Obituaries:  Mrs. Vera Mae Osborn Rains, Sabine, Natchitoches Parish       R-520
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Oct 1, 1997
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net 




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Mrs. Vera Mae Osborn Rains

  Mrs. Vera Mae Osborn Rains, 92, of Marthaville died Thursday, Sept. 25, at
Heritage Manor of Natchitoches.

  Mrs. Rains was a native of Spring Ridge. She was a resident of Marthaville
and a member of the First Baptist Church of Marthaville for the past 62 years
and was a Sunday School teacher. Mrs. Rains was a well known gospel singer at
the Singing Conventions in Sabine and Natchitoches Parishes in her younger
years, and a mail carrier from 1935 to 1975 in the Marthaville and Belmont
area.

  Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept 27, at First Baptist
Church in Marthaville with burial following at Marthaville Cemetery. The Rev.
Ray Dyess officiated.

  Survivors include one son, Dale Rains and wife, JoAnne of Clinton, S. C.;
one daughter, Frankie Dean Latham and husband, G. T. "Pete" of Dear Park,
Texas; five grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; two great-grandchildren
and seven step-great-grandchildren. Mrs. Rains was preceded in death by her
husband, Frank Rains and parents, Sam and Janie Osborn also one sister and
four brothers.

  Blanchard-St. Denis Natchitoches, La.