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Randy Alexander, McKay & Co. Owner, Dies at 71

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Randy Alexander, a leader in residential real estate in Arkansas who owned McKay & Co. Realtors, died Friday in Little Rock. He was 71.

Alexander joined McKay & Co. as a real estate agent when the company was founded in 1972. In 1980, he became president, and two years later, he purchased the firm’s residential sales division. 

In 2009, the year before Alexander retired and closed the firm, the company helped buy or sell about $30 million worth of houses, which ranked it the 23rd largest residential realty firm in the state.

A memorial service for Alexander was scheduled for Monday morning at Second Presbyterian Church in Little Rock. A private graveside service was set for Pinecrest Memorial Park.

More: Read Alexander’s full obituary here.

In a May 1987 interview with Arkansas Business, Alexander cited “problem solving and creativity” as his best business skills. He called buying the McKay firm his smartest business decision, and said his proudest moments had been “seeing people I have influenced in business being recognized for being successful.”

He also said he’d want to be remembered for “fairness and integrity; as a mentor and innovator; as a father who helped build my daughter’s self-reliance.”

Randle Lee Alexander was born June 30, 1945, in Little Rock. He earned a degree in marketing from what was then Little Rock University, now the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

In addition to owning McKay & Co., Alexander was a leader in the real estate industry. He was president of the Little Rock Board of Realtors, a trustee of the Arkansas Realtors Political Action committee and was a founding member of the Board of Advisors of The Real Estate Leaders of America.

Alexander was a member of Club 99 Rotary, which honored him as its 1998 Paul Harris Fellow. He was chairman of Central Arkansas Ducks Unlimited for five years and served on the foundation boards of St. Vincent Hospital and UALR. He was also involved in 50 for the Future, Boy Scouts of America, United Way, Easter Seals and the Central Arkansas Alzheimer’s Association. 

Alexander is survived by his wife of 35 years, Gynell “Gy” Alexander; his daughter, Kathryn Kristine “Kristi” Alexander; and a grandson, Eli Christopher Alexander, all of Little Rock. He is also survived by his sister Suzanne Jenkins of Oakland, Tennessee; nephews Jason Jenkins and Scott Jenkins, of Arlington, Tennessee; nephew Seth Padgett of Little Rock; and niece Sara Padgett Heathcott of Durham, North Carolina.

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