Buie Sr., James Ray   	
  	
DIANA - Services for James Ray Buie Sr., 76, of Diana, are scheduled for 10:30 
a.m. Thursday, November 1, 2007, at Morton Baptist Church, east of Diana on Hwy. 
154, with the Reverend Mike Brittain officiating. Interment will be in the 
Ashland Cemetery east of Diana.

Mr. Buie passed away on October 30, 2007, at his home.

James Ray was born June 2, 1931, at his family's home in Diana, to Chesley and 
Myrtle Buie. He resided on land that had been in his family for three generations.

James Ray Buie Sr. graduated from New Diana High School in 1949. He attended East 
Texas State University in Commerce and received a bachelor's degree in education 
in 1953. In August of that same year, he married Dorothy Hawkins of Diana, and 
they had two sons. In 1956, James Ray contracted polio at the age of 25 and was 
confined to a wheelchair. All who knew and loved him can attest the affliction 
never broke his spirit. He went back to East Texas State University and graduated 
with a master's degree in 1963.

For 29 years, he taught school with 26 of those years being in a wheelchair. In 
1986, he retired from teaching at New Diana ISD. He continued in his career of 
cattle ranching and spoiling grandchildren.

Preceding Mr. Buie in death were his parents, Chesley and Myrtle Buie, formerly of 
Diana; one brother, Franklin M. Buie, formerly of San Antonio; and one sister, 
Nadine Buie London, formerly of Longview.

A loving husband, father and grandfather, James Ray is survived by his wife of 54 
years, Dorothy; two sons and one daughter-in-law, James R. Buie Jr. and wife, Debra 
of Diana, and Spike R. Buie of Hallsville; three grandchildren, Joni Lynn Buie of 
Irving, Zachary C. Buie of Austin , and Kati M. Buie of San Marcos; and his special 
coffee drinking buddies, Larry and Carolyn Hawkins of Diana.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Ashland Cemetery Fund, 24699 
St. Hwy. 154, Diana, TX 75640; or Morton Baptist Church Building Fund, 22177 St. Hwy. 
154, Diana, TX.

Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. this evening, October 31, 2007, at Grubbs-Loyd 
Funeral Home in Diana.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 10/31/2007.