Elma Marie Ray Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Elma Marie Ray (Lebanon, Virginia), who passed away at the age of 76, on March 27, 2025. Family and friends can send flowers and/or light a candle as a loving gesture for their loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Elma Marie Ray to show support.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Claude Graham Ball and Ethel Marshall Ball; her former husband Earnest Cox; her daughter-in-law Kathy Ray; and her brothers, Dennis Ball and Don Ball.
She is survived by: her husband James Lee Ray; her children, Ann Vencill (Tim), Melissa Settle (David), Peggy Vance (Jerry), Jamie Ray, Dorothy Lane (Roy), Nancy Dowdy (Roger) and Betty Jo Barrett (Jimmy); her siblings, Janis Chambers (Terry), Rita Frazier (Bruce), Nita Roberts (Eric), Graham "Bo" Ball (Martha) and Lesley Ball (Deborah); and her sister-in-law Pam Ball. She is also survived by 15 grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren.
