Thomas Jay Randall was born August 1, 1935, to Doris and Mac Randall in Toledo, Ohio. Two years later he became big brother to William Randall. When he passed away March 7, 2012, he had been preceded by his family.Seems simple. A man is born, lives his life on Earth, and in a natural order follows his parents into the next world. Not really.In 1951 Tom met Dlorah Kay Davis. They married September 2, 1956, in Durango, Colorado. Their marriage was an adventure that carried them from Durango, to Farmington, New Mexico to Hobbs, New Mexico, to Kermit and Odessa, Texas to Altus, Oklahoma, and to where they found their home in Farmers Branch, Texas in 1965. Through 56 years of marriage, excepting 10 years of divorce, they accomplished much in their family: Michael Kent and his wife Denise; Michelle Anne and her children Courtney, Danielle, and Michael; Daniel Davis, his former wife Tommy Sue and children Sarah Rene and Scott Thomas; Douglas Mac and wife Raynette and their daughters Heather Marie and Andrea; and David Ray, his wife Drinda, and their children Richard Lyell, Forestt Christian, and David Ryan. They also have four great-grandchildren Hunter, Nicholas, Justice, and Rachel. Tom and Kay continued to enjoy a close relationship to Tom