Elder Arthur Leroy Ray, 89, of Winecoff School Road,
Concord, died Thursday, December 12, 2019 at the Tucker Hospice House.
He was born April 30, 1930 in Raeford, son of the late John
Richard Ray and the late Maddie Handon Ray. He was educated in the Hoke County
schools and attended Upchurch High School.
He was the owner and operator of a dry cleaners. He was a former member
of Greater St. Paul of Brooklyn, New York and St. James United Church of God in
Raeford, where he had served as chairman of the Deacon Board, superintendent of
the Sunday School, choir president, and church counsel. He most recently
attended New Life Baptist Church in Concord.
Services will be held Friday, December 20, 2019 at New Life
Baptist Church, Concord. Visitation will
be 9-9:30 a.m. with the funeral at 9:30 a.m. Burial will follow at Highland
Biblical Gardens in Raeford.
Survivors are one son, Arthur D. Ray (Linda) of Concord;
three grandchildren, Deshara Ray, Ursula Ray and Lincoln Collins; and great-grandchildren,
Javian Knight, and Makayla Aydelotte.
Clark Funeral Home, Inc. is serving the family.