 West Hill Cemetery Sherman, Texas
  Sherman Democrat March 16, 1931 pg A1 Andrew L. Randell Funeral Thursday Former Sherman Attorney, son of Colonel C.B. Randell, Prominent Mason Funeral services for Andrew L. Randell, 51, formerly of Sherman, past grand master of Masons in Texas and who served as president of the American Masonic Press at Washington, C.D., at the time of his death, were set by James W. McClendon, present grand master of Texas Masons, for 3 p.m. Thursday at Sherman. The body was to leave Washington Monday afternoon and will arrive in Sherman Wednesday 10:30 a.m. The services probably will be held at the First Presbyterian church. Masonic bodies all over the state are being notified by the grand master and a large number are expected to gather at the Masonic Temple here at 2 p.m. Thursday from where they will attend the funeral services at the West Hill Cemetery. Mr. Randell died at 9:20 p.m. Saturday in a Washington sanitarium following an operation for relief from a spinal infection. He had been ill about a week from what was at first thought to be neuritis. His condition grew rapidly worse and he was operated upon Saturday morning. He is survived by his father, Colonel Choice B. Randell of Sherman, former member of congress from this district; his wife, who was Miss Vera Harrison of Sherman, and two daughters, Miss Nina Randell, student at Vassar college, and Miss Anna Randell. Mrs. Randell and the two daughters will accompany the body to Sherman. Born in Denison Mr. Randell was born in Denison Aug. 15, 1880 and was brought to Sherman by his parents in March 1883 when his father was elected county attorney. His mother, who before her marriage was Miss Anna Marschalk of Natchez, Miss., died July 18, 1913. She was a native of Denton, having moved with her parents to Mississippi. Andrew Randell attended the Sherman public schools and before he was ten years old was a student in Kidd-Key college, Next, he attended Austin College and then went to the University of Texas. Becoming ill with malaria in his junior year at the state university, he had to go to a northern climate. He went to Princeton, N.C., and entered Princeton university, where he was graduated with the .B. degree. He then attended the law school of the University of Virginia one year and also attended the law school of the University of Texas a year. He enetered the practice of law with his father, Colonel C.B. Randell, here under the firm name of Randell and Randell, and lived here until about eight years ago. While president of the board of trustees of Austin college, of which he was a member several years, Mr. Randell was selected by the Presbyterian Synod of Texas as manager of a campaign to raise $1,300,000 for Presbyterian schools in the state. As manager of this campaign he had his headquarters at Dallas. Under his direction approximately a million dollars was raised. He then served as a member of the committee which had charge of distributing the funds raised. Mr. Randell was initiated into the Travis Lodge of Sherman Masons in December, 1905 at the age of 24. He received the chapter degrees of Mark Master and Past Master on Jan. 23, 1907; Most Excellent, Jan. 30, 1907 and Royal Arch March 27, 1907. He was given the council degrees of Royal Master March 29, 1907, and Select Master the same date. He received in 1910 the Order of the Cross, Order of Malta and Order of the Temple, all Knights Templar degrees. He was elected Master of the Travis Lodge on June 4, 1908 and was elected Grand Master of Texas Masons in December, 1920 Helped Build Temple It was during Mr. Randell's administration as Worshipful Master that plans were laid and the present Masonic Temple was built. Mr. Randell was one of the principal organizers of the Masonic Service association of the United States and in this work and later in the Masonic publishing work he became one of the most widely known Masons in the United States. The work of the Masonic Service association is educational and relief work. When Mr. Randell left Sherman in 1922 he first went to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, but soon went from there to Washington, where he acted as executive secretary of the Masonic Service association, which place he held until two years ago. For six years he edited the Master Mason and for the past two years had been serving as president of the American Masonic Press, which publishes the Master Mason and Masonic books. During the last Mississippi valley flood, Mr. Randell collected $600,000 and distributed it among the Masonic families of the valley who needed help, doing the work at a cost of less than one per cent of the amount distributed. In this work he took the census of the Masons in the valley, raised the funds and distributed them. Mr. Randell also served as general-secretary of the George Washington Memorial association after going to Washington, which organization is connected with the Masonic lodge.  West Hill Cemetery Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |
