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The Honorable Grady Donald Rains (1961)

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Class of 1961 | Inducted 1976

  • Grady Donald Rains, a businessman and rancher graduated from Stark High School in Orange, Texas and attended Navarro College for a year before earning a degree from Texas State University.

  • He served three years in the U.S. Marine Corp.

  • Rains owned and operated his own insurance agency and was a member of the San Marcos Rotary Club, San Marcos Chamber of Commerce and the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association.

  • Rains was the Texas State Representative for District 45 and served on various committee including the High Education, Financial Institution, Appropriations, Elections etc.

  • He was a state representative from 1975-1983.

 


 

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