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Willie Ray Votaw Click for Condolences      Printable Version
1926 - 2012

Funeral services for Willie Ray Votaw, 85, of Cypress, Texas will be 2:00pm Saturday, January 14, 2012 at R.S. Farmer Funeral Home with interment following in Williamson Cemetery. Visitation will begin Saturday at 11:00am until time of service.

Mr. Votaw was a native of Gist, Texas and resident of Cypress, Texas and a retired Missionary.

Survivors include wife, Thena Votaw of Cypress; daughter Sharon Reed of Capetown, South Africa; sister Hattie Cole of Cypress, Texas, along with numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.


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There are currently 17 condolences.


Jennifer Rude
Saturday January 14, 2012 at 12:52 PM

I will miss Uncle Ray for his laughter, kindness and steadfastness. What a comfort to know he is with our Lord. I love you Aunty Thena.
 
Danny Brown
dbrown1224@aol.com
Saturday January 14, 2012 at 10:08 AM

Thena we sen our condolences. I always appreciated Ray for his friendship and ability to preach the word.
 
Links Govender
links@garbageman.co.za
Saturday January 14, 2012 at 6:16 AM

To the immediate family our heart felt condolences.Br Ray RIP in the mansion prepared for us by our Lord and Savoir.
 
JOHN MSIZA from South Africa
Saturday January 14, 2012 at 4:06 AM

We will always miss Bro Ray . His teachings made us strong at the Kwa Thema Church of Christ in South Africa where he taught . May Sister Thena remain strong in the Lord .
 
JOHN MSIZA
johnm@rely.co.za
Saturday January 14, 2012 at 4:00 AM

I will always miss brother Ray , as I was interpreting for him during his time in South Africa as he was preaching in the Kwa Thema Church of Christ . He fed us with spiritual food until we became strong . He and sis Thena helped us indeed . May Thena remain strong in the Lord .
 
Ed Snapp
ed.snapp@yahoo.com
Wednesday January 11, 2012 at 2:58 PM

A true soldier for Christ has left us and gone on to his reward. I admired Ray and Thena and was privilaged to visit with them from time to time the past few years. May our Lord grant Thena peace and comfort as I know she will find through His Word.
 
Wayne Sullivan
Wednesday January 11, 2012 at 1:32 PM

"Precious in the sight of the Je- hovah is the death of his saints." Ps. 116:13. "...Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord..." Rev. 14:13.
 
Wayne Sullivan
Tuesday January 10, 2012 at 11:59 AM

 
Sakkie and Laverne Pretorius
missionwork1@gmail.com
Tuesday January 10, 2012 at 10:47 AM

We have many childhood memories of Uncle Ray and Aunty Thena. He lived his life by example and service to our Lord. Our thoughts and prayers are with his loved ones.
 
Brian Allen
Tuesday January 10, 2012 at 9:46 AM

Our deepest sympathy to Thena & Sharon. A great warrior has fallen and will be ever remembered. We miss you brother Vote Brian, Loraine, Julie, Mell and the Cape Road church.
 
Julie Frye
Tuesday January 10, 2012 at 8:21 AM

Dear ones, I am so saddened for the loss of Uncle Ray. He was loved by so many, including myself. My earliest memories of him were around the time I was 8 or 9 and he let my brother, my sister and I play pool on his pool table. He explained in that powerful voice of his how careful we needed to be and not scrape the cloth. He had a belly laugh I'll never forget. An insight to God's word I strive to have. My daughter got to meet him when she was about 9 months old. He held her on his lap, and before he realized it she had taken his pen from his shirt pocket and drawn all over the front of his shirt. I was so embarrassed, but he said he was proud because he'd gotten her autograph. Love you Uncle Ray. Love you Aunty Thena.
 
Lynette DeGeest (de Klerk)
outofafrica1977@yahoo.com
Tuesday January 10, 2012 at 7:50 AM

So very sorry for your loss. I will keep you all my prayers, and know that God will be with you during this very difficult time. From My Heart Lynette
 
Derrel Shaw
Monday January 9, 2012 at 10:46 PM

I did not know brother Votaw, but have known of his great work. My wife Lois and I send our sympathy and best wishes to sister Votaw, to Hattie, and to Julia. Love in Christ, Derrel Shaw
 
Eris and Patti Gilliard (Daughter of Wayne and Lucille Sullivan)
Monday January 9, 2012 at 9:38 PM

May the Lord gather you close, giving you comfort and love.
 
Dwight & Terry Banta
Monday January 9, 2012 at 8:07 PM

Dear Thena and family, we are thinking of you in your time of loss, prayers are with you. Love, Terry & Dwight Banta (Doyle's son)
 
Susan Tope Walsh
Monday January 9, 2012 at 6:56 PM

So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan which moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
 

Monday January 9, 2012 at 3:38 PM

 







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