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Friday, January 12, 2024

Randy was a real live wire! He was one of the 3 boys at NHS and in Line Rock who treated me like a human. Without knowing it, we ended up in the same profession [heavy equipment operators].

I remember clearly when I heard it on KTLO that he had passed.

It was a real grounding event!

I wish his family well.

Me

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

I still miss you and think about you and the kids EVERY DAY!!!

Me

Monday, October 29, 2012

I miss you every day Sweet Boy!!! XOXOX

Beth Casteel-Weaver

Monday, March 26, 2012

My deepest sympathy for your loss. Randy was a special person, he had such a big heart. I will always have fond memories of the time I spent with him and his family.

Lisa Fuller-Ellison

Saturday, March 24, 2012

I will miss his hug and huge smile each time we met. His smile was contagious and melted your heart. The first time I went to Becky's house Randy asked if I had any brothers or sisters. I told him I had two sisters but no brothers. He said, "I will be your little brother". He always remembered that. The last time I saw Randy he introduced me to his kids and said I am Lisa's little brother too. He was glowing with love when talking about his kids. I will miss him, but he will always be with me in my heart. He was a true friend to all of us. Words can't express how lucky I am to know this wonderful family. Love you all.

Juli Thrasher Ferguson

Saturday, March 24, 2012

My thoughts and prayers are with all of Randy's family and his 2 sweet babies. Im very saddened by Randy's passing. I have known Randy for many many years and he was such a special person and friend. I will always hold a very special place in my heart for Randy.

Love and Prayers
Juli Ferguson

Bob & Vern Fuller

Friday, March 23, 2012

Carol,Beckey and family, our thoughts and prayers are with you. We didn't sign the guestbook today at the funeral. Bob & Vern

Charley,Cindy & Amber White

Friday, March 23, 2012

OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU. FROM THE WHITE FAMILY

Michelle Devilbiss

Friday, March 23, 2012

Carol,
I'm so sorry to hear of your loss. You and your family are in my thoughts and praryers.

Terry & Tonya Bell

Friday, March 23, 2012

So sorry for your loss. Randy was family to us. We will cheerish the wonderful times we shared with him. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

Kathy Chapmajn

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Carol,Becky and family so sorry to hear about Randy I haven't seen him in years but I have some great memories of when he was young and he would come over to the house when Chad was little he couldn't say Randy's last name right he couldn't pronounce the nch instead he said it like tch and Randy was always having him to say his last name and he would just laugh and laugh I don't ever remember seeing him without a smile on his face I know all my family will sure miss him my prayers are with you all

Deanna Foster

Thursday, March 22, 2012

My prayers are with you all. I graduated with Randy and remember all the laughter .... I will always remember him smiling or cutting up and having a good time when we were in school So sorry for your loss.

Steve and Judy Eldridge

Thursday, March 22, 2012

We just can't tell you how very sorry we were to hear of Randy's passing. Hope comes with each passing day and we find that the good, happy wonderful bits and pieces of those we love and have loved live on in us. I will be there for Dylan and Emily at school when they return. If there is anything I can do until then, please feel free to call

Jerry Gray & Family

Thursday, March 22, 2012

God Bless the Bench Family. Our hearts go out to you.
Jerry Gray and Family

Tim and Lucinda Shaver

Thursday, March 22, 2012

We love you and are praying for you in this time of loss and grief.

Derrick Weatherford

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Carol, Becky, and family, I cant imagine the pain of losing a child or sibling but just remember there are lots of folks going thru this time with you! Think about and laugh about all the good times we were allowed to have with Randy....they broke the mold on that guy! I know he would have a fit about everyone grieving over him like we are but that's just the way he was...he will always be in our memories. My thoughts and prayers are with you all!

Derrick

willa cantrell

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Im sorry for the lost,Randy was a really sweet person,and i know all of us who grew up with him and went to school with him will greatly miss him.He may no longer be with us but he will never be forgotten

willa cantrell

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Im sorry for the lost,Randy was a really sweet person,and i know all of us who grew up with him and went to school with him will greatly miss him.He may no longer be with us but he will never be forgotten

carl cantrell

Thursday, March 22, 2012

im sorry for your loss,randy and i were good freinds for a long time and we will all miss him very much

Bob & Nancy Fatjo

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Tom, Becky & Family,
Our sympathies are with you and your family during this sad time. We enjoyed knowing Randy the short time he worked with us. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

Kimberly (Hurst) Rowe

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Carol, Becky and family, I'm so saddened to hear of Randy's untimely passing. As a kid, it always seemed to me that Randy was larger than life. Even though I haven't seen you all in years, your family was so dear to me. My heart aches for you all, and I pray for comfort and peace with time.

Karla Walker

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Randy you will be missed! Becky and family my prayers are with you!

Terry Dickerson

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

I am sorry to see Randy leave so soon. God Bless your family.

Randy Sutterfield

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

So sorry to hear of Randy's passing. I haven't seen him since grade school but remember him as a very kind person. My prayers are with his family and especially his children. May God bless you at this most difficult time.

Donna Payne

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Carol, Becky and family, I cannot express how sorry I am for your loss. Randy was a great person and will be missed by many. I am praying for your family.

Dwayne & Toni Jones

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

We are so sorry for your loss.Randy will be missed by so many.

April Criger

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

So sorry to hear the loss of Randy. You are in our thoughts and prayers. God Bless you and your family. Love you all. Cade, April, and Katelynn

Misty Barnett

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Thoughts and prayers to all of your family. Randy will be missed by all.

Neva Foster Smith

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

My heart and prayers go out to Randys family..May God hold each and everyone of you in the palm of His hand and give you comfort in this diffucult time. R.I.P.
Randy, you may be gone from this world but you will never be forgotten. GOD GAINED ANOTHER ANGEL.

Charlotte & Allen Query

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Carol, So sorry to hear about your loss. You are very special people didn't know Randy real well but know he was a loving son and father. You and your family will be in our prayers and thoughts and I know he will be missed greatly. God Bless you all and be with you though this time of sorrow.

Frank /Janie/Bailey Ray

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

carol, we are so sorry for your loss .may you find peace in all your memories of your wonderful son. we loved him ,he will be missed by so many

Sheila Meinzer

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

I feel both honored and unworthy of having a chance to see Randy in a very realistic dream I had the day he went to Heaven. It would have made such a difference in his grieving family and friends lives if they could have seen him in my dream. This is exactly how my dream happened and I just hope that it somehow brings comfort to the ones close to him just knowing that he is in a perfect and wonderful place! "My husband, Curtis Meinzer, woke me up at 3:15 am on March 18th and said I was laughing hysterically and wanted to know what I was dreaming about. I told him that before I fell asleep I was thinking of Jana Thompson Anderson's death and had meant to show My sister, Cindy Baker Morales, her obituary while she was here to visit but forgot and so I fell asleep thinking about Jana but then had this dream: we were having a meeting in the cafeteria about our high school graduation that was just a few minutes away and me, Twana Devors, Shannon Moody and Curtis Meinzer were leaving the meeting to go get ready for graduation and we were surrounded by beautiful popsicles in vegetable crates that were still liquid - not frozen yet - the kind you buy in a big box for kids - we buy them for our 2 year old, Hope. Lots of colors - green, blue, red, purple, yellow, pink and orange (like a rainbow). I could sense the presence of our entire Senior class there - silhouettes of Tony Parnell, Lisa Hudson, Deanna Miller Foster and every other senior from the class of '85 - was kind of like looking at the big framed graduating class pictures that hang in the Norfork High School walls now, but only everyone elses picture was just black and white - I could only see the highly illuminated glowing face of RANDY BENCH! Up above us. Anyway, Curtis, Twana, Shannon and I were walking out of the graduation meeting and I saw one of the unfrozen popsicles burst and it sprayed Twana's hair ( which was all done up pretty for graduation night) and she immediately assumed it was Shannon who did it so she got upset at Shannon but I saw the popsicle burst on it's own - spontaneously- so I defended Shannon saying I saw the whole thing and he didn't do it but Curtis, being the joke-ster and instigator he is kept egging it on that Shannon bust the popsicle on Twana's hair on purpose. So, I could only see the shadows of our whole senior class of '85 but I could feel their presence but the ONLY face I could see as clear as day is Randy Bench! He was smiling so happy and laughing (just like he always did in school) and looked just like he did in his Senior picture and throwing All colors of popsicles (looked just like a bright rainbow) Randy was above us as if on the senior picture frame wall but real life size - he never came to the ground where the 4 of us were - just hovered above... We all laughed and threw popsicles at each other for a long time - looked like glowing, radiant rainbow fireworks going off - my description certainly doesn't do it justice (just colors like you can't see here). We all had the best time with a food fight of colored liquid popsicles!!! So I told my husband, Curtis, that was what I was laughing about in my sleep - Randy Bench laughing and having the greatest time ever with a food fight with us and Shannon and Twana. His smile was so real and he laughed his laugh so loud and full of so much life! His spirit out shined the entire dream! My dream was at 3:15 that morning and I found out about his death at 7 that night. I don't know why I had that dream - just that I did - maybe it was because before I fell asleep I was thinking of Jana (another high school death from our class) or the fact that Randy and I share the same birthday and year - I don't know but I know I wish everyone who loves Randy could have seen him then - vivid pictures of him being so full of life. He was really happy and please remember him this way! There is no doubt that he is in Heaven among GOD's rainbow smiling at us! And throwing rainbow colored popsicle confetti to all of us still waiting! God Bless all his family! Find Peace knowing he is celebrating right now! Our Graduation day was the last time I every saw Randy Bench until that morning in my dream. Xoxoxo

Curtis Meinzer

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Our family will keep Randy's family in our prayers. Me and Sheila have many fond memories of Randy from high school
Take comfort that Randy is now in a better place.

Juanita Bish

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Carol, I am so sorry for your loss, God Bless

Callie Reynolds

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

I sure wasn't prepared to be writing this so soon in life..Randy was a neighbor, schoolmate and friend. I am so very sorry for his children. Carol and Becky..I love you and I wish I had the words to say how sorry I am. God's speed and may he rest in peace.

Melissa Whitfield Cartwright

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

My thoughts and prayers are with you all. Randy will be missed.

James & Linda Davis

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

So sorry for your loss, our sympathy goes out especially Dylan and Emily, they are my great nephew and great niece. Love to all. Linda & James

Troy & Tammy Koch & family

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Sorry to hear about Randy , you are all in our prayers and thoughts. just remember he will be with us all the time.

Mike Teter

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

I'm so sorry to hear about Randy. I used to deer hunt with Randy and his dad, Lewis, in Sylamore National Forest years ago. I remember sitting around the campfire while they played and sang. Randy enjoyed life and enjoyed people. Great memories!

Sheala Briggs Vast-Binder

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

I am so sorry to hear about Randy's passing. May God's comfort surround you and God' peace fill your hearts at this sorrowful time. I am praying for you.

Karen Greve

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Words cannot express how sorry I am for your loss. Randy was a wonderful friend to everyone he knew. He was like family to Keith and I. We have so many memories of Randy and we will always cherish each and everyone of them. RIP Randy. You will be missed and we love you.

Lisa Webster

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Randy was such a dear friend to me and I will miss him greatly. I will always remember his great smile.

Steven and Vicky Nearn

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

You are all in our thoughts and prayers. No matter when we would see Randy he always had a big smile and a big HI for you. He was a friend that you could pick up where you left off having not seen him for awhile. I know my dad (Terry) spoke of Randy so much when he worked at Norfork Dam thru his high school years. He thought alot of Randy and had good times with him. We will always have wonderful memories of Randy.

Clayton&Wanda Foster

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Sorry to hear about your loss. God Bless you and give you comfort in this time. Praying for your family.

Gina (Power) Snodgrass

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

I am very sorry for your loss, my prayers go out to all the family. Randy was a wonderful person inside and out, and left a mark in all of us that knew him. He will be deeply missed.

Martha Jackson

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Randy will be greatly missed. He was a great man and dad. Heaven gained a great angel.

Elliott & Roberta Golmon

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

We are deeply sorry for your loss. May God Bless you and keep you. You are in our prayers.

Elliott & Roberta