Richard Ernest Ray,

Saturday, February 10, 2007 MR. RICHARD ERNEST RAY, SR., AGE 72, OF CALHOUN. DIED FRIDAY FEBRUARY 9TH IN GORDON HOSPITAL . MR. RAY WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA, MARCH 30, 1934. SON OF THE LATE CHESTER AND EULA ROLLINS RAY. HE HAD LIVED IN CALHOUN SINCE 1995 AND WAS A VETERAN OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY . RICHARD ATTENDED THE EAST CALHOUN CHURCH OF GOD AND WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS SON, RICHARD E. RAY, JR. IN 2003. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE; MARY RAY OF CALHOUN. FIVE DAUGHTERS; BETTY C. WALL OF CALHOUN, DEBORAH K. CASH OF CALHOUN, JANET ELAINE HENSLEE OF RABURN CO., GA., DINAH D. LAMBERT OF ALABAMA, AND KRYSTAL R. WHITMORE OF CALHOUN. TWO BROTHERS; CHARLES RAY OF ASHVILLE, NC., AND GARRISON RAY OF CLOVER, SC.. THREE SISTERS; JANICE SHUFFORD OF STANLEY, NC., FRANCES BINGHAM AND LORETTA SHARPE BOTH OF CLOVER, SC.. EIGHT GRANDCHILDREN AND ELEVEN GREAT-GRANDCHIDLREN, NEICES AND NEPHEWS ALSO SURVIVE. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED TUESDAY FEBRUARY 13TH AT 2PM FROM THE CHAPEL OF THOMAS FUNERAL HOME. WITH PASTOR KEITH REID OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW IN HAVEN OF REST CEMETERY. GRANDSONS WILL SERVE AS PALLBEARS. MUSIC WILL BE ARRANGED BY CHELSEA AND DOLLY LAMBERT. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS ON SUNDAY EVENING FROM 5 – 8 PM AND ON MONDAY FROM 2 UNTIL 8PM. YOU MAY SIGN THE REGISTER BOOK OF EXPRESS PRIVATE CONDOLENCES AT WWW. THOMASFUNERALHOMECALHOUN.COM. THOMAS FUNERAL IS IN CHARGE OF THE FUNERAL FOR MR. RICHARD ERNEST RAY,SR.