Susan Crain Railsback

Monday, January 5, 2015

Susan Crain Railsback, 70, of Pine Bluff, died Friday, Jan. 2, 2015, at Trinity Village Medical Center.

Born Aug. 5, 1944, in Memphis, the daughter of John Enochs and Mary Edith Siler Crain, Susan was raised in the home of her parents near Wilson in Mississippi County. She received her early education in Wilson, graduating from Wilson High School where her father, school board secretary, and her grandfather, James Henry Crain, school board president, both signed her high school diploma. Susan then attended the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.

Susan married Glenn Albert Railsback III on Jan. 24, 1964, in the home of her grandfather, "Oak Meadow" near Wilson.

Moving to Pine Bluff, she was a member of First Presbyterian Church there for over 50 years. She was a member of the Junior League of Pine Bluff. A genealogy and family history researcher, Susan was a member of several patriotic organizations including the Daughters of the American Revolution where she served as regent of the John McAlmont Chapter and various state society committees, Daughters of the Confederacy where she was president of the David O. Dodd Chapter #212, president of the Arkansas Division and Division Registrar and registrar general of the national organization in Richmond, Virginia.

She was also a member of the National Society of the United States Daughters of the War of 1812, National Society Colonial Dames of the XVII Century and The First Families of Mississippi.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a brother, John Enochs Crain Jr.; and a sister, Judy Crain Benten;

Survivors include her husband;

Three children, Mary Edith Railsback Gill (Trey) of Tarry, Arkansas, Glenn Albert "Railey" Railsback IV of Star City, Arkansas, Dabney Crain Railsback Rich (David) of Star City;

Two sisters, Mary Ann Rose Williams of Blytheville and Nancy Crain Balton of Wilson; and

Her grandchildren, Jacob Tyrrell Railsback, Randall Hollis Landreth Jr., John Leeton Landreth, Susan Marie Milton, Jeremy Edgar Thumann and Samuel Enochs Thumann.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church in Pine Bluff with the Rev. Susan Carter Wiggins officiating. A reception will follow at the church. Burial in Graceland Cemetery will be private by Ralph Robinson & Son.

Memorials are requested to First Presbyterian Church, 717 W. 32nd, Pine Bluff, AR 71603 or Susan Railsback-AR Division Scholarship, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Patricia Pennebaker, Treasurer, 933 N. Broadway, Booneville, AR 72927-3246.

An online register is at www.ralphrobinsonandson.com.