Joseph "Sir Joe" Rainge, Sr.

July 4, 1944 - April 2, 2021

RAINGE, Mr. Joseph Sr. "Sir Joe" - age 76, passed away on Friday, April 2, 2021 at his residence. Family hour 10:00AM Saturday, April 10, 2021 from the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 268 North Perry Street., with funeral service commencing immediately at 11:00 AM. Dr. John D. Tolbert, Officiating. Interment Eastwood Memorial Gardens Cemetery, 7500 Wares Ferry Road. Montgomery, Alabama Zip 36117. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the funeral home at 10:00 AM Saturday. Mr. Rainge will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home and may be viewed from 12Noon-6PM Friday. Final Arrangements Entrusted to E.G. Cummings Funeral Home, Inc. 1120 Bragg Street Montgomery, AL Zip Code 36108. Phone (334) 265-9221; Fax (334) 334-265-7709. Mr. Rainge leaves to cherish his memory: children, Cewanda (Damon)Todd, Joseph E. Rainge, Jr, Jonathan C. (Selina) Rainge and Tonya A. Rainge; grandchildren, Le’Onidia Rainge, Sydney Wilson, Josephine Jackson, Elijah Rainge, Zwatti Rainge, Quentin Todd, Kendall Todd, Jeffrey Douglas, Sabrina Douglas and Jordan Douglas; great-grandchildren, Norah Rainge and Joseph W. Rainge; siblings, Margaret (Earl) Williams, Cleo (Willie) Wilson, Elizabeth (Zeek) Washington, Bessie (John) Wright, Fred (Mildred) Rainge, Jack (Billie Jean) Rainge; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives and friends. Mr. Rainge was preceded in death by his parents, Dinah and Jack Rainge; brother, Louis Rainge; and sisters, Margaret Ree Williams and Clara White.