July 20, 2025, 65, Goldsboro —

RANDY K. GARNER WAS BORN MARCH 21ST 1960 TO MS. EXELINE GARNER AND MR. JAMES ASHLEY BEST. RANDY WAS CALLED HOME SUNDAY JULY 20TH 2025 FROM HARMONY HALL NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER KINSTON, NC. TO REST ETERNALLY WITHIN THE ARMS OF THE ALMIGHTY LORD. HE WAS A BELOVED SOUL WHO IS NOW GONE FROM OUR SIGHT BUT NEVER FROM OUR HEARTS BECAUSE FOR WHAT IS DEEPLY LOVED CAN NEVER BE LOST NOR FORGOTTEN.

IN ADDITION TO HIS MOTHER MS. EXELINE GARNER AND HIS FATHER MR. JAMES ASHLEY BEST HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS LOVING BROTHERS NATHANIEL ‘NATE’ NOBLES AND LEONARD ‘POP’ GARNER A LOVING SISTER ETHEREA NOBLESWILKES, THREE AUNTS AND TWO UNCLES.

RANDY LEAVES BEHIND THREE CHILDREN, TWO LOVING SISTERS PATRICIA NOBLES OF ALBERTSON NC, GLENDA YOUNG (KEVIN) OF GOLDSBORO NC, THREE LOVING BROTHERS DARRY GARNER OF GREENVILLE NC, TOMMIE LAWSON-BEY OF OXFORD HILLS, MA AND DONALD NOBLES OF FAR RIVER, MA. HE ALSO LEAVES BEHIND A HOST OF NIECES AND NEPHEWS AND OTHER CHERISHED FAMILY MEMBERS. HE SHARED A SPECIAL BOND WITH COUSINS DIANE WILLIAMS AND FAYE NOBLES. HE ALSO HAD CLOSE FRIENDSHIPS WITH SYLVESTER SANDERS, TONY OUTLAW, JESSIE RAY, GARY WAYNE PARKS, JOΗNNY SMIΤΗ, ΚΕΙΤΑ ORMOND, LARRY GARDNER AND MS. MARY.

RANDY ENJOYED WATCHING SPORTS ON TV AND TALKING WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. HE ALSO HAD AN UNCANNY ABILITY TO REACH PEOPLE THROUGH LAUGHTER WITH HIS WITTY SENSE OF HUMOR AND IF YOU NEEDED A LAUGH ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS HAVE A BRIEF CONVERSATION WITH HIM AND НЕ WOULD DEFINETELY DELIVER AND HE WAS NOT DRAMATIC WITH HIS WORDS AND THAT WAS WHAT MADE WHAT HE SAID SO FUNNY.

IN CLOSING THE FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY TO CELEBRATE RANDY AND FOR SHOWING KINDNESS, COMPASSION, LOVE AND CONDOLENCES IN SO MANY WAYS.

ALSO THE FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO THANK STAFF MEMBERS OF HARMONY HALL AND REHABILITATION CENTER OF KINSTON, NC FOR PROVIDING GENUINE AND HEARTFELT CARE FOR RANDY WITH A SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO STAFF MEMBERS(NURSES) MS. BARBARA, MS. POLLY AND MAKAYLA, (SOCIAL WORKER) MERCEDES, (SECRETARY) MS. KAREN AND MS. DEBRA. WE APPRECIATED THE PHONE CALLS AND IN-PERSON UPDATES CONCERNING HIS CARE. WE WILL BE FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE CARE HE WAS GIVEN FOR THE ALMOST THREE YEARS HE WAS AN INPATIENT AT YOUR FACILTY.