Donald Lay RAINES^[1]

1925 - 2010  (85 years)

• Name	Donald Lay RAINES
  Birth	5 Aug 1925	Tennessee   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  WWII	1944  [3]
  	Donald enlisted as a private in the US Army Air Corps at Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 1 January 1944. His enlistment term was for the "duration of the war".
  Occupation	c. 1946  [4]
  	After the war, Donald worked for International Harvester as a mechanic. He later moved into farm equipment sales, where he remained until his retirement from the company.
  Death	21 Nov 2010	Humboldt, Gibson Co & Madison Co, TN   [2, 4]
  	Donald died at the Tennessee State Veterans' Home in Humboldt, Tennessee on 21 November 2010. He was 85 years old.
  funeral	26 Nov 2010	Jackson, Madison Co, TN   [4]
  	His funeral service was held at the North Chapel of George A. Smith & Sons in Jackson, Tennessee at 2:00pm on Friday, 26 November 2010.
  Burial	26 Nov 2010	Jackson, Madison Co, TN   [4]
  	Interment followed at Highland Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Jackson, Tennessee.
  Person ID	I64127	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Henry D. RAINES,   b. 10 Feb 1886, Hardeman Co, TN d. 27 Jan 1941, Hardeman Co, TN (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Irma Elizabeth LAY,   b. 7 Aug 1890, Tennessee d. Jun 1983 (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	28 Nov 1918	Hardeman Co, TN   [5]
  	The couple was married by Fred T. Evins on 28 November 1918.
  Notes	This was Henry's second marriage. His first wife had died.
  Family ID	F7611	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Peggy Jean SIMMONS,   b. 29 Aug 1926, Whiteville, Hardeman Co, TN d. 4 Jan 2008, Jackson, Madison Co, TN (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	15 Aug 1948	Hardeman Co, TN   [6]
  	The couple was married in Hardeman County, Tennessee by Pastor J.T. Hart of Whiteville Baptist Church on 15 August 1948.
  Children	1. Donna RAINES   2. Walter RAINES   3. Paul RAINES
  Family ID	F7613	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S3681] 1940 US Census / Raines, Henry D. [S3687] Donald L. Raines. SSDI. Ancestry.com. [S3689] Donald L. Raines. U.S. WWII Army enlistment record (1944). [S3688] Donald Lay Raines obituary, The Jackson Sun, (Jackson, TN) 22 - 24 November 2010. [S3680] Irma E. Lay - H.D. Raines, Hardeman Co, TN marriage bond, license & minister's return (1918). [S3684] Donald L. Raines - Peggy Jean Simmons, Hardeman Co, TN marriage license & minister's return (1948).