Leslie Thomas "Tom" Randolph

November 4, 1926 - May 23, 2019

Leslie Thomas “Tom” Randolph, age 92, of Mattoon, IL formerly of Lerna, IL passed away on Thursday, May 23, 2019 at 3:50 A.M. at Heartland Christian Village in Neoga, IL. Funeral services will be held on Monday, May 27, 2019 at 10:00 A.M. at Good Prospect Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Trilla, IL with Reverend Adam McReynolds officiating. Burial will be at Muddy Point Cemetery near Lerna, IL. A visitation will be held on Sunday, May 26, 2019 from 5:00-8:00P.M. at Mitchell-Jerdan Funeral Home, 1200 Wabash Ave., Mattoon, IL 61938. Memorials may be made to the Good Prospect Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Trilla, IL. Tom was born on November 4, 1926 in Cumberland County, IL. The son of Cloyd and Iona (Prince) Randolph. Tom married Maxine Berdina Hickenbottom on October 28, 1950 in St. Charles, MO. She passed away on September 14, 2017. He is survived by four children, Debra Prahl of Mattoon, IL, Paul Randolph and his wife Gail of Easley, SC, Janice Beals of Mattoon, IL and Mike Randolph and his wife Tresa of Mattoon, IL; one sister, Cheryl Raymond and her husband Gene of Zillwood, FL; one son in law, Ed Maynard of Neoga, IL; eleven grandchildren; twenty one great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his loving wife; his daughter Karon Maynard; sister, Sharon Lee Miller and son in law Donnie Beals. Tom was retired maintenance foreman for USI in Tuscola, IL and was a U.S. Army Paratrooper Veteran of the 82nd Airborne Division. He attended the Good Prospect Cumberland Presbyterian Church since 1936. He was a man with working hands and always had a project in the making. Tom had a never ending pursuit for quick wit delivered with a dry sense of humor, leaving those near to him in suspense of never knowing what he was going to say. He was a kind hearted man seeing a need to help others and doing it. Though Tom will be deeply missed by his family and friends he has left behind cherished memories to all those lives he touched. Please visit www.mitchell-jerdan.com or www.facebook.com/mitchelljerdanfuneralhome to light a virtual candle in his honor or share a memory with his family.