Graveside Service:
10 a.m. on Friday, April 12, 2024, at New Union
Cemetery in Lincoln
Funeral home: Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral
Home
Obituary
Randy Ray Pettus, 69, of Lincoln,
passed away suddenly at his home on April 1, 2024.
Cremation rites have been accorded by Holland Barry
& Bennett Funeral Home.
Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. on
Friday, April 12, 2024, at New Union Cemetery with
Pastor Ron Otto officiating.
End of Watch will be performed by
the Taylorville Police Department and Eric Notto
will play the bagpipes.
Randy was born July 4, 1954, in Taylorville, IL.,
the son of Thomas A. Pettus and Patricia J. (Flahart)
Pettus. He married Dawn Tesh on September 12, 2003.
He was an extremely skilled
handyman who could make or repair just about
anything. He was a computer expert and embodied the
motto never stop learning. Randy was a Star Trek
enthusiast and collector. He was also a proud member
of the NRA.
Randy served for 29 years with the
Taylorville Police Department, several years were
spent as the juvenile officer, a job which he loved
and excelled at because of his kind nature. He ended
his time with the Taylorville Police Department as a
Detective, retiring in 2006. |
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He loved his family greatly and often demonstrated that love
through a bad joke, a word of encouragement, or computer troubleshooting. He
will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him.
Survivors include his wife Dawn Pettus, his mother Patricia Pettus, his stepsons
who he loved greatly, Alex B, Howard and Jeremy A, Howard, his brother Ron
Pettus (Susan), and his father and mother-in-law Lou and Marcella Tesh.
He was preceded in death by his father, brother Rod Pettus, and infant sister
Rhonda Pettus.
Memorial donations may be made to the Taylorville Police Department.
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