SOUTHAVEN - Charles Randel McCain, 80, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, May 25, 2014. He was born April 16, 1934, in Ruleville to Lional and Constance McCain. He grew up in the cotton fields of the Mississippi Delta and knew the joy of hard labor. He graduated from Ruleville High School and attended Morehead College. He served in the U.S. Army during both the Korean War and the beginning of the Vietnam War. He worked for the railroad and was the owner and operator of McCain Insulation Company. He retired from Bryan Foods in 1996, spending his retirement years on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. He was a lifelong follower of Christ. He loved his dog, Bitty.

Services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 28, at Lee Memorial Funeral Home Chapel. Burial with military honors will be in Lee Memorial Park. Lee Memorial Funeral Home is entrusted with the arrangements.

He is survived by two daughters, Yvonne Adams and husband, Walter, of Kissimmee, Fla., and Renate Anderson and husband, Michael, of Southaven; one son, Duane McCain and wife, Helen, of Austin, Ark.; a daughter-in-law, Stacey McCain of Ocean Springs; three sisters-in-law, Stella McCain, Jean Woodard and Ruth Vickers; 14 grandchildren he adored, Melissa, Dana, Ami, Jerry Jr., Stephanie, Kathy, Sierra, Avery, Loretta, Michael Paul, Lecole, Lynae, Amber and Justin; and 17 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; the love of his life, his wife, Myrtle McCain; one son, Randy McCain; and two brothers, Alton and Terry McCain.

Visitation will be 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday.