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C B Rainey
8 Mar 1919 – 20 Jan 2014
| Birth | 8 Mar 1919 |
| Death | 20 Jan 2014 |
| Cemetery | New Klondike Cemetery Klondike , Delta County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Cathy Smith on 31 Mar 2016 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123994093 |
Bio
THE PARIS NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2014, PAGE 3 - C.B. "Buckner" Rainey passed away in Paris on Jan. 20, 2014, 45 days short of his 95th birthday. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday in the First Baptist Church of Cooper. Interment will follow in the New Klondike Cemetery under the direction of the Delta Funeral Home. Mr. Rainey was born on March 8, 1919, in Klondike to Beulah Ida Sims and Andy Columbus Rainey. Except for a brief time of service with the Civilian Conservation Corps and almost four years in the Army Air Force, he lived his entire life in Klondike. He was a veteran of World War II, serving as an airplane engine mechanic in the 847th Air Engineers Squadron of the Army Air Force. Upon discharge, he returned to Klondike and one week later married Audrey Faye Essary. They were married 68 years. He professed his faith in Christ at age 13 and was a member of First Baptist Church of Klondike for many years. He also had been a member of the Klondike Fire Department, served on the Klondike Cemetery Association Board and the West Delta School Board. He loved the farm he owned and took care of his land and cattle as long as his knees allowed him to stand and still dreamed of working it again. In addition to farming, he worked at E-Systems in Greenville for 27 years and retired in 1979. In retirement, he continued to work on the farm but spent countless hours attending high school sporting events. He watched his children and grandchildren play or coach sports for almost 50 years and was proud to have seen two sons coach state championship teams. He also loved watching sports on TV and was an avid supporter of the Texas Rangers, Dallas Mavericks and Dallas Cowboys. He had a memory that amazed his family and friends, even during his last week in the hospital as he related events from his long life to his children. His oldest son, Jimmy Ray, preceded him in death in 1966. He was one of nine children, raised with five brothers and three sisters. One sister, Doris Thetford, survives. He is survived by his wife, Audrey Faye; son, Benton and wife Iris, daughter, Nelda Reid and husband David, son, Gary and wife Lisa, and son, Rodney and wife Channon. He is also survived by 11 grandchildren, Brian, Caitlin, Gage, Jaron, Jason, Timothy, Jackson and Addison Rainey, Garrison, Meredith and Susanna Reid and 7 great-grandchildren, Austin Cunningham, Noel, Kate, Ryan, Cannon, Parker and Emma Rainey, with the eighth great-grandchild on the way.
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- Claude Lionel Rainey 1910–1944
- Andy Columbus Rainey Jr 1912–1968
- Wilson Deon Rainey 1915–1989
- Glenna Kathleen Rainey McKee 1917–2005
- Billie Jim Rainey 1921–1999
- Edna Jo Rainey Maynard 1923–2007
- Doris Lynn Rainey Thetford 1925–2020
- John Dock Rainey 1926–2011
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