Mr. Herman E. Ray Sr., of Goodlettsville, TN, passed away on June 3, 2015. Herman was born in Nashville, TN, on February 15, 1930. He graduated from Howard High School in Nashville. He was married to Sigma Fay Tidwell Ray for 66 years. Herman worked as a newspaper motor carrier for the Tennessean and Nashville Banner in Nashville for 40 years. He also retired from Metro Water Service. He was a proud member of Howard High School State AA Football Championship team of 1948 and a proud Korean War Veteran. He enjoyed playing the harmonica and entertaining. Survivors include his wife, Sigma Fay Tidwell Ray; sons, Herman E. Ray, Jr. (Tammy), Mack William Ray (Juliana) and James Russell Ray (Geneva); brother, Carlton (Mildred) Ray; sisters, Betty Coltharp and Joann (Larry) Christy; loving grandchildren, Dr. Herman E. Ray, III (Jennifer), Jessica Ray, Erica Stagner (Daniel), Jordan Snow (Kristan), Brett Ray and Macayla Ray; and ten great-grandchildren. Herman was preceded in death by parents, Willie Jake Ray and Corean Waddey Ray; sisters, Pauline Welck, Margaret Norman, Beverly Taylor; and brothers, Russell Ray, and Horace Ray. A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, June 6, 2015, at ten o’clock in the morning, Woodlawn’s Dignity Hall. Gathering of family and friends will be Friday from four o’clock in the afternoon until eight o’clock in the evening, Woodlawn Roesch-Patton-Funeral Home and Saturday from nine o’clock in the morning until the funeral hour. Active pallbearers are Dr. Herman E. Ray, III, Timmy Ray, Jordan Snow Darren Christie, Mark Ray, Jimmy Ray, and Greg Brown; Honorary pallbearers Jonathan Ray and Daniel Stagner. Visit the online obituary: www.woodlawn-roesch-pattonfuneralhome.com.
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