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Laurie Rayburn Obituary
Laurie Kathleen Rayburn passed away with her family by her side on Friday, November 18, 2011. After years of bravely battling cancer, she finally succumbed in peace, tranquility and love on a beautiful sunny afternoon. She was 71. A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and a member of the Chi Omega sorority, she lived in Conroe for nearly 40 years, meeting many friends and loved-ones along the way. She was born in Selma, Alabama and moved to Galveston, and then Houston, Texas where she graduated from Lamar High School. She was a strong, unpretentious and fiercely loyal mother, daughter and friend and will be long remembered by those who had the good fortunate to know her.
She is survived by her daughter Kellie Leeves of Conroe and her son Cory Van Dyke of Marfa, Texas, as well as her sisters, Linka, Teri, and Rebecca Rayburn, and her grandchildren Hunter, Meghan and Maxwell Leeves. Her ex-husbands, Dr. Marshall James Dyke and Dr. Bill Alexander, remained her life-long friends, and she was a mother to two step-children, Sherri and Kyle Alexander. Laurie joins her father and mother, George and Virginia Rayburn of Tuscaloosa, Alabama and Houston, Texas, and her grandson, Drew Leeves, in the warm light of Heaven. A MEMORIAL SERVICE will be held at 2:30 P.M. on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2011 at St. James the Apostle Episcopal Church, 1803 Highland Hollow, Conroe, TX. 77304.
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louann hallock
November 21, 2011
Kellie and Cory,
Your Mom will always hold a special place in my heart. I have you both in thoughts and prayers. Thinking of you both!!!!!
Louann Moore Hallock
November 21, 2011
A FEW WORDS CAN NOT APPROPRIATELY EXPRESS THE LOVE AND SENTIMENT ,THE RESPECT AND ADMIRATION ,CERTAINLY NOT THE LOSS OR HOW DEARLY YOU WILL BE MISSED,LAURIE,YOU WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED AND HELD IN A SACRED SPECIAL PLACE THAT IS KEPT ONLY FOR YOU ,MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY FOR YOUR LOSS OF ONE OF THE MOST SINCERE,UNPRETENTIOUS STRONG AND LOVING FRIENDS I EVER COULD HAVE HOPED TO HAVE HAD THE GOOD LUCK AND HONOR TO HAVE KNOWN,,THEY DID NOT BREAK THE MOLD WHEN THEY MADE YOU BECAUSE YOU NEVER FIT IN A MOLD ,,YOU Will be MISSED DEARLY. jay landry
Sue (hancock) Sylvester
November 21, 2011
laurie and I were teenagers together and I enjoyed her friendship. May Jesus comfort all of ya'll.Sue (Hancock) Sylvester
Mike Hill
November 21, 2011
So sad to hear about Laurie. She and I shared a relationship built around Jim Holt who was her soul mate in high school, tragically killed in a freak auto accident. Jim was my best friend, my affection of which was then focused on Laurie for the rest of the time I was at Lamar. Moving on to U of Texas the "edge" subsided but I still loved her never the less. I had a chance to catch up with her at Chet Sappington's reunion event at the Forrest Club recently. I learned of her cancer fight then. She and I took the opportunity to visit together and remember all which went on in high school. Took my breath away to see how sick she was but still elegant and beautiful, as she always was! Mike Hill
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November 21, 2011
To Laurie's family and friends-
I'm so sorry for your loss....a beautiful lady.
Katherine Hankamer Norris, Lamar'58
Pam Williamson
November 21, 2011
Kellie...my thoughts and prayers are with you and your children.
Patty Pitt
November 20, 2011
I am so thankful that I got to know Laurie because I was friends of her daughter and grandchildren. Her life was full of passion and she was one of the most determined women I have had the pleausre of knowing. She will be missed sadly by all who knew her, but I am thankful she is finally at peace and no longer suffering.
Shaye Landry-Stoops
November 19, 2011
To the family,
Laurie will always be rememered as the sweetest, wittiest ,loyal friend,was like a sister to me and one of the strongest ,sentimental and brave people to have had the honor of knowing. I will cherish her in my heart forever and someday see her again.She was beautiful outwardly, but even MORE-SO INSIDE. God truely made a work of art when she entered this world. My prayers are with her family and friends.
Love ,Shaye
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