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Line 15: − − Gerald Long, a member of the Louisiana State Senate, said that he and Webb had a 50-year friendship: "If I had to chose an adjective to describe Randy, certainly I could talk about his integrity, his love for his family and for the Lord, but loyalty would be the word I would choose." He called Webb "a giant of a man" who stressed student recruitment drives to market the assets of NSU.<ref name=bio/> − +
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Shortly after retirement, Webb learned that he had contracted [[cancer]], which claimed his life eleven months later at the age of seventy-two. He was succeeded as NSU president by James "Jim" Henderson, then the chancellor of Bossier Parish Community College in Bossier City. In the spring of 2014, Webb was named president emeritus.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/education/2015/11/18/longtime-nsu-president-randy-webb-dies-72/75994684/|title='Giant of a man': Longtime NSU President Randall J. Webb dies at 72|author=Leigh Guidry|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=November 19, 2015}}</ref>
Shortly after retirement, Webb learned that he had contracted [[cancer]], which claimed his life eleven months later at the age of seventy-two. He was succeeded as NSU president by James "Jim" Henderson, then the chancellor of Bossier Parish Community College in Bossier City. In the spring of 2014, Webb was named president emeritus.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/education/2015/11/18/longtime-nsu-president-randy-webb-dies-72/75994684/|title='Giant of a man': Longtime NSU President Randall J. Webb dies at 72|author=Leigh Guidry|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=November 19, 2015}}</ref>
In 1971, Webb wed the former Brenda Williams (born 1950). The couple relocated to [[Shreveport]] upon his retirement from NSU.<ref name=bio/> There are two Webb daughters, Tamara Gatewood and husband Reggie of McKinney, [[Texas]], and Lauren Simokaitis and husband Nick of Crestwood, [[Missouri]], and four grandchildren.<ref name=funeral/>
In 1971, Webb wed the former Brenda Williams (born 1950). The couple relocated to [[Shreveport]] upon his retirement from NSU.<ref name=bio/> There are two Webb daughters, Tamara Gatewood and husband Reggie of McKinney, [[Texas]], and Lauren Simokaitis and husband Nick of Crestwood, [[Missouri]], and four grandchildren.<ref name=funeral/>
Webb's services were held at 10 a.m. November 23 in Prather Coliseum on the NSU campus. Coincidentally, Webb had been the student body president in 1964 when the coliseum was dedicated.<ref name=pratherc>{{cite web|url=
Webb's services were held at 10 a.m. November 23 in Prather Coliseum on the NSU campus. Coincidentally, Webb had been the student body president in 1964 when the coliseum was dedicated.<ref name=pratherc>{{cite web|url=
http://www.thetowntalk.com/story/news/education/2015/11/23/webbs-family-friends-gather-honor-life-he-lived/76115220/|title=Webb's family, friends gather 'to honor the life he lived'|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|accessdate=November 24, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ksl.com/?nid=157&sid=37430123|title=Services set for ex-Northwestern State leader Randall Webb|publisher=ksl.com|accessdate=November 19, 2015}}</ref> Officiating were State Senator Gerald Long, a Baptist minister, and the Reverend Thomas Rush.<ref name=funeral>{{cite web|url=http://710keel.com/funeral-set-for-former-nsu-president-randall-webb/?trackback=tsmclip|title=Funeral Set for Former NSU President Randall Webb|publisher=KEEL AM radio|accessdate=November 19, 2015}}</ref> Burial was private at the American Cemetery in Natchitoches.<ref name=obit/>
http://www.thetowntalk.com/story/news/education/2015/11/23/webbs-family-friends-gather-honor-life-he-lived/76115220/|title=Webb's family, friends gather 'to honor the life he lived'|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|accessdate=November 24, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ksl.com/?nid=157&sid=37430123|title=Services set for ex-Northwestern State leader Randall Webb|publisher=ksl.com|accessdate=November 19, 2015}}</ref> Officiating were State Senator Gerald Long, a Baptist minister and long-term friend of Webb's, and the Reverend Thomas Rush.<ref name=funeral>{{cite web|url=http://710keel.com/funeral-set-for-former-nsu-president-randall-webb/?trackback=tsmclip|title=Funeral Set for Former NSU President Randall Webb|publisher=KEEL AM radio|accessdate=November 19, 2015}}</ref> Burial was private at the American Cemetery in Natchitoches.<ref name=obit/>
Webb's son-in-law, Reggie L. Gatewood (born 1971), said that "sometimes it was hard for the family to share Randy with his other true love — Northwestern. ... But we all shared someone very special — all of us. ... he was always just Randy Webb, someone who loved his family, someone who loved Northwestern and someone who loved his neighbor as himself."<ref name=pratherc/>
Webb's son-in-law, Reggie L. Gatewood (born 1971), said that "sometimes it was hard for the family to share Randy with his other true love — Northwestern. ... But we all shared someone very special — all of us. ... he was always just Randy Webb, someone who loved his family, someone who loved Northwestern and someone who loved his neighbor as himself."<ref name=pratherc/>