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Regina Collins
September 1, 2010
Today is your birthday and we are going to celebrate as we always have.We are having steak,potatoes,salad, shrimp and strawbery cake.And the biggest surprise is that your sister is cooking!Love you always baby,your mom
Kathy Baker
April 27, 2010
You will be missed Ray! Prayers to all his family and friends.
jennifer deal
April 26, 2010
ray will be 4ever loved an missed...he will be 4ever n our heart
Patty Wilkins
April 23, 2010
I will never forget Ray and he will be sadly missed. Our Prayers and thoughts are with the Family as they grieve their loss. I never really knew Ray all that well, but that never kept him from speaking to me if we ran into each other.
Then in early 2006, I went to see my Daddy while he was in the hospital. He had told me that the guy in the room with him was so nice and always answered the phone and would hand it to him and his wife would get him ice and cold water. When I got there, much to my surprise--behind the curtain laying in a bed was Ray. He had been looking after my Dad while they were both patients! I had to tell him and his wife how thankful I was, because people just aren't like that anymore. Humbly, Ray said, "Well somebody's got to do it." and lit up the room with his grin. Now that Ray and my Daddy are laid to rest, I know they are at peace and out of pain! I know they are watching over us until we can all be together again---Because---
"Well somebody's got to do it."
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jennifer deal
April 22, 2010
my thoughts an prayers are with the family...me an ray has bn friends since we was little kids runnin around martinsville church of god an my best memory of ray jr is the times me & him jamie bryant an taffy spent riden around listenin to this one song like 100 times maken ray jr sing it i miss though days me an ray lost touch but i never stopd thinkn bout him & wishn he could have gotn better...ray was the best friend anyone could had an im so blessed to have a friend like him..he will be sadly missd an 4ever loved by so many..an ray jr please take care of my sister in heaven til we all can be together again.. i know both of yall are lookn down on us..i love an will miss u ray jr
Michelle Adkins
April 22, 2010
Ray was so many things to me growing up. My best friend through it all. We got into lots of mischief together. We were each others shoulder to lean on when time were hard, we sat together on the bus, we were lab partners in biology, he was the greatest car stereo D.J. ever! we loved the same music. Heck we even dated people from the same family. He was full of love, and humor, he could always make me smile, yet he would always be straight with me and tell me the things I might not want to hear.
He loved his family, he told me he had the coolest sister ever, and always doted on his Mother and Granny. I never met his family but I know they were deeply loved by this man.
We lost touch a couple years after high school, but anytime we would run into each other we would pick right back up where we left off like no time had passed, and I know we will again, because as much as he loved us all he loved and had Faith in the Lord.
I love you Ray, rest easy my dear sweet friend.
April 21, 2010
When Ray and my 3 children were in high school, Ray was like an extra child of mine or at least that is how I felt. Ray and my son Joey were best of friends along with another one that I felt like was an extra child of mine Michelle.Ray and my daughter were high school sweethearts for a while and I just loved him to death. Some of my best memories was of all of them together on the weekends at my house and when they all went to the beach with us one summer. I loved Ray like one of my own I just wish he would have hung around with them all a bit longer. All my prayers are with your family and my heart aches for them because I know they are going to miss you so much. Now you can rest and not be sick anymore sweetie. In heaven you will have a brand new body that never hurts or aches. We love you! Mark and Pat Eanes ( Martinsville, Va)
Marie Garrett
April 21, 2010
My thoughts and prayers are with all of you as you deal with your loss. My favorite memory of Ray Jr. is of his staying close to his mom at the altar when we all worshipped together at the Martinsville Church of God in the mid-eighties. Someday, we all will be at the same place again worshipping together--with some changes. We will be together with our heavenly Father and His Son forever and forever! Marie Garrett
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