John David Ray

1966 - 1993  (27 years)

• Name	John David Ray  [1, 2]
  Birth	14 May 1966	Fort Benning, Chattahoochee, Georgia, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Obituary	Sep 1993	Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA   [3]
  	John David Ray Obituary - Newspapers.com - The News and Observer - 23 Sep 1993 - Page 24
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  Death	19 Sep 1993	Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  	Cause: Homicide: Murdered during Grocery Store Robbery
  	Food Lion store
  Person ID	I20778	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Living
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F8006	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

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  Birth - 14 May 1966 - Fort Benning, Chattahoochee, Georgia, USA Obituary - John David Ray Obituary - Newspapers.com - The News and Observer - 23 Sep 1993 - Page 24 - Sep 1993 - Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA Death - Cause: Homicide: Murdered during Grocery Store Robbery - 19 Sep 1993 - Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  RAY-John D John David Ray (Abt. Sep 1991)

  
  

• Sources

  [S2043] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Death Indexes, 1908-2004, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2007;). [S8] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2015;). [S2081] Newspapers.com: Obituary of John Ray • Raleigh News and Observer - Sep 1993, (Name: The News and Observer; Location: Raleigh NC; Date: 23 Sep 1993;), John David Ray Obituary. John David Ray, 27, of 5500 Meadow Run died Sunday in Raleigh. He was an employee with Food Lion Inc for seven years. Funeral 2 pm Friday Rogers and Breece Funeral Home chapel with pastor Henry Reece Fairfax officiating. Surviving: wife Kristine "Kris" Scovil Ray son John Kody Austin Ray of the home; mother Louise M Ray of Fayetteville; sisters Robin Fare of Hope Mills, Karen Nobles and Kelley Fairfax, both of Fayetteville; brother Danny Yarbrough of Coppell Texas. Visitation from 7-9 pm Thursday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the John Kody Austin Ray Trust Fund https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59649695/the-news-and-observer/?xid=637 At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. [S2080] Newspapers.com: Death (Murder) of RAY John • Raliegh News and Observer - 25 Sep 1993 - Page 2, (Name: The News and Observer; Location: Raleigh, North Carolina; Date: 25 Sep 1993;), Friends Grieve for Grocery Manager (John Ray). — Nearly 500 friends and co-workers mourned the death of Food Lion manager John Ray on Friday afternoon as his sobbing pregnant widow was helped down the aisle behind his casket Inside the coffin the hand of the bearded Ray clutched a red rose By his side was a toy Tasmanian devil placed there because it was one of his favorite characters Kris Ray is expected to deliver the couple's first child next month He will be named John Kody Austin Ray in his father's memory The couple would have celebrated their second anniversary Tuesday https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59648409/the-news-and-observer/?xid=637 At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.