BORN
1937
DIED
2025
Billy Ray Obituary
Funeral services for Billy L. Ray will be held Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. at Rose Neath Funeral Home Chapel in Minden, Louisiana. Interment will follow at Pine Grove Cemetery in Minden, Louisiana. The family will receive friends from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. Saturday, January 4, 2025, at Rose Neath Funeral Home in Minden.
Billy was born September 26, 1937, in Vidalia, Louisiana and entered into rest January 2, 2025, in Shreveport, Louisiana.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Betty Ray.
He is survived by his sons, Mark Ray (Marla) of Laneville, Texas, and Jeff Ray (Terrie of Minden, daughter, Tracy Page of Beaumont, Texas, five grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.
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