Sigma Chi at Yale

Friends, it is with a heavy heart that I report that Alex King has become our second past Consul to pass into the Chapter Eternal.

Alex, a member of the Sigma pledge class and consul for the fall ’99 term was a constant quiet presence in his time as an undergraduate, showing an absolute dedication to the chapter from the time he pledged in 1996 to his graduation in 2000. When the house looked like it might have an unsustainable number of brothers, Alex chose to live in New Haven and commute to his internship in New York rather than let the chapter down.

More recently, he was an integral part of the financial efforts to rehabilitate the house.

He was a good friend and much-loved brother, and the world has lost some of its luster without him. 

If you would like to leave condolences (public or private), you can do so through the funeral home at http://www.memorialfd.com/index.cfm

The family would also welcome cards sent to:

PO Box 325

Lerona WV 25971.

The following is excerpted from the obituary in the Bluefield Daily Telegraph: 

http://www.bdtonline.com/archivesearch/local_story_034195803.html

Randolph Alexander King

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Randolph Alexander (Alex) King, 31, of Memphis, Tennessee, formerly of Lerona, West Virginia, died Sunday, February 1, 2009 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis following a short battle with cancer.

He was born October 23, 1977 in Princeton, W.Va., and is survived by parents Randolph (Randy) and Joyce King of Lerona. Additional survivors are sisters Elizabeth King of Arlington, Va., and Sarah Carney and husband Mark of Richmond, Va., and special niece Devyn Shea Carney. Alex is also survived by paternal grandparents, Randolph and Jean King of Princeton, W.Va., and a number of aunts, uncles and cousins. He also leaves behind many special friends, both in Memphis and throughout the world as he had traveled extensively.

The family will receive friends on Thursday, February 5, 2009 at Memorial Funeral Directory on the Athens Road in Princeton from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Funeral services will be held on Friday, February 6, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. at Memorial Funeral Directory, with services conducted by Pastors James Reed of St. Albans, W.Va., and Rick Chester of the Lerona United Methodist Church. Interment will follow at Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Princeton. Friends and family will serve as pallbearers.

Those wishing to share memory or messages of concern may do so via www.memorialfd.com.

In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts can be made to the American Cancer Society, 1808 Jefferson Street, Bluefield, WV 24701.

The King family is being served by the Memorial Funeral Directory & Cremation Center on the Athens Road in Princeton.