Dorothy Ray

Dorothy "Dot" Ray HONAKER, Va. Mrs. Dorothy "Dot" Ray, age 76, passed away Satur day, Aug. 7, 2010, in a Lebanon, Va., hospital. Born April 14, 1934, in Russell County, Va., she was a daughter of the late Howard Albert and Ruby Alberta Dye Ray. A lifelong resident of the area she was formerly employed as a seamstress at Lebanon Apparel and Honaker Mills. She attended Honaker Church of God. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two sisters, Linda Gay Stump and Helen Fern Connard; one grandson, Gary Shawn Ray; and one great-granddaughter, Sara Beth Street. Survivors include three children, Darrell Ray of Lebanon, and Rita Stump and Gary Ray, both of Bristol Virginia; three guardian grandchildren, Ed Stump of Johnson City, Tenn., Crystal Chaffin of Cleveland, Va., and Jennifer Hale of Honaker; grandchildren, Michelle Ray of Tullahoma, Tenn., Angela Street and Jessica Ray, both of Lebanon, Timothy Ray of Honaker; and special grandson, Joshua Ray of Bristol Tennessee; five great-grandchildren; three step-great-grandchildren; two brothers, Henry Ray and Steward Dye, both of Northeast, Md.; four sisters, Mabel Blatchford of Las Vegas, Gladys Tiller of Wilmington, Del., Frances Yates of Honaker, and Betty Pickthorn of Miamisburg, Ohio; and several nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Honaker Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jim Ensor officiating. Entombment will follow in the Greenhills Memory Gardens Mausoleum in Claypool Hill, Va. Pallbearers will be Dennis Street, Tim Ray, Josh Ray, Scott Ray, Lawrence Ray and Grady Wells Jr. Friends may call at the Honaker Funeral Home after 6 p.m. Monday where an evening song service will be conducted at 7 p.m. Online condolences may be sent to www.honakerfuneralhome.net