HENRY RAYNER
A visitation for Henry Rayner will be held Monday from 10 until 10:45 a.m. at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in Goldsboro followed by the funeral service at 11 a.m. Interment will follow at Coastal Carolina State Veterans Cemetery in Jacksonville.
He was one of the first African-American Marines and was trained at Montford Point Camp. His civic service included life membership in the Marine Corps League, the DAV and Past Master of C.S. Brown Lodge No. 782 in Goldsboro. In 2012, he receive the Congressional Gold Medal in Washington, D.C.
Surviving is his loving wife, Estelle K. Rayner, three sons, three daughters, and a host of other relatives and friends.
Services entrusted to Howell Funeral Home & Crematory in Goldsboro.
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Published in Obituaries on November 30, 2014 11:07 AM