Henry Lowry "Lonnie" Randall Retired Railroad Engineer Graveside services for Henry Lowry "Lonnie" Randall will be Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015, at 12:30 pm at Magnolia Cemetery with The Reverend Luther Ott presiding. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Randall, 84, died Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015, at Anderson Regional Medical Center. He was born Sept. 14, 1930, in Meridian. He graduated from Meridian High School and attended the University of Mississippi. Mr. Randall was employed as an engineer with Meridian & Bigbee Railroad for 44 years, retiring in 1992. He married Peggy Joyce Owen on July 9, 1954, at First Christian Church. Throughout the years, Mr. Randall was an avid hobbyist who enjoyed woodworking, sailing, astronomy, raising homing pigeons, beekeeping and ham radio. He loved gardening, especially cultivating daylilies. Mr. Randall was an avid reader and enjoyed volunteering at the Meridian Public Library. He was also a member of the Harley Owners Group. He was a loving and devoted husband, father and grandfather. Survivors include his daughters, Robin Randall Hall and Lisa Randall Kittrell and her husband, Jerome; a son, David Apperson Randall and his wife, Penny, all of Meridian; sisters, Mary Ann Lewis and her husband, Tom, of Meridian, and Nancy Moore of Tupelo; grandchildren, Elizabeth Hall of Meridian, Ann Marie Hall Stanton and her husband, Mike, of Oxford, Laura Kittrell of Los Angeles, Calif., Nathan Kittrell of Nashville, Tenn., Olivia Randall and David Randall, both of Meridian; a nephew, Mark Lewis and his wife, Tjawanna, of Union; a niece, Nancy Leigh McDade and her husband, Gene, of Tupelo; and great-nephews, John Henry McDade and Ander Pearce McDade of Tupelo. He was preceded in death by his wife of 55 years, Peggy Randall in 2010; his parents Henry Lonnie and Eula Randall; a nephew, Andy Moore; and a brother-in-law, Lee Moore. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 1116 23rd Avenue, Meridian, MS, 39301 or the Diabetes Foundation of Mississippi, 800 Avery Blvd., Suite 100, Ridgeland, MS 39157 or online at https://www.msdiabetes.org/memorials-and-honorariums Pallbearers will be Frank Hamilton, Steve Reetz, Larry Dean, Dr. David Gilmore, Phillip Maples and John Compton. Honorary pallbearers will be his two grandsons who are named after him, Nathan Lowry Kittrell and David Lowry Randall; and Mark Lewis, Steve Slade and JC Jackson. Family and friends may sign the online guestbook at robertbarhamffh.com. Visitation will be Wednesday from 11 am-noon at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in Meridian.
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