Otis Boyd Rainwater
BROWNSBORO - Services for Otis Boyd Rainwater, 83, Brownsboro, were held at 1 p.m. Monday at Leagueville Baptist Church.
Burial was in Emory City Cemetery under direction of Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home, Emory.
Mr. Rainwater died Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010. He was born Nov. 28, 1926, in Emory to Edgar J. and Viola Milloway Rainwater. He was preceded in death by his wife Margaret, his parents and stepfather, Bill Northcutt. He was a veteran of WW II and served in both the Army and Navy.
Survivors include son, Gary Wayne Rainwater; daughter, Brenda Cecilia Woodward; two stepgrandchildren and two stepgreat-grandchildren.
Visitation was 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Otis was a U.S. Army and U.S. Navy veteran. He was a member of Leagueville Baptist Church.
Otis wrote poetry one of which is added here:
THERE IS A HEAVENLY GARDEN, by Otis Rainwater
Sometimes God picks the flower
That is still in bloom
Sometimes the rosebud's chosen
That we feel He's picked too soon
Sometimes the flower is fading
With petals floating down
But God knows the perfect time
To gather flowers from the ground
There is a heavenly garden
In which God takes great pleasure
Because He's placed within it
The loved ones that we treasure
He walks among the blossoms
Giving them eternal rest
And I know that it must please him
Because He chose our very best.
BROWNSBORO - Services for Otis Boyd Rainwater, 83, Brownsboro, were held at 1 p.m. Monday at Leagueville Baptist Church.
Burial was in Emory City Cemetery under direction of Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home, Emory.
Mr. Rainwater died Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010. He was born Nov. 28, 1926, in Emory to Edgar J. and Viola Milloway Rainwater. He was preceded in death by his wife Margaret, his parents and stepfather, Bill Northcutt. He was a veteran of WW II and served in both the Army and Navy.
Survivors include son, Gary Wayne Rainwater; daughter, Brenda Cecilia Woodward; two stepgrandchildren and two stepgreat-grandchildren.
Visitation was 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Otis was a U.S. Army and U.S. Navy veteran. He was a member of Leagueville Baptist Church.
Otis wrote poetry one of which is added here:
THERE IS A HEAVENLY GARDEN, by Otis Rainwater
Sometimes God picks the flower
That is still in bloom
Sometimes the rosebud's chosen
That we feel He's picked too soon
Sometimes the flower is fading
With petals floating down
But God knows the perfect time
To gather flowers from the ground
There is a heavenly garden
In which God takes great pleasure
Because He's placed within it
The loved ones that we treasure
He walks among the blossoms
Giving them eternal rest
And I know that it must please him
Because He chose our very best.
Otis Boyd Rainwater
BROWNSBORO - Services for Otis Boyd Rainwater, 83, Brownsboro, were held at 1 p.m. Monday at Leagueville Baptist Church.
Burial was in Emory City Cemetery under direction of Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home, Emory.
Mr. Rainwater died Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010. He was born Nov. 28, 1926, in Emory to Edgar J. and Viola Milloway Rainwater. He was preceded in death by his wife Margaret, his parents and stepfather, Bill Northcutt. He was a veteran of WW II and served in both the Army and Navy.
Survivors include son, Gary Wayne Rainwater; daughter, Brenda Cecilia Woodward; two stepgrandchildren and two stepgreat-grandchildren.
Visitation was 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Otis was a U.S. Army and U.S. Navy veteran. He was a member of Leagueville Baptist Church.
Otis wrote poetry one of which is added here:
THERE IS A HEAVENLY GARDEN, by Otis Rainwater
Sometimes God picks the flower
That is still in bloom
Sometimes the rosebud's chosen
That we feel He's picked too soon
Sometimes the flower is fading
With petals floating down
But God knows the perfect time
To gather flowers from the ground
There is a heavenly garden
In which God takes great pleasure
Because He's placed within it
The loved ones that we treasure
He walks among the blossoms
Giving them eternal rest
And I know that it must please him
Because He chose our very best.
BROWNSBORO - Services for Otis Boyd Rainwater, 83, Brownsboro, were held at 1 p.m. Monday at Leagueville Baptist Church.
Burial was in Emory City Cemetery under direction of Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home, Emory.
Mr. Rainwater died Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010. He was born Nov. 28, 1926, in Emory to Edgar J. and Viola Milloway Rainwater. He was preceded in death by his wife Margaret, his parents and stepfather, Bill Northcutt. He was a veteran of WW II and served in both the Army and Navy.
Survivors include son, Gary Wayne Rainwater; daughter, Brenda Cecilia Woodward; two stepgrandchildren and two stepgreat-grandchildren.
Visitation was 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Otis was a U.S. Army and U.S. Navy veteran. He was a member of Leagueville Baptist Church.
Otis wrote poetry one of which is added here:
THERE IS A HEAVENLY GARDEN, by Otis Rainwater
Sometimes God picks the flower
That is still in bloom
Sometimes the rosebud's chosen
That we feel He's picked too soon
Sometimes the flower is fading
With petals floating down
But God knows the perfect time
To gather flowers from the ground
There is a heavenly garden
In which God takes great pleasure
Because He's placed within it
The loved ones that we treasure
He walks among the blossoms
Giving them eternal rest
And I know that it must please him
Because He chose our very best.
