Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Baines, Sgt. E. Ray, 1944 

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E. RAY BAINES IS KILLED IN ACTION 

Was Serving With U.S. Third Army 

  The family of Sergeant E. Ray Baines have been notified by the War 
Department that he was killed in action somewhere in France on Sept. 10, 1944. 
Sgt. Baines was the son of Julius E. and the late Mrs. Ludie Taylor Baines, of 
Nansemond County, and husband of Mrs. Cornelia Baines, of Portsmouth. 

  He was educated at Cypress Chapel High School, and before entering the 
service, was employed for a few months at the Norfolk Navy Yard.  Prior to 
that he was employed for a number of years at Baines Grocery, Wellons Street, 
Suffolk. 

  Sergeant Baines was 26 years of age.  He was a member of Suffolk Christian 
Church and of the Twentieth Century Baraca Class.  According to Major W.E. 
MacClenny, who was his Sunday School teacher for many years, "he was one of 
the finest young men the city and county have produced." 

  He received his military training at Camp Forrest, Tennessee; Desert 
Training Center, California, and Fort Dix, New Jersey.  He has been in the 
service since July, 1942, was sent to England in June, 1944, and was serving 
with General George S. Patton's Third Army at the time of his death. 

  Besides his father and widow, Sergeant Baines is survived by two brothers, 
William J. Baines and J. Ryland Baines, of Suffolk; two sisters, Mrs. F.J. 
Brinkley and Mrs. C.H. Hollowell, of Nansemond County. 

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Memorial Service For E. Ray Baines 

  A memorial service for Sgt. E. Ray Baines, who, according to a communication 
received by his widow, was killed in action somewhere in France Sept. 20, 
1944, will be held Sunday at 4 o'clock, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W.J. 
Baines, 315 Bosley Avenue.  The services will be conducted by the Rev. John G. 
Truitt, D.D., pastor of the Suffolk Christian Church, of which Sgt. Baines was 
a member, assisted by the Rev. R.E. Brittle, of Cypress Chapel, the church of 
his childhood. 

  Sgt. Baines was a faithful member in both the church and Sunday School of the 
Suffolk Christian Church, and will be greatly missad.  He had many friends, and 
was one of the most popular young merchants in the city. 


Sgt. E. Ray BAINES, U.S. Army, 
b. 1 Nov 1917, Nansemond Co., KIA 20 Sep 1944, France, 
memorial service Cypress Chapel Christian Church, 8 Oct 1944, 
marked in Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery*, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 29, No. 166, Wed., Oct. 4, 1944, p. 1; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 29, No. 168, Fri., Oct. 6, 1944, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Cypress Chapel list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cypress.txt 

His parents & step-mother are also buried there. 

Photos of his gravestone - added by Emily & Jake Dog - and one of Ray in 
   uniform - added by Bill Wheeler - are posted with Find a Grave Memorial 
   #103338788. 

His widow (1922 - 2007) 2m. Kay Henderson GOODWIN, 28 Mar 1947 in Portsmouth. 
   They are buried in Olive Branch Cemetery, Portsmouth. 


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