Obituaries: Mrs. Minnie Rains, Sabine Parish R-520 Source: Sabine Index, Many, La., Oct 5, 1978 Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck carlrad@earthlink.net ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Mrs. Minnie Rains Mrs. Minnie Rains, 58, died on Friday, Sept. 29, at 8:43 p.m., following a short illness. Survivors include two sons, Dewey Rains of Shreveport, and Earl Rains of Many; one daughter, Nettie Catherine Arthur of Many; two sisters, Mrs. Lorene Alexander of Kansas City, Mo., and Mrs. Marie Reid of Alexandria; and eight grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church of Fort Jesup on Sunday, Oct. 1, at 2 p.m. Officiating were the Rev. Willie Greer, the Rev. Houston Tibbitts, and the Rev. Arthur Haymon. Burial was in the Many Cemetery, under the direction of the Warren Meadows Funeral Home. Pallbearers were Tommy Byles, George Davis, Marshall Estes, Hosea Ebarb, Roy Horn, and Ed Lites.