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RAY, JOAN (KUYKENDALL)

Transcribed by Bessie Meredith

BORN: OCTOBER 1, 1926
DIED: MAY 11, 2005

Joan Kuykendall Ray, 78, of Pine Bluff, died Wednesday, May 11, 2005 at her home.

She was born October 1, 1926 in Idabel, Oklahoma, the daughter of Bill Kuykendall and Edith Randolph Kuykendall. Mrs. Ray was reared and received her early education in Idabel, graduating from Idabel High School. She attended A&M University.

Joan Kuykendall married Joe Spencer Ray on December 20, 1947 in Idabel, Oklahoma.

She was a medical secretary for Davis Hospital and later Jefferson Regional Medical Center for 45 years.

Mrs. Ray was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church, Daughters of the American Revolution and American Business Women’s Association.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Edith Randolph Kuykendall and Bill Kuykendall; husband, Joe Ray; and brother, R.D. Kuykendall.

Survivors include her daughter, Louann Rountree and son-in-law, Jim, of Pine Bluff, Arkansas; sister, Lou Kuykendall Moore of La Luz, New Mexico; brother, Randy Kuykendall of Yantis, Texas; two grandchildren, Dr. Spencer A. Patrick of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia and Wendy Ann Patrick-Cockrell of Pine Bluff, Arkansas; and daughter-in-law, Jean Kuykendall of Idabel, Oklahoma.

A graveside service will be held Saturday, May 14, 2005 at 1:30 P.M. at the Ft. Towson Cemetery in Ft. Towson, Oklahoma, with Brother Mutt Wallace officiating.

Arrangements were handled by Ralph Robinson & Son Funeral Directors of Pine Bluff, Arkansas.

Memorials may be sent to the Fort Towson Cemetery Association, P.O. Box 213, Fort Towson, Oklahoma 74735.