MySource:Purplelem/Van Buren County Obituaries

HENNESSEE, Rayburn (circa 1921-1994)

Long illness claims Rayburn Hennessee McMinnville resident and Van Buren native Rayburn Hennessee, 73, died July 19 at Centennial Medical Center after an extended illness. A retired farmer and nurseyman and a member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of the late A.C. and Lillie Hillis Hennessee and was preceded in death by one brother, Thurman Hennessee and one sister, Florence Hillis. He is survived by his wife, Eno Hillis Hennessee; two sons, Kenneth and Mason Hennessee, both of Bone Cave; two daughters, Mildred Hennessee of McMinnville and Helen Womack of Morrison; four brothers, R.J. Hennessee of Spencer, Cherful and Waymon Hennessee, both of Bone Cave and Clifton Hennessee of Doyle; six sisters, Pauline Young, Loueva McBride, Avo Billings and Agnes Wilson, all of McMinnville, Lilla Mae Roberts of Walling and Hassie Wilson of Doyle; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Love-Cantrell & COpe Funeral Home with John A. Leonetti and ClaytonGribble officiating. Burial will follow at Crain Hill Cemetery i Van Buren County. Visitation begins at 10 a.m. todasy at the funeral home. Love-Cantrell & Cope Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

                        Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN.  Wed, 20 Jul 1994.

[Contributor: L.J. Hunter, 2001]