Obituaries:  John Curtis Rainer, Sr., Sabine Parish       R-560
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Oct 10, 1985
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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John Curtis Rainer, Sr. (Photo)

  Services for John Curtis Rainer, Sr., 82, of Keithville, will be
held today, Thursday, Oct. 10, at 2:30 p.m., at Rose-Neath's
Southside Chapel in Shreveport. The Rev. John Williams, pastor of
Keithville Methodist Church, The Rev. Clint Davis, pastor of
Haynes Ave. Baptist church, and the Rev. Bill Stowell, pastor of
Emmanuel Baptist Church, will officiate. Burial will be at Forest
Park Cemetery on St. Vincent Ave., in Shreveport.

  Mr. Rainer died at 7 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 8, 1985, at
Willis-Knighton Medical Center in Shreveport, after a short
illness. He was born in Zwolle, and had lived in Shreveport for
67 years.

  He was retired from Libbey Owens Glass Co., after some 44 years
of service, and was a member of the Keithville Methodist Church,
the Landmark Masonic Lodge in Keithville, and the Fox Hunters
Club. He had served for 28 years as a Justice of the Peace in
Caddo Parish.

  Mr. Rainer is survived by his wife, Mrs. Minnie M. Rainer of
Keithville; two sons, John C. Rainer, Jr. of Noble, and Larry
Rainer of Midland, Texas; four daughters, Nelda Faye Carter of
Jacksonville, Fla., Frances Brossette, Dottie Oden, Betty Lee
Ayers, all of Shreveport; one brother, W. L. Rainer, Shreveport;
20 grandchildren; 19 great grandchildren; and numerous nieces and
nephews.