Eddy County, NM - OBIT:  Ernest Bray

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The following excerpts were taken from page 8- The Artesia
(NM) Daily Press - September 29, 1999

BRAY
Graveside services are scheduled Thursday, September 30, at Mount
Olive Cemetery in Healdton, OK, for Ernest Bray of Healdton.
Bray, 63, died September 28 in the Healdton Hospital after an 
extended illness.  He was born February 20, 1936, in Healdton to
Freeman and Catherine Reeves Bray.  He moved to California in 1957,
then to Artesia in 1958, where he was a charter member of the
Artesia Moose Lodge.  He moved back to Healdton in 1973, where he
owned and operated his own business.  He married Juanita Corbett in
Healdton on February 14, 1954.  She preceded him in death on
April 15, 1973.  He married Pearlene Volkman Chapman in Amarillo, TX,
on July 17, 1973.  Survivors include his wife, Pearlene, of the
home; sons Bob Chapman of Garland, TX, and Dennis Bray of Wilson, OK;
daughters Robin Ezell of Bridgeport, TX, Judy Ratliff of Wilson,
Tanya Cunningham of Ringling, OK, and Danita Jo Wear of Ruidoso, NM;
father Freeman Bray of Healdton; brothers Richard Bray of Healdton,
Tomie Bray of Healdton, and Jimmy Bray of Carthage, TX; sister
Kay Ford of Tacoma, Wash; and numerous grandchildren.