Alexander Akore

He was well known as Alex. His primary education was all over Ghana, where his father's job took him as a son of a prominent U.A.C. manager. He attended St. Peter's Secondary School in Nkwatia Kwahu, proceeded to Ghana Secondary School in Koforidua where he finished his 6th form education, then went to University of Ghana, Legon.

When he finished Legon, he worked at Flag Staff House for the first president of Ghana, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. After the president was overthrown, he joined the Ghana education system in the Eastern Region in Koforidua.

From there, he relocated to the U.S. where he joined the army. After the army, he attended City College in New York. While in college, Alex worked in College Tutorial as a tutor and tutored many engineering students and sometimes even took them home to be tutored. He was very good in science and helped a lot of people directly from college and offered an engineering job with National Urbanomics in Manchester, New Hampshire. He later joined Kollsman, Inc. in Merrimac, New Hampshire and then Meggitt Avionics where he retired from.

He then moved to Maryland to be near family. Alex served the Lord through his resources. He supported missionary work by sponsoring his wife Agnes on missionary trips with Marilyn Hickey Ministries to Cambodia, China, India, Russia, Kyiv, Greece. New Zealand, Fiji and, Mongolia. He also helped in renovating churches in Ghana and was involved in many more projects. He showed love to all. He helped pay the college tuition of some children. For other children, he bought bicycles for them to play with. He was the friend of elderly people. He would fix the electrical problems in their homes. He was also the helper of widows and the list goes on. Words cannot adequately say it all. God knows his heart and his works.

Alex's first wife, Mrs. Diana Akore passed away and his father-in-law encouraged him to remarry because he was distraught. He met and married his second wife, Agnes Akore, until his demise.

Alex left behind a wife, four sons. Nineteen grandchildren, a sister, four brothers and twenty-two cousins.