Henry Lowry “Lonnie” Randall

Published 5:00 am Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Retired Railroad Engineer 
            Graveside services for Henry Lowry "Lonnie" Randall will be
Wednesday at 12:30 p.m.  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 and 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  <<a class="body" href="https://www.msdiabetes.org/memorials-and-honorariums" target="_blank">https://www.msdiabetes.org/memorials-and-honorariums>
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            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 a.m. until noon  at Robert
Barham Family Funeral Home in Meridian.