Barbara Merlene Jones Raines Obituary

It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Barbara Merlene Jones Raines of DeWitt, Arkansas, who passed away at the age of 84, on December 18, 2025. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Barbara Merlene Jones Raines to show support.

She was predeceased by: her parents, Fate Dempsey Jones and Miriam Phyllis Procop Jones; her husband Charles Raines; her grandson Benjamin Charles Brooks; her son-in-law Joe Howard Miller; and her close friend Vera Miller.

She is survived by: her daughters, Denise Miller of Bayou Meto, Rhonda Brooks (Sanders) of Hamburg and Lorie Hancock (Danny) of Beebe; her granddaughters, Rachel Edmondson (Curt), Becky Ausbrooks (Jody), Stephanie Murphy and Kaylor Murphy; her siblings, Joann Jones (Wayne) of Fayetteville and Jack Steinburg (Judy) of South Carolina; her daughter Mary Alice McPherson; and her close friends, Donna West and Sherry O'Neill. She is also survived by nieces, nephews, and other family and friends, and her fur grandbabies.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation or Alzheimer's Association.