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Rachel "Ray" Lane, age 82, of Monticello entered into heavenly rest on April 5, 2012 at Baptist Hospital in Little Rock. He was born August 22, 1929 in Monticello.
Ray was a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corp having served in the 78th Supply Squadron at Hamilton Air Force Base in California, where he was honorably discharged. He was a boat builder, mechanic and a retired maintenance supervisor from AVA, an avid bowler and was of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his wife Virginia Swan Lane and his parents, Cordis and Effie May Myrick Lane, and four sisters.
Ray is survived by three daughters; Gloria Jean Dickinson and husband Richard of Monticello, Jacqueline Gardner and husband Lane of Warner Robins, GA and Janie Renee Daniel and husband Shane of Grayson, GA; two brothers, Wayne Lane and Donald Ray Lane both of Monticello; five grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren; and special cousin Betty of Monticello.
Ray was a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corp having served in the 78th Supply Squadron at Hamilton Air Force Base in California, where he was honorably discharged. He was a boat builder, mechanic and a retired maintenance supervisor from AVA, an avid bowler and was of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his wife Virginia Swan Lane and his parents, Cordis and Effie May Myrick Lane, and four sisters.
Ray is survived by three daughters; Gloria Jean Dickinson and husband Richard of Monticello, Jacqueline Gardner and husband Lane of Warner Robins, GA and Janie Renee Daniel and husband Shane of Grayson, GA; two brothers, Wayne Lane and Donald Ray Lane both of Monticello; five grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren; and special cousin Betty of Monticello.