Obituary

Laura Bernice Raines Palmquist
Palestine Herald Press - Dec. 29, 2003

Services for Laura Bernice Raines Palmquist, 83, of Palestine will be at 1 p.m.
Wednesday at Bailey & Foster Chapel with the Rev. Jay Abernathy officiating. Burial
will follow in Roselawn Park under the direction of Bailey & Foster. Mrs. Palmquist
died Saturday at Palestine Health Care Center. She was born Oct. 23, 1920 in Bells,
Texas to Alfred Claudie and Nanna Pearl Langston Kite. Mrs. Palmquist was a member
of the First Baptist Church of Palestine. She was a nurse at Memorial Hospital in
Palestine for 25 years. After retiring she worked part time at Cartmell Home for
Aged. She was preceded in death by her parents; son, Thomas Lavelle Raines; daughter
in law, Mary Jenice Raines; and sister, Audrey May. Mrs. Palmquist is survived by her
husband, Cyrus Palmquist of Palestine; daughter, Kay Burney and husband John of
Palestine; stepdaughter, Gayle Woolverton of Palestine; stepsons, Bill Palmquist and
wife Chris of Flower Mound, Mark Palmquist and wife Nancy of Fairfield; brothers,
Perry Kite and wife Thelma of Garland, Eldon Kite and wife