Final Years and Death
Rankin was defeated for re-election to the House in 1952 by Congressman Thomas G. Abernethy after their districts were joined through redistricting.
Rankin died at his home in Tupelo on November 26, 1960. He is interred in Greenwood Cemetery in West Point, Mississippi.
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