Funeral Services for Lou Emmalyn Raines, age 85, of 424 Goss Drive, Ashburn, Ga. will be held Thursday, August 19, 2004, at 2:30 P. M. at the First Baptist Church with Entombment in the Family Mausoleum at Rose Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Raines died Tuesday at her residence after a long illness.
Mrs. Raines was a native of LaFayette, Ga. She was a graduate of the University of Ala. and was a case worker in Chattanooga with the State Welfare Dept. During World War II she joined the Red Cross as a Social Worker and worked in Paris at the 191st General Hospital. She and Mr. Raines married and moved to Ashburn in 1946. She was former owner and operator of Collector’s Corner in Ashburn and was a member of the First Baptist Church. She and her husband were avid antique collectors and traveled world wide.
She is survived by her husband Marvin D. Raines, of Ashburn and her daughter Mary Elizabeth Raines of Atlanta, Ga.
The family will receive friends Wednesday evening from six until eight at the funeral home.
At the families request no flowers will be accepted, please make donations to the Ashburn 1st Baptist Church, Hospice of Tiftarea or a favorite charity.