Obituaries: Jemima Barton Ray, 1954, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: January 7, 1954 Winn Parish Enterprise

Mrs. Jemima Ray Funeral Is Held At Sardis Sun.

Mrs. Jemima Ray, 69 year old resident of Winnfield, Route 1, died last Friday
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Henry Ross in Winnfield.  She had been ill
for a long while.

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 at Sardis Baptist Church.
Dr. W. L. Holcomb, pastor of the First Baptist Church, Winnfield, officiated,
assisted by Rev. Waynon Mott, pastor of Lauren Heights Baptist Church, and
Rev. E. W. Evans, pastor of the Tannehill Baptist Church.  Burial was in the
Sardis Cemetery under direction of a local funeral home.

Mrs. Ray was the widow of the late Warren G. Ray.  She was a member of the
Sardis Church and a lifelong resident of Winn Parish.  She was born here on
August 2, 1884.

She is survived by two sons, Charlie Ray of Winnfield and Vernon Ray of
Jackson, Miss.; two daughters, Mrs. John T. Fannin and Mrs. J. H. Ross, both
of Winnfield; 12 grandchildren and five great grandchildren; one brother, C.
D. Barton of Winnfield; two sisters, Mrs. Ruby Tidwell of Dry Prong and Mrs.
J. S. Collins of Atlanta.

Pallbearers were Billy Ross, Lawrence Ray, both grandsons; Sam Canerday, Clyde
Smith, Jr., grandsons-in-law; and Luther Collins and Virgil Barton, nephews.