Connie Lou Rawlins

Connie Lou (Jenkins) Rawlins July 25, 1942- July 16, 2025 Connie Lou (Jenkins) Rawlins was called home on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, at the age of 82. Connie was born on July 25, 1942 in Ray, Ohio, the oldest child of the late Virgil William (Bill) Jenkins and Freida Esta (Ross) Jenkins. Connie graduated from Coalton High School in May 1963. She was united in marriage to Kenneth Gene Rawlins on May 28, 1959. Growing up, Connie attended a little country church with her family on SR 327 in Ray, where she and her sisters (fondly called the ‘Jenkins Sisters’) sang ‘A cappella’ harmonies throughout their teens, frequently joining in with their mother and ‘Aunt Ival’, for five-part harmonies. Over the years she enjoyed attending church services at many revivals, camp meetings, and churches including Monroe Chapel, Wills Chapel, Trinity Wesleyan, and Trinity Chapel. Connie enjoyed being outdoors, working in her flower and vegetable gardens, and hosting numerous family gatherings over holidays. She was said to be “full of the Welsh” with a delightful sense of humor, enjoying a good laugh - many a family member and friend would often discover ‘a giant rubber spider’ laying in wait, in baskets of garden vegetables she shared from her garden each summer. Connie worked for several years at Jackson Corporation (‘Plastic Plant’ press operator), and Oak Hill Hospital as a cook and then as LPN in patient care, and later in clinical care, at Oak Hill Hospital/Holzer Jackson, until her retirement. Connie was a strong and resilient woman. Prayerfully surviving a paralyzing stroke in 2003. Although she was unable to continue her nursing career, she worked through months of rehab learning to walk and talk again, to write with her left hand, to drive, cook, regaining most of her everyday life skills. Connie was preceded in death by her husband of 64 years, ‘Kenny’ Rawlins; her parents Bill and Freida, her son Kenneth ‘Ty’ Rawlins, son-in-law Mike Davis; grandson Brandon Davis; her sister Sharon (Jenkins) Wallin; sister-in-law Norma (Rawlins Maerker) Hammond and brothers-in-law Roger Brooks, Ron Humphries, and Jim Shook. Connie is survived by her children: Rhonda Jean (Rawlins) Davis of Circleville, and William ‘Troy’ Rawlins of Jackson; her grandchildren Greg (Whitney) Davis, Kristin (Robert ‘Bobby’) Finnerty, Nick Davis, Jaimee (Jordan) Cutting, Ty Rawlins, Charlotte Rawlins, Linkyn Rawlins, and Jacob Rawlins; great-grandchildren Sage Finnerty (McKenzie Kelly), Madison Finnerty, Gideon Davis and Roman Williams; great-great-grandson Baylor Finnerty as well as a great grandchild and great-great grandson on the way, her sister Sandra (Jay) McGowan, sisters-in-law Betty (Rawlins, Brooks) Humphries and Carolyn Shook, and brothers-in-law Fred Wallin and Denny (Johnna) Rawlins; numerous nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews, cousins and a host of friends. The family would like to extend a special thank you to the staff at Holzer Medical Center-Jackson, Grant Medical Center, and Edgewood Manor, for their recent care. We would also like to thank Jason Brown and the staff of Mayhew-Brown Funeral Home for their compassionate guidance. Funeral services will be held at 1pm on Saturday, July 19, 2025, at the Mayhew-Brown Funeral Home with burial at the Evergreen Cemetery, 3533 Sour Run Road, Wellston, Ohio, to follow. The family will receive friends 2 hours prior to the service from 11-1pm. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.Mayhew-brownfuneralhome.com

Connie Lou Rawlins

July 25, 1942 - July 16, 2025