Coach Randy Tilley

Wesley Randall Tilley, 57, known to all as Coach Randy Tilley, passed away on Thursday, November 15. A Service to Celebrate his life will be at 6 p.m. on Monday, November 19, at Unity Baptist Church, 489 N.C. Hwy. 55 East, Mount Olive, and will be conducted by Pastor Ronnie Wise, with visitation afterward. Coach Tilley will be buried on Tuesday, November 20, at 11 a.m. in Maplewood Cemetery in Mount Olive. Friends and family are being received at the residence, 312 West College Street in Mount Olive. Coach Tilley had an astute knowledge of the game of basketball and had excelled locally as a coach of the game. His coaching career began at Wayne County Day School, and during his ensuing career, while serving at various institutions, both on the high school and collegiate levels, his longest tenure of service was at Southern Wayne High School and Goldsboro High. He is survived by four sons, Wesley Tilley, Jr., Adam Tilley, and Grayson Tilley, and their mother, Belinda Herring Tilley, all of the home in Mount Olive, and Ross Tilley, and wife, Rachel, and their son, Hudson, of Florida; a daughter, Ashlyn Tilley of West End; his mother, Peggy Hunt Tilley of Goldsboro; two sisters, Sandra Peele and Sharon Tilley, both of Goldsboro; and a brother, Jeff Tilley of Florida. Coach Tilley's father, Wesley A. Tilley, preceded him in death. A Tyndall Service.