Family and Friends

United American Free Will Baptist Eldress Fellowship

Family and Friends

Moore Union FWB Church & Paradise AME Zion Church

The family of Eldress Lillie Ray wishes to offer our humble appreciation for the

many acts of kindness and expressions of love, flowers, cards, food, visits and most of

all your prayers. All of these enabled us to find strength and comfort. We are grateful

and appreciative of the many prayers that helped us accept God’s Will.

May God richly bless each of you.

~The Family

Professional Services Entrusted To:

Knotts Funeral Home 719 Wall Street

Sanford, North Carolina 27330 Phone: (919) 776-4345 / Fax: (919) 776-0911

www.knottsfuneralhome.com

Virtuous Woman

Sunday, August 27, 2017 3:00 PM

Cape Fear Conference A Headquarters 25 Beaver Rd.

Erwin, NC 28339

Rev. Harrison Ray, Eulogist

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her

price is far above rubies.

Proverbs 31:10

Our Joy God’s Will May 10, 1949 August 23, 2017

Order of Service Presider…………………………………………………………………...Pastor Donald Altman Moore Union FWB Church

Musical Meditation ………………………………………………………………...…….Pianist

Family Processional ……………………………….………………………...Clergy and Family

Musical Selection …………………………………...….Moore Union Choir/Family & Friends

Scriptures Readings:

Old Testament …………………………Elder Jimmie Lee

New Testament ……………………….Eldress Melba Cross

Prayer of Comfort ………………………….………………………………Pastor Walter Cook Cape Fear B Assistant to the Bishop

Musical Selection ………………………………………Moore Union Choir/Family & Friends

Acknowledgements & Obituary ……………………………………………..Sister Vickie Judd

Special Selections ………………………...……………………The Lee Brothers, Sanford, NC

Reflections: Please limit your comments to Two (2) minutes.

Former Instructor……………………..Pastor Delois Washington Curry

Moore Union …………………………….………Deacon Bobby Lewis

Family …………………………………………….…Pastor Archie Ray

Lillington District Union……………………...Elder Tommie Hargrove

Cape Fear B Youth Fellowship………….…..Pastor Vera Hollingsworth

General Eldress Fellowship …………………...……Dr. Glenda Farmer

Words of Encouragement……………………………….. Dr. Benjamin Sutton, Annual Bishop Cape Fear Conference B

Musical Selection……………………………………….Moore Union Choir/Family & Friends

Eulogy……………………………………………………………………..Pastor Harrison Ray Pastor, God’s Fellowship Christian Center Parting View

Recessional………………………………….Music by Moore Union Choir/ The Lee Brothers

Interment Moore Union FWB Church

9415 Old US 421 Hwy Broadway, North Carolina 27505

Obituary

1 Corinthians 15:55 – “O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?”

Eldress Lillie M. Ray was born May 10, 1949 to her mother, the late

Alice M. Ray and father, John Elliott. Eldress Ray was a powerful woman of God. She truly loved the Lord and

loved preaching and teaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Giving God the

glory was what she loved to do. She knew that all of her help came from the

Lord.

Eldress Ray always greeted everyone she met with a beautiful smile and her

sweet spirit. She was loved by her family and so many others and will truly

be missed. 2 Corinthians 5:6-8 says, “So we are always confident, knowing

that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord. For we

walk by faith, not by sight. We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be

absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.” She lived her life to

the fullest worshipping and praising our Heavenly Father. Therefore, today

we can celebrate her life doing what she loved best, giving God praise!

Eldress Lillie Ray loved and enjoyed singing with the Rayettes for many

years. Sewing was one of her hobbies. She graduated from W. B. Wicker

High School in May of 1967. In 1996, she preached her initial sermon

entitled, “House Cleaning with Only a Mark”.

Eldress Lillie Mae Ray was preceded in death by her mother, Alice Mae Ray.

Lillie Mae will never be forgotten by: her father, John Elliott; her

sisters, Mary Elizabeth Ray of the home, Shirley R. Lee (Johnny) of

Lillington, NC, and Cinda Wilson of Sanford, NC; brothers: James L. Ray

(Clara) of Indiana, IN, Sammy Ray of Sanford, NC, and Jason McNeill

(Melissa) of Durham, NC; nieces, Michelle Martin (Herman), Bianca and

Punkie; nephews: Brandon Lee, Rahman Ray, and Jawuan McNeill; one

uncle: Pastor Harrison Ray (Pastor Cathy); two aunts: Rutha Ray and

Corneilia Ray. Eldress Lillie Mae leaves many family and friends who will

always love and cherish her life memories and keep them close to their

hearts.