Mitchell County NcArchives Obituaries.....Ray, Blaine December 23, 2005
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Mitchell News-Journal 1/04/06  
BLAINE RAY 
BAKERSVILLE - Blaine Ray, 89, of Pigeon Roost Road, died Friday, Dec. 23, 2005 
at his home. He was the son of the late James B. and Hester Hughes Ray. He was 
also preceded in death by two sisters, Lucille Barnett and Hannah Ray; and four 
brothers, Garfield, Walter, Biss and Garrett Ray. He was a former employee of 
Mt. Mitchell State Park, and later a ranger with the U.S. Forest Service. He 
was a member of Pigeon Roost Freewill Baptist Church and a member of Bald Creek 
Masonic Lodge #397.

Survivors include his wife, Evelyn Bennett Ray of the home; a daughter, Imajean 
of Burnsville; a sister, Emma Honeycutt of Green Mountain; one granddaughter; 
and one great grandson. Funeral services were held at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the 
chapel of Henline-Hughes Funeral Home in Bakersville. Rev. Jerry Barnett 
officiated. Burial was at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Bennett Cemetery on Pigeon Roost 
Road. Memorial donations may be made to Hospice of Mitchell County, P.O. Box 
38, Spruce Pine, NC 28777. 




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