Leona M Ray, age 90 of Mineral Bluff, GA, went home to be with her Lord on Thursday, September 19, 2019. She was born on July 1, 1929, in Mineral Bluff, GA, to the late Edger & Annie Arp Dye. A life long member of New Prospect Baptist Church, Mrs. Ray loved to spend time with her family, sharing meals and good times. Leona goes home to be with her babies, Barbara, Sherry, and Frankie; parents, Edger & Annie Arp Dye and her beloved husband Grady Ray Sr. She will be remembered by all who knew her, but especially missed by her children, Patricia (Roy) Truelove, Greta (Steve) Mize, Juanita (the late Jerry) Gilliam, Anita (the late James) Allen, Sandra (Tom) Deyton, Grady (Joyce) Ray Jr., Charles (Sherry) Ray and Gail (Mark) Johnson. Also sharing in her legacy are sixteen grandchildren, twenty-eight great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held on Sunday, September 22, 2019, at 4:00 pm, from the Chapel of Henry-Cochran Funeral Home with Rev. Grady Ray Jr. and Rev. Scotty Graves officiating. Interment will follow in the New Prospect Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1:00 pm until the funeral hour.
Henry-Cochran Funeral Home is honored to be serving the family.