Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Raines, Thomas M. Jr., 2016 

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THOMAS MORTON RAINES, JR. 

  Thomas Morton Raines, Jr., 73, passed away February 20, 2016.  Born in 
Suffolk, Virginia, he was the son of the late Dr. Thomas M. Raines, Sr. and 
Alice Hill Raines.

  Mr. Raines was a graduate of Wakefield High School and did his undergraduate 
work at Washington and Lee University and Frederick College and additional 
study at London Extension, University of Maryland; Sorbonne, University of 
Paris; U.S. Department of Agriculture Graduate School; School for Advanced 
International Studies and Middle East Institute.

  Before going to Washington he served in the U.S. Air Force and taught in 
both public and private schools in Sussex County.

  While in Washington he served as legislative and research assistant to 
congressmen from Texas and Indiana; as Director of the Republican Task Force 
on Congressional Reform; as Executive Director, House Republican Research 
Committee and as a representative of the House Republican leadership.  He has 
been asked to serve as a member of one of the advisory councils of the 
Republican National party and to be a contributor to Commonsense, a national 
quarterly journal of political thought and opinion.

  He was elected Registrar of Sussex County where he served for 13 years. 
During this time, he was appointed President of the Voter Registrars 
Association of Virginia and served from 2001-2003.  Mr. Raines was an active 
member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Petersburg, Virginia.  He will 
forever be remembered for his passion for travel, politics and his beloved 
farm, Oakland.

  He is survived by his sister, Alice Raines Joyner and her husband, Massey 
Joyner of Ivor; nephew, Keith Joyner of Ivor; niece, Karen Halman of Norfolk; 
great-nieces, Lindsay Joyner of Wakefield; Sarah Halman of Amantea, Italy and 
several cousins.

  A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday February 25, 2016 at St. 
Paul's Episcopal Church, Petersburg, Virginia.  Burial will follow in 
Wakefield Cemetery.


Thomas Morton RAINES, Jr., Air Force veteran, 
former teacher, congressional staffer & Registrar of Sussex Co., 
b. 13 Oct 1942, Suffolk, d. 20 Feb 2016, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 25 Feb 2016, 
"Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Feb. 23, 2016 

*His parents are also buried there.  Wakefield list, an extension of 
   the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

His father's obit (Purviance Funeral Home, 1946) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/r520t1ob.txt 

His mother's obit (Purviance Funeral Home, 2002) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/r520a1ob.txt 


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