Flossie Robison Rayburn
Services for Mrs. Flossie Robison Rayburn will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, March 29, in the Chapel of Hixson Brothers, Pineville, with Reverend Philip Robertson and Reverend Greg Carroll officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Park.
The family requests that visitation be observed Tuesday at Hixson Brothers, Pineville, from 8 a.m. until time of service.
Mrs. Rayburn, 91, of Libuse, passed from this life, Thursday, March 24, 2016, at her residence.
Mrs. Rayburn, affectionately known as Ms. Flossie, was born in Crowley on Nov. 13, 1924. She graduated from Crowley High School and went on to graduate from Southern Baptist Hospital in New Orleans, as an RN. There she met Dr. Albert Lane Rayburn III. They were married in Crowley on Dec. 23, 1951. They moved to Pineville in 1958 and moved to Libuse in 1977. For many years she worked alongside her husband and sons as a nurse/office manager for Rayburn Surgical Clinic.
Flossie was a member and Past Matron of The Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 60 in Tioga. Also a member of First Baptist Church, Crowley; Pineville Park Baptist Church, Pineville; and Philadelphia Baptist Church, Libuse; and the Czech Museum Association.
Raised on a farm, Flossie appreciated nature, she loved God and relished life. Flossie reveled in her family and friends. She achieved her goals and was always willing to learn something new. She will be remembered for her generous nature and always being there for anyone who needed.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, Dr. A.L. Rayburn; parents, Dave and Florence McCullough Robison; and brothers, John D. “Buddy” Robison and wife Josie and Carl Bruce Robison.
Those left to cherish her memory include her sons, Albert Lane Rayburn III, Ph.D., and wife Virginia, Dr. Dave M. Rayburn and wife Deborah, Dr. Bruce E. Rayburn and wife Lori and James E. Rayburn, Ph.D., and wife Lisa; grandchildren, Albert Lane Rayburn, IV and wife Rachel, Charlotte Mae Rayburn Landreth and husband Jacob, Katharine Louise Rayburn, Emma Leigh Rayburn Rhodes and husband Steven, Nicholas McCullough Rayburn, Rebekah Claire Rayburn, Lorin Allison Rayburn, Katie Lane Rayburn, Jordan Anita Rayburn, Bonni Elaine Rayburn, Tabitha Mae Rayburn and Kaitlin Gayle Rayburn; and great-grandson, Daniel Malcom Rhodes.
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