Rex Remington Stone

Rex Remington Stone, 34 years-old, was called home to heaven on Sunday, August 10, 2025, following complications from Covid. He was at his residence in Manassas Park, Virginia. He is the beloved son of Daniel Wayne Stone and Cynthia Littleton Stone. Rex is Lucas K. Stone’s older brother.

Rex, or Exy, as he was affectionately known, burst into the world as a big 9 pound blue-eyed boy in April of 1991. His broad shoulders topped a big, tender heart that deeply loved German Shepherds, country music, and most of all- -his family. Even as an adult Rex spent all his vacation time traveling to Kansas and North Carolina to visit and help extended family. He was especially close to his Grandma Donna Littleton in Wichita. He took her on many trips, helped her with chores and always made sure her car was in ship-shape condition.

From the start Rex was a car and truck guy. His first word as a toddler was not momma or dada, but Volvo. Rex loved NASCAR racing and a highlight of his life was attending the Daytona 500 race with his dad as a young teen. At first his family was not sure why Rex’s will states that he wants to be buried at Resthaven Cemetery, since there’s no other family buried there. However, it is suspiciously close to the Mel Hambelton Ford dealership, where he test drove trucks many times. His mother knew he had outgrown trick or treating at 10 years-old, when he asked startled neighbors who opened their door, “How has your truck been running?”

Rex went to pre-school at Christ United Methodist Church in Fairfax Station, Virginia and worshiped there all his life. He volunteered on the church’s Tech Team as a teen, running lighting and production for services.

Rex attended Clifton Elementary and graduated from Robinson Secondary School in Fairfax Station, Virginia. He briefly worked in the service department at Lindsey Cadillac, where he met his best friend for life, Wade Alan Samuels, who shared his love for trucks and dogs. Rex began working at Fairfax County Public Library at 22 years-old, eventually moving to the Archives where he worked for 12 years, until his passing. For 9 of those years he was a rising star at the Archives Department of Technology, steadily being promoted. Rex’s supervisor says he was the “go to” expert tech person in the office for their computer system, and “just a wonderful human being.”

The Archives are charged with preserving and accessing all records for a huge county with over a million people. That includes court records, police records, historical documents and other valuable materials. Rex was well suited for such work. He had a photographic memory and was the family historian. He earned the nickname “Rolodex

Rex” by effortlessly memorizing addresses and phone numbers. He could tell you down to the month when and where your car was manufactured. And he could probably tell you whether it was drizzling outside when it rolled off the assembly line.

Despite working full time, Rex recently earned his Associate Degree from Northern Virginia Community College. He graduated Summa Cum Laude, with a 3.9 grade point average.

Rex was preceded in death by grandparents Alfred Norton Littleton, Donna Lee Littleton and Hattie Higgins Stone. Also his uncle Glenn L. Stone. He is survived by his brother Lucas Kent Stone, as well as aunts Linda Littleton MeGown, Cheryl Littleton Koerner and her husband Benjamin Lee Koerner. Christine M. Presnell is a dear great aunt and William James Baxter a dear uncle. Rex’s cousins are Dana Lee and Jeff Koerner, William and Brian Baxter and Krista Stone Manista. Close North Carolina relatives include Wes and Chris Presnell and Sharon Presnell Sargent.

In lieu of flowers the family is requesting donations to the Kansas Humane Society, a pet adoption/rescue organization (kshumane.org), to honor Rex’s passionate love of animals.

An alternative is Wichita’s Botanical Gardens (botanica.org) a large garden across the street from Rex’s grandparent’s home, where he spent many happy hours with Grandma Donna.

Grandma Donna has no doubt greeted Rex in heaven wearing her Christmas tree vest with a handful of his favorite Peanut Butter cups. A pack of German Shepherds, including his best pal Ranger, are sure to be milling around them both.

A funeral service for Rex will be held Friday, August 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM at Resthaven Mortuary, 11800 West Highway 54, Wichita, KS 67209. Following the funeral service will be a graveside service at Resthaven Gardens of Memory, 11800 West Highway 54, Wichita, KS 67209.