Remembering the life, death and legacy of teacher Don McCarthy
Don Randall "Randy" McCarthy Don Randall "Randy" McCarthy, father, husband and newsman, died January 19, 2019 of pancreatic cancer. Randy was born April 1, 1952 in Cincinnati, Ohio to James Donald McCarthy, a B&O Railroad agent, and Emma May (Otto) McCarthy, a homemaker and office administrator. They raised Randy and his sister Sharon in Fairfield, Illinois, where Randy learned his love of journalism from high school teacher Mrs. Thacker. He attended SIU Carbondale,...
