Earnestine Randall, 85, of Casa Grande died on Aug. 30, 2011, at Arizona Regional Medical Center in Apache Junction due to an illness.
Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday at First Assembly of God in Casa Grande. A service of remembrance will follow at 10, with the Rev. R.B. Fowler officiating. Burial will be in Mariposa Gardens Memorial Park in Mesa.
Mrs. Randall was born on Dec. 11, 1925, in Lindale, Texas, and was a daughter of Thomas Wooten and Ina Griffin, the seventh of 12 children. She attended school in Lindale and met and married Oliver Randall on Dec. 10, 1942, in Lindale. They moved to Casa Grande in 1953 and she worked for several years and was a homemaker. She was a member of Free Church of God in Christ in Jesus Name in Stanfield and Casa Grande for about 58 years. She enjoyed reading the Bible, serving the Lord and talking to her grandchildren about giving their lives to the Lord.
She was a great cook who loved cooking for her family and friends and also sewing. She enjoyed spending time with the young children in her family, who called her "Granny," and singing to them.
Survivors include her husband; three daughters, Frankie Valley and Ina Calloway-Boyd of Casa Grande and Mattie Randall of Phoenix; a son, James Oliver Randall of Blythe, Calif.; a sister, Christine Tennyson of Lindale; two brothers, Artis and Arthur Wooten of Tyler, Texas; 23 grandchildren; 61 great-grandchildren; and 26 great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a sister, Maggie Lee, and seven brothers, Travis, Vaughn, Henry Lee, Floyd, F.T., Earl and Willie B.
J. Warren Funeral Services, Cole & Maud The Gardens Chapel is in charge of arrangements.