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John Wayne Rayburn
1957 - 2025
John Wayne Rayburn
1957 - 2025
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BORN
1957
DIED
2025
John Rayburn Obituary
Services will be Friday, February 21, 2 p.m. at Deaton Funeral Home Chapel, Red Bay, AL with Bro. Roger Wood officiating. Visitation will be Friday, February 21, 12-2 p.m. at Deaton Funeral Home, Red Bay, AL. Burial will be in Old Line Cemetery, Hodges, AL. Deaton Funeral Home, Red Bay, AL will be in charge of arrangements.
He is survived by his wife, Sandra Rayburn, Golden, MS; sons, Gary Rayburn (Brandi) Tremont, MS and Tommy Rayburn (Nicole) Red Bay, AL; step-son, Richard White; step-daughter, Shelia Ray (Darrell), Golden, MS; sister, Barbara Carmen, Tupelo, MS; brother, James Rayburn of AL; brothers-in-law, Richard Jones and Kenneth Murphy, Fulton, MS; special friend, Margaret Hammock; several grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; four brothers, Gordon, Royce, Ray and Charles and two sisters, Helen Pridmore and Jennell McNair.
Pallbearers will be Richard White, Richard Jones, Kenneth Murphy, Darrell Ray, Dustin Lucas and Gary Rayburn, Jr. Honorary pallbearer will be Caseyn Rayburn.
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