Southampton-Brunswick County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rainey, Arlene R. Roberts, 1968 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ ARLENE REBECCA ROBERTS RAINEY FRANKLIN - A funeral service for Mrs. Arlene Roberts Rainey was conducted Friday at 2 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home by Dr. Ira D. Hudgins of Franklin Baptist Church and Dr. R.E. Brittle of the Hunterdale United Church of Christ. Burial was in Southampton Memorial Park. Pallbearers were William Whitehead, E.M. Scott Jr., Thomas Joyner III, Melvin Lewis, Edward Rainey and J.G. Cobb. Mrs. Rainey, 76, died early Wednesday in Southampton Memorial Hospital after a long illness. She lived here 20 years. A native of Brunswick County, she was the widow of John Evans Rainey Sr. and a daughter of Junius W. and Mrs. Martha Elizabeth House Roberts. She was a member of Franklin Baptist Church. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Ruby Keech of Tabb, Mrs. Eunice R. Ashe of Hampton, and Mrs. Rebecca R. Cobb of Franklin; four sons, Otis L. Rainey, John E. Rainey Jr., Ryland R. Rainey, and Junius T. Rainey of Franklin; a sister, Mrs. Annie R. Ross of Lawrenceville; 12 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Arlene Rebecca (ROBERTS; Mrs. John E. Sr.) RAINEY, Brunswick Co. native, d. 24 Jan 1968, Franklin, age 76, interred in Southampton Memorial Park (Devotion I, Plot 218/219*), 26 Jan 1968, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 29, 1968, p. 3 *Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Southampton Memorial Park list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/somempk.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r500a1ob.txt