William Kendrick Randall

William Kendrick Randall (age 23 at his death) was a young man rooted in the Canton, Georgia community and known to family and friends as a father and son whose everyday presence mattered to those closest to him. Public reporting from the time identifies him as a Canton resident, and notes that he was a young father — a central role in his life that survivors and the community remembered.

While many news accounts focus on the violence that ended his life on June 25, 2017, the verified public record also conveys that William was a real person with relationships and responsibilities beyond headlines. Local reporting and family statements published after the shooting described him as someone who left behind a young child and family members who spoke movingly during the legal process about the depth of their loss. Those remarks, given by relatives during courtroom proceedings, make clear that his absence was profoundly felt by family who relied on and loved him.

Publicly available memorial indexes and community pages include his name and the date he died (June 25, 2017), and local coverage at the time recorded that friends and relatives planned services to say goodbye. The available sources also show that William’s death occurred amid a larger, painful moment for the neighborhood — and that his family sought answers and justice in the years that followed.

Because an official, family-published obituary matching his full name and the exact date of death was not located in established funeral-home or obituary repositories, this remembrance focuses on the human details confirmed in public records: a young Canton man, a parent, and a member of a family and community now living with his loss. William’s story, as preserved in reporting and memorial listings, is one of a life that mattered to people who named him, mourned him, and spoke for him in the months and years after June 25, 2017.

If family members or a funeral home would like a personalized memorial text added that includes additional verified details (full birth date, survivors’ names, personal anecdotes, or service information), those can be incorporated to better reflect William Kendrick Randall the person—rather than the circumstances of his death.