Extracted from The Laurel Leader-Call (Laurel, MS)
Thursday, June 1, 2006

Ernest Rayner

Ernest Rayner, 85, of Meridian, died Wednesday, May 31, 2006, at Riley Medical Center in Meridian.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. today at Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Bay Springs. Burial will be in Enon Baptist Church Cemetery in Bay Springs. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Meridian. He was a retired maintenance supervisor with East Mississippi State Hospital. He served in the United States Army.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Vermelle Mathis Rayner; and his parents, Eugene and Mattie Jane Rayner.

He is survived by two daughters, Linda Harris of Meridian and Bonnie Frazier of Louin; seven grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.

Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Bay Springs is in charge of arrangements.