Obit: Ray Thames, Franklin Parish, LA: Submitted by Shirley Ashley ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ************************************************ The Franklin Sun, Winnsboro, Franklin Parish, Louisiana April 26, 2000 Page 5 & 6A Volume 143 No. 37 Ray Thames Funeral services for Ray Thames, 86, of Mangham were held Tuesday, April 18, 2000, at New Light Baptist Church with the Rev. Roger Johnson and the Rev. Fred Keys officiating. Interment followed at Gwin Cemetery in Mangham under the direction of Brown-Holley Funeral Home of Rayville. Mr. Thames died Sunday, April 16, 2000, at St. Francis Medical Center in Monroe. He was a member of New Light Baptist Church, native of Mangham. Mr. Thames was a retired farmer and electrician, and worked at many of the cotton gins in the Mangham area. Mr. Thames was preceded in death by his wife, Ola Bell Thames; parents, Neal and Ella Thames; and a sister, Lorice Reagan. Survivors include daughters, Carol Jean Thames of Monroe; Linda Crain of Vidalia; sons, Dennis thames of rayville; Marshall Thames of Mangham; six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; sisters, Ruth Roundtree of West Monroe; Wilma Harris and Mavis Mangum both of Winnsboro; Doris Evans of Baton Rouge; brother, Thomas Thames of Mangham. Pallbearers were George Edward Thames, Billy Johnson, Travis "Bud" Chapman, Wayne Poindexter, Eddie Baroni and Gary Piro. Honorary pallbearers were Terry Mangum, Bob Chapman, Ersell Harwell and Leo Cheek.