Lurland Elmo Littlefield Raibourn, 90, died February 5, 2008, at Eden Gardens,
Rock Hill, South Carolina.
Mrs. Raibourn was born April 23, 1917, at Fletcher, Oklahoma, to James Elmo and Anna Belle Graves Littlefield.
She grew up in Fletcher and graduated in 1935 from Fletcher High School and attended Oklahoma State Teachers College in Edmond, Oklahoma.
She married Charles Nathaniel Raibourn of Covington, Oklahoma, on February 22, 1936. In 1937 they moved to Washington, DC where she was an active member of Capitol Hill Metropolitan Baptist Church from 1938 until 1981. She was a deaconess since 1963 and was also a leader of the Youth Training Union.
She was active in the Clinton, MD, Homemaker's Club, served on the board of the Christian Women's Club, was a member of the Art Guild as an avid watercolor and oils artist and was a long-time member of the Lady Lion's Club.
During the Vietnam War era she served as a volunteer at the Andrews Air Force Base Hospital in Camp Springs, Maryland.
In 1981 Mrs. Raibourn moved to Norman, Oklahoma, where she was a member of Norman First Baptist Church and she served as a deaconess and taught English, cooking and sewing in the Friendship International program. She was very involved in the Norman Firehouse Art Center where she was known for her watercolors.
She was a member of the Good Sam Club and enjoyed traveling with her husband all over the United States, as well as Canada, Mexico, throughout
Europe, Scandinavia and the Near East.
In 2003, Mrs. Raibourn moved to Aiken, South Carolina and was known for her
watercolor art at Cumberland Village where she resided. She was a member of
Aiken First Presbyterian Church.
She is survived by three daughters, Marian R. May and her husband Bernard A. of Ft. Mill, South Carolina, Gail R. Blancett and her husband, Allen L., of Aiken,
South Carolina, and Donna R. Byers and her husband, Kenneth M., of Franktown,
Colorado; two sisters, Athalea "Lee" Strickland (Mrs. William H.) of Norman,
OK, and Ann Coleman (Mrs. Robert E.) of Cincinnati, Ohio; six grandchildren and
ten great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Charles N., her parents and
one brother, Lloyd R. Littlefield.
She will be remembered with love and admiration by her family and close
friends for her creative abilities and her devotion to her family, friends and church.
In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that memorials be made to The Seed Company, a Wycliffe Bible Translators affiliate, 3030 Matlock Rd., Suite 104, Arlington, TX 76015; or the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 N.E. 13th Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, for Alzheimer's research.
Graveside Services will be held at 1:00 P.M, Monday, February 11, 2008, at
Fletcher Cemetery, Fletcher, Oklahoma with Bernard A. May officiating.
Services are under the direction of Havenbrook Funeral Home of Norman, Oklahoma.
Send condolences online at http://www.havenbrookfuneralhome.com/Obituaries.htm
Source: Courtesy of Havenbrook Funeral Home located in Norman, Oklahoma,
