Anita Faye Raines, age 71, of Meridian, Mississippi, passed away peacefully on October 5, 2026. She was born on March 2, 1955, in Clarke County, Mississippi, to Henry Ford Johnson and Florence Marie Johnson.

Anita was a talented hairdresser who owned and operated her own business in Meridian. Above all, she was a devoted mother and grandmother who deeply loved her family.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry Ford Johnson and Florence Marie Johnson; brother, Henry Edward Johnson; sister, Elizabeth Marie Robinson; son, Curtis Wayne Raines Jr.; daughter, Amanda Diane Hopkins; and grandchildren, Colby Wayne Hopkins and Caylen Jay Waddell.

Anita is survived by her daughter, Sonya Agustin and her husband, Chris; siblings, Gloria Jean Simpson, Shelia Ann Lewis, Jackie Sue Johnson, and Floy Pearl Neal; grandchildren, Dylan Raines and his wife, Jenny, Courtney Raines and her husband, Alan, Brandon Hopkins, Bryan Hopkins, Curtis Wayne Raines III, and Dylan Criddle; and great-grandchildren, Logan Raines, Camden Raines, Scarlett Criddle, and Evalynn Criddle.

Visitation will be held on Friday, October 9, 2026, from 8:30 until 10:00 a.m. at Webb & Stephens Funeral Home-North, located at 7774-A Highway 39 North, Meridian, Mississippi 39305. The funeral service will begin at 10:00 a.m., with Bro. Tyler Simpson officiating. Burial will immediately follow at Lockhart Church Cemetery in Toomsuba, Mississippi.