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Bobbie Lee Lancaster Shaffer Rainey

21 Mar 1928 – 1 Apr 2019

Birth21 Mar 1928
Death1 Apr 2019
CemeteryOaklawn Cemetery
Cooper , Delta County , Texas , USA
Added byClaire Vertrees Freeman on 09 Jul 2020
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64599393

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Bobbie Shaffer Rainey, of Spring Lake Assisted Living, in Paris, formerly of Cooper, went to her Heavenly home on Monday, April 1, 2019, at the age of 91 years and 11 days. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. on Friday, April 5, 2019, at First Baptist Church, Cooper, Texas, with the Rev. Johnny Witherspoon and the Rev. Lyn Holly officiating. Burial to follow in Cooper’s Oaklawn Cemetery. Family visitation will be 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 4, 2019, at the Delta Funeral Home Chapel.Bobbie Lee Lancaster was born on March 21, 1928, to Richard and Ella Mae Glaspie Lancaster, five miles west of Cooper. She graduated in 1944, from Cooper High School, as class valedictorian. Following high school, Bobbie worked as a bookkeeper for Barton Good Magnolia Oil Company and later as the secretary at First Baptist Church in Cooper. She married Stanley Shaffer on Dec. 5, 1948. Later they moved back out west of Cooper where Stanley farmed and ranched, until his death on May 1, 1986. Starting in 1970, Bobbie was employed by Cooper ISD in a variety of positions until her retirement in the late 1990’s.God blessed Bobbie and Stanley with four children. The children and their spouses are Martha Jane and Danny Moore, of Conroe, James Richard (Jimmy) and Nancy Little Shaffer, of Terrell, Joe Bob and Teresa Day Shaffer, of Charleston, and John David and Loretta Grissom Shaffer, of Cooper. She is also survived by 10 grandchildren, Brian Moore, Eric Moore, Angela Moore Walton, Michelle Moore Taylor, Amber Shaffer Pierce, Chance Shaffer, Heath Shaffer, Hadley Shaffer, Hayley Shaffer and Rami Shaffer. In addition, Bobbie was blessed with 16 great-grandchildren.On July 20, 1990, Bobbie married Billie Jim Rainey. He passed away on March 27, 1999. Bobbie is survived by five step-children, Ann Blair, of Mt. Vernon, Barbara Taylor, of Sulphur Springs, Steve Rainey, of Klondike, Lisa Taylor, of Mt. Vernon and Jim Rainey, of Charleston.Preceding Bobbie in death, in addition to her parents and two loving husbands, were her siblings, Etah Lancaster Woodall, of Cooper, Lucille Lancaster Hennen, of Cooper, Gene Lancaster Shaw, of Cooper, Ophelia Lancaster, of Cooper and Billy Joe Lancaster, of Longview.Serving as pallbearers will be grandsons and grandsons-in-law, Brian Moore, Eric Moore, Chuck Walton, Dave Taylor, Heath Shaffer, Hadley Shaffer, Chance Shaffer and Mark Pierce.The family would like to express gratitude for their care and concern to Waterford Hospice and to Spring Lake Assisted Living family.If you would like to make a donation in lieu of flowers, please consider First Baptist Church in Cooper, Bobbie’s church home where she faithfully attended and served her entire adult life until relocating to Paris in 2014.

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