The Raneys came from Ireland to North Carolina and then to Tennessee. This page also includes the Cheffers and Reginiers who were French Canadian.

Surnames in the Raney Family Tree

Notes


Patricia Anne Douglas

Patricia divorced her first husband in 1966. The children of thismarriage were raised by Thomas Samuel Vance and treated as if they werehis. They think of Tom as their "Pappy" which is what they call him.Anything Pappy says goes.


Patricia Anne Douglas

Patricia divorced her first husband in 1966. The children of thismarriage were raised by Thomas Samuel Vance and treated as if they werehis. They think of Tom as their "Pappy" which is what they call him.Anything Pappy says goes.


Leonard Rains Raney

On May 25, 1998, Leonard Rains (Uncle Len to you kids) Raney, Jr. cameto visit the writer. He told me the way his father got his middle name.It seems James Samuel and Lula Anne Raney just knew their son would besomeone famous. So they picked the name of one of the wealthiest men intown as Leonard's middle name.


Research by Patricia Douglas Vance using all sources available to me. If you family members see something you do not want included, please notify me.
Updated November 15, 1999

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