Title
Mr.
Last Name
Rayner
First Name
James
Middle Name
Herbert
Maiden Name
Nick Name
Place of Birth
Dexter, ME
Date of Birth
Place of Death
Dexter, ME
Date of Death
1935-07-31
Publication
The Eastern Gazette 6-15-1944, p.6
Obituary
JAMES HERBERT RAYNER 1874 - 1935 James Herbert Rayner was born in Dexter in 1874, always lived in this town and died here July 31, 1935. Had he lived fifteen days longer; he would have been sixty-one years of age. He was the only child of James Rayner, who was born in England, and Sarah Fitzgerald, a native of Dexter, and a member of that Fitzgerald family which played a large part in building up the young town of Dexter. Bert got his formal education in our town schools and was always a favorite with his teachers and schoolmates. He married Lou Smith and they had one daughter. He was an Odd Fellow and a member of the Knights of Pythias. He served as superintendent of cemeteries acceptably for eighteen years.