Southall, Randy

Passed:

Age: 38

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Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 2007-10-01

Information: Randy Scott Southall, 38, of Anchorage, Alaska, formerly of Ripley, passed away Monday, October 1, 2007, at his home following an extended illness.  He was born July 5, 1969, in Gallipolis, OH a son of the late Lakin Wetzel Southall and Shirly Southall of Ripley.  He graduated in 1988 from Ripley High School and served as a US Army Infantryman in Operation Desert Storm from 1988 to 1991, serving in Egypt on the Sinai Pennisula.  He also served in Alaska, Georgia. Arkansas, Italy, and Saudi Arabia.  He worked as on over-the-road truck driver from 1994 to 2001, when he moved to Alaska.  He worked for the Anchorage School District as a bus driver trainer from 2002 until 2006.  He loved knowledge, reading, conversation, a good debate, the Sci-Fi Channel, sky diving, history and traveling and preparing for his favorite holiday, Halloween.  He was always one for a practical joke, and he treasured time spent with family.  Family said he was always willing to lend an ear, hand, or shoulder.  They’ll remember his laugh, smile, sarcastic sense of humor, his love for the holidays and how much his grandson, Thomas, meant to him.  His wife will always remember the day he asked her to marry him.  In addition to his mother, survivors include his wife Elke Southall; daughter and son-in-law Jennifer and Thomas Grman, Jr. and grandson Thomas Grman III; all of Anchorage; grandmother Hazel Sayre of Ripley; sister and brother-in-law Melinda and Arie Harper; sons and daughter-in-law Dell Shope and Katie Fenn of Anchorage, Doyle Shope and Ariana Ibarra of Anchorage; nieces Mariah, Ashton and allie of Ripley; nephews Lakin, Steve, and Scotty of Ripley, Alex and Ryan Raynor of Anchorage; parents-in-law Terry and Tammy Robinson of Cooper Landing; brother and sister-in-law Todd and Ann Southall of Ripley; brother-in-law Corey Robinson of Cooper Landing; sister and brother-in-law Thresia and Richard Raynor of Anchorage; friend of his mother Russell Massey of Cottageville; longtime friend Mandy Joyce of Parkersburg and many other friends and family members.  In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by his grandfathers Filbert Southall and Holley Sayre and grandmother Margie Southall.  Service at Evergreen Memorial Chapel Anchorage and later services in Ripley, WV.