Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
NameJames Allen RAINEY [56141], [32188]
BirthJun 5, 1939, Elon, Alamance County, North Carolina [56141]
DeathJan 6, 2019, Ruby, Chesterfield County, South Carolina [56141]
BurialKerrs Chapel Baptist Church, 2980 Kerr's Chapel Road, Caswell County, North Carolina [56141]
FatherCharlie Virgil RAINEY (1911-1987)
MotherIva Irene FARRAR (1914-2013)
Obituary Online notes for James Allen RAINEY
Ruby, SC

Mr. James Allen Rainey, age 79, entered into rest on Sunday, January 6, 2019.

Graveside services will be 2:00 PM Thursday, January 10, 2018 at Kerrs Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, 2980 Kerrs Chapel Rd, Elon, NC.

Mr. Rainey was born June 5, 1939 in Elon, NC a son of the late Charlie Virgil “Pete” and Iva Farrar Rainey. He was a former surveyor with Clifton Keith Surveying. Mr. Rainey enjoyed raising and training horses and enjoyed raising dogs.

In addition to his parents, James was also preceded in death by a grandson, Pruitt Rainey.

Survivors include his children, Mitchel Rainey of Ruby, SC, Rinda Riggins of Mebane, NC, and Catina Gordon of Burlington, NC; numerous grandchildren; siblings, Ella Mae (Bo) King of Hall River, NC, and Karen (Mickey) Yeatts of Roxboro, NC.

Miller-Rivers-Caulder Funeral Home of Chesterfield, SC (www.mrcfuneralhome.com) is serving the Rainey family.
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