Donald Ray
Posted: July 11, 2012
COLUMBUS — Donald Lemar Ray, 60, died July 2, 2012, at his residence. Services are Thursday at 2 p.m. at Weir United Methodist Church with the Rev. Jack Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Weir Cemetery. Visitation is one hour prior to services. Coleman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Ray was born Sept. 23, 1951, to Virginia Woodward Ray of Sandy, Utah and the late Charles Lemar Ray. He completed the graduate program in Hospital Administration at Mississippi College and earned a bachelors degree in Business Administration from Mississippi State University. He was a member of Pi Kappa Alpha and First United Methodist Church. He retired as Hospital Administrator from Grenada Lake Medical Center. In addition to his mother, survivors include his son, Patrick L. Ray of Grenada; daughter, Katy Murphy of Chelsea, Ala.; sister, Betty Ray Wycoff of Sandy; and two grandchildren.