Charles Randolph Dulaney Jr.

Charles Randolph “Randy” Dulaney, Jr., 73, of Myrtle Beach, SC, passed away surrounded by loved ones on December 19, 2024 in Myrtle Beach, SC. Born in 1951 to Charles R. Dulaney Sr. and Virginia (Roberts), and raised with his younger brother Robert in Arlington, VA. Randy was a member of the church choir and a youth representative on the church board of elders throughout his teen years. He played football, wrestled, and was also a drummer in a band in high school. His band, The Shades, won the high school battle of the bands, winning the opportunity to open for and meet Jim Morrison and The Doors. He became a lifeguard at age 16 and continued until beginning college at Virginia Tech in 1969. He was a proud founder of the Delta Alpha chapter of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity. He graduated as a Hokie with a bachelor’s degree in business in 1973.

After college, Randy began a career with the DuPont corporation in Richmond, VA, where he joined their management training program and quickly climbed the ranks within the company. He married Faith Turner in 1979, and moved to Cranford, NJ to allow for Randy’s daily commute to NYC. In 1980, Faith and Randy had their first child, Heather Marie. In 1983, they had their second child, Jessica Ann, moving to Kennett Square, PA that same year, where Randy began working at the DuPont headquarters in Wilmington, DE. Randy was a part of the team that got the first Kevlar vests in the hands of law enforcement, as well as the team that helped develop the first fire-resistant space suits following the Challenger tragedy. 

In 1989, Randy and his family were transferred to Tokyo, Japan, where he was charged with running DuPont’s Asia Pacific textile division. After several months of leaning on an interpreter to communicate with his colleagues, in true Randy fashion, he decided he owed it to himself and his associates to become fluent in Japanese, which he did.  While in Japan, Randy had the opportunity to travel much of Europe and Asia for work, managing to take his family on adventures to Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand.

Despite building lifelong friendships and experiences, Randy parted ways with the company to accept a position as President and CEO of Fashion Fabrics of America. He moved his family to Columbia, S.C. running the company for several years and taking the Concord back and forth to Europe where the parent companies were located. Weary of corporate life, he resigned in 1997 for another adventure.

Randy and Faith decided to buy their own business, moving the family to Myrtle Beach, where they had enjoyed so many summers together.  In 1998, the couple purchased Sunny Cleaners in Myrtle Beach, S.C., moving their family to the beach. Utilizing Randy’s wealth of experience in the textile industry, the family initially worked together in the business until his youngest, Jessica, became a teacher in 2005. He built a store front for his eldest daughter, Heather, that same year.

Over 26 years in the drycleaning business, his success in life and business expanded,  adding a large plant on Watertower Road and eventually four store fronts around the county. He built many lasting relationships with his customers that became lifelong. He was a benevolent employer, with many employees being considered family. Randy was incredibly hardworking, retiring just prior to his 73rd and final birthday.

Randy was a kind man with a quick wit, with little objection to letting people know where they stood with him. Randy was a man of much determination, many accomplishments, and many accolades. He will be most remembered, however, for his fierce love of family. Randy built a family that remains close knit and dedicated to the ideas and values he instilled.  He was a proud father that  loved his daughters, their husbands, and his grandchildren very much. With the unexpected passing of his daughter Heather, heartache weakened his body and spirit. Though more than anything he wanted to spend more time with his loved ones, his body could not continue to fight mounting internal and external battles.

Randy is survived by his daughter, Jessica McKever (Maurice), son-in-law, Scott Hucks, grandchildren, Charmaine Branch, Aidan Metts, Claire Metts, Dulaney McKever, and Ella Hucks, and brother Robert Dulaney (Derry).

He was predeceased by his wife, Faith (2020), daughter, Heather (2023), parents, Virginia (2010) and Charles (2013).

The patriarch of the Dulaney clan will be incredibly missed. Please keep his family in prayer as these last five years have been a difficult road.  

The family will receive guests at Calli Baker’s Firehouse Bar and Grill for a celebration of life, as Randy would have wanted, on January 18th 2025 from 3:00pm-6:00pm.

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