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Kennon Darwin Rawls Sr.

23 November, 1926 – 3 April, 2025
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Forest Park The Woodlands Funeral Home & Cemetery

Kennon Darwin Rawls Sr., 98, of The Woodlands, Texas, passed away in his home on Thursday, April 3, 2025. Kennon was born in Houston, Texas, on November 23, 1926. Kennon graduated from Reagan High School in the Heights and attended the University of Houston. Kennon voluntarily enlisted in the United States Navy and served during WWII. Kennon served on aircraft carriers and proudly drove the admiral’s barge in the Pacific Theater.

After Kennons service in the United States Navy, he married Lena Doris Siragusa on November 23, 1948. The couple established their home in the Timbergrove neighborhood originally. Kennon and Doris owned Vogler Sheet Metal for many years. After the sale of the business and retiring, the couple moved to The Woodlands.

During Kennon’s retirement, he worked tirelessly with other Height’s area veterans to design and construct the Heights WWII Memorial which serves as a tribute to the Heights area servicemen and women who represented the US during the war. Kennon contributed to the time capsule which is laid at that Heights WWII Memorial.

Kennon is preceded in death by his wife, Lena Doris Rawls, and is survived by his children, Kennon D. Rawls, Jr., Phillip Mark Rawls, Karen Rawls McNally; five grandchildren, Jennifer Lynn Swonke, Kennon D. Rawls III, Mistie Michelle Watson, Michael Phillip Rawls, Mark William Rawls; as well as seven great-grandchildren.

A memorial service for Kennon will be held Wednesday, April 23, 2025 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM at Forest Park The Woodlands Funeral Home & Cemetery, 18000 Interstate 45 S, The Woodlands, TX 77384. A reception will follow from 11:00 AM to 12:45 PM. A committal service will take place from 1:00 PM to 1:30 PM.

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FAMILY

Thank you for your thoughts and prayers -Phil, Karen and Ken, Jr." Psalm 23 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me;your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Ephesians 1:11-14 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

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Kennon Darwin Rawls Sr.

EVERGREEN TERRACE SECTION 18

18000 Interstate 45 S, The Woodlands, TX 77384
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  • Lot
    24
  • Grave
    6

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