LaVerne Geneva (Dunkin) Rayburn (1919 - 2009)

Born 6 Jun 1919 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States

Descendants

Died 25 May 2009 at age 89 in Oklahoma

Biography

Obituary

The Oklahoman LAVERNE RAYBURN

LAVERNE RAYBURN

LaVerne G. Rayburn, age 89, passed away May 25, 2009. She was born June 6, 1919 in Oklahoma City, OK to Oscar and Lucinda Deliana Roe Dunkin. LaVerne has lived in OKC all her life. She was a Supervisor for Old Building 3000 at Tinker AFB for over 20 years, retiring in 1982. LaVerne was a member of Wilmont Place Baptist Church where she was a member of the senior choir, the Sonshiners.

Preceding her in death were her parents, husband, Lloyd, 2 sons, Gale and Berry and a brother, Jack. She is survived by her sister, Thelma Bass and brother, Harold Dunkin, 6 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be 2:00 PM, Saturday, May 30, 2009, at Wilmont Place Baptist Church with burial following at Sunny Lane Cemetery.

"God has seen her getting weary, he did what he thought best -

He put his arms around her, gently whispered come let's rest -

The pearly gates stood open on that heartbreaking day -

And with farewell unspoken, she gently slipped away.

Published in The Oklahoman on May 28, 2009

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• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN1M-46P : 3 February 2021), Lavern Dunkins in entry for Oscar Dunkins, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCWB-6N8 : accessed 28 February 2016), Lavern Dunkin in entry for Ludie Dunkin, 1930.

• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKGZ-YBNF : 26 October 2016), Laverne G Rayburn, 28 May 2009; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - 2014)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2017); citing Oklahoman, The, born-digital text.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JB6W-5J8 : 19 May 2014), Laverne G Rayburn, 25 May 2009; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK4-382H : 11 July 2016), LaVerne G Dunkin Rayburn, 2009; Burial, Del City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States of America, Sunny Lane Cemetery; citing record ID 37620259, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #37620259