Joyce Renee WRAY

Female 1946 - 2006  (60 years)


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  • Name Joyce Renee WRAY 
    Birth 10 Apr 1946  Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Cause of Death Cancer 
    Death 31 Jul 2006  Mt. Airy, Surry County,North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 2 Aug 2006  Mt. Airy, Surry County,North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2547  Marshall and Allied Families
    Last Modified 14 Oct 2014 

    Father Robert Graham WRAY, Sr.,   b. 6 Jun 1916, White Plains, Surry County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jun 2002, Winston Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Edith Marie POFF,   b. 4 Jul 1921, McDowell County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Apr 2016, Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years) 
    Marriage 5 Mar 1940  Hillsville, Carroll County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F777  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Donald Thomas COMBS 
    Marriage Hillsville, Carroll County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Divorce Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
    +1. Donald Gray COMBS, Jr.,   b. Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Benny Ray COMBS,   b. Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Randy COMBS,   b. Sep 1966, Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 May 2003, Statesville, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 36 years)
    Family ID F787  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Publication: Mt Airy News; Date: Aug 2, 2006; Section: Front Page; Page: 3

      Obituaries


      MOUNT AIRY - Ms. Renee Wray Combs, 60, of 937 Sparger Road, Suite 2, Mount
      Airy, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, July 31, 2006.
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      Ms. Combs was born April 10, 1946, in Surry County to Edith Marie Poff Wray and the late Robert Graham Wray Sr. She was employed at Wal-Mart as a cake decorator and was a member of Westside Baptist Church.

      She is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Donald Gray Combs Jr. and Jill Combs of Claudville, Va., and Benny Ray and Frances Combs of Mount Airy; five grandchildren, Mark Combs of Westfield, Miranda Combs of Claudville and Jessica Combs, Casey Combs and Hailey Combs, all of Mount Airy; a greatgranddaughter, Madilyn Grace Combs of Mount Airy; her mother, Edith Marie Poff Wray of Mount Airy; three sisters and a brother-in-law, Rosalie McMillian of Bassett, Va., Rhonda and Jerry Humphries of Mount Airy and Reva Elbertson of Ocala, Fla.; a brother, Robert Graham Wray Jr. of Mount Airy; and a special friend, Kristie Bledsoe of Mount Airy. In addition to her father, Ms. Combs was preceded in death by a son, Randy Gregg Combs; a grandson, Bradley Kyle Combs; and a sister, Evelyn Ramona Wray.

      The funeral service will be held Thursday, Aug. 3, 2006, at 2 p.m. at Westside Baptist Church. The service will be conducted by the Rev. Steve Johnson and the Rev. Jack Anderson, and burial will follow in the Westside Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at Westside Baptist Church, and other times at the home of Edith Marie Poff Wray, 152 Critz St., Mount Airy.

      Flowers will be accepted, or memorials may be made to Mountain Valley Hospice and Palliative Care, 401 Technology Lane, Suite 200, Mount Airy, NC 27030. Moody Funeral Services in Mount Airy is serving the Combs family. Online condolences may be made at www.moodyfuneralservices.com.

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      -----Original Message-----
      From: Charles Crabtree [mailto:ccrabtree4@triad.rr.com]
      Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 9:08 AM
      To: Sam Crabtree; Sam and Ruth Marshall; Paul M. Crabtree; Paul
      Crabtree; Henry Eugene Wray; Deanna Marshall Brewer; David and Betsy
      Marshall; Becky Siedlecki
      Subject: Renee


      All,

      Joyce Renee Wray Combs passed away at her home in Mt. Airy, NC Monday July
      31, 2006, at approximately 10:30 PM. Tentative arrangements are for the
      Wake to be tomorrow evening or night Wednesday August 2, 2006, at the West
      Side Baptist Church, with funeral on Thursday July 3, 2006 at West Side
      with burial in the West Side Baptist Church Cemetery.

      These arrangements have not been confirmed. I will get back to you with
      firm arrangements hopefully today when they are final.


      Charles