Randa Jean Green ¹

  General Notes:

Fort Stockton -- Randa J. Lyda , age 85, of Odessa, Texas, died on October 9, 2009. She was born near Tow, Texas on May 17, 1924, to Guy & Nona Green. She was raised in the Burnet area and graduated from Burnet High School.

She met and married her high school sweetheart Gerald Lyda and together they produced three children, Gerald D., Gene and Eunita Jo.

She loved the role of being a wife and devoted herself to raising her children properly. She was a wonderful cook and became a skilled interior home decorator. Through the many ups and downs of life and business, she remained dedicated and supportive of her husband Gerald. She and Gerald enjoyed traveling together. As a result, they saw a lot of ranch country. When her husband retired, she and Gerald moved to Fort Stockton to be near their beloved La Escalera Ranch. She and Gerald enjoyed many good times together until his untimely passing in 2005. After her husband's death and a lengthy stay in the hospital, Randa emerged more vibrant, alert and independent than she was before her hospital stay. She was a devoted Christian that credited the Lord for the successes she and her family had enjoyed in life. In her final years, she suffered from congestive heart disease, but passed away peacefully in her Odessa assisted living apartment.

Survivors include: her beloved brother, Guy E. "Bud" Green Jr. of Burnet, her beloved son, Gerald D. Lyda & his wife Patty of San Antonio, beloved son Gene Lyda & his wife Shay of Fort Stockton and beloved daughter Eunita Jo Granberg & her husband K. G. of Seymour. Grandchildren include Brett Lyda of South Pasadena, CA, Justin Granberg of Muddleberry, IN, Holly Jo Granberg of Wichita Falls, Jene' & Casey Lyda of Boerne, Tyler Lyda of Fort Stockton, Leah M. Lyda of San Antonio, as well as Trey Lyda and Holt Lyda, both of Atlanta. Great grandchildren include Gerald D. "Beck" Lyda IV of Atlanta and Sage & Colt Granberg of Muddleberry, IN.

A viewing will be held at First Baptist Church Fort Stockton on Monday evening from 5 to 7 PM. On Tuesday, October 13, lunch will be provided courtesy of First Baptist Church Fort Stockton followed by a Memorial Service at 1:30 p.m. in the church sanctuary.

Afterwards, burial services will occur the family cemetery on La Escalera Ranch, 20 miles south of Fort Stockton on Highway 385 (Marathon Highway). Reverend Bob Cheek of Moore, Oklahoma will preside over the service.

Pallbearers will be: Brett Lyda, Trey Lyda, Justin Granberg, Holt Lyda, Casey Lyda and Glenn McCorkle of Fort Stockton. For other information, please contact funeral director Steve Hampton at Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home in Crane, Texas at (432) 558-2525.

Fort Stockton Pioneer, 15 Oct 2009

Social Security had her last residence as Odessa, Ector County, Texas.

Randa married Gerald Dean Lyda about 1944. (Gerald Dean Lyda was born in Jan 1923 in , Burnet County, Texas, died on 14 Nov 2005 in Odessa, Ector County, Texas and was buried on 17 Nov 2005 in La Escalera Ranch, Pecos County, Texas.)