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Rainey was born in Crisp County, Georgia. He attended Cordele High School [4] [5] and Georgia Southwestern State University. [3] In 1961, Rainey was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives. [4] He resigned in 1989 and was succeeded by Johnny W. Floyd. [6] Rainey died in May 2021, at the age of 93. [4]
By 1915, Cordele was home to several industries including an ice-making plant, mills for processing cotton products into cloth and oil, a fertilizer factory, and other small manufacturing outfits. [10] By August 1930, Cordele housed the Crisp County Hydroelectric System, the first county-owned electric system.
The area is southwest of the downtown of Cordele, and is roughly bounded on the north by the CSX Railroad tracks and 13th Avenue, on the east by 11th St., on the south by 16th Ave. (U.S. Route 280), and on the west by 15th St. [2] In 2022, work began on a housing development in the historic district with the hope of revitalizing the ...
The Cordele Commercial Historic District is a 55 acres (22 ha) historic district in Cordele, Georgia, US which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. The listing included 66 contributing buildings and a contributing structure. [1] The district is roughly bounded by Sixth Ave., Sixth St., Ninth Ave., and Fourteenth St. [1]
Rainey Funeral Home Building, also known as Roller-Brllce Funeral Home, Barber-Barto Funeral Home, Barber-Edwards Funeral Home, Barber-Edwards-Arthur Funeral Home, Arthur Funeral Home, and Arthur's Colonial Chapel, is a historic funeral home located at Marshfield, Webster County, Missouri.
Cordele, Georgia 31015 United States: Circulation: 3,369 (as of 2013) [1] Website: cordeledispatch.com: The Cordele Dispatch is a twice-weekly newspaper published in ...
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Joseph Hayne Rainey (June 21, 1832 – August 1, 1887) was an American politician. He was the first black person to serve in the United States House of Representatives and the second black person (after Hiram Revels ) to serve in the United States Congress .