b'OBITUARY\'Daddy\' Bruce Randolph, Jr. ,March 23, 1927May 1, 2021By Amy Bounds, Daily Camera ing music while someone else manned the coun- in Charlotte, North Carolina.ter when he would stop in for a plate of barbecue "HelovedColorado,"shesaid."Helovedthe M ay10BruceRandolphJr.,afixtureinat the cozy restaurant. lifeRocky Mountains. The one thing he chose to do Boulder as the owner of Daddy Bruce\'s Bar- "Hewantedasimplerwas live his life his way."B-Que for three decades, died May 1. He was 94. than his dad, to make some RandolphJr.boughtarestaurantnamedbarbecue,playmusicandShealsopromisedtoadd Uncle Joe\'s Plantation on the corner of Arapahoemakepeoplehappy,"heaspoontohiscasketwhile Avenueand20thStreetin1980,renamingsaid, adding Randolph wouldteasing him about his habit itDaddyBruce\'sBar-B-Queinhonoroftheneverturnawaysomeoneofhoardingthesilverware. original Daddy Bruce: his father, the late Brucewho was hungry and neededShe said he started keeping Randolph. a meal. spoons in his pockets so he would always have one ready Randolph Jr. ran the landmark Boulder eateryOnBoulderFacebooktoeatthevanillaicecream for three decades before selling about 10 yearspages,peoplerespondedtothat he loved. He died at the ago and retiring at age 85, saying he made thethenewsofhisdeathbyHolly Heights Nursing Home decision because business was starting to slow.remembering how much theyin Denver, not long after he He was a fixture at the restaurant, telling stories,lovedbothRandolph\'sbar- washospitalizedfollowinga doling out advice and playing the piano. becue and his kindness. Onefall at his home, she said.Oneofhisfavoritestorieswashow,whilewomansaidhewouldlet"We\'re going to miss him," working at a barbershop in Denver, he once cuther help clean the restaurantshesaid."Hewasagreat MartinLutherKingJr.\'shair.Otherscenteredwhenshewasbrokeandman.Healwaysconsidered ontheplaceshetraveled,andmanyrevolvedhungry,thengiveher"theothers.Hemeasuredhis around his late father, who was famous for usingbest meal I would have thatwords.Alotofpeoplecon-his Denver restaurant to help feed the homeless. week." Bruce Randolph, Jr. fided in him, and they could "Hewasagreatstoryteller,"saidRandolphRandolphwasbornintrust that it would be kept in Jr.\'s oldest daughter, Phylis Armour. "He always1927inTexas,thenmovedconfidence."had something to tell." to Arkansas with his father to be closer to fam- Randolph was preceded in death by two chil-InanoralhistoryinterviewforBoulder\'sily after his mother died. He moved to Denver indren and is survived by five children.CarnegieLibrary,Randolphsaidhisfavorite1954 for a job as a barber. He also served as an activitiesoutsideofrunninghisrestaurantassociateministeratBoulder\'sSecondBaptistServiceswereheldonMay17atBoulder\'s includedattendingservicesatSecondBaptistChurch. SecondBaptistChurch,5300BaselineRoad. Church, studying the Bible and playing piano. ArmoursaidshekeptherpromisethatheFinalarrangementswerehandledbyDarrell-could stay in Colorado as he got older, though itHowe Mortuary.John Lehndorff, former food editor at the Dailymeant flying to see him monthly from her home Camera, said he would often find Randolph play-ANSWERS ON PAGE 718 JUNE 2021 BOCNEWS.com'