Obituary in The Shreveport Times October 27, 2005:
SHREVEPORT, LA - Funeral services for Wilmer Lyles Rainer, 95, will be held at Rose-Neath's Southside Chapel, Friday, October 28, 2005 at 10:00 a.m. Dr. Floyd Davis and Reverend Crawford Williams will officiate. Interment will follow in Forest Park Cemetery, St Vincent Avenue. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Thursday, October 27, 2005.
Mr. Rainer was born January 22, 1910 in Bayou Scie, LA. He passed away Monday, October 24, 2005 in Shreveport, LA after a brief illness. He was employed at Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Factory for over 40 years. He was a Sunday School teacher, training union teacher, and a deacon at Ingleside Baptist Church for 60 years.
He was preceded in death by Hattie, his wife of 60 years; his grandson, Lyles Porter; two sisters and five brothers. Mr. Rainer is survived by his daughters: Dixianna Courtney and husband, J.D., of Shreveport; Janet Porter and husband, Mack, of Slippery Rock, PA; grandchildren: Jen Courtney and wife, Teresa; Claudia Powell and husband, Greg; Kern Courtney and wife, Jennifer; Rachel Ralston and husband, Kenneth; Dallis Byrne and husband, Matthew; great-grandchildren: Kalin and Mallory Ralston, Mary Ellen, Jake, Josh Courtney, Rainer Courtney, Sam and Virginia Powell; and numerous nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Jen Courtney, Kern Courtney, Greg Powell, Milton Simmons, Burt Simmons, and Tommy Fanning.
Memorial donations may be made to Woodridge Baptist Church.
SHREVEPORT, LA - Funeral services for Wilmer Lyles Rainer, 95, will be held at Rose-Neath's Southside Chapel, Friday, October 28, 2005 at 10:00 a.m. Dr. Floyd Davis and Reverend Crawford Williams will officiate. Interment will follow in Forest Park Cemetery, St Vincent Avenue. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Thursday, October 27, 2005.
Mr. Rainer was born January 22, 1910 in Bayou Scie, LA. He passed away Monday, October 24, 2005 in Shreveport, LA after a brief illness. He was employed at Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Factory for over 40 years. He was a Sunday School teacher, training union teacher, and a deacon at Ingleside Baptist Church for 60 years.
He was preceded in death by Hattie, his wife of 60 years; his grandson, Lyles Porter; two sisters and five brothers. Mr. Rainer is survived by his daughters: Dixianna Courtney and husband, J.D., of Shreveport; Janet Porter and husband, Mack, of Slippery Rock, PA; grandchildren: Jen Courtney and wife, Teresa; Claudia Powell and husband, Greg; Kern Courtney and wife, Jennifer; Rachel Ralston and husband, Kenneth; Dallis Byrne and husband, Matthew; great-grandchildren: Kalin and Mallory Ralston, Mary Ellen, Jake, Josh Courtney, Rainer Courtney, Sam and Virginia Powell; and numerous nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Jen Courtney, Kern Courtney, Greg Powell, Milton Simmons, Burt Simmons, and Tommy Fanning.
Memorial donations may be made to Woodridge Baptist Church.
Obituary in The Shreveport Times October 27, 2005:
SHREVEPORT, LA - Funeral services for Wilmer Lyles Rainer, 95, will be held at Rose-Neath's Southside Chapel, Friday, October 28, 2005 at 10:00 a.m. Dr. Floyd Davis and Reverend Crawford Williams will officiate. Interment will follow in Forest Park Cemetery, St Vincent Avenue. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Thursday, October 27, 2005.
Mr. Rainer was born January 22, 1910 in Bayou Scie, LA. He passed away Monday, October 24, 2005 in Shreveport, LA after a brief illness. He was employed at Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Factory for over 40 years. He was a Sunday School teacher, training union teacher, and a deacon at Ingleside Baptist Church for 60 years.
He was preceded in death by Hattie, his wife of 60 years; his grandson, Lyles Porter; two sisters and five brothers. Mr. Rainer is survived by his daughters: Dixianna Courtney and husband, J.D., of Shreveport; Janet Porter and husband, Mack, of Slippery Rock, PA; grandchildren: Jen Courtney and wife, Teresa; Claudia Powell and husband, Greg; Kern Courtney and wife, Jennifer; Rachel Ralston and husband, Kenneth; Dallis Byrne and husband, Matthew; great-grandchildren: Kalin and Mallory Ralston, Mary Ellen, Jake, Josh Courtney, Rainer Courtney, Sam and Virginia Powell; and numerous nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Jen Courtney, Kern Courtney, Greg Powell, Milton Simmons, Burt Simmons, and Tommy Fanning.
Memorial donations may be made to Woodridge Baptist Church.
SHREVEPORT, LA - Funeral services for Wilmer Lyles Rainer, 95, will be held at Rose-Neath's Southside Chapel, Friday, October 28, 2005 at 10:00 a.m. Dr. Floyd Davis and Reverend Crawford Williams will officiate. Interment will follow in Forest Park Cemetery, St Vincent Avenue. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Thursday, October 27, 2005.
Mr. Rainer was born January 22, 1910 in Bayou Scie, LA. He passed away Monday, October 24, 2005 in Shreveport, LA after a brief illness. He was employed at Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Factory for over 40 years. He was a Sunday School teacher, training union teacher, and a deacon at Ingleside Baptist Church for 60 years.
He was preceded in death by Hattie, his wife of 60 years; his grandson, Lyles Porter; two sisters and five brothers. Mr. Rainer is survived by his daughters: Dixianna Courtney and husband, J.D., of Shreveport; Janet Porter and husband, Mack, of Slippery Rock, PA; grandchildren: Jen Courtney and wife, Teresa; Claudia Powell and husband, Greg; Kern Courtney and wife, Jennifer; Rachel Ralston and husband, Kenneth; Dallis Byrne and husband, Matthew; great-grandchildren: Kalin and Mallory Ralston, Mary Ellen, Jake, Josh Courtney, Rainer Courtney, Sam and Virginia Powell; and numerous nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Jen Courtney, Kern Courtney, Greg Powell, Milton Simmons, Burt Simmons, and Tommy Fanning.
Memorial donations may be made to Woodridge Baptist Church.
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