Owen Randolph "Ran" Minter

1929 - 2015  (85 years)

• Name	Owen Randolph "Ran" Minter
  Nickname	Ran
  Birth	2 Dec 1929	Leatherwood, Henry County, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Cremation	Oakwood Cemetery, Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia, USA
  Name	Randy
  _UID	49CD5EE1C1DA4367BB50DED7D655B1447A37
  Death	10 Jun 2015	Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Notes	From the Martinsville Daily, Sunday 21 June 2015: Owen Randolph Minter, Sr., 85, of 26 Scotchtown Court, Martinsville, died on June 10, 2015 at his home. He was born in the Leatherwood community of Henry County on December 2, 1929, to the late Edward Fletcher Minter and Annie May Gregory Minter. At an early age he made his home with an uncle and aunt, William Owen Minter and Mae Nunn Minter. In addition to his parents and his aunt and uncle, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Anne Randolph Minter; three sisters, Frances Mabel Minter, Lucy Mac Minter, and Ivy Minter Bouldin; and three brothers, Willie Edward Minter, Roy Wilton Minter, and Fletcher Wilson Minter. Surviving is his wife of fifty-seven years, Marcella Winn Minter; a son, Owen Randolph Minter, Jr. and his wife Lucy Cheshire Minter of Charlotte, NC; a daughter, Elizabeth Kotchish and her husband Steve, of Collinsville; and two grandchildren, Owen Randolph Minter III and Anne Claire Minter. Ran was educated in Martinsville schools, graduating from Martinsville High School in 1949, and was a 1953 graduate of Hampden-Sydney College. He also graduated from Virginia-Maryland Bankers School of Bank Management at the University of Virginia. He retired from SunTrust Bank with thirty-eight years of service. He served two terms on the Martinsville Social Services Board, was a sandlot youth football coach and a volunteer coach of the Martinsville High School junior varsity football team. He was a member of the Martinsville Recreation Association, on the Board of Directors of the Oakwood Cemetery Association, and was a long-time member of Starling Avenue Baptist Church where he sang in the choir and served as a trustee. Ran's lifelong passion was music. He sang solos beginning at the age of six at Starling Avenue Baptist Church and First Baptist Church of Martinsville, sang in the Glee Club and Martinsville High School Choir, and in the glee club and concert choir at Hampden-Sydney. He served as choir director of Forest Hills Presbyterian Church and three times as interim adult choir director at Starling Avenue Baptist Church. Locally, he was in the Piedmont Choral Society, Martinsville Civic Chorus, and the Cathedral Choir under the direction of Ruth Pace. Later, he became a member of the Roanoke Valley Choral Society under the direction of Jeff Sandborg, and was selected for the Canticum Novum Chamber Choir in Roanoke. He served as president of the Piedmont Choral Society and the Roanoke Valley Choral Society, and served as the Society's representative on the Roanoke Symphony Board of Directors. He founded and directed the well-known local a cappella choral group, Gaudete, from 1994 until 2009. His many musical accomplishments were recognized in 2001 when his high school and college classmates and friends established the O. Randolph Minter, Sr. Music Award at Hampden Sydney College, presented at each spring convocation to the outstanding college choir singer. The inurnment service at Oakwood Cemetery was private; a memorial service will be held on Saturday, June 27, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. at Starling Avenue Baptist Church with Rev. Dr. David W. Adkins officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Starling Avenue Baptist Church, 932 Starling Avenue, Martinsville. Norris Funeral Services and Crematory is serving the Minter family.
  Person ID	I437	America
  Last Modified	22 Jun 2015

  
  

  Father	Edward Fletcher Minter,   b. 23 Sep 1886, Henry County, Virginia, USA d. 28 Feb 1936, Henry County, Virginia, USA (Age 49 years)
  Mother	Annie Mae GREGORY,   b. 12 Jun 1889, Henry County, Virginia, USA d. 1 Jun 1933, Henry County, Virginia, USA (Age 43 years)
  Marriage	5 Apr 1911	Henry County, Virginia, USA   [2]
  Family ID	F231	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marcella Anne WINN,   b. 27 May 1929, Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia, USA d. 21 Nov 2017, Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia, USA (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	28 Dec 1957	Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia, USA   [3]
  	From marriage certificate at ancestry.com: Owen Randolph Minter, 28, white, single, not married before, teller at First National Bank, born Henry County, Va., father Edward Fletcher Minter mother Anne Gregory, 611 Church Street, Martinsville, Va. Marcella Anne Winn, 28, white, single, not married before, teacher at Fieldale,, born Martinsville, Va., father Horatio Sterling Winn, mother Annie Schilbe, 603 Forest St, Martinsville, Va.
  Children	1. Anne Randolph Minter   2. Elizabeth Winn Minter   3. Owen Randolph Minter, Jr.
  Family ID	F165	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jun 2015

  
  

• Event Map

  Cremation - - Oakwood Cemetery, Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S256] Martinsville Daily, 21 June 2015 and later. [S70] Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940, Ancestry.com, Nov 2014 and later. [S253] Virginia, Marriage Records. 1936 - 2014 at ancestry.com, June 2015 and later.