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—THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS, FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1943 Speaker’s Brother Dies Following Heart Attack i (AP).—Will Rayburn, 65, brother - of Speaker of the House Sam Ray- j burn, died in a hospital Thursday . at 4:45 p.m. Rayburn had been - seriously sick three days. | The Speaker, who had planned , earlier Thursday to hasten to his I brother’s bedside, left Washington t less than an hour after Will Ray- : burn’s death. He will arrive at Denison Saturday morning. Will Rayburn had lived here most of the time since 1888. With his brother he helped operate their beautiful farm near this Northeast Texas city. He was born in Roan County, Tennessee. He was formerly Deputy United 1 States Marshal under Judge Ran- dolph Bryant at Sherman. Surviving are three sisters, Miss Lou Rayburn and Mrs. S. E. Bart- ley of Bonham and Mrs. W. A. Thomas of Dallas; and four brothers, Sam Rayburn, Jim Ray- burn of Dodd City, Dick Rayburn of Dallas and Tom Rayburn of Bon- ham. Funeral services will be held Saturday with burial here. ------