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GEORGIA AND GEORGIANS 3293was called upon to serve as mayor of Buena Vista, and that the voters of theplace were not unmindful of the excellence of his administration of the municipal government at this time was significantly shown by his being again calledto the mayor's office in the election of 1914, his present term as chief executiveexpiring in January, 1916. He has been an influential figure in the councilsof the democratic party in his county and has given yeoman service in behalfof its cause, as he is serving as a member of the democratic congressional committee of the Fourth Congressional District of the state. Mr. Raiuey is theowner of a well improved farm in Marion County and through its medium hascontinued an active association with the basic industry of agriculture. He ispast chancellor of the local lodge of the Knights of Pythias and past masterof Few Lodge, No. 329, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. He is a zealousand influential member of the Baptist Church of Buena Vista, in which heholds the office of deacon.In 1899, in Schley County, Mr. -Raiuey wedded Miss Kittie Tyson, whowas there born and reared and who was a member of a highly esteemed familyof that county. She was summoned to the life eternal in 1907, and is survivedby three children: Irma, who was born November 2, 1900; Alien, who wasborn December 4, 1902; and Speer, who was born on the 17th of June, 1904,The fourth child, Thomas B., Jr., died at the age of eleven months.On the 19th of May, 1908, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Rainey toMiss Inez Hirshburg, who was born at AVestport, Decatur County, Indiana,a daughter of Leroy Hirshburg, and who was a resident of Buena Vista,Georgia, at the time of her marriage. Mrs. Rainey is active in church workand is president of the local Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Audrey,the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Raiuey, was born on the 17th of April, 1915.BOICE T. RAINEY, M. D., youngest brother of him whose name initiates thiasketch, was born on the 2d of February, 1887, in Schley County, where he wasafforded the advantages of the schools of Ellaville. Thereafter he attendedthe academic or literary department of Mercer University for two years, andhe then entered the Atlanta School of Medicine, in which he was graduatedas a member of the class of 1913, with the well earned degree of Doctor ofMedicine. He is now engaged in successful general practice at Buena Vista,as one of the popular and representative physicians and surgeons of MarionCounty. He is identified with the American Medical Association, the GeorgiaState Medical Society and the Marion Comity Medical Society. His religiousfaith is that of the Baptist Church and he is affiliated with the Knights ofPythias, the Woodmen of the World and the CM Zeta Chi college fraternity.The 2d of August, 1911, recorded the marriage of Doctor Rainey to MissImogene Sears, daughter of Dr. William D. and Emma (Battle) Sears, ofEDavillc. where they still maintain their home and where Doctor Sears is nowliving virtually retired from the practice of his profession. Doctor and Mrs.Rainey have one child.JAMES H. CI-IEXIY. Among the leading members of the bar of the Southwestern Judicial Circuit of Georgia James Henry Cheney holds definitevantage-ground, and i"-^ prestige has been gained not only through his ableactivities as,an a and counselor but also through bis meriting andretaining nnequivot^L popular esteem. With a representative clientele, heis engaged in the successful practice of his profession at Ellaville, the judicialcenter of Schley County, and his status as a lawyer and citizen is speciallyinteresting to note by reason of the fact that in his native county he hasfound an effective field for his endeavors as a member of the bar.Mr. Cheney was born in Schley County on the llth of December, 1874,and is a son of Dr. Green Cheney and Minnie V. (McKcller) Cheney, theformer of whom was born in Lawrence County, this state, and the latter ofwhom was born at Newbcrry, South Carolina, a daughter of Dr. John W.McKcller, who came to Georgia and settled in Maeon County prior to the