Joan Rainey, 88, died May 4, 2021. She was born October 8, 1932 in Lincolnton, NC where she attended the local schools and graduated from Meredith College in Raleigh, NC with a degree in Home Economics.
After graduation, she moved to Orlando and taught at Robert E. Lee and Howard when they were junior high schools. She also taught one year in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
During the 1970’s she worked in the test kitchen of the Orlando Sentinel. Her duties were to test recipes for publication in the Food section, give food demonstrations in the community, and appear on TV for the WFTV noon news segment “Dine on 9.”
She was married to Thomas Rainey (deceased) for 51 years. They started attending Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church in 1968 and Joan continued until her death. She worked over thirty of those years with the three and four year olds during the Sunday school hour.
She is survived by her son Allen (Darcy), and daughter Jennifer.
A memorial service will be held at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 1655 Peel Ave. Orlando, FL 32806 on June 25, 2021 at 11:30 A.M.