Mr.
James
D.
Raines
MANSFIELD,
LA -
Funeral
Services
for
Mr.
James
D.
Raines
'Red'
will
be
held
Thursday,
September
17,
2009
at
10:00
AM
at
Grand
Cane
Baptist
Church
in
Grand
Cane,
LA.
Reverend
David
Permenter
and
Dr.
Gary
Orr
will
be
officiating.
Interment
will
follow
in
Union
Springs
Cemetery
in
Union
Springs,
LA.
The
family
will
receive
friends
Wednesday,
September
16
from
5:00
PM
to
9:00
PM
at
Rose-Neath
Funeral
Home
in
Mansfield,
LA.
James
Douglas
Raines
was
born
November
30,
1928
in
Union
Springs,
La
to
Ennis
Buren
and
Addie
Largent
Raines
and
passed
away
September
14,
2009
at
DeSoto
Retirement
and
Rehabilitation
Center
in
Mansfield,
LA.
Mr.
Raines
was
a
devoted
and
loving
husband,
father,
grandfather
and
great-grandfather.
He
was
known
by
many
names,
Daddy
and
Red
but
to
most
as
Papa.
He
leaves
behind
a
legacy
of
serving
the
Lord,
loving
his
family,
hard
work
and
his
love
of
the
outdoors.
Mr.
Raines
was
preceded
in
death
by
his
parents;
Ennis
and
Addie
Raines,
son;
James
Douglas
Raines,
Jr.,
and
five
sisters.
Left
here
to
cherish
his
memory
are
his
wife;
Johnnie
Ruth
Young
Raines,
children;
Sharon
Shetley
and
husband,
Bill
of
Mansfield,
LA,
Lisa
LeGrand
and
husband
Rory
of
Mansfield,
LA,
Suzette
Crocker
and
husband
Kenneth
of
Grand
Cane,
LA,
Jackie
Raines
and
wife,
Pam
of
Shreveport,
LA.,
Tim
Cooper
and
wife,
Tina
of
Stonewall,
LA.;
sisters;
Willow
Dean
Steinmiller
of
Shreveport,
Patsy
Shadoin
and
husband,
Bernard
of
Benson,
LA,
Alta
Montgomery
and
husband,
Leo
of
Bedford,
TX,
grandchildren;
Dusty
Dumas
and
husband,
Kenneth,
Carson
Holtzclaw
and
husband,
Jason,
Shane
Crocker
and
wife,
Tannetje',
Stacie
Durham
and
husband,
Brandon,
Brian
Swann,
Brandi
Akerstrom
and
husband,
Magnus,
great-grandchildren;
Jaxon
and
Kenli
Dumas,
Beaux
Holtzclaw,
Jade
Griffith,
Leeland
Durham,
Luke
and
Abram
Akerstrom
and
a
host
of
nieces
and
nephews.
Mr.
Raines
grandsons
and
great
grandson
will
honor
him
as
Pallbearers.
Honorary
Pallbearers
will
be
the
Deacons
of
Grand
Cane
Baptist
Church.
Memorials
may
be
made
in
Mr.
Raines
name
to
Grand
Cane
Baptist
Church
Building
Fund
or
International
Christians
Children's
Home
of
Brazil
in
care
of
Grand
Cane
Baptist
Church.
The
family
would
like
to
extend
a
special
thanks
to
DeSoto
Retirement
and
Rehab
Center,
Southern
Care
Hospice
and
Dr.
Ben
Leggio
"He
is
like
a
tree
planted
by
streams
of
water,
which
yields
its
fruit
in
season
and
whose
leaf
does
not
wither.
Whatever
he
does
prospers."
Psalms
1:3
Kilpatrick's
Rose-Neath
Funeral
Home
Mansfield,
LA
318-872-4660
