Gaila Rainwater, 89, of Millport, Alabama, passed away on March 9, 2022 at her residence. Funeral services will be Friday, March 11, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at Christian Chapel Church of Christ in Millport, AL. with Bro. Travis Brown officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will follow at the church cemetery under the direction of Dowdle Funeral Home.
Gaila was born and raised in Millport, Alabama, and she loved to talk about it. Almost every conversation with her would eventually get around to discussing someone's genealogy or family connections. You might even find out you were "kinfolks" before the conversation was over. People were important to her. She NEVER met a stranger. She graduated from Millport High School in 1950. While in school, she loved sports and played basketball. Years later, she would become one of the first women inducted into the Millport Sports Hall of Fame. She was proud of this.
Gaila was very active in community organizations. She was always looking for a way to be involved in making Millport a better place. She served in many community service organizations throughout the years. Gaila was an active member of Christian Chapel Church of Christ. One of the ways she served others was through her cooking. If anyone was sick or if something was needed for a meal at church, she always filled that need. She loved to prepare things that people might not have eaten very often, like fried apple pies or rutabagas or turnip greens. And, oh my, if you were lucky enough to be on "the list" to get some of her peanut brittle each year, you were in for a special treat!!
Gaila loved to go to the beauty shop or the grocery store or Pheb's just to "catch up on things". One of the things she would say as she became more sick and confined to the house was "I've got to get out of here and see what's going on".
She is preceded in death by her husband, Jessie Ray Rainwater, her parents, Thomas Depree Beard and Erdie Mae Beard, a sister, Nell Taylor, four brothers, Almus, Ellis, James and J.B. Beard and a grandson, Corey Doyle.
Pallbearers will be David Howard, Kevin Doyle, Nathan Brady, Matt Brady, Ray Estes and Tommy Shaw.
In the South, every town has "character" and "characters". Gaila was one of Millport's "characters" and she will be missed.
Gaila was born and raised in Millport, Alabama, and she loved to talk about it. Almost every conversation with her would eventually get around to discussing someone's genealogy or family connections. You might even find out you were "kinfolks" before the conversation was over. People were important to her. She NEVER met a stranger. She graduated from Millport High School in 1950. While in school, she loved sports and played basketball. Years later, she would become one of the first women inducted into the Millport Sports Hall of Fame. She was proud of this.
Gaila was very active in community organizations. She was always looking for a way to be involved in making Millport a better place. She served in many community service organizations throughout the years. Gaila was an active member of Christian Chapel Church of Christ. One of the ways she served others was through her cooking. If anyone was sick or if something was needed for a meal at church, she always filled that need. She loved to prepare things that people might not have eaten very often, like fried apple pies or rutabagas or turnip greens. And, oh my, if you were lucky enough to be on "the list" to get some of her peanut brittle each year, you were in for a special treat!!
Gaila loved to go to the beauty shop or the grocery store or Pheb's just to "catch up on things". One of the things she would say as she became more sick and confined to the house was "I've got to get out of here and see what's going on".
She is preceded in death by her husband, Jessie Ray Rainwater, her parents, Thomas Depree Beard and Erdie Mae Beard, a sister, Nell Taylor, four brothers, Almus, Ellis, James and J.B. Beard and a grandson, Corey Doyle.
Pallbearers will be David Howard, Kevin Doyle, Nathan Brady, Matt Brady, Ray Estes and Tommy Shaw.
In the South, every town has "character" and "characters". Gaila was one of Millport's "characters" and she will be missed.
Gaila Rainwater, 89, of Millport, Alabama, passed away on March 9, 2022 at her residence. Funeral services will be Friday, March 11, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at Christian Chapel Church of Christ in Millport, AL. with Bro. Travis Brown officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will follow at the church cemetery under the direction of Dowdle Funeral Home.
Gaila was born and raised in Millport, Alabama, and she loved to talk about it. Almost every conversation with her would eventually get around to discussing someone's genealogy or family connections. You might even find out you were "kinfolks" before the conversation was over. People were important to her. She NEVER met a stranger. She graduated from Millport High School in 1950. While in school, she loved sports and played basketball. Years later, she would become one of the first women inducted into the Millport Sports Hall of Fame. She was proud of this.
Gaila was very active in community organizations. She was always looking for a way to be involved in making Millport a better place. She served in many community service organizations throughout the years. Gaila was an active member of Christian Chapel Church of Christ. One of the ways she served others was through her cooking. If anyone was sick or if something was needed for a meal at church, she always filled that need. She loved to prepare things that people might not have eaten very often, like fried apple pies or rutabagas or turnip greens. And, oh my, if you were lucky enough to be on "the list" to get some of her peanut brittle each year, you were in for a special treat!!
Gaila loved to go to the beauty shop or the grocery store or Pheb's just to "catch up on things". One of the things she would say as she became more sick and confined to the house was "I've got to get out of here and see what's going on".
She is preceded in death by her husband, Jessie Ray Rainwater, her parents, Thomas Depree Beard and Erdie Mae Beard, a sister, Nell Taylor, four brothers, Almus, Ellis, James and J.B. Beard and a grandson, Corey Doyle.
Pallbearers will be David Howard, Kevin Doyle, Nathan Brady, Matt Brady, Ray Estes and Tommy Shaw.
In the South, every town has "character" and "characters". Gaila was one of Millport's "characters" and she will be missed.
Gaila was born and raised in Millport, Alabama, and she loved to talk about it. Almost every conversation with her would eventually get around to discussing someone's genealogy or family connections. You might even find out you were "kinfolks" before the conversation was over. People were important to her. She NEVER met a stranger. She graduated from Millport High School in 1950. While in school, she loved sports and played basketball. Years later, she would become one of the first women inducted into the Millport Sports Hall of Fame. She was proud of this.
Gaila was very active in community organizations. She was always looking for a way to be involved in making Millport a better place. She served in many community service organizations throughout the years. Gaila was an active member of Christian Chapel Church of Christ. One of the ways she served others was through her cooking. If anyone was sick or if something was needed for a meal at church, she always filled that need. She loved to prepare things that people might not have eaten very often, like fried apple pies or rutabagas or turnip greens. And, oh my, if you were lucky enough to be on "the list" to get some of her peanut brittle each year, you were in for a special treat!!
Gaila loved to go to the beauty shop or the grocery store or Pheb's just to "catch up on things". One of the things she would say as she became more sick and confined to the house was "I've got to get out of here and see what's going on".
She is preceded in death by her husband, Jessie Ray Rainwater, her parents, Thomas Depree Beard and Erdie Mae Beard, a sister, Nell Taylor, four brothers, Almus, Ellis, James and J.B. Beard and a grandson, Corey Doyle.
Pallbearers will be David Howard, Kevin Doyle, Nathan Brady, Matt Brady, Ray Estes and Tommy Shaw.
In the South, every town has "character" and "characters". Gaila was one of Millport's "characters" and she will be missed.
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