Jody Rainwater was his stage name. He played bass and was so popular as a Bluegrass Humorist he often got separate billing with Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs' Foggy Mountain Boys where he was the stand-up bass player.Rainwater was born Charles Edward Johnson in Surry County, North Carolina in 1920. He died December 24th, 2011 at age 92.
Rainwater died in hospice care at Richmond Virginia’s Retreat Doctor’s Hospital. For the last two years he suffered from heart disease. A funeral will be held today, Wednesday, at 1 p.m. at Jennings-McMillian Funeral Home in Crewe, VA. Burial will follow at Trinity Memorial Gardens in Rice, VA.
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