Services for William A. “Bill” Ray of Brookhaven are 11 a.m.,Friday, Oct. 10, at Wilson Funeral Home Chapel in Monticello withburial in Monticello United Methodist Church Cemetery. The Revs.Ron Barham and John Daniels will officiate.

Visitation is Thursday, Oct. 9, from 5-9 p.m. at the funeralhome.

Mr. Ray, 87, died Oct. 8, 2003, at King’s Daughters MedicalCenter in Brookhaven. A native of Webster County, he was born Oct.8, 1916, at Tomnolen.

He was retired from the Chevron Oil Company where he worked formore than 30 years. He worked for the company at Cranfield, andthen offshore in the Gulf of Mexico out of Venice, La. He had manytalents, including carpentry, a craft he learned from his fatherand later practiced while a member of the Civilian ConservationCorps. He loved gardening, hunting and fishing. He was extremelydevoted to his family and loved doing things for others.

He married his wife, the former Inez Hall, a Coffeeville native,on May 15, 1936. After raising their three daughters at Cranfield,they moved to Monticello in the late 1960s and lived there until2000 when they moved to Brookhaven.

Preceding him in death were his parents, William B. and MargaretE. Ray, five sisters and two brothers.

Survivors are his wife, Inez Hall Ray of Brookhaven; hisdaughters and sons-in-law, Ann and Roger Boyd of Brookhaven, Judyand Steve Clyburn of Monticello, and Sue and Mike Windham ofBrookhaven; his six grandchildren, Scott Boyd of Brandon and Macon,Eric Boyd of Brookhaven, Catherine Byrd of Petal, Todd Windham andBen Windham, both of Oxford and Justin Windham of Brookhaven; andfive great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to the Monticello United Methodist ChurchCemetery Fund, P.O. Box 87, Monticello, MS 39654.