Ray, Adam "Blake"

Funeral services for Adam "Blake" Ray, 28, of Dallas, will be held at 2 p.m. 
Monday, July 16, 2007, at the Longview Missionary Baptist Church, with the 
Reverend Noah Lee and the Reverend Steve Morcom officiating. Interment will 
be in Sunset Memorial Gardens of Gilmer, under the direction of Rader Funeral 
Home of Longview.

He passed away Thursday, July 12, 2007, at a hospital in Longview.

Blake was born August 9, 1978, in Longview. He was a 1996 graduate of Longview 
High School. He loved life and music and sang at numerous benefits and events 
in the East Texas area. He was a member of the Longview Community Theater. 
While in Dallas, Blake co-founded the "A Group" and sang with the Turtle Creek 
Chorale.

He was preceded in death by his grandmother, Yvonne Ray; and grandfather, Paul 
Morcom.

Those left to cherish his memory are his mother, Teri Lynn Ray; father, Lenny 
Ray and his wife, Debby, all of Longview; sisters, Heather Grindle and husband, 
Fred of Tatum, Megan Ray and Haley Baxter, both of Longview, and Holli Wynne 
and husband, Billy of Gilmer; brother, Heath Ray, U. S. Navy, and wife, Angila 
of Sasebo, Japan; grandparents, Barbara and Don Pharis of Vernon, Horace Ray of 
Gilmer, and Linda Morcom of Waco; special longtime friend, Don McPherson of 
Tyler; numerous nieces and nephews; and a host of friends.

Pallbearers will be Britt Carter, Michael Turner, Fred Grindle, J.J. Moses, 
Steve Farris and Ryan Moore.

Memorial contributions may be made to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, North 
Texas Chapter, 8111 LBJ Freeway, Ste. 425, Dallas, TX 75251.

Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. this evening, July 14, 2007, and from 4 -6 
p.m. Sunday, July 15, 2007, at the funeral home.

A memorial guestbook may be signed at www.raderfh.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 7/14/2007.