Extracted from The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (Columbus, GA)
Saturday, December 27, 2003

Myra Kathleen Raby
January 21, 1926 - December 25, 2003

COLUMBUS, GA -- Myra Kathleen Raby, 77, of Columbus, died Thursday, Dec. 25, at St. Francis Hospital. Graveside serviceswill be held 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 28, in Parkhill Cemetery according to Striffler-Hamby Mortuary Macon Road. The family will receive friends at the funeral today from noon until 3 p.m.

Mrs. Raby was born Jan. 21, 1926 in Butler, Ga., daughter of the late Horace Taunton and Martha Weeks Barron. She had lived in the Columbus area for most of her life and was retired from Swift Manufacturing Company.

Mrs. Raby was preceded in death by her husband, Grady H. Raby.

Survivors include six children, Martha Ann Allen of Butler, Ga., William Grady Raby of Houston, Texas, Carolyn Sue Solano of LaGrange, Ga., James Michael Raby of Atlanta, Ga., Mary Ellen Estes of Columbus and Joseph Phillip Raby of Manchester, Ga.; 10 grandchildren and several great grandchildren.