Individual Details

Pleasant "Gus" Ray

(24 Sep 1889 - 24 Dec 1976)

The Southeast Missourian, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, December 27, 1976, Page 4, Col. 5 & 6: Diehlstadt (Special) Service was held at 2 p.m. today in the McMikle Funeral home here for Gus Ray of Diehlstadt. The Rev. Ben Burks of Marston, assisted by the Rev. Ralph Marshall, pastor of the Diehlstadt General Baptist Church, officiated. Burial was in the IOOF Cemetery near Charleston. Mr. Ray, 87, was born in Cypress, Ill, on Sept. 24, 1899. He had lived in Scott County for the past 71 years. He was a retired carpenter and a member of the Diehlstadt General Baptist Church. On Dec. 14, 1913, he married the former Miss Eva Kirkpatrick who preceded him in death on Jan. 22, 1968. On May 17, 1969, he married the former Mrs. Martha Leona Ross, who preceded him in death on July 14, 1973. One sister also preceded him in death. Surviving: sons, Logan Ray, Potosi, Charlie Ray, Mountain Grove, daughters, Miss Frada Ray, Mrs. Roseolea Tomlinson, both of St. Louis, and Mrs. Reveria Hays, Stroudsburg, Pa., brothers, Arthur Ray, Eldorado, Ill., Artys Ray, High Ridge, 13 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren. Mr. Ray died at 7 p.m. Friday in Delta Community Hospital in Sikeston, following a short illness.

Events

Birth24 Sep 1889Cypress, Johnson Co., Illinois
Residence1900Grand Pier & Polk Precincts, Pope Co., Illinois
Residence1910Richland, Scott Co., Missouri
Marriage13 Dec 1913Scott Co., Missouri - Eva Kirkpatrick
Residence1920Tywappity, Scott Co., Missouri
Residence1930Diehlstadt, Scott Co., Missouri
Death24 Dec 1976Sikeston, Scott Co., Missouri
Alt name??? Ray
BurialI. O. O. F. Cemetery, Charleston, Mississippi Co., Missouri

Families

SpouseEva Kirkpatrick (1894 - 1968)
ChildJames Logan Ray Sr. (1914 - 1996)
ChildCharles H Ray (1917 - 2006)
ChildFreida Helene Ray (1919 - 1991)
ChildRosalie M. Ray (1921 - 2010)
ChildReverta J. Ray (1929 - )

Endnotes

1. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

2. Obituary of Gus Ray, The Southeast Missourian, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, December 27, 1976, Page 4, Col. 5 & 6.

3. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

4. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

5. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

6. Obituary of Gus Ray, The Southeast Missourian, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, December 27, 1976, Page 4, Col. 5 & 6.

7. Ancestry.com, Missouri Marriages 1805-2002.

8. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

9. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

10. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

11. Obituary of Gus Ray, The Southeast Missourian, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, December 27, 1976, Page 4, Col. 5 & 6.

12. Obituary of Bernie M. Kirkpatrick, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri, undated.

13. Find A Grave.

14. Obituary of Gus Ray, The Southeast Missourian, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, December 27, 1976, Page 4, Col. 5 & 6.