Isle of Wight-Dinwiddie County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rainey, Marion B., 1969 

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MARION B. RAINEY 

Marion B. Rainey, age 39, of 202 Ridgeland Dr., Smithfield, District 
Conservationist in charge of Isle of Wight Surry work unit headquartered 
at Isle of Wight died early Monday am. at Duke University Hospital, Durham, 
NC.  Mr. Rainey was a native of Dinwiddie County, a graduate of Dinwiddie 
High School, and earned his B.S. Degree in agricultural engineering at VPI 
in 1950.  He began his work with the Soil Conservation Service as a student 
trainee in 1949.  After earning his degree, he joined the S.C.S. on a full-
time basis in July.  Mr. Rainey was a member of the Christ Episcopal church, 
where he had served as Senior Warden and as Superintendent of the church 
school.  He was a member of the Vestry.  He was also active in the Cub 
Scouting program, was a past master of the Smithfield Union Lodge Number 18, 
A.F. and A.M. and member of the Smithfield Chapter Number 127, Order of the 
Eastern Star, and the Smithfield Royal Arch Masonic Chapter Number 57.  He 
was also past secretary.  He also was a member of the Virginia Chapter of 
the Soil Conservation Society of America.  He was a member of the Smithfield 
German Club.  He was a son of the late Thomas O. and Mr. Lula B. Rainey. 
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mildred Lewis Rainey; two sons, Marion 
Bourdon Rainey, Jr. and Bruce Gison Rainey, both of the home; one brother, 
T.O. Rainey, Jr. of Dinwiddie, Va.  Funeral services will be held Wednesday, 
Nov. 19 at 2 p.m. from the Christ Episcopal Church in Smithfield by the Rev. 
Macon B. Walton, Rector.  Interment will be in St. Luke's Cemetery, near 
Smithfield, with Masonic rites.  In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to 
the Isle of Wight Volunteer Rescue Squad, Smithfield, Va.  Services are being 
directed by the Colonial Funeral Home, Smithfield. 


Marion Bourdon RAINEY, of Smithfield, soil conservationist, 
Dinwiddie Co. native, d. 17 Nov 1969, Durham, NC, age 39, 
interred in Historic St. Luke's Cemetery*, Benn's Church, 19 Nov 1969, 
"The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Nov. 18, 1969 


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