Lilly Rainey

Lilly Blondell Rainey, 79, of Samburg died Monday, Jan. 29, 2018, at her residence.
Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Thursday at Samburg Pentecostal Church. The Rev. Jacky Goad will officiate. Burial will follow in Graves Chapel Cemetery near Hornbeak.
Visitation will be from 6 until 8 p.m. today at the church.
Pallbearers will be Tim Rainey, Dustin Rainey, Josh Thompson, Larry Davis, James Joseph Rainey and Tim Rainey Jr.
Cryer Funeral home is in charge of arrangements.
She was born May 14, 1938, in Halls, the daughter of the late Jack and Lois Doss Blakley.
She was a homemaker.
She is survived by a daughter, Lilly Hughes of Samburg; two sons, John D. Rainey of Rossville and James R. Rainey of Paris; two brothers, Douglas Blakley of Samburg and Cooper Blakley of Shawtown; two sisters, Dorothy Bingham of Hornbeak and Virdie Osteen of Union City; and several grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James Robert Rainey; a son, Johnny Dale Rainey; a brother, James Blakley; and two sisters, Peggy Spencer and Ruby Clark.
Condolences may be left for the family at www.cryerfuneralhome.com.
Published 1.31.18