Rex Hall

Rex was a man of quiet intellect and integrity. He was an attorney in practice and forever a musician at heart.

Rex earned BA and law degrees from the University of Texas. He was a loyal friend and maintained relationships from childhood and high school in addition to developing strong friendships as he moved through his legal career, from his first job at the Texas Attorney General’s office under Greg Maddox, to the firm of Allison, Bass and Associates and finally to the Texas Association of Counties. He retired as Assistant Executive Director there in 2019.

Rex met “Lizzy” at The Landing, where she was his apartment Manager. On their first date, Rex assured her that they were going to get married one day, and that began a 50-year relationship of inseparable love and friendship. They made it official in May of 1980.

Rex was a kind and devoted father to his two children, Kacie and Will, and he nurtured a love of music, sports and fair play in each of them.

Kacie writes: My dad gave me the gifts of music, faith, unconditional love, and a lifelong passion for all sports, teaching me through baseball that I was just as capable as anyone. His brilliance, kindness, and unwavering commitment to doing what is right shaped the person I’ve become, and I will forever strive to live up to his example.

Will writes: Where do I start? I don’t even know how to begin to describe a man who can’t be compared to anybody. His co-workers will tell you how kind he was. His friends will tell you how funny he was. My mom will tell you how thoughtful and loving he was. His bosses will tell you how smart and essential he was. And what a level of integrity he had! But most important of all, he was an incredible father and role model. Always leading by example and actively showing me how to work on being a better person every single day. He could be a man of few words, but nobody could ever question his motives. There has never been a better man.

Friends and family knew Rex loved Bar-b-q, Alabama football, and his guitars. When Rex wasn’t working or following his son from one ball field to another, he was writing and playing music.

During his retirement years, he met with friends every Saturday morning to have breakfast and play music. Weekday mornings he studied biblical philosophy after walking 2 or 3 miles on the hike and bike trail around Lady Bird Lake.

Rex is preceded in death by his parents, Arlene and Rex Hall, Sr. He will be deeply missed by his family: wife, Elizabeth, whom Rex called “Lizzy,” by his children: son, Will Hall and daughter Kathryn “Kacie” Hall Fuller and husband, Scott; by his devoted younger sister, Valerie Wilson and her husband, Tim, as well as his sister-in-law, Kathy Bond, brother-in-law, Bill Bond, mother-in-law Eugenia Lander and husband, Charles; two special cousins in Alabama, Luther Bertram and Connie Harville; 5 nieces and nephews, “granddog,” Ranger, and many good friends.

In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Health Alliance for Austin Musicians (HAAM) or the Sunrise Homeless Navigation Center.