Elizabeth Gretchen Rayburn

She was born in Lewis County, Kentucky the daughter of the late Emery and Hester Rigdon Shaw. She married Robert Rayburn in 1956 and they shared their life together for 60 years. She was a loving mother to two daughters, Debbie (Kirby) Roberts and Kim (Mike) Hesler, and a grandmother to Heather (John) Dowdy and Cory (Xianghua) Thomas and a great-grandmother to Presley and Cole Dowdy, and Qian Ye “Lilly”. She was preceded in death by her two brothers, Eugene Shaw and Thomas Shaw and her sister, Anna Ruth Shaw.

She was a homemaker, who enjoyed cooking and shopping for her family and family gatherings. She enjoyed watching and feeding her birds, especially the cardinals. She was a devoted member of Hickory Grove Christian Holiness Church, where she always served her Christian family, who she loved by helping with the sick shut-ins.

Funeral services for Elizabeth Rayburn will be held at the Hickory Grove Christian Holiness Church at 1:00 PM, Saturday, November 5, 2016 with Pastor Charles Emmons officiating. Burial will be in the Mt. Tabor Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Cory Thomas, John Dowdy, Mark Kennedy, Justin Kennedy, Keith Rayburn and Michael Parker. Visitation will be held at the church on Friday evening from 5 to 8 PM. The arrangements are entrusted to the Barbour and Son Funeral Home.