Cumbie Sr., Ray A.   	

GLADEWATER -- Services for Ray A. Cumbie Sr., 76, of 
Gladewater, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, February 
24, 2007, at the Gladewater First Baptist Church, with 
the Reverend Ellis Hayden and the Reverend Aubrey Pate 
officiating. Burial will be in Gladewater Memorial Park. 
Ray loved his church, of which he was a member for 53 
years. He served the congregation of First Baptist 
Church as a deacon since 1966. Ray was also active in 
his community as Jaycee of the Year 1967, and as a long 
time member of the Lions Club. Ray retired from 
GTE/Verizon in 1990, after 42 years of service, but was 
most content with tending his cows on his Union Grove 
farm or working on his rental properties. He was preceded 
in death by his parents, Morgan and Vivian Cumbie; and 
brother, Charles Cumbie. Ray was devoted to his family, 
including his wife of 53 years, Colleen Cumbie of 
Gladewater; daughter, Teresa Cumbie Johnson and her 
husband, Ralph Johnson, of Dallas; daughter, Mary Anne 
Cumbie of Houston; son, Ray Cumbie Jr., and granddaughter, 
Kindra Cumbie, both of Gladewater; sister-in-law, Joyce 
Cumbie, and nephews, Charles and David Cumbie, all of 
Magnolia; aunt, Ethel Cumbie of Grand Saline; brother-in-
law, Wayland Payne and his wife, Norma, of Orange; sister-
in-law, Linda Crump and her husband, James, of Bridge City; 
and numerous other nieces and nephews. If so desired, 
memorial donations may be made to First Baptist Church 
Building Fund, P.O. Box 1444, Gladewater, TX 75647; or to 
LifeCare Health Services, 1809 Gilmer Rd., Longview, TX 
75604. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. this 
evening, February 23, 2007, at Croley Funeral Home in 
Gladewater.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 2/23/2007.