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Gertie Rains (Sluss)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Jenkinjones, McDowell County, West Virginia, United States
Death: February 23, 2015 (82)
Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States
Place of Burial: Sale Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Robert E Lee Sluss and Della Mae Gilliam
Wife of Fred Rains
Sister of Rebecca Belle Smith Gilliam; Beulah Moore and Eugenia Miller

Managed by: Marsha Gail Veazey
Last Updated:

About Gertie Rains

Birth: May 20, 1932 Jenkinjones McDowell County West Virginia, USA Death: Feb. 23, 2015 Chattanooga Hamilton County Tennessee, USA

Gertie Sluss Rains, 82, of Sale Creek, TN, die on Monday afternoon, February 23, 2015 in Chattanooga.

She was born May 20, 1932 in Jenkinjones, WV to the late Robert E. Lee and Della Mae (Walk) Sluss. A resident of Sale Creek most of her life, she was a homemaker who enjoyed cooking and bird watching. She was a member of the Sale Creek Church of God.

Funeral services for Gertie will be held Thursday, February 26 at 7 p.m. in the funeral home chapel with Rev. Ben Taylor officiating. She will be laid to rest in Welch Rogers Cemetery.

The family is being served by the Vanderwall Funeral Home in Dayton where they will receive friends Thursday, February 26 from 5-7 p.m.

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Parents:
 Robert Edward Lee Sluss (1889 - 1942)
 Della May Walk Sluss (1899 - 1960)

Spouse:

 Fred Rains (1926 - 2015)*

Siblings:

 Reba B Gilliam (1915 - 1979)*
 Beulah Sluss Moore (1924 - 1979)*
 Eugenia Sluss Miller (1927 - ____)**
 Gertie Sluss Rains (1932 - 2015)

*Calculated relationship

  • *Half-sibling

Burial: Welsh-Rogers Cemetery Sale Creek Hamilton County Tennessee, USA

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Created by: Blue Rose Record added: Feb 26, 2015 Find A Grave Memorial# 143100282 https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=143100282

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Gertie Rains's Timeline

1932
May 20, 1932
Jenkinjones, McDowell County, West Virginia, United States
2015
February 23, 2015
Age 82
Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States
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February 26
Welsh-Rogers Cemetery, Sale Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States