Naomi Jewel Ray

Saturday, April 27, 2013

Mrs. Naomi Jewel Ray, 85 of West Memphis, died Thursday, April 25, 2013, peacefully at Methodist Central Hospital. Mrs. Ray was a loving mother and grandmother who touched many lives with her gentile and kind loving heart. Her children described her as a devoted mother with a heart of gold.

She was preceded in death by her husband, John L. Ray; her parents, James William Carson and Mamie Wells Carson; one grandson, Douglas Thurston; and one son, Mason Bradley Ray.

She is survived by her sons, Johnny Ray and Jimmy Ray, both of West Memphis;

Her daughters, Brenda Ray Capps of Marion, Sharon Ray Wilbanks of West Memphis, Kim Ray Riggs of Blytheville, and Becky Ray Coker of West Memphis; and

Eleven grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m. today at Roller-Citizens Funeral Home. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the funeral home. Interment will be at Elmwood Cemetery in Blytheville.