On June 18, 2009, NOVELLA E. (nee Denton); beloved wife of the late Kent Rainey; devoted mother of Kenneth Wayne Rainey, Gerald Dennis Rainey and his partner Ida, Linda Ann Golden and her husband Steven and Rebecca Sue Debus and her husband Ken; loving grandmother of Michele Antal, Ken Rainey Jr., Gerald Rainey Jr., Diane Acosta, Brian Golden, Steven Golden Jr., and Jennifer and Justin Parvizimotlagh; dear sister of Mahalia Ward and the late Ernest and Brown Denton. Also surviving are four great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at the family owned Duda-Ruck Funeral Home of Dundalk Inc., 7922 Wise Avenue on Monday at 10 A.M. Interment Meadowridge Memorial Park. Friends may call on Saturday and Sunday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M.