Obituaries: S. S. Ray, 1930, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: October 23, 1930 Winn Parish Enterprise

Funeral Services For S. S. Ray Held Here Sunday

Dispatcher for Tremont & Gulf Succumbs After Prolonged Illness

Funeral services for S. S. Ray, 46 years old, who died at his home here
Saturday after an illness of many months, were held at the family residence,
Sunday, the Father Howard, conducting the services.  Interment was in the
Winnfield Cemetery.

Mr. Ray was an employee of the Tremont & Gulf Railway Company, having been
their dispatcher since 1920.  November 24, 1915 he married Miss Sadie McKenna,
of Sioux City, Iowa, to which union seven children were born, six of whom
survive.  He is survived by his widow, six children, mother, four sisters, and
four brothers.  The children are Bernadine, Robert, Harold, Glenn, Jimmie, and
Joe Faith.  The mother is Mrs. J. W. Ray.  Sisters: Mrs. J. J. Carr of Eros;
Mrs. Clara Jenkins of New Orleans; Mrs. Alma Suess of El Paso, Texas; Mrs.
Annie Maynard of Oxford, Mass; brothers J. E. Ray, Boyce; C. L. Ray, Calvin;
W. S. Ray, Monterey El Campo, Texas; Reece Ray, Alexandria.

Pallbearers were John T. DeLoach, Dan Page, Ed Gassiott, James Dowdell,
Clarence Dark, and L. H. Smith.