Edith Faye Hubbard Randel

EDITH FAYE HUBBARD RANDEL, BORN JANUARY 26, 1923, PASSED AWAY MAY 25, 2014, AND IS NOW WITH HER HEAVENLY FATHER, SINGING PRAISES TO GOD AND REJOICING IN BEING REUNITED WITH HER MANY LOVED ONES WHO HAD GONE ON BEFORE. EDITH WAS A TRUE LADY WITH A GIVING HEART, A KEEN SENSE OF HUMOR, AND A LOVE FOR ALL WHO CROSSED HER PATH. EDITH LOVED HER LORD, HER FAMILY, HER CHURCH, HER COUNTLESS FRIENDS AND HER COUNTRY. SHE WAS BORN IN ALBA, TX, AND WAS RAISED AND RECEIVED HER EDUCATION AT BOLES ORPHANS HOME IN QUINLAN, TX, AND AT WHAT IS NOW SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY IN HUNTSVILLE, TX. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, A.J. HUBBARD & ANNA LOU MILAM HUBBARD, WHO WAS A DIRECT DESCENDANT OF PIONEER TEXAS HERO BEN MILAM. SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER LOVING HUSBAND DR. STEPHEN VINCENT RANDEL, WHOM SHE MET WHILE ATTENDING SAM HOUSTON STATE. EDITH & STEPHEN FAITHFULLY LOVED EACH OTHER THROUGH SEVERAL MOVES INCLUDING TIME SPENT IN PORT ARTHUR, TX, COLUMBIA, MO., AND SCOOBA, MISS., BEFORE RETURNING TO HUNTSVILLE WHERE STEPHEN SUCCEEDED HIS FATHER AS A DEPARTMENT HEAD IN THE SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ARTS AT SHSTC. SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY SISTERS ELOUISE AND DORIS, AND BROTHERS AL, BOB & DAN. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER DAUGTHER DENA DAVIS OF HUNTSVILLE, HER DAUGHTER MARY GRIMES OF CRAWFORDSVILLE, IND., SON STEPHEN HUBBARD (HUB) RANDEL OF KATY, TX, AND HER DAUGHTER NITA LAURIE LUNA OF HARLINGEN, TX, ALONG WITH A HOST OF NIECES & NEPHEWS. SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HER SISTER, ILA BUTLER, OF HUNTSVILLE. ALWAYS GIVING, ALWAYS LOVING AND ALWAYS FORGIVING, EDITH WAS A HOMEMAKER, AN EDUCATOR, SERVED IN PRISON MINISTRY AND AS A VOLUNTEER FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. SHE WAS A FAITHFUL MEMBER OF HUNTSVILLE CHURCH OF CHRIST WHERE SHE WORSHIPED AND SERVED HER LORD THROUGHOUT HER ADULT LIFE. SERVICES FOR EDITH RANDEL ARE SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, AT THE HUNTSVILLE CHURCH OF CHRIST ON HIGHWAY 30 WEST, WITH MR. MATT SPRINGFIELD, MR. FREDDIE ANDERSON, AND MR. MARK WALDRON PRESIDING. VISITATION WILL BEGIN AT 9AM, WITH THE FUNERAL SERVICE SET FOR 10AM. A PRIVATE BURIAL CEREMONY WILL FOLLOW LATER THAT DAY AT ADDICKES ADDITION OF OAKWOOD CEMETERY IN HUNTSVILLE. PALLBEARERS WILL INCLUDE JOHN CHAMBERS, CHARLIE DONAHO, BOBBY HUBBARD, KRIS LUNA, TRAVIS McCRACKEN, KOOTER ROBERSON, DMITRIY RUDNEV, JON VOLKMER AND DAVID WARD IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, THE FAMILY ASKS THOSE WHO WISH TO CONTACT THE HUNTSVILLE CHURCH OF CHRIST FOR INFORMATION REGARDING ARMSOFHOPE.ORG. AND BAXTER INSTITUTE OF HONDURAS.

Edith Faye Hubbard Randel

May 28, 2014