Obituaries:  Elrie A. Rains, Sabine Parish       R-520
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jul 4, 1974
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Elrie A. Rains

  Elrie Alanson Rains, 86, died Saturday, June 29, in a Houston
hospital.

  Funeral services were held at 2 p.m., Tuesday, July 2, in the
First Baptist Church of Hemphill, with the Rev. W. T. Love
officiating. Burial was in the Hemphill Cemetery, under the
direction of the Starr Funeral Home.

  Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Paul Norman, and Mrs. Leonard
Darcheers, both of Napa, Calif., six sons, Dewitt Rains of
Monroe, Vernon Rains of Mansfield, Curtis Rains of Pleasant Hill,
Louis Rains of Hendersonville, N. C. Rayburn Rains of
Natchitoches, and Orlan Rains of Bossier City;' 11 grandchildren,
three great grandchildren; two step daughters, Mrs. George
Auderer, and Mrs. Bessie Nickerson, both of Houston; two
stepsons, Claude Vickers of Leesville, and Berton Coleson of
Carl; two sisters, Mrs. Della Moody of Marthaville, and Mrs.
Desma Rials of Longview.