Mildred Rains, who served as the director of code enforcement at the City of Covington and as a city commissioner two different times, died Friday.

She was 77.

Rains worked for the City of Covington for 33 years, eventually rising to lead the code enforcement department.

She was appointed to the city commission in 2009 but was unsuccessful in the 2010 election for a full two-year term. Rains ran again in 2012 and won a seat on the commission. Her 2014 reelection bid was unsuccessful.

Mildred Rains, left, during a December 2014 Covington city commission meeting with Commissioner Michelle Williams (center) and then-City Solicitor Frank Warnock (right). Michael Monks/LINK nky file.

According to her obituary, Rain was born in Middlesboro, Tennessee in 1944. She is survived by two children and five grandchildren. Her husband Joe Edd Rains died previously.

Rains will be remembered at a visitation scheduled for Saturday, June 4 from 4 to 6 p.m. at Newcomer Cremations, Funerals & Receptions, 4350 Dixie Highway, Erlanger.

A farewell from the outgoing Covington city commission in December 2014. Mildred Rains is seated in the front row at the right next, right to left, Commissioner Chuck Eilerman, Mayor Sherry Carran, Commissioner Steve Frank, and Commissioner Michelle Williams. City staff members, left to right, Maggie Nyhan, Larisa Sims, and Lisa Desmarais are in the back row. Michael Monks/LINK nky file.

A visitation will be held Saturday, June 4, 2022 from 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm at Newcomer Cremations, Funerals & Receptions – Northern Kentucky Chapel, 4350 Dixie Highway, Erlanger, Kentucky 41018

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