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Laura Cassie Ellen <I>Higdon</I> Ray

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Laura Cassie Ellen Higdon Ray

Birth
Ripley County, Indiana, USA
Death
28 Jun 1940 (aged 88)
Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Rossburg, Decatur County, Indiana, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.323789, Longitude: -85.3261996
Plot
inside North gate 100ft West - 50ft North on Ray
Memorial ID
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daughter of William Higdon & Emarine Culver (both born Indiana)

-m-08 Oct 1868, Decatur Co, IN - Thomas George Ray, son of Francis Marion Ray and Nancy Birkley

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Mrs. Ray, 88, Taken by Death - Former resident here succumbs in Shelbyville - Services in New Point Sunday - Mrs. Cassie Ellen Ray, 88, a former resident of Greensburg, passed away at 9 a.m. today at the home of her grandson Harry Tingle, 1421 Shelby Street, Shelbyville. She was born on Oct. 2, 1851 in Ripley County, the daughter of William and Emarine Culver Higdon, and was married to George Ray, who preceded her May 4, 1911. A daughter, Mrs. Sam (Roxanna) Riley, preceded her mother November 28, 1938. Surviving are the grandson, Harry Tingle, a step-granddaughter, Mrs. Mary White of Greensburg, and two great-grandchildren, Mae Louise Dunn and Robert Tingle, both of Shelbyville. Mrs. Ray was a member of the Greensburg Christian Church and the Greensburg Rebekah Lodge. The funeral will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the New Point Christian Church, with the Rev. K.E. Thorne of Greensburg, officiating. Burial will be in Rossburg Cemetery. The body was removed to the Howe funeral home, where friends may call until 12 o'clock Sunday.

--The Greensburg Standard - June 28, 1940--

(obit provided by James #46931315)



died - 1121 Shelby St, Shelbyville
age - 88y 8m 26d
white - widow - retired
COD - arteriosclerosis
funeral - June 30 - New Point Christian Church
informant - Harry Tingle
daughter of William Higdon & Emarine Culver (both born Indiana)

-m-08 Oct 1868, Decatur Co, IN - Thomas George Ray, son of Francis Marion Ray and Nancy Birkley

*****

Mrs. Ray, 88, Taken by Death - Former resident here succumbs in Shelbyville - Services in New Point Sunday - Mrs. Cassie Ellen Ray, 88, a former resident of Greensburg, passed away at 9 a.m. today at the home of her grandson Harry Tingle, 1421 Shelby Street, Shelbyville. She was born on Oct. 2, 1851 in Ripley County, the daughter of William and Emarine Culver Higdon, and was married to George Ray, who preceded her May 4, 1911. A daughter, Mrs. Sam (Roxanna) Riley, preceded her mother November 28, 1938. Surviving are the grandson, Harry Tingle, a step-granddaughter, Mrs. Mary White of Greensburg, and two great-grandchildren, Mae Louise Dunn and Robert Tingle, both of Shelbyville. Mrs. Ray was a member of the Greensburg Christian Church and the Greensburg Rebekah Lodge. The funeral will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the New Point Christian Church, with the Rev. K.E. Thorne of Greensburg, officiating. Burial will be in Rossburg Cemetery. The body was removed to the Howe funeral home, where friends may call until 12 o'clock Sunday.

--The Greensburg Standard - June 28, 1940--

(obit provided by James #46931315)



died - 1121 Shelby St, Shelbyville
age - 88y 8m 26d
white - widow - retired
COD - arteriosclerosis
funeral - June 30 - New Point Christian Church
informant - Harry Tingle

Gravesite Details

Info from Howe Funeral Home Records



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