday. Funeral services are at 12:30 p.m. today at Restland Memorial Chapel.
He was born in Greenville on Dec. 16. 1915, son of Bill and Elizabeth Turner Rorex. He graduated from Greenville High School and then joined a traveling dance orchestra. In 1934 he enrolled at Texas Tech University and played with the college dance orchestra and the Tech college band. In 1941 he married Leta Carpenter.
Mr. Rorex served in the U.S. Army. He then attended Southern Methodist University where he received his bachelor and master degrees. He taught in the Carrollton school system for a short time before becoming executive director of the National Association of Theater Owners Association. He was also manager of the Variety Club of Texas. Mr. Rorex retired from the Association in 1984. He was a member of the Larry Walker's Class at First Baptist Church in Dallas.
Surviving are his wife,; a brother, Rusty Rorex of Greenville and sister Mrs. Lillian Laney of HIde Away Lake.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Howard Rorex and a sister, Helen Chapman.

Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams

 


ROREX
LETA J. - OCT 3, 1918 - APR 24, 2001
A. KYLE - DEC 16, 1915 - APR 4, 2001

Restland Memorial Park, Carrollton, Dallas County, Texas
 

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