Joyce Renee WRAY

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• Cause of Death: Cancer

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Publication: Mt Airy News; Date: Aug 2, 2006; Section: Front Page; Page: 3

Obituaries


MOUNT AIRY - Ms. Renee Wray Combs, 60, of 937 Sparger Road, Suite 2, Mount
Airy, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, July 31, 2006.
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Ms. Combs was born April 10, 1946, in Surry County to Edith Marie Poff Wray and the late Robert Graham Wray Sr. She was employed at Wal-Mart as a cake decorator and was a member of Westside Baptist Church.

She is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Donald Gray Combs Jr. and Jill Combs of Claudville, Va., and Benny Ray and Frances Combs of Mount Airy; five grandchildren, Mark Combs of Westfield, Miranda Combs of Claudville and Jessica Combs, Casey Combs and Hailey Combs, all of Mount Airy; a greatgranddaughter, Madilyn Grace Combs of Mount Airy; her mother, Edith Marie Poff Wray of Mount Airy; three sisters and a brother-in-law, Rosalie McMillian of Bassett, Va., Rhonda and Jerry Humphries of Mount Airy and Reva Elbertson of Ocala, Fla.; a brother, Robert Graham Wray Jr. of Mount Airy; and a special friend, Kristie Bledsoe of Mount Airy. In addition to her father, Ms. Combs was preceded in death by a son, Randy Gregg Combs; a grandson, Bradley Kyle Combs; and a sister, Evelyn Ramona Wray.

The funeral service will be held Thursday, Aug. 3, 2006, at 2 p.m. at Westside Baptist Church. The service will be conducted by the Rev. Steve Johnson and the Rev. Jack Anderson, and burial will follow in the Westside Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at Westside Baptist Church, and other times at the home of Edith Marie Poff Wray, 152 Critz St., Mount Airy.

Flowers will be accepted, or memorials may be made to Mountain Valley Hospice and Palliative Care, 401 Technology Lane, Suite 200, Mount Airy, NC 27030. Moody Funeral Services in Mount Airy is serving the Combs family. Online condolences may be made at www.moodyfuneralservices.com.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Crabtree [mailto:ccrabtree4@triad.rr.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 9:08 AM
To: Sam Crabtree; Sam and Ruth Marshall; Paul M. Crabtree; Paul
Crabtree; Henry Eugene Wray; Deanna Marshall Brewer; David and Betsy
Marshall; Becky Siedlecki
Subject: Renee


All,

Joyce Renee Wray Combs passed away at her home in Mt. Airy, NC Monday July
31, 2006, at approximately 10:30 PM. Tentative arrangements are for the
Wake to be tomorrow evening or night Wednesday August 2, 2006, at the West
Side Baptist Church, with funeral on Thursday July 3, 2006 at West Side
with burial in the West Side Baptist Church Cemetery.

These arrangements have not been confirmed. I will get back to you with
firm arrangements hopefully today when they are final.


Charles

Joyce married Donald Thomas COMBSHillsville, Carroll County, Virginia, and was divorced. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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!Wray 0010, p. 2

Donald married Margaret GWYNNMount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina, and was divorced. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Donald married Jill Dawn LAWSON [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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!Wray 0010, p. 2

Benny married Frances Elizabeth REYNOLDS [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His mother gave me the information about his death at the Wray family reunion in Mt. Airy on August 9, 2003. (DWM)

Randy married Kimberly Jill TUCKER on 6 Jun 1998 in Iredell County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

This information was given to me by his grandmother at the Wray family reunion on August 7, 2003. (DWM)