Extracted from The Laurel Leader-Call (Laurel, MS)
Friday, February 20, 1976

WALTER C. RAYNER

Walter C. Rayner, 64, died Thursday in a Laurel hospital after a long illness. He was a native and a life-long resident of Jones Co.; was retired from Masonite after 38 years. He was a machine operator and a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church.

Services will be held Saturday at 10 am at Bethlehem Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery.

Survivors: Widow, Mrs. Dolly West Rayner; two daughters: Mrs. R. J. Reeves and Mrs. Joe Shows; son: Walter, Jr. - all of Laurel; four sisters: Mrs. Beatrice Lovett, Mrs. Mildred Johnson, Mrs. Hollis Flynt, Mrs. Geo. C. Bosworth; two brothers: Willie and George Rayner; eight grandchildren.