Shelby-Ruth Rainwater (Rayni) Worley, age 15, went to Heaven Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at St. Louis Childrens' Hospital due to complications from Pulmonary Hypertension.
Rayni was born June 16, 1997 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri to Michelle Million-Worley and Jason Worley.
Her joy in living was seen by all who really knew her and she was blessed with a gift to touch the lives of others. Rayni was kind and thoughtful, with a real interest in the feelings for others. She loved babies and children and wanted to become a nurse on 7 west at St. Louis Children's Hospital. Rayni always enjoyed reading, baking and being creative. She also enjoyed music, attending high school, painting fingernails, going to movies, football games and dances, traveling, and spending time with family and friends.
Rayni is survived by her mother, Michelle Million-Worley, her father, Jason Worley, her sister, Emma Grace Worley, her grandparents Dean Million and wife Cindy, Marilyn Million-Whitt, Jane Worley, and Glenn & Beth Worley, great-grandparents Alma Million and Carl Brandt, many close cousins, aunts, uncles, and friends. Already awaiting her in Heaven were a grandfather, great-grandparents, a great-great grandmother and special friends she met along the path of her life because of her health issues.
A short visitation will be held from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. on Friday evening at Fellowship General Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff. A Celebration of her life will begin at 1:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon at Fellowship General Baptist Church with Rev. Byron Beck officiating. Following interment at the Poplar Bluff City Cemetery, family and friends are invited back to the Church to share memories and spend time with her family.
The family sincerely requests that you plan to spend your Saturday afternoon and evening celebrating Rayni's 15 years of life and the impact she had on those that knew her.
Rayni would enjoying knowing that her love of giving was celebrated by memorials made in her name to the following organizations: The Poplar Bluff Public Library, The Pulmonary Hypertension Association Scholarship Fund or Pediatric Research Grant, The Ronald McDonald Houses of St. Louis, The Immune Deficiency Foundation Scholarship Fund, and Rayni Day Miracles.
Family and friends may share an online condolence or memory at www.cotrellfuneralservice.com.
Cotrell Funeral Service in Poplar Bluff is in charge of arrangements.
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