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About Grady Lee Randolph
Birth: Jan. 15, 1915 Fayette County Alabama, USA Death: Oct. 21, 2005 Georgia, USA
Grady Lee Randolph, age 90 died on October 21, 2005. Graveside services will be held at the Wetumpka (Alabama) City Cemetery on Monday, October 24, 2005 at 2 PM, Central time. The Reverend Doctor James Troglen, officiating. Grady Randolph was born in Fayette County Alabama on January 15, 1915, the last of seven children of Rosa Guin Randolph and Tolbert Ureathus Randolph. He attended Fayette County High, graduating at age 16 in 1931. He was graduated with honors from Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University) in 1938. Mr. Randolph attended the University of Chicago earning a Master degree and being awarded a Fulbright Scholarship. He later was to continue his education at the Woodrow Wilson College of Law, being graduated in 1952 and become a member of the Georgia Bar Association. On December 18, 1943 Grady married Jennie Jefferies Howle in Wetumpka, Alabama and they moved to Atlanta in 1946. His professional life was spent with the Atlanta Public Schools teaching at Brown High, Boys High and Henry W. Grady High. He was a Master Teacher challenging students to think critically and work at the maximum level of their ability. He left Henry Grady to become a pioneer in broadcast distance learning with the Atlanta school systems radio/tv station, WABE. He moderated discussions with international visitors to Atlanta for the station prior to his retirement in 1976. He was a lecturer at Oglethorpe University and Georgia State University. The Randolph's traveled extensively often visiting persons he had previously interviewed. A genealogy enthusiast Mr. Randolph authored a definitive work on the Randolph's of Virginia (after the American Revolution). Possessed of a keen mind he kept a daily log of his life and world events since he was 11 years of age. These Journals have been donated to the Atlanta Historical Society. He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Jennie Jefferies Howle, nieces, Mary Elizabeth Popejoy, Jewell Taylor, Ruth Mae Spencer, Wanette Maxine Baker, Lovetta Evelyn Gurley, Dorothy Lee Gurley, nephews, Horace Clifton Randolph, Tolbert Roland Randolph, Virgil Raymond Randolph, Jr., Charles Raiford Randolph, Harold Earl Randolph, William Harper Randolph, James R. Gurley, Henry Ureathus Gurley, Tolbert Ceaphas Gurley, and Larry Johnson Randolph, and a number of great nieces and nephews. H.M. Patterson Spring Hill, 1020 Spring St. NW, Atlanta, GA 30309. 404-876-1022
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Jennie Howle Randolph (1913 - 2007)*
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Burial: Wetumpka City Cemetery Wetumpka Elmore County Alabama, USA
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Grady Lee Randolph's Timeline
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January 15, 1915
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Fayette County, Alabama, United States
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October 21, 2005
Age 90
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Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States
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October 24, 2005
Age 90
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Wetumpka, Elmore County, Alabama, United States
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