Mary Lou Shepherd Ray

BORN TO ALBERT SHEPHERD & IRENE COOPER SHEPHERD

MARY GRADUATED FROM BUNA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1961. SHE WAS A BELOVED

WIFE, MOTHER, SISTER, AUNT & FRIEND.

MARY IS SURVIVED BY HER DAUGHTER DEBORAH VANOVER & HUSBAND BILL OF

LABELLE, TX. 1 BROTHER, ALBERT SHEPHERD OF SPLENDORA, TX., GRANDCHILDREN

& GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, NIECES & NEPHEWS, AND FRIENDS THAT WERE LIKE

FAMILY.

MARY IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND OF 65 YEARS, BOBBY L. RAY.

2 SONS, BOBBY L. RAY II & JOHN D. RAY, BOTH OF BEAUMONT, TX.

2 DAUGHTERS, SHARON K. RAY OF BEAUMONT, TX. & SALLY CHAPMAN OF

NACOGDOCHES, TX.

5 SISTERS: MAGGIE S. BREWSTER OF CALL, TX., DELLA S. JOHNSON OF

WOODVILLE, TX., MILDRED (MELDA) J. PILCHER OF ORANGE, TX.,

ALBERTA & DORA SHEPHERD OF BUNA, TX.

4 BROTHERS: ED SHEPHERD OF BEAUMONT, TX., IVY SHEPHERD OF BUNA, TX.,

HENRY SHEPHERD OF NACOGDOCHES, TX. & JESSE SHEPHERD OF DEWEYVILLE, TX.

CREMATION WILL BE HANDLED BY MERCY FUNERAL HOME, BEAUMONT, TX.

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS CAN BE MADE TO THE

JULIE ROGERS GIFT OF LIFE FOUNDATION CANCER SCREENING FOR LOW COST

MAMMOGRAMS.