Obituaries: Frank E. Ray, 1963, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: September 26, 1963 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Final Rites For Frank Ray Held In Winnfield

Funeral services for Frank E. Ray, 53, of 4461 Clingman Dr., Shreveport, a
real estate agent and builder who died at 9:30 a.m. Sunday after a long
illness, were held at 10 a.m. Monday in Shreveport.

The rites were conducted by the Rev. Ernest Miller, associate pastor of the
Kings Highway Christian Church.  Burial was in Winnfield Cemetery in Winnfield
at 2:30 p.m. with Masonic rites at graveside.

Pallbearers were Blair Gray, Floyd Hodge, Harry W. Adair, Frank Shepard, Frank
Grigsby, and Roy Blaine.

Mr. Ray was a native of Calvin and had lived in Shreveport for 29 years.  He
attended the public schools in Winn Parish and graduated from Coyne Electrical
College in Chicago.  He was a veteran of World War II.

Mr. Ray was a deacon in the Kings Highway Christian Church and a member of the
American Legion, Queensborough Masonic Lodge, El Karubah Shrine Temple, and
the Shreveport-Bossier Board and Realtors.

Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Verda Fitch Ray; his mother, Mrs. C. L. Ray
of Winnfield; two sons, Claude L. Ray and John W. Ray, both of Shreveport; a
sister, Mrs. Lois Williamson of Jackson, Miss.; and six grandchildren.