Obituaries: Claude L. Ray, 1958, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: June 5, 1958 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

C. L. Ray, Past Mayor Of Calvin, Buried May 30

Final rites for Claude L. Ray, 78, who died in a local hospital May 29, were
conducted at the Southern Funeral Home Chapel at 3 p.m. Sunday, with the Rev.
E. D. Smith, pastor of the Calvin Baptist Church, officiating.  Burial was
in the Winnfield Cemetery under direction of Southern Funeral Home.

Masonic rites were conducted at the graveside with members of the Calvin
Masonic Lodge serving as pallbearers.

A retired merchant of Calvin, Mr. Ray was the first Mayor to serve the Village
of Calvin.  He was a member of the Calvin Baptist Church and of the Masonic
Lodge.  He had been in ill health a long time.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. C. L. Ray, who is now making her home in
Jackson, Miss., with her daughter; one daughter, Mrs. E. L. Williamson,
Jackson, Miss.; one son, Frank Ray, Shreveport; four grandchildren, five great
grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. J. J. Carr, Alexandria, Mrs. Alton
Hendrickson, New Orleans, Mrs. Albert Maynard, St. Petersburg, Fla., Mrs. Alma
Suess, El Paso, Texas; one brother, Walter Shep Ray, Winnfield.