Ray E. Haynes

I knew Ray for only a short time but we certainly shared some laughes. Our thing was that we bantered back and forth by calling each other names of flowers. The last Sunday before his passing I wrote on his name board in his room: I prefer to be called "Flower Petunia Ray." He got such a chuckle over that because he couldn't get up to change it. I'll miss you "daisy."

What can I say about my dad?? He taught me how to dance by having me stand on his feet and he would dance and I learned the steps that way!! He was a giving man and though this has been a year of great losses for both families (my step mama Midge) and dad so close together, there is comfort in knowing they are together, they never were apart in life it didn't surprise me they went so close together...they missed each other..we should all be so fortunte to find in this lifetime someone we can...

He was my Papa Ray. I a comforted as I know he is with my Mama Midge. No more pain, no more grief for either. I was so blessed to have had my Papa and my 2 moms in my life. The caring, the laughter shall always be with me. They are both missed but never forgotten...