October 27, 2001

Raymond Gaines Jr.

DEXTER, Mo. -- Raymond Gaines Jr., 64, of Dexter died Thursday, Oct. 25, 2001, at Missouri Southern Healthcare. He was born March 15, 1937, at Dexter, son of Raymond W. and Vergie Rhema Lane Gaines. Gaines was a former employee at IXL Manufacturing Co. in Bernie, Mo...

DEXTER, Mo. -- Raymond Gaines Jr., 64, of Dexter died Thursday, Oct. 25, 2001, at Missouri Southern Healthcare.

He was born March 15, 1937, at Dexter, son of Raymond W. and Vergie Rhema Lane Gaines.

Gaines was a former employee at IXL Manufacturing Co. in Bernie, Mo.

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Survivors include two daughters, Sondra Gaines of Texas, Rhonda Gaines of Alabama; three brothers, Billy, Leon and Rick Gaines, all of Dexter; three sisters, Betty Moore and Peggy Evans of Dexter, Bonnie Brewer of Essex, Mo.; and three grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister.

Friends may call at Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter from 5-8 p.m. today.

Funeral will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Doyle Corlew officiating. Burial will be in Armstead-Dowdy Cemetery near Dexter.

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