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Autry Gaines Obituary

DALLAS - Autry Gene Gaines, 73-year-old Dallas resident, died Monday, Aug. 31, 2009 at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas.
Services will be 11 a.m. Friday at St. John Baptist Church in Dallas with Rev. Bertrain Bailey, pastor of the church, officiating. Burial will be held Monday at Dallas/ Fort Worth National Cemetery.
Surviving are his sons, Autry Gene Gaines Jr. of Dallas, Alex Ray Gaines of Beaumont and Gordon Taft Gaines of Houston; daughters, Audrey Louise Gaines of Dallas, Valli Gene Gaines and Perla Jeneen Lane, both of Houston; and 10 grandchildren.
Family visitation will be from 9 -11 a.m. Friday at Angelic Mortuary in Sherman.

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Published by The Herald Democrat on Sep. 3, 2009.

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