Randall Alexander Newell Sr.

Published 4:15 pm Wednesday, April 30, 2025

March 13, 1958 – April 19, 2025

NATCHEZ — Funeral Services for Randall Alexander Newell Sr., who entered eternal rest on Saturday, April 19, 2025, at University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS will be held on Saturday, May 3, 2025, at Antioch Baptist Church with Rev. Earnest Ford Jr. officiating under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home. Burial will follow at LaGrange Baptist Church Cemetery.

Visitation services will be held on Friday, May 2, 2025, at Marshall Funeral Home Chapel in Natchez from 6 until 8 p.m. and again at the church on Saturday, May 3, 2025, from 10 a.m. until the time of service.

Randall Alexander Newell Sr. was born on March 13, 1958, in Detroit, MI, to the late Albert Newell Sr. and the late Lennie Grace Loving.

Randall accepted Christ at an early age and was baptized at Smithland Baptist Church in Church Hill, MS. He was a graduate of the class of 1976 from South Natchez Adams High School. He worked for Natchez Steam Laundry early on in his adult life and went on to pursue a career in security at Angola. Later in life, he graduated from the police academy in Pearl, MS, and went on to become the Chief of Campus Police at Copiah-Lincoln Community College, where he received his associate’s degree and retired after 26 years of service. He loved to play and watch basketball. If you knew “Big Randy,” then you knew he was the biggest 49ers fan in the world. He wasn’t shy on the grill and battled Randy Jr., grilling every chance he got. He loved to bartend, travel, and spend time with his family and friends.

In 1979, Randall met Joyce Marie at a service station in Natchez, and knew he had to win her over. Eventually, they went on to be united in holy matrimony for 36 years, and to this union, three children were born. Randall loved the many dishes of food and those sweet jelly cakes Joyce prepared for him so much that he couldn’t dare let her or her recipes slip away.

Randall was preceded in death by his wife, Joyce; parents, Albert Sr. and Grace; one brother, Kenny Barnes; aunts, Marsheen Givan, Artie Ellis, and Anise Greene; uncles, Edgar Newell, Alexander Newell, and Willie Edward Fleming; and grandmothers, Alberteen Newell and Pearl Reynolds.

Randall leaves to cherish his precious and fond memories two sons, Randall Newell Jr. and Riccardo (Nakita) Newell both of Natchez; one daughter, Renada Newell of Natchez; brothers, Sidney Skipper, Charles (Joyce) Skipper, and Leroy Loving (Nikita) all of Detroit, MI; Albert Newell Jr. of Hattiesburg, MS; Barney Schoby (Pamela) and Kerry (Annie) Dunmore both of Natchez; sisters, Pamela (Ray) Banks of Jackson, MS; Wanda Newell of Chicago, IL; Sincerria (Patricia) Loving, Lucinda Loving, Vercenia Loving, and April (Ed) Campbell all of Detroit, MI; and Patricia Dunmore (Jamar) of Natchez; one sister-in-law: Rev. Patricia Durr of Seattle, WA; two brothers-in-law, Johnny Woods and Cleveland Woods Sr. both of Seattle, WA; two grandsons, Randall Newell III and Bryson Pinder, both of Natchez; two granddaughters, Lauren Jones and Mya Newell, both of Canonsburg; one aunt, Dr. Mary E. Newell of Tallahassee, FL; a special friend Helen Gales of Fayette; longtime friends and family Willie B. Jones, Godfrey Joseph, Lonnell Conner, the Pickett family, and the Armstead family; a host of nieces, nephews, relatives, and other friends.