Doreatha Rasin

Doreatha Phyllis Alford Rasin, "Wink", departed this life to rest with her Heavenly Father after losing her battle with cancer on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at Chesapeake Woods in Cambridge, Maryland. Born January 23, 1932 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Doreatha was the daughter of the Boyd and Thelma Alford. She was the biological daughter of the late Downs Curtis. Doreatha moved to Oxford as a teenager where she attended and graduated from the Robert Russa Moton High School in 1949. She graduated from Morgan State College. On August 23, 1957, she was joined in marriage to Walter T. "Bobby" Rasin and accompanied him in his military service. Upon her return from England in 1968, Doreatha returned to Oxford and became the assistant to Mrs. Anne Webb at Oxford Elementary School. With her husband's retirement in 1968, the Rasins moved to Los Angeles, California where Doreatha became employed by the Los Angeles Unified School District. There she served as an Aide for the Kindgarten and fourth grade, later retiring from the Reading Lab at Woodcrest Elementary School in 1994. In 1998, she relocated to Oxford where she became her mother's caregiver for six years. At an early age, Doreatha joined Waters United Methodist Church and maintained the membership until her demise. There she served as a member of the United Methodist Women, Women's Choir, Finance Committee, Hospitality Committee and was the chairperson of the Staff/Parish Relations Committee at the time of her illness. Active in the community, she was a Board Member of the Oxford Museum and the Community Center. She worked with the Lunch Bunch at Holy Trinity, was secretary for the John Wesley Church Restoration Project, Board member of Moton Alumni Association, member of NAACP, Mary Jane Henry Order of the Eastern Star, Blake-Blackston Post #77 Auxiliary and the Annual Oxford Ice Cream Social. Left to cherish Doreatha's memory are her husband, Bobby; son, Angelo (Los Angeles, CA); stepdaughter, Katurah Jones (Tampa, FL); granddaughter, Tianna Rasin (Portland, Oregon); three aunts, Agnes Washington (Queenstown, MD), Frances Curtis (Oxford, MD) and Aileen Ayers (Cambridge, MD); four play sisters, Mirian Bush (Los Angeles, CA), Ruby Lott (Los Angeles, CA and Jackson, MI), Barbara Lawson (Los Angeles, CA) and Ruby Brooks (Los Angeles, CA); a co-worker and prayer partner, Camilla Gaines (Los Angeles, CA); ex-neighbor and lunch partner, Saint Clair Siefert (Oxford, MD and Houston, TX); five god-daughters-sisters, Karen Jones (Corona, CA), Sheila Rider (Compton, CA), Ann Taylor (Los Angeles, CA) a�" sisters, Gail Heard (Tampa, FL) and Sherry Heard (Los Angeles, CA) and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Services will be held on Saturday, June 23rd 11am at Waters United Methodist Church Oxford, MD with Rev. Dartanyon Hines officiating and Rev. Alma Boulden Eulogist; There will be a viewing Friday evening 6-8pm at and two hours prior to service at the church. Interment will be Monday, June 25th 10am at the Veterans Cemetery Hurlock, MD.