Glenda Mae Ray

Glenda Mae Ray 87 of Amarillo died Tuesday February 24, 2009. Graveside services will be at 11:00 AM Friday at Memory Gardens Cemetery with Rev. Nancy Moore, pastor of Pleasant Valley United Methodist Church officiating. Arrangements are by Rector Funeral Home Osage Chapel 2800 S. Osage St. Mrs. Ray was born on August 15, 1921 in Cherokee, OK to Ralph and Cora Fairbanks. She moved to Amarillo in 1949 from Clarendon. Mrs. Ray loved quilting, cooking and canning. She was an avid Texas Rangers fan. She married Wade Ray in 1944. They lived on the McMurtry Ranch near Clarendon. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1993 and a sister, Juanita Bushman in 2007. Survivors include 2 daughters, Linda Perkins of Abernathy and Ann Ray of Amarillo; 1 son, Jimmy Ray of Amarillo; 1 brother Bill Fairbanks of Reed City, MI; 3 grandchildren, Jimmy Price, Chris Ray and his wife Cammie and Kimberley Dickerson and her husband J.D. and 4 great-grandchildren.