Cora Harrison Raines

1895 - 1999  (103 years)

• Name	Cora Harrison Raines  [1, 2]
  Birth	19 Oct 1895	Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Race	White  [1, 2]
  Name	Cora R. Weir  [3]
  Residence	1900	Cedar Springs, Abbeville, South Carolina, USA   [1]
  	Age: 4; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
  Residence	1910	Cedar Springs, Abbeville, South Carolina, USA   [2]
  	Age: 14; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
  Social Security Number	239-60-6484  [3]
  Death	30 May 1999	Chester, Chester, South Carolina, USA   [3]
  	CHESTER - Mrs. Cora Raines Weir, 103: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice Charlotte Observer, The (NC) - Monday, May 31, 1999 Deceased Name: CHESTER - Mrs. Cora Raines Weir, 103 of 1213 Halsellville Road, Chester, SC, died Sunday, May 30, 1999 at her residence. Funeral services will be held for Mrs. Weir 3:00 PM Tuesday at Beaver Creek Baptist Church with Revs. Terry Wingate and Clyde Riley officiating. Interment in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7:00 to 9:00 PM tonight at Barron Funeral Home. Born in Abbeville, SC, October 19, 1895, Mrs. Weir was the daughter of the late James Cason and Mary Corinne (Broadway) Raines. She was a graduate of Abbeville High School and Winthrop College in 1918 and went on to become an Elementary and High School teacher and Principle. She was a member of Beaver Creek Baptist Church where she was active in Bible School and was an officer in the Baptist Women's Missionary Union. She was honored by the church for having taught Sunday School for over 73 years. She was also a member and officer of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and an officer in the Clemson Extension Home Demonstration Club. Survivors include, two daughters, Eloise Weir Blanks of Clemson, SC, Mrs. T. Elliott (Lavinia) Weir McDonald of Chester, SC; three granddaughters, Rinne Blanks Canon of Clemson, SC, Sandra kay McDonald of Fort Collins, CO, Mrs. Edward D. (Harriet) McDonald Simmons of Clemson, SC; two half-sisters, Mrs. Anne Raines Fritts of Hendersonville, TN and Mrs. Josephine Raines Nichols of Abbeville, SC. Memorials may be made to Beaver Creek Baptist Church, 1213 Halsellville Road, Chester, SC 29706. Barron Funeral Home is serving the family of Mrs. Weir. Age at Death: 103
  Burial	1 Jun 1999	Beaver Creek Baptist Cemetery, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA   [4, 5]
  Person ID	I31283	tng Genealogy

  
  

  Father	James Cason Raines,   b. 28 Aug 1867, Winnsboro, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA d. 7 Feb 1944, Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, USA (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Corrine Broadway,   b. 15 May 1864, South Carolina, USA d. 1 Feb 1902, Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, USA (Age 37 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1891  [1]
  Family ID	F10832	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Leslie Banks Weir,   b. 5 Jun 1889   d. 10 Apr 1950 (Age 60 years)
  Children	1. Margaret Eloise Weir,   b. 30 Aug 1925, Chester, Chester, South Carolina, USA d. 12 Jul 2009, Clemson, Pickens, South Carolina, USA (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Living
  Family ID	F10836	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 19 Oct 1895 - Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, USA Residence - Age: 4; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter - 1900 - Cedar Springs, Abbeville, South Carolina, USA Residence - Age: 14; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter - 1910 - Cedar Springs, Abbeville, South Carolina, USA Death - 30 May 1999 - Chester, Chester, South Carolina, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  [S340] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;). Year: 1900; Census Place: Cedar Springs, Abbeville, South Carolina; Roll: 1514; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0009; FHL microfilm: 1241514 http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&h=69491508&indiv=try [ View Federal Census Document] http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&h=69491508&indiv=try [S356] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;). Year: 1910; Census Place: Cedar Springs, Abbeville, South Carolina; Roll: T624_1446; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0010; FHL microfilm: 1375459 http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910uscenindex&h=26344650&indiv=try [ View Federal Census Document] http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910uscenindex&h=26344650&indiv=try [S344] Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Number: 239-60-6484; Issue State: North Carolina; Issue Date: 1956. Record for Cora R. Weir http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ssdi&h=66214652&indiv=try http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ssdi&h=66214652&indiv=try [S122] FindaGrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7541192 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7541192. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7541192 [S142] Gravestone. [ View gravestone photograph]