Randall Lynn Fellows

Randall Lynn Fellows, 60, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Monday, July 26, 2010, at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kan., following a lengthy illness. He was born Oct. 19, 1949, in Nevada, Mo., to Merl D. Fellows and Louella Ruth Eaton Fellows. He married Joyce Kay Wilcox on May 26, 1979, in Nevada, and she survives of the home.

Randy was a lifelong resident of Nevada. He graduated from Nevada High School in 1967. He worked for 36 years for the U. S. Postal Service in Nevada and retired as Postmaster after 16 years in 2004. He raised Black Angus cattle, was active in Nevada Youth Baseball, Vernon County 4-H, past Nevada Tiger Booster Club President and board member of Marvin Chapel Cemetery. He was a member of the National League of Postmasters, the Sheldon Masonic Lodge No. 371, and the BPO Elks Lodge No. 564 in Nevada.

Survivors in addition to his wife Joyce, include one son, Adam Fellows and his wife Tiffany and their daughter Peyton, Lee's Summit, Mo.; one daughter, Andrea Fellows, Brooklyn, N.Y.; two sisters, Linda Rodarmel, Bronaugh, Mo., and Paula Matherly, Nevada, and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 29, at Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada, with Dr. William Cox officiating. Interment with Masonic services will follow in Marvin Chapel Cemetery, Milo, Mo.

Friends may call now and until the hour of service and the family receives friends between 7-8 p.m. Wednesday evening at the funeral home

Those who wish may contribute to "Blue Monday" benefiting families affected by cancer c/o Ferry Funeral Home, 301 S. Washington, Nevada, MO 64772.

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