Obituaries:  Herman C. Rainer, Sabine Parish       R-560
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Aug 22, 1990
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Herman C. Rainer

  Funeral services for Mr. Herman C. Rainer, 75, of Sarepta, were
held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, August 22, at the New Sarepta Baptist
Church. Officiating were Rev. G. A. Spears, and Rev. Scott
Teutsch. Burial was in the Rocky Mount Presbyterian Cemetery,
under the direction of Bailey Mortuary, Springhill.

  Mr. Rainer, a native of Belmont, and a resident of Sarepta for
44 years, passed away Monday, August 20, in Springhill, after a
lengthy illness. He was an active and faithful member of the New
Sarepta Baptist Church, where he taught the Young Boy's Sunday
School Class, and also the Royal Ambassadors. He was a member of
the Senior Men's Bible Class. He was a retired employee of
International Paper Company, with 32 year of service, and a
member of the IP Supervisors Club.

  He is survived by his wife, Thelma McKinney Rainer of Sarepta;
two sons and daughters-in-law, Robert Ray and Sue Weir Rainer of
Baton Rouge, Joe and Suzanne Bush Rainer of Ruston;
grandchildren, Randall Reese Rainer, Rebecca Raye Rainer, Haley
Elizabeth Rainer, and a foster daughter, Mary Sang Men of
Sarepta; three sisters, Irma Dee Russell, Thelma McGowan, and
Betty Merle Fields, all of Many; two brothers, Jesse T. Rainer of
Edmond, Oklahoma, and Billy Wayne Rainer.

  Pallbearers were Wiley Holley, James Sheppard, Roland Colvin,
Cliff Sanders, Wayne Edgeman, and Charles Neal.

  Honorary pallbearers were members of the Senior Men's Bible
Class, and Jim Cochran.