Randa Lee Atha, age 70, of Brownwood passed away Tuesday, November 9, 2021, in Abilene.
Graveside Services for Randa will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, November 15, 2021, at the Zephyr Cemetery with Bill Slaymaker officiating. There is no set visitation. Arrangements are under the direction of Blaylock Funeral Home of Brownwood.
Randa was born on December 11, 1950, to Robert and Erma Lee (Keeney) Cole in Brownwood. She grew up attending 1st through 10th grade at Regan County ISD in Big Lake. Her family moved to Deer Park her junior year of high school where she would graduate from Deer Park High School in 1969. After high school, she received her bachelor’s degree from University of Houston. She worked at M.D. Anderson before moving to Brownwood in 1976, where she started working at Clemons Dental Lab. In 1977, Randa and Reggie started Ora-Craft Dental Labs in Brownwood and shortly after moved their business to a mountainside near Hot Springs, Arkansas for 30 years.
Randa married the love of her life, Reggie Atha, on March 3, 1979, in Ft. Worth. The two moved back to Texas in 2006 to care for their ailing parents. Throughout her life she loved living life to the fullest, whether it was scuba diving, spear fishing, hunting in Colorado, riding horses, and traveling. After retiring, she enjoyed quilting, gardening, cooking, and making stained glass. In fact, her stained glass work was so ornate, she would be asked to make them for Arabian horse farms in exchange for horses.
Randa is survived by her loving husband of 42 years, Reggie Atha of Brownwood; brother, Robert “Bob” C. Cole and wife Michele of Brownwood; niece, Teah Bishop and husband Michael of Splendora, TX; nephew, Robert “Bobby” L. Cole and wife Victoria of Deer Park; 8 great-nieces and nephews, and 4 aunts, Betty Cole, Minnie Cutbirth, Betty Keeney, and Claudine Carter. She is also survived by several close friends and other relatives.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert R. and Erma Lee Cole.
Online condolences for the family are welcome at www.blaylockfuneralhome.com.
