Obituaries:  Elmer Rains, Sabine, Natchitoches Parish       R-520
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Sep 30, 1992
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Elmer Rains

  Graveside services were held at Spring Ridge Cemetery in
Pleasant Hill, La., on Saturday, September 26, 1992, at 1 p.m.,
for Elmer Rains, 80, of Shreveport. Officiating was Rev. Douglas
Bumley, pastor of Janet Lane Baptist Church.

  Mr. Rains passed away on Friday, September 25, 1992, in
Shreveport, after a brief illness. Born in Marthaville, La., he
had been a resident of Shreveport for over 50 years. He attended
Janet Lane Baptist Church, and was retired from the Texas and
Pacific Railroad.

  He was preceded in death by his wife, Bessie Mae Dyes Rains.

  He is survived by three daughters, Dean DeHart and her husband
John, Mary Varnell and her husband Hubert, Lee Phillips and her
husband Dale, all of Shreveport; five sons, Sam Rains and his
wife Floye of Shreveport, George Rains of Longview, Texas, Bennie
Rains of Houston, Texas, Dannie Rains, and Donnie Rains, both of
Shreveport; 12 grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; and
several nieces and nephews; one sister, Maggie Golden of Baton
Rouge, La.; and one brother, Boyd Rains of Natchitoches, La.

  Pallbearers were Hubert Varnell, Terry Ponder, Dale Phillips, Ed
Thomason, John DeHart, and Ronald Dyes.

  The family requests memorials be made to the Spring Ridge
Cemetery, Pleasant Hill, La. 71065.

  Services were under the direction of Wellman Funeral Home.