Samuel Ray Bridgeforth (Mr. Ray) went to be with our Lord on June 4, 2009.
Samuel "Ray" Bridgeforth was born on Dec. 28, 1929, in Oxly, Mo., to Rex Bridgeforth and Mary Gamblin Bridgeforth.
On Nov. 17, 1949, he married his sweetheart, Esther Neoma Whittom.
In the spring of 1951, Ray and Esther moved to Rutland, Ill., where they spent the next 40 years.
They were members of the First Church of God in Streator, Ill., where Ray was a Sunday school teacher, song director and board member.
After retiring in 1992, they moved to Windsor. They had attended Williams Chapel Church of God in Aiken but for the last several years had been worshipping at His Way Baptist Church.
Ray was a great lover of the outdoors and animals. You never knew what kind of "critters" you might find in his care. His hobbies were hunting and horseback riding in his younger days, but he traded all that in for a fishing pole as he got older.
Ray did not know the meaning of "stranger." He loved to talk and visit with everyone, and everyone loved him.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Ernest Bridgeforth and Carl Bridgeforth, and a sister, Rose Gilbert.
2008 Aiken Standard
Samuel "Ray" Bridgeforth was born on Dec. 28, 1929, in Oxly, Mo., to Rex Bridgeforth and Mary Gamblin Bridgeforth.
On Nov. 17, 1949, he married his sweetheart, Esther Neoma Whittom.
In the spring of 1951, Ray and Esther moved to Rutland, Ill., where they spent the next 40 years.
They were members of the First Church of God in Streator, Ill., where Ray was a Sunday school teacher, song director and board member.
After retiring in 1992, they moved to Windsor. They had attended Williams Chapel Church of God in Aiken but for the last several years had been worshipping at His Way Baptist Church.
Ray was a great lover of the outdoors and animals. You never knew what kind of "critters" you might find in his care. His hobbies were hunting and horseback riding in his younger days, but he traded all that in for a fishing pole as he got older.
Ray did not know the meaning of "stranger." He loved to talk and visit with everyone, and everyone loved him.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Ernest Bridgeforth and Carl Bridgeforth, and a sister, Rose Gilbert.
2008 Aiken Standard
Samuel Ray Bridgeforth (Mr. Ray) went to be with our Lord on June 4, 2009.
Samuel "Ray" Bridgeforth was born on Dec. 28, 1929, in Oxly, Mo., to Rex Bridgeforth and Mary Gamblin Bridgeforth.
On Nov. 17, 1949, he married his sweetheart, Esther Neoma Whittom.
In the spring of 1951, Ray and Esther moved to Rutland, Ill., where they spent the next 40 years.
They were members of the First Church of God in Streator, Ill., where Ray was a Sunday school teacher, song director and board member.
After retiring in 1992, they moved to Windsor. They had attended Williams Chapel Church of God in Aiken but for the last several years had been worshipping at His Way Baptist Church.
Ray was a great lover of the outdoors and animals. You never knew what kind of "critters" you might find in his care. His hobbies were hunting and horseback riding in his younger days, but he traded all that in for a fishing pole as he got older.
Ray did not know the meaning of "stranger." He loved to talk and visit with everyone, and everyone loved him.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Ernest Bridgeforth and Carl Bridgeforth, and a sister, Rose Gilbert.
2008 Aiken Standard
Samuel "Ray" Bridgeforth was born on Dec. 28, 1929, in Oxly, Mo., to Rex Bridgeforth and Mary Gamblin Bridgeforth.
On Nov. 17, 1949, he married his sweetheart, Esther Neoma Whittom.
In the spring of 1951, Ray and Esther moved to Rutland, Ill., where they spent the next 40 years.
They were members of the First Church of God in Streator, Ill., where Ray was a Sunday school teacher, song director and board member.
After retiring in 1992, they moved to Windsor. They had attended Williams Chapel Church of God in Aiken but for the last several years had been worshipping at His Way Baptist Church.
Ray was a great lover of the outdoors and animals. You never knew what kind of "critters" you might find in his care. His hobbies were hunting and horseback riding in his younger days, but he traded all that in for a fishing pole as he got older.
Ray did not know the meaning of "stranger." He loved to talk and visit with everyone, and everyone loved him.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Ernest Bridgeforth and Carl Bridgeforth, and a sister, Rose Gilbert.
2008 Aiken Standard
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