Funeral services were held today in First Baptist Church for James Ray Hamby, a 29-year-old construction worker who died Monday in a traffic accident. Burial was in the Hamby Cemetery at Jay with Kennard Funeral Service of Catoosa in charge. Hamby was the son of J.B. Hamby, a Catoosa police chief who was killed Sept. 1, 1978, in a shootout during a robbery. James Ray Hamby was born in Tulsa and lived in Catoosa all his life. He graduated from Catoosa High School where he played football and basketball. He was a heavy-equipment operator for Weaver Construction Co. and a member of Catoosa's First Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife, Sheila Fay; a son, John Michael of Catoosa; two daughters, Charity Michelle and Morgan Elizabeth of Catoosa; his mother and stepfather, Billie Jean and Ron Kincade of Catoosa; a brother, Mark Wayne Hamby of Catoosa; and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. O.D. Bell and Elizabeth Hamby, all of Tulsa.
Tulsa World
April 1989
Tulsa World
April 1989
Funeral services were held today in First Baptist Church for James Ray Hamby, a 29-year-old construction worker who died Monday in a traffic accident. Burial was in the Hamby Cemetery at Jay with Kennard Funeral Service of Catoosa in charge. Hamby was the son of J.B. Hamby, a Catoosa police chief who was killed Sept. 1, 1978, in a shootout during a robbery. James Ray Hamby was born in Tulsa and lived in Catoosa all his life. He graduated from Catoosa High School where he played football and basketball. He was a heavy-equipment operator for Weaver Construction Co. and a member of Catoosa's First Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife, Sheila Fay; a son, John Michael of Catoosa; two daughters, Charity Michelle and Morgan Elizabeth of Catoosa; his mother and stepfather, Billie Jean and Ron Kincade of Catoosa; a brother, Mark Wayne Hamby of Catoosa; and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. O.D. Bell and Elizabeth Hamby, all of Tulsa.
Tulsa World
April 1989
Tulsa World
April 1989
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