Ken Rainey Jr.

Retired Memorial services for Ken Rainey Jr. will be held today at 3 p.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home Chapel (new location) with the Revs. Jack Giles, Jimmy Gunn and Chuck Rainey officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Mr. Rainey, 50, of Meridian, died Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008, in his home. He was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church. He was a 1976 graduate of West Lauderdale High School. He was the retired stage manager at The Temple Theater. He was the past president of IATSE Local No. 616. He was a member of Oakland Heights Masonic Lodge, a York Rite, Scottish Rite, a 32nd degree Mason and a member of Hamasa Shriners. Survivors include his children, Amber Rainey Williams and her husband, Anthony, Kenneth Ray Rainey III, all of Meridian and Nikki Rainey Case and her husband, Craig, of Brandon; his mother, Ouida Perkins and her husband, Charles, of Lauderdale; his father, Ken Rainey Sr. and his wife, Cheryl, of Meridian; brothers, Kevin Rainey and his wife, Gift, of Meridian and Charles Perkins Jr. of Jackson; sisters, Kay Ottinger, Patricia Litton, Paula Perkins, Leigh Williams, Paige Flint, Dee Ann Truelove, Dana Nicholson, J.J. Haarala and Kelly Futch; grandchildren, Tristan Williams, Tyler Williams, Stephen Case and Sidney Case and several other family members and friends. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association or the Diabetes Foundation. Honorary pallbearers will be Chuck Rainey, Danny Rainey, Gary Robbins, Steve Rainey, Jeff Long, Greg Long, Dewayne McAllister and Jerry Tucker Jr. Visitation will be today from 1 p.m. until service time at the funeral home.