Notes for: Travis Dean Rawlings
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Rawlings
Travis Dean Rawlings, 81, of 311 South Winter Street, Midway, husband of Gloria "Jo" Rawlings, died Thursday, Aug. 7, 2003, at his residence.
Born in Bath County, he was the son of the late Boone and Dora Dean Manley Rawlings, and was a member and former deacon of the Midway Christian Church. He received his undergraduate degree from Kentucky Wesleyan College in 1947 and his Ph.D. in psychology from UK in 1956. He served as director of guidance, academic dean and professor of psychology at Midway Junior College and Pinkerton High School from 1953 to 1965. He was a professor at Transylvania University from 1965 to 1990 where he developed and taught courses in experimental and child psychology. He and his wife Jo owned an antique business for almost 40 years. He specialized in the restoration of early American furniture, and pieces he restored have been featured in Antiques Magazine. Other pieces are currently on display in the Liberty Hall and Locust Grove museums in Kentucky as well as in various museums in North Carolina and Ohio.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Jane Perry, North Carolina, and Julie Watson, Midway; two sons, Paul Rawlings, Midway, and Gregory Rawlings, New Mexico; eight grandchildren, Zachery Rawlings, Travis Rawlings, Gregory Rawlings, Douglas Perry, Anna Perry, Franklin Watson, Gregory Watson, Marcus Watson; three brothers, Malcolm Rawlings, Texas, Edsel Rawlings, Lexington, and Kenneth Rawlings, Bath County.
Services were conducted Monday, Aug. 11, 2003, at the Midway Christian Church by the Rev. David Brown. Interment was in the Midway Cemetery. Casket bearers were Zachery Rawlings, Douglas Perry, Larry Rawlings, Douglas Watson, Robert Perry, Travis Lee Rawlings, William Kincaid, and King Richeson. The Blackburn & Ward Funeral Home, Versailles, was in charge of arrangements.
Memorials are suggested to the American Cancer Society, Midway College, or Transylvania University.
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