Randolph Scott Gaddy

On July 30, 2001, twin boys, Baby A and Baby B were brought into this world, premature and weighing about 4 pounds each. After they were born, we learned that the umbilical cord was wrapped around Baby B’s neck and he may not have survived a longer pregnancy. At that time we believed that Baby A knew his brother was in danger and forced his way out to save his brother’s life. The boys’ sister, Jessica, was three years old at the time and very excited about becoming a big sister. I can remember it as if it was yesterday: Jessica looking very seriously at her new brothers through the nursery windows because she had been given the very difficult task naming her brothers. The names were already chosen, but she was going to tell us which brother got what name. Jessica named Baby A Randolph Scott and Baby B Joseph Maxwell. She was spot on too; Scott was very much like his namesakes: Uncle Scott and Grandma Dauphin.

As a baby, Scott was quiet and shy. He did not speak much and always appeared to be studying things, trying to figure out how everything worked. However, it didn’t take very long for him to break out of his shell and become quite the conversationalist. He also developed a great sense of humor and became a prankster. He once fixed his brother a bowl of cereal, half coco puffs and half dry dog food, and let him eat it all. One Christmas, Scott went through all the presents under the tree, scratching Max’s name off gift tags and adding his.

It was important to us for our children to be involved in outside activities, so we started the boys off in T-ball. That didn’t last long, it was too boring. They tried football and really enjoyed it, but when they moved from Hutto ISD to Gateway College Prep, where there wasn’t a football program, they joined the track team. Then Scott found the sport he grew to love, lacrosse. Scott played for Gateway College Prep for six years. After high school, he attended Texas State University and continued his lacrosse career with the Bobcats.

He also met Lindsey at Texas State. Scott had an extra ticket to a Post Malone concert and asked her if she wanted to go. She did, and they have been together ever since. In his senior year, Scott started looking for jobs in his career field. Scott’s first criminal justice related job was as a corrections officer. Every time we would see him, he would talk about his job and we could feel his passion for it. He would tell us, I can do this, I can be a warden one day. Scott graduated from Texas State in May 2023 and decided to stay on as a corrections officer.

In the next few weeks he was scheduled to be promoted to Sergeant. He made plans to propose to Lindsey in November. He wanted to marry her and have a family. He was also excited about becoming an uncle soon and was eager to meet his little niece. But just as he was brought into this world unexpectedly, he left it just as suddenly. On Wednesday morning, October 18, 2023, our sweet son, Randolph Scott Gaddy, was taken from us.

Scott touched many, many people. He was always making you laugh. Randolph Scott Gaddy, Baby A, was born a hero and will always be a hero in our hearts. Scott is survived by his mothers, Gina and Mary Gaddy; his girlfriend Lindsey Lara; his sister and brother-in-law, Jessica and Dakota Hatcher; his brother and sister-in-law and soon to be niece, Max, Katie, and Margaret Gaddy; his grandmothers, Barbara Gaddy, Randy Dauphin and Emelia Appel; his great Uncle Gary and Aunt Gail; his uncles and aunts, Scott and Frances Gaddy, Greg and Christa Gaddy, Erick and Monica Appel, Hugh and Katherine Wright, Sharon Appel, Jason and Kitee Valentz, Patrick and Veronica Valentz; and cousins Wesley and William Gaddy; Barrett,

Justin and Jacob Appel; Crystal Eanes and Christina and Luke Wright; Connor, Cole, Morgan, and William Valentz; and Aiden and Ethan Paradise.

The family requests in lieu of flowers, donations be made to Scott’s high school lacrosse program, Gateway Lacrosse. The link below was set up by the All Sports Booster Club so the funds will go directly to the program. All Sports Booster Donations

Randolph Scott Gaddy Memorial Video