CONOTH E. RAY SR., 85, of Huntington passed away in the Huntington Veterans Administration Medical Center on Friday, June 10, 2005. Funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Reger Funeral Chapel; entombment will follow in Spring Hill Cemetery, Huntington. Conoth was born April 27, 1920, at Crossroads in Cabell County, a son of the late Aaron and Lucy Wright Ray. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Freeman Ray, and two sisters, Letha Thurgood and Mildred Dziarnowski. He was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, was active in politics, served as a J.P. in Wayne County, retired from the Warren Pump and Supply, was an avid golfer and a member of the American Legion. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, C. Edward Ray Jr. and Sandy; a daughter, Susan R. Popp, all of Huntington; grandchildren and spouses, Kristina (Scott) Webb and Kimberly (Patrick) Wellman; great-grandchildren, Cole and Brevin Webb and Sydney and Makenna Wellman, all of Chesapeake, Ohio; a brother and sister-in-law, Forrest (Virginia) Ray of Sumter, S.C.; sisters, Helen Floyd Mathews of Trinity, Texas, and Freda Thomas of Rock Hill, S.C.; sister-in-law, Alma Ray of Ohio; step-grandchildren, DerRenda, Rhonda, Arlie and Dwayne; and special friend of many years, Patricia Ankrim. The family wishes to say thank you to Dr. Michael Skeens, Dr. Mau, the nurses and staff at the V.A. Medical Center and Drenda Slone.
