The Rankin Family

Canadian country folk group from Mabou, Nova Scotia, formed in 1989. John Morris Rankin died in a car accident in Cape Breton on January 16, 2000. Geraldine Rankin, one of the original founders of the group, died in Calgary January 10, 2007, the result of a brain aneurysm. Raylene Rankin died on September 30, 2012, after a long fight with cancer.