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IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Randy

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Anderson

Sep 20, 1963 — Feb 10, 2016

Obituary

Funeral service for Randy Anderson will be 2:00 pm Monday, February 15, 2016 at Trinity Baptist Church with Bro. Eddie Coast, Pastor, Rev. Dean Thompson, Pastor of Brockland Free Will Baptist Church, Lawton, Bro. Wayne Sanmann, Pastor of First Baptist Church, Medicine Park and Dan Fuller, Medicine Park officiating.

Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens, under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

The family will greet friends from 4pm until 6pm Sunday at the funeral home.

Randy Anderson, 52, Cache, passed away Wednesday, February 10, 2016 at his home. He was born September 20, 1963 in Dallas, TX to William "Bill" and JoAnn (Ballard) Anderson. He attended Western Hills Elementary and Eisenhower Junior High in Lawton, before moving to and attending Elgin schools in 1978 where he showed pigs as a member of the FFA and 4H. He played football during the inaugural season of football in Elgin. His nickname was "Ant Hole". Randy graduated from Elgin High School in 1981 and later attended Cameron University. Growing up Randy worked for various farmers around the Paradise Valley area. He started driving a school bus his junior year of high school, he worked at Star Castle in Lawton, the family business, before opening the Star Castle in Altus. He also helped to run the Zodiak in Lawton. In 1991 he worked for Lawton Public Schools as bus driver and driver trainer. In May of 2008 he became a part-time bus driver with Lawton Area Transit (LATS), and became supervisor in 2011. He met his soul mate and the love of his life, Shelly Gordon in 2008. They married January 25, 2015. He played in various softball leagues for many years, was an avid Dallas Cowboy fan and enjoyed watching NFL football, Cardinals baseball, Mavericks and Thunder Basketball, golf and WWE. He loved playing Sudoku, played in numerous pool leagues, enjoyed poker with his family, playing dominos with his mom and dad, card games, monopoly, and golf. Randy was an accomplished bowler, and was the secretary of the Transportation Rollers at Thunderbird Lanes. He had a perfect 300 game to his credit. Randy also umpired little league baseball for many years. He loved watching his nephews Mark play football, Matt perform on stage, was very proud of niece Shelby Paige Billings and her accomplishments at the University of Oklahoma, and watching his great nephew and great niece Chaydon and Jaylee Abraham play sports. Randy was a devout Christian and started at a young age getting involved with the youth group at Paradise Valley. He became a member of the Medicine Park First Baptist Church in 1991, and began God's calling from 1992 until 2007 as youth director, leading many youth to the Lord. Being a youth director was a gift from God. One of Randy's biggest delights was taking kids to Falls Creek. He was always taking time for the children. He helped out in the kitchen, worked in the cabins and did anything and everything it took to make Falls Creek a success. He also took the youth to Santa Fe, NM snow skiing, and river rafting and camping in Tahlequah, OK. He became a member of the Oklahoma disaster relief in 1995. He became a member of Brockland Freewill Baptist Church in Lawton in 2015. He led music for the church and also preached a message before Sunday school. He had so much knowledge of the Bible, that his input in Sunday school was greatly appreciated.

Randy always had a smile on his face, never giving up his fight.

He is survived by his wife Shelly Anderson of the home, son Clint Gordon and wife Jennifer of Lawton, parents, Bill and JoAnn Anderson of Lawton, mother & father in law, Dale and Connie Johnson of Cache, his sister Wendy Billings and her fiancé Gordon Foster of Lawton, granddaughter Valkyrie Gianfalla, nieces and nephews that he raised as his own children, Mark Billings and wife Jennifer and great nephew Maverick, who he nicknamed Smiley, and was the sparkle of his eye, of Lawton, Matt Billings of New York City, Shelby Paige Billings of Norman and Allison Prout of Lawton. He is also loved by many aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces, great nieces, great nephews, cousins, family and friends.

He is preceded in death by his grandparents William "Andy" and Gladys Anderson of Lawton, Jessie and Beatrice Ballard of Dallas, TX, cousin Terry Van Northcutt of Point, TX and a son Jimmy Kemp of Lawton.

In lieu of flowers the family asks that memorial contributions be made to the Randy Anderson Memorial Fund at Southwest Oklahoma Federal Credit Union, 1806 NW Liberty Ave., Lawton, OK 73507 or to Brockland Free Will Baptist Church, 6515 NW Maple Ave., Lawton, OK 73505.

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