US Army Colonel. Both sides of his family were pre-Civil War Western pioneers; he was the last of three sons born to John Bennet and Nelly Sharp. He was "a firm believer in duty, honor and country". A 1918 graduate of the US Military Academy, he was initially assigned to the 17th Field Artillery. He served during both wars before retiring in 1946. He was a 1953 graduate of architectural engineering from the University of Texas, Austin. He retired for the second time in the 1950s after he helped design the general plans for Interstate 35. He married twice, first to Elizabeth Digges in Washington DC, with whom he had a son (Peter W.) and a daughter (Elizabeth S. Roby); second to Velma Pauline Ferrel in Oklahoma City; they had two sons (Alexander Jr and William Fletcher). He died at Brooke Army Medical Center and was buried with full military honors. (extracted from obituary, "San Antonio Express-News," September 3, 1992)
US Army Colonel. Both sides of his family were pre-Civil War Western pioneers; he was the last of three sons born to John Bennet and Nelly Sharp. He was "a firm believer in duty, honor and country". A 1918 graduate of the US Military Academy, he was initially assigned to the 17th Field Artillery. He served during both wars before retiring in 1946. He was a 1953 graduate of architectural engineering from the University of Texas, Austin. He retired for the second time in the 1950s after he helped design the general plans for Interstate 35. He married twice, first to Elizabeth Digges in Washington DC, with whom he had a son (Peter W.) and a daughter (Elizabeth S. Roby); second to Velma Pauline Ferrel in Oklahoma City; they had two sons (Alexander Jr and William Fletcher). He died at Brooke Army Medical Center and was buried with full military honors. (extracted from obituary, "San Antonio Express-News," September 3, 1992)
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