Obituary of A Z Mitchell Ray

A Z Ray, age 79, passed away on August 1, 2013. The family will be receiving friends at Sellars Funeral Home in Lebanon from 2-8 p.m. on Sunday and from 11 a.m. until the service on Monday. The Celebration of Life, conducted by Brother Wendell Judkins, is 1 p.m. on Monday, August 5, 2013. Interment in Hermitage Memorial Gardens will immediately follow the service. Pallbearers: Doug Arnold, Brad Hambrick, Rick Saylors, Kyle Good, Hunter Robinson, Mike Robinson, T.J. Tumbaridis, and Tom Tumbaridis. Honorary Pallbearers: Sandra Hollis, Samantha Duncan, Debbie Turpin, Deborah Blackburn, and Sandra Hoskins. Survivors include wife of 44 years, Grace Wright Ray; children: Davia (Roy) Williams and Tameria (Jeff) Shaver; brother: James "J.T." Thomas (Ollie) Ray; 3 granddaughters; 4 great-granddaughters; 7 step-grandchildren; and 16 step-great grandchildren. He is preceded in death by parents Sylva and Lena Bell Farley Ray, sister Hazel Garman, brother Walter Ray, and grandson Zachary Holt.