Marion Virginia Randall

Marion Virginia Randall

• Father: James W. Randall
• Mother: Virginia A. McConnell b. 30 April 1835, d. 1 September 1917

• Marion Virginia Randall was born on 28 June 1870 in Port Lavaca, Calhoun County, Texas.
• She married Samuel Ludwick Randlett Jr., son of Samuel Ludwick Randlett and Annie Parkerson, circa 1900.
• Samuel Ludwick Randlett Jr. and Marion Virginia Randall appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Lancaster, Dallas County, Texas. Other members of the household included Elnora Virginia Randlett and Virginia A. McConnell. Also in the household were children Louise W. (age 18), Samuel L. Jr. (16), William L. (14), Marion R. (9), James E. (7), Alice G. (1).
• Samuel Ludwick Randlett Jr. and Marion Virginia Randall appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Lancaster, Dallas County, Texas. Other members of the household included Elnora Virginia Randlett. Also in the household were children William L. (age 24), Marion (19), James E. (16), Alice G. (10) and Eddie A. (7).
• Samuel Ludwick Randlett Jr. and Marion Virginia Randall appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Lancaster, Dallas County, Texas, at South Centre Street. Other members of the household included David Whittaker Hardy Jr. and Elnora Virginia Randlett. Also in the household was daughter Alice G. Randlett (age 30).
• Marion Virginia Randall became a widow at the 21 March 1945 death of her husband Samuel Ludwick Randlett Jr.
• The following appeared on 22 March 1945 in The Dallas Morning News: Lancaster's 80-year-old civic leader, Samuel Ludwick Randlett, died Wednesday night.
       Randlett, who once described himself as "an humble worker in all plans to upbuild our community" came to Lancaster in 1889 and went into the hardware business. He retired from the Lancaster Hardware Company three years ago. Major credit for establishing and maintaining the Lancaster school system has been given to Randlett, who served as a member of the school board for several decades and also as the board's president. He served as chairman of the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and participated in all of the community's civic endeavors.
       The Lancaster leader had tasted adventure, but he sought the calmer life of this rural community. He was born in Franklin, St. Mary's Parish, La., and as a young man he shipped on a Morgan Line steamship out of Galveston, spending four years as a marine engineer. He then was an overseer of a sugar plantation for five years in Louisiana before coming to Lancaster to set up his hardware business.
       Randlett was a member of the Christ Episcopal Church, Dallas, and of the Lancaster lodges of Odd Fellows and Masons. Funeral services have been set tentatively for 5 p.m. Friday at the Lancaster Methodist Church.
       Survivors include his wife, the former Marion V. Randall of Port Lavaca; eight children, Miss Grace Randlett and Mrs. Elnora Hardy, both of Lancaster; Samuel L. Randlett Jr., W. L. Randlett and J. E. Randlett, all of Dallas; Mrs. Louise Fowler, Boulder, Colo; Mr. R. Randlett, Milwaukee, Wis., and E. A. Randlett, Baltimore, Md; eleven grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
• Marion Virginia Randall died on 9 June 1952 at age 81 in Lancaster, Dallas County, Louisiana, at 405 South Centre at her residence. . Her death was officially witnessed by Elnora Virginia Randlett.
• She was interred at Edgewood Cemetery, Lancaster, Dallas County, Texas.
• The following appeared on 10 July 1952 in The Dallas Morning News: Funeral services for Mrs. Marion Randall Randlett, who died Wednesday at her home in Lancaster, will be held at the First Methodist Church at Lancaster at 5 p.m. Thursday. The Rev. A. T. Mays, pastor, will officiate.
       Mrs. Randlett, born in 1870 in Port Lavaca, Calhoun County, moved to Dallas at the age of 3. She moved to lancaster after she married the late Sam R. Randlett, a hardware merchant.
       She had studied art at the Art Students' League in New York. Later she taught art for a number of years in Dallas and Fort Worth. She was an early member of the Dallas Art Association and a lifelong member of the Methodist Church. She was also a member of the Southern Memorial Association, Pieriou Club of Dallas and the Lancaster Shakespeare Club.
       Survivors are five sons, Sam R. Randlett Jr., Will L. Randlett and James E. Randlett, all of Dallas, Marion R. Randlett of Milwaukee, Wis., and Ed Randlett of Chicago, Ill; three daughters, Mrs. Louse r. Fowler, Boulder, Colo., and Mrs. Elnora Harda and Miss Grace Randlett, both of Lancaster; eleven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
       Pallbearers will be Lamond Henry, Lawrence Henry, Joe Clark, T. A. Fouts, Erie Rawlins Jr. and W. R. Harris Jr.
       Burial will be in Edgewood Cemetery.

• Last Edited: 26 Jan 2014