General Information

Birth
1 DEC 1932
Death
26 AUG 2017
Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas
Burial
Hall Cemetery, Crawford County, Natural Dam, Arkansas

Notes

J.A. Rainwater, 84, of Van Buren passed away Saturday, August 26, 2017 in a local hospital.

He was an Army Veteran of the Korean War as an MP stationed in Arlington, Virginia. He retired as a butcher for Piggly Wiggly Foods, Hays Foods and C.V.’s IGA Food Stores. He was a member of the Cedarville First Baptist Church. He was also a member of the Van Buren Masonic Lodge.

He was proceeded in death by his parents, Wallace E. Rainwater and Jessie (Graham) Rainwater; and a brother, Wallace Graham Rainwater.

Funeral service will be at 1:00 P.M. Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at Ocker Memorial Chapel in Van Buren with burial at Hall Cemetery in Natural Dam, Arkansas under the direction of Ocker Funeral Home in Van Buren, Arkansas.

He is survived by his wife of 65 Years, Joann (Lollis) Rainwater of the home; a daughter, Lou Ann Cagle of Alma; a son, Larry Rainwater and wife, Candace Rainwater of Muldrow, Oklahoma; a sister,

Parents

Wallace Edgar Rainwater
- Father
1899 - 1965
Birth
18 DEC 1899
Natural Dam, Crawford County, Arkansas
Death
20 NOV 1965
Natural Dam, Crawford County, Arkansas
Burial
Hall Cemeery, Crawford County, Natural Dam, Arkansas
Jessie Lee Graham
- Mother
1901 - 1994
Birth
29 JUL 1901
Arkansas
Death
6 MAY 1994
Natural Dam, Crawford County, Arkansas
Burial
Hall Cemetery, Crawford County, Natural Dam, Arkansas

Spouse

Jo Ann Lollis
- Wife
1933 - 2018
Birth
10 AUG 1933
Married
3 OCT 1952
Death
2 MAY 2018
Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas
Burial
Hall Cemetery, Crawford County, Natural Dam, Arkansas

Children