[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 77 (Monday, May 12, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Page S4025]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          HONORING ROBLEY REX

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, today I rise to recognize a very 
special individual from my home State of Kentucky, Mr. Robley Rex. 
Earlier this month, Mr. Rex celebrated his 107th birthday. To live 107 
years in and of itself is an achievement by anyone's standard. In the 
case of Robley Rex, those 107 years have been especially full of 
accomplishment and patriotic service. He has filled his lifetime with 
loyal service to our Nation's Armed Forces, to the U.S. Postal 
Department, to local businesses, to the Methodist ministries and, 
perhaps most importantly, to his family and his fellow veterans.
  Robley Rex was born in Hopkinsville, KY 1901. Upon turning 18, be 
enlisted in the U.S. Army and proudly served our Nation. He returned to 
Kentucky after serving with 5th Infantry in Germany in 1922. Mr. Rex 
then joined the Veterans of Foreign Wars, VFW, and married Ms. Grace 
Bivens. He held jobs with local Kentucky businesses before beginning 
his career as a U.S. Postal Department railroad mail clerk. At the 
spry, young age of 86, Robley Rex began volunteering through the VFW 
and was honored by the group for having performed more than 13,600 
hours of service over a 20-year period. He also volunteered his time at 
the VA Medical Center in Louisville, KY, helping the hospital staff and 
inspiring the patients and their families. He also found time to become 
an expert in proper flag etiquette. Mr. President, I don't know I 
anyone who knows more about how to properly care for an American flag 
than Mr. Rex.
  I am proud to represent such a remarkable model of honor and duty and 
I am pleased to have the opportunity to recognize Robley Rex in front 
of this distinguished body. I ask my colleagues to join me in thanking 
him for his continued service to our Nation and to Kentucky, and to 
wish him all the best on his 107th birthday and in the future.

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