This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Rainer, Delmar, Chesser, Kirkpatrick Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/RS.2ADI/1620 Message Board Post: *My Note* Edith Rainer was the daughter of Robert Kenyard Rainer and Mary Frances (Smith) Rainer. She was my Great Aunt. Her sister, Kate, was my grandmother. Edith's paternal grandparents were: James D. Rainer and Martha Ann (Jones) Rainer. Her maternal grandparents were: Henry C. Smith and Ione Ann (Wallace) Smith. ---------------- From the Lowndes Signal newspaper dated December 24, 1981 Mrs. Kirkpatrick Passes Mrs. Edith R. Kirkpatrick, a resident of Fort Deposit for 35 years, died on Wednesday, December 16th, following a brief illness. Survivors include three sisters, Mrs. Kate Tate, Opp; Mrs. Maggie Lee Delmar, Lake Wales, Florida; and Mrs. Trudie Chesser, Albany, Georgia, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, December 18 in the chapel of Dunklin-Herndon Funeral Home in Greenville with the Reverand John Clelland officiating. Burial was in Myrtlewood Cemetery in Fort Deposit with Dunklin-Herndon directing. Pallbearers were her nephews, Bob Howell, Robert Delmar, Sam Cates, Bobby Davis, Leo Stringer and Bill Williamson. ------------------------- I also have a copy of Edith's last will & testament and the copy of her death certificate.