[Durham INC] A touching story about Randy Pickle

[TheOcean1 at aol.com]

It was a beautiful service, especially the eulogy given by Joe  Chambliss.
At the reception at Randy's house, I thought his dad spoke for all of us,  
"We weren't ready".
 
No, Mr. Pickle, we weren't ready either. Rather doubt we imparted upon his  
father the true impact his son had made on Durham. Probably impossible to  
quantify that effect anyway.
 
I liked the suggestion made by his neighborhood's listserv, or listserver  
as Randy always preferred to call it.
A neighbor suggested trying to find out what projects he was in the middle  
of and completing them.
 
At the reception, Mitch Fisher mentioned the last time he saw Randy, he was 
 delivering a couple signs, "ORDER HERE", destined for King's Hot Dog 
stand. What  was Randy doing ordering King's signs? 
Easy, Randy thought the signs would improve a great thing, so he  likely 
would have installed them as well. 
 
I'll make sure that project gets completed, keep a look out for  others.
 
Might come as a relief to some, but there won't be another like him. Durham 
 has no shortage of passionate citizens, but it lost some horse power with  
Randy's passing. (OK, Bull power)
 
I will miss his informed debate. 
 
Bill  Anderson


In a message dated 4/18/2011 4:36:44 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
mmr121570 at yahoo.com writes:

 
I just found out about Randy's passing and obviously didn't make the  
memorial service either. I plan to send a little something to the family. I  
expect it was a big turnout, as Randy has had an impact on so many  lives.


I remember socializing with Randy on many INC-related occasions. It got  to 
where I sought him out because it was so entertaining to be around him --  
it always dissipated any awkwardness from being in a large room filled with  
people I didn't know very well. As I've told Randy, he is/was a character 
in a  novel -- a very round, engaging character. He had a way with words,  
particularly when he was speaking them in person over cocktails. 


The world is a different place without him -- I can feel his absence  
already...it will take some time to rebalance.


Melissa (Rooney)



 
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 From: Mike Woodard  <mike at mikewoodard.com>
To: inc-list at DurhamINC.org
Sent: Mon, April 18, 2011 2:00:37  PM
Subject: [Durham INC] A  touching story about Randy Pickle

I suspect many of us have lots  of stories, but I really want to share this 
one from a neighbor in Watts  Hospital.

Mike Woodard

I only met Randy Pickle once, but it was  a memorable meeting and I'd like 
to share it.

This past Christmas I was  building a play kitchen for my 2 year old 
daughter. I had nearly everything I  needed except for a faucet for the sink. 
Buying a new one just seemed crazy,  but I couldn't find a used one
anywhere.

I followed up on several  leads from a last minute plea to the WHHNA list, 
but I didn't quite get what I  was looking for, and I had pretty much given 
up hope. Randy and I had played  phone tag earlier in the day,
but it seemed all sorts of logistical  miracles would have to happen for us 
to meet up. My last call to him was to  say that it was late and to not 
worry about it.

Either he never got the  message or just decided to ignore it. Looking not 
unlike Santa himself, I  found Randy at my door at 10:15 pm on
Christmas Eve holding a tiny little  bar sink with matching faucet.

It was our Christmas miracle, and we had  Randy Pickle to thank for  it.
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