Melvin Archie Raney

1912 - 1975  (62 years)

• Name	Melvin Archie Raney  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  Birth	8 Nov 1912	Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1920	Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA   [2]
  	Age: 7; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son of Elsie and Archie Raney
  Census	1940	Knight Township, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA   [4]
  	Marital Status: Married to Mary; Relation to Head: Head
  Military Draft Registration	16 Oct 1940	Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA   [6]
  	Draft Registration - WWII
  Census	1950	Lordstown, Trumbull, Ohio, USA   [10]
  	Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married to Mary
  Residence	18 May 1960	Trenton, Burlington, New Jersey, USA
  Obituary	Apr 1975	Orlando, Brevard, Florida, USA   [9]
  	The Orlando Sentinel • Orlando, Florida • 27 Apr 1975, Sun • Page 8
  		Obituary-RANEY Melvin A Obituary of MELVIN ARCHIE RANEY • The Orlando Sentinel • Orlando, Florida • 27 Apr 1975, Sun • Page 8
  FSID	GSGB-TN4
  Residence	24 Apr 1975	Longwood, Okaloosa, Florida, USA
  Death	24 Apr 1975	Altamonte Springs, Seminole, Florida, USA   [1, 5, 8, 9, 11]
  Burial	Glen Haven Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Winter Park, Orange, Florida, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I27398	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Mary Ellis Sexton,   b. 8 May 1914, Campbellsville, Taylor, Kentucky, USA d. 22 Dec 2012, Orlando, Orange, Florida, USA (Age 98 years)
  Marriage	23 Feb 1933	Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA   [7, 11]
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F12123	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 8 Nov 1912 - Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA Census - Age: 7; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son of Elsie and Archie Raney - 1920 - Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA Marriage - 23 Feb 1933 - Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA Census - Marital Status: Married to Mary; Relation to Head: Head - 1940 - Knight Township, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA Military Draft Registration - Draft Registration - WWII - 16 Oct 1940 - Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA Census - Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married to Mary - 1950 - Lordstown, Trumbull, Ohio, USA Residence - 18 May 1960 - Trenton, Burlington, New Jersey, USA Obituary - The Orlando Sentinel • Orlando, Florida • 27 Apr 1975, Sun • Page 8 - Apr 1975 - Orlando, Brevard, Florida, USA Residence - 24 Apr 1975 - Longwood, Okaloosa, Florida, USA Death - 24 Apr 1975 - Altamonte Springs, Seminole, Florida, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Obituaries

  Obituary-RANEY Melvin A Obituary of MELVIN ARCHIE RANEY • The Orlando Sentinel • Orlando, Florida • 27 Apr 1975, Sun • Page 8

  
  

• Sources

  [S3674] FamilySearch - Find a Grave. [S10231] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Evansville Ward 5, Vanderburgh, Indiana; Roll: T625_471; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 139. 1920 United States Federal Census Year: 1920; Census Place: Evansville Ward 5, Vanderburgh, Indiana; Roll: T625_471; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 139 [S301] Ancestry.com, Indiana, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1907-1940, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2016;). Indiana, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1907-1940 [S9528] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Knight, Vanderburgh, Indiana; Roll: m-t0627-01101; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 82-106. 1940 United States Federal Census Year: 1940; Census Place: Knight, Vanderburgh, Indiana; Roll: m-t0627-01101; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 82-106 [S920] Ancestry.com, Florida, U.S., Death Index, 1877-1998, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2004;). [S9506] Ancestry.com, U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), National Archives at St Louis; St Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Indiana, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 634. U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Indiana, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 634 [S1461] Ancestry.com, Indiana, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1941, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2005;), Tippecanoe County Indiana; Index to Marriage Record 1921-1941 Jan. 1, 1921 to, W. P. A. Original Record Located: County Clerk's O; Book: M-46; Page: 383. [S669] Ancestry.com, U.S., Railroad Retirement Pension Index, 1934-1987, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2017;), The National Archives at Atlanta; Morrow, Georgia; Records of the Railroad Retirement Board, 1934 - 1987; Record Group Number: 184. [S3261] Newspapers.com: Obituary of Melvin Raney • Orlando Sentinel - Apr 1975, (Name: The Orlando Sentinel; Location: Orlando, Florida; Date: 27 Apr 1975;), Melvin Archie Raney Obituary. Funeral services for Mr Melvin Archie Raney, 62, Longwood, Florida, who passed away Wednesday, will be held Monday at the Altamonte Chanel of Baldwin-McNamara Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Glen Haven Memorial Park. Mr Raney is survived by his wife, Mrs Mary E Raney of Longwood; daughters: Mrs. Roberta Adams of Tuscawilla FL and Dr Margaret E Holmes of Buffalo, NY; sisters: Mrs Roy Owen and Mrs Earl Jeffers, both of Evansville IN, 4 grandchildren. Pallbearers will be: Jack Green, Henry B McDaniel Jr, Rev Floyd P Peterson, George L Hendley, David L Janker and Robert O Williams. Friends may call at the funeral home on Sunday. Baldwin-McNamara Funeral Home. • The Orlando Sentinel • Orlando, Florida • 27 Apr 1975, Sun • Page 8 https://www.newspapers.com/image/224579295/?article=36887af5-4839-43cb-abae-8270be336920&focus=0.84928715,0.68451583,0.9648627,0.7681528&xid=3355 Obituary-RANEY Melvin A Obituary of MELVIN ARCHIE RANEY • The Orlando Sentinel • Orlando, Florida • 27 Apr 1975, Sun • Page 8 [S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Lordstown, Trumbull,. 1950 United States Federal Census United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Lordstown, Trumbull, [S3260] Newspapers.com: Obituary of Mary Raney • Orlando Sentinel - Dec 2012, (Name: The Orlando Sentinel; Location: Orlando, Florida; Date: 25 Dec 2012;), Mary Ellis Sexton Raney Obituary. RANEY, MARY ELLIS, gracious lady, beloved mother and grandmother, died peacefully at the age of 98 years, 7 months on December 22, 2012. She was born on May 8, 1914 in Campbellsville, KY. In 1933, she married Melvin A Raney in Lafayette, IN. They were married for 42 years, until Melvin's passing in 1975. She is survived by her daughter, Margaret; her granddaughters Suzanne, Jacqueline, and Katherine; seven great grandchildren; and three great, great grandchildren. She was predeceased by her eldest daughter, Roberta, and one grandson. Mary lived a full, active life filled with accomplishments. From her younger years as a homemaker with children, her interests widened in her middle years to refine considerable talents in arts and crafts including traditional spinning and hand weaving techniques, needlepoint, and quilting. She learned hand-thrown pottery and soon had her own pottery studio with a pottery wheel and kilns and made her own glazes. In the fine arts she painted in oils, watercolors, and pastels and became highly skilled at china painting. Her family members treasure many examples of her arts and crafts. Among her other interests was antique collecting. She owned and managed an antique shop in Longwood and became active in square dancing and owned and managed a square dance hall in Longwood. She was one of the founders of the Hoe-downers of Casselberry, a round and square dance club that is still active today. In her elder years, she lived at The Bridge of Orlando where her caregivers, Beverley and Daphne, were always by her side. We thank them from the bottom of our hearts for the wonderful care they provided her. Mary made many friends at The Bridge and was known there for her strength and for her dry wit and great smile. In Mary's passing, her daughter Margaret loses her Mother, her inspiration, her friend. All Mary's family will miss her and will cherish her memory. Mary Ellis Raney will forever be in our hearts. Services will be held on at 11:30am December 28, 2012 at Baldwin Fairchild Funeral Home. Family will receive friends prior to services from 10 to 11:30am. Burial will follow at the Glen Haven Memorial Park in Winter Park, FL. All are welcome to attend. Donations may be made to the National Arthritis Foundation (www.arthritis.org) in memory of Mary Raney. Please sign online guest registry at www.baldwinfairchild.com. • The Orlando Sentinel • Orlando, Florida • 25 Dec 2012, Tue • Page B10 https://www.newspapers.com/image/268158507/?article=721acb90-a3f3-4823-9b49-670c04b83258&focus=0.49870518,0.22300518,0.6625133,0.7381225&xid=3355 At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.