Extracted from The Laurel Leader-Call (Laurel, MS)
ETHEL P. RAYNER
Ethel P. Rayner, 83, of Laurel, died Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2002, at her residence. Funeral services will be held today at 2 p.m. at Memory Chapel Funeral Home in Laurel, with burial in Antioch Cemetery in Jones County. The Rev. Billy Devine will officiate. She was retired from Reliance Manufacturing Co. and was a member of Seventh-Day Adventist Church.
She is survived by her husband of 66 years, G.A. ``George'' Rayner of Laurel; a son, Clarence Randall of Pensacola, Fla.; two daughters, Dorothy Merle Hart of Cosby, Tenn., and Carol Drasher of Laurel; five grandchildren, Justin Drasher, Alisha Randall, Elizabeth Kates, Melissa Callahan and Amanda Randall; and a host of nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Justin Drasher, Bill Drasher, Donald Ray Flynt, Paul Phillips, Sidney Phillips, M.J. Holifield and Clarence Randall.
Memory Chapel Funeral Home in Laurel is in charge of arrangements.
Thursday, January 3, 2002