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Clara Belle <I>Tester</I> Ray

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Clara Belle Tester Ray

Birth
Blowing Rock, Watauga County, North Carolina, USA
Death
24 Apr 2013 (aged 86)
Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina, USA GPS-Latitude: 36.2206014, Longitude: -81.6525586
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Daughter of Clyde Carlton TESTER and Lula Mae MOORE Griffis. Married J. E. RAY.

Clara Belle Tester Ray, age 86, of Boone, died late Wednesday afternoon, April 24, 2013. She was born in Blowing Rock, on December 3, 1926.

She was a graduate of Blowing Rock High School, Class of 1944, and was retired from TRW/IRC, where she was a lab technician. She was a devoted leader of Girl Scout Troop 245.

She is survived by one daughter, Shirley Ray of Clyde, North Carolina; one sister, Anna Lea Helton and husband Lloyd of Lenoir; one brother, Glenn Tester and wife Emma of San Antonio, Texas, and one sister-in-law, Margaret Ray Folger of Lumberton, North Carolina. She is also survived by a number of nieces, nephews, and cousins.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, J.E. Ray, and one sister, Dare Newman.

Graveside services and burial were held at the Ray Family Cemetery in Boone, officiated by Reverend Burl Greer.

Daughter of Clyde Carlton TESTER and Lula Mae MOORE Griffis. Married J. E. RAY.

Clara Belle Tester Ray, age 86, of Boone, died late Wednesday afternoon, April 24, 2013. She was born in Blowing Rock, on December 3, 1926.

She was a graduate of Blowing Rock High School, Class of 1944, and was retired from TRW/IRC, where she was a lab technician. She was a devoted leader of Girl Scout Troop 245.

She is survived by one daughter, Shirley Ray of Clyde, North Carolina; one sister, Anna Lea Helton and husband Lloyd of Lenoir; one brother, Glenn Tester and wife Emma of San Antonio, Texas, and one sister-in-law, Margaret Ray Folger of Lumberton, North Carolina. She is also survived by a number of nieces, nephews, and cousins.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, J.E. Ray, and one sister, Dare Newman.

Graveside services and burial were held at the Ray Family Cemetery in Boone, officiated by Reverend Burl Greer.

Gravesite Details

The oldest section of Mount Lawn was the original Ray - Hodges Cemetery per info from Aleta Stafford.



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  • Created by: Victory
  • Added: Apr 28, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109669330/clara_belle-ray: accessed ), memorial page for Clara Belle Tester Ray (3 Dec 1926–24 Apr 2013), Find a Grave Memorial ID 109669330, citing Mountlawn Memorial Park and Gardens, Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Victory (contributor 47205318).