Mrs. Bernice Ray's Obituary
BERNICE RAY WAS BORN NOVEMBER 27, 1929 IN STONEWALL, MS TO THE LATE JAMES WILLIAMS SR. AND MARY EASTLAND WILLIAMS. BERNICE WAS A STRONG WOMAN WITH A LOT OF SP ARK. SHE MET AND MARRIED EUGENE RAY ON AUGUST 14, 1948 IN STONEWALL, MS. TO TIDS UNION EIGHT CHILDREN WERE BORN. BERNICE WAS A MEMBER OF "THE CHURCH OF GOD" IN STONEWALL, MS WHERE SHE SERVED FAITHFULLY UNTIL HER HEALTH FAILED. SHE DEPARTED TIDS LIFE ON APRIL 1, 2020. SHEW AS WELL KNOWN IN THE COMMUNITY AND SERVED AS A SECOND ADOPTIVE MOTHER TO OTHERS. SHE WAS A DEDICATED HOUSEWIFE AND WORKED FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AT BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES. PRECEDINGHERINDEATHWASHERMOTHER,FATHER,HUSBAND,AND FOURTEEN SISTERS AND SEVEN BROTHERS. SHE LEAVE TO MOURN HER PASSING EIGHT CHILDREN: MARY LEVERETTE, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, JEANETTE WATKINS (HARLAN) AND JAMES RAY, RACINE WI, ROBERT RAY, STONEWALL, MS, EVELYN BROWN (WILLIE) ENTERPRISE, MS, WANDA HARRIS (WELTON) HATTIESBURG, MS, RHONDA BROWN AND ROBIN DA VIS (TOMMY) LOS ANGELES, CA, TEN GRAND CHILDREN, TWELVE GREAT GRAND CHILDREN AND ONE GREAT, GREAT, GRANDCHILD. TWO SISTER-IN-LAWS AND A HOST OF DEAR NIECES (QUEENIE) AND NEPHEWS AND FRIENDS (LUCILLE).
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