Obituary of Edgar RAY, Macoupin County IL, 17 Jun 1998

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Name of Deceased: RAY, Edgar.
Name of Newspaper: unknown
Date of Obituary: unknown
Died 9 Dec 1932

Funeral services for Edgar Ray, who died Friday, were held in the Baptist 
church at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, Rev. Frank Wheeler of Carlinville officiating, 
assisted by the pastor Rev. Ernest Cox of Springfield.  Interment was made 
in Girard cemetery.
Edgar Ray, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Ray was born near Mulberry Grove, 
Ill., June 7, 1887, and departed from this life on Friday, December 9, 1932
at 6:25 a.m. following an illness of several months duration, aged 45 
years, 4 months, 2 days.
He attended the public school in the class of 1905, being the only boy in a
class of 10 graduates.
Part of his life was spent in his home community, the remainder in Girard.
On June 2, 1912, he was united in marriage to Miss Zenia Wheeler, of Girard
of which union two children were born, namely, Hazel of Evansville, Indiana
and Edgar, Jr., at home.  He is also survived by his wife, his mother and 
father, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Ray of Mulberry Grove, one sister, Mrs. 
Mattie Palmer, Evansville, Indiana, and one half brother, Walter Elam, 
Mulberry Grove.
In the year 1925, on April 12, under the ministry of Rev. A.B. Wimmer, Mr. 
Ray gave his heart to Christ and united with the First Baptist Church of 
Girard.
The flower girls were:  Mrs. C.E. Hammond, Mrs. Wm. Heinkle, Mrs. Newt 
Berkley, Mrs. John Wylder, Mrs. Glenn Stutsman, Mrs. Ralph Anderson, Mrs. 
Roy McFarland, Mrs. Ida Nash, Mrs. Than VanArsdale and Mrs. Emma Shearer.
The pallbearers were Newt Berkley, Wm. Heinkle, Ralph Anderson, Glenn 
Stutsman, Dr. C.E. Hammond and Than VanArsdale.


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