TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La.

OBITUARIY for RAY, MILDRED BROWN 
  
Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Published in Houma Today & The Daily Comet from Nov. 15 to Nov. 16, 2016

Died: Wednesday, November 9, 2016

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RAY, MILDRED BROWN 

Mildred Brown Ray, 83, a native and resident of Houma, passed away peacefully 
at 5:54 p.m. on Wednesday, November 9, 2016.

Visitation will be from 5 p.m. until memorial service time at 7 p.m. on 
Thursday, November 17 at Greater St. Matthews Baptist Church, 183 Smith Lane in 
Houma. Visitation will resume at 9 a.m. until funeral time at 11:00 a.m. on 
Friday, November 18 at the church. 

Burial will follow in St. Luke Baptist Cemetery.

She is survived by her sons, James Ray (Mary), Leonard Ray, III. (Gwendolyn), 
Sylvester Ray, Clarence Ray Sr. (Karen), Edward Ray, Sr., Charles Ray Sr. 
(Lynette), David Ray, Terry Short (Kisma) and Allen Short (Tracy); daughter, 
Patricia Ray Gaither; thirty-four grandchildren; seventy great-grandchildren; 
fourteen great-great-grandchildren; and sister, Alice Mae Andrews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Leonard Ray, Jr.; son, Joseph Ray, 
Sr.; daughters, Gloria R. Short, Mary Ann and Dianne Ray; great grandchildren, 
D'quita Johnson, Devanta Poindexter and Edward Ray, Jr.; parents, Evan, Sr. and 
Elnora Joshua-Brown; brothers, Robert and Evans Brown, Jr.; sisters, Pansy 
Davis and Elnora Brown.

Arrangements entrusted to Jones Funeral Home of Houma.

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