Obituaries:  Rodolph "Shorty" Rains, Sabine, Natchitoches Parish       R-520
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Nov 14, 1990
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Rodolph "Shorty" Rains

  Services for Rodolph "Shorty" Rains, 77, were held at 10:30
a.m., Saturday, November 10, at Marthaville Baptist Church.
Officiating was Rev. Billy Pierce, pastor of Cypress Baptist
Church, assisted by Rev. Jerry Masters, associate pastor of First
Baptist Church in DeRidder. Burial was in Marthaville, under the
direction of Rose-Neath's Bossier Chapel.

  Mr. Rains died Wednesday, November 7, at his residence,
following a long illness. He was born in Many, and had been a
resident of Bossier City for 38 years. Mr. Rains was a retired
truck driver for Southern Electronics, and a member of Rocky
Springs Baptist Church.

  He is survived by his wife, Clarice Moore Rains of Bossier City;
one daughter and son-in-law, Janet and Bobby Masters of Benton;
two sisters, Estelle Thibodeaux of Ball, La., and Maude Wyatt of
Marthaville; one brother, Roscoe Rains of Leesville; three
grandchildren, Brandon, Kelly, Holly Masters, all of Benton, and
a number of nieces and nephews.

  Pallbearers will be Andy Jenkins, Jack Jenkins, Keith Moore,
Gene Wyatt, Donnie Wyatt, and Frank Wyatt.