Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ray, Dr. Burton J., 1965 

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DR. BURTON JUSTICE RAY

   Funeral services for Dr. Burton Justice Ray, 82, were held in the Franklin 
Baptist Church Friday at 11 a.m.

   Dr. Ray, scientist, scholar, industrial executive and civic leader, died 
late Wednesday afternoon in his home of Clay Street.

   A native of Raleigh, he was a longtime resident of Franklin.  His parents 
were John Edwin and Mrs. Finie Carter Ray.  His widow is the former Sallie 
Shepherd Camp.

   He was educated at Wake Forest College, where he earned A.B. and M.A. 
degrees.  He won a Ph.D degree in chemistry from Cornell University, N.Y.

   Initially, he was a practicing chemical consultant in Norfolk until 1917, 
when he moved to Franklin and became associated with Camp Manufacturing Co. 
He was a secretary and treasurer of the company until he retired in 1948.

   In 1961 Dr. Ray was designated First Citizen of Franklin, an award of the 
Business and Professional Women’s Club of Franklin.

   Dr. Ray was an enthusiastic golfer and did much to develop the course at 
Cypress Cove Country Club here.  Some years ago at the Club erected a golfers’ 
bench in his honor, bearing a bronze plaque with his name and an expression of 
appreciation for his sportsmanship and leadership.

   Dr. Ray served his county arduously during World War II as chairman of the 
Draft Board of Southampton County for five years.  For that service he and 
other members of the Board were honored with certificates of merit from the 
Commonwealth of Virginia, presented by then Governor William M. Tuck at a 
ceremony in Norfolk.

   He was one of the founders of Franklin Concrete Products Corp. and its 
secretary and treasurer until death.

   He was a member of Franklin Baptist Church, a past chairman of its Deacons 
Board, church treasurer, and Sunday school superintendent.

   He was a former president of the Virginia Baptist Association and Virginia 
Baptist Orphanage and a member of Virginia Baptist Missions and Board of 
Education.

   He had served on the Town Council and was a former director of the Camp 
Foundation and a former president of Cypress Cove County Club and Franklin 
Rotary Club.

   Surviving are his widow, the former Sallie Shepherd Camp; two sons, Robert 
Camp Ray of Franklin and John Edwin Ray, III of New York; five grandchildren 
and a great-grandchild.

   Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery with W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral 
Home in charge.

   Pallbearers were Toy Savage Jr., Sol Rawls Jr., William M. Camp Jr., Clay 
Camp, James L. Camp, 3rd, Ellsworth Jones, John M. Camp Jr. and Clifford 
Cutchins 3rd.

Burton Justice RAY, Ph.D, chemist, industrial executive & civic leader, 
chairman of Southampton Co. WW-II draft board, 
former member of Franklin town council, 
Raleigh, NC native, d. 18 Aug 1965, at home, Franklin, age 82, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 69B*), Franklin, 
   20 Aug 1965, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 23, 1965, p. 1 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
   Poplar Spring list:
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt] 

His wife's obits (donated & "Richmond Times-Dispatch," Jan. 25, 1978, B-2) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r000s2ob.txt 

Page 136 
Burton Justice Ray, 32, s, North Carolina, Norfolk, Va., Chemist, s/o John E. and Finie E. Carter Ray 
10-21-1915 Franklin, Southampton County, Virginia by Rev. W.V. Savage 
Sallie Shepherd Camp, 22, s, So.Co., So.Co., d/o James Leonidas and Caroline "Carrie" Fountain Savage Camp 
(Southampton Co. MB14:191; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders) 

175. 10/21/1915, Southampton, by W.V. Savage 
B.J. Ray, 32, single, b. North Carolina, res. Norfolk, Va., sn/o J.E. & F.E. Ray, Chemist 
Sallie S. Camp, 22, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., dt/o Jas.L. & Carrie S. Camp 


223. m. 12/28/1910, Southampton Co., by J.L. McCutcheon 
M.H. Johnson, 40, widowed, b. NC, res. Southampton Co., 
   sn/o M.H. & M.S. Johnson, Saw Milling 
Lottie Lee Avent, 29, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   dt/o D.C. & Avent [sic] 
(Southampton Co. M.Reg. {BVS copy}; file at: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb14pt.txt) 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
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