Dates

• Existence: 1920-05-19 - 2011-07-24

Biographical Note

Ulysses Randolph was born May 19, 1920 in Roanoke, Virginia and died July 24, 2011. He worked on the railroad for Norfolk & Western and as a laborer at Shaffer’s Crossing. On November 3, 1944, he married Willie Beatrice Petty, (born November 17, 1925, died May 28, 1998)

Ulysses and Willie had seven sons and five daughters. During the 1960s and 1970s, their children formed a family band managed by their eldest son Alfred, and co-managed by their second son, Michael. Eventually, the band would include at least six of their sons, two of their daughters, and at least one cousin.