Willie Rose Randal, 88, of Wichita Falls, Texas, died Sunday, July 18, 2010, in Wichita Falls, Texas. Mother of Karen Badgwell, she often attended church and Sunday school here at FUMC.
Graveside services will be held at 9:30am, Thursday, July 22, 2010, in Masonic Cemetery, Seymour, with Rev. Sammie Ellis officiating. Services are under the direction of Archer Funeral Home, Seymour, Texas.
Willie Rose Randal was born April 25, 1922, in Valley View, Texas, to William and Jessie Overall Rose. She resided in Valley View through high school. She attended business school and worked in Dallas until her marriage to Charles Morriss Randal, Jr. on March 7, 1942. The couple moved to Seymour after he left the Army Air Corp in 1947. She had been a resident of Seymour until moving to Rolling Meadows and the Gables in Wichita Falls for the latter part of her life. She was a longtime member of the First United Methodist Church in Seymour. Willie Rose was a mother, wife and homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Morriss Randal in 1997; and a son, Charles Morriss Randal, III.
Survivors include four children, Karen Badgwell and husband, Don, and Rose Partridge and husband, Dick, all of Wichita Falls, Charlie Randal and wife, Chrysanne, and Robin Smajstrla, and husband, Richard, all of Seymour; five grandchildren, Randal and Carlyn Badgwell of Wylie, Brian and Wendy Badgwell of Little Rock, Arkansas, Richard and Kathie Partridge of Wichita Falls, Charlie and Amanda Partridge of Denver, Colorado, and Staci Smajstrla of Wichita Falls; and eight great-grandchildren.
The family will be at Archer Funeral Home from 5 until 6 p.m. Wednesday for visitation.
The family suggests memorials to Hospice of Wichita Falls, P.O. Box 4804, Wichita Falls, Texas, 76308.
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