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Julius Ray Ethridge
7 Mar 1935 – 23 Dec 2004
| Birth | 7 Mar 1935 |
| Death | 23 Dec 2004 |
| Cemetery | Hallsville Cemetery Hallsville , Harrison County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Bill T. Whitis on 15 Jun 2015 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86109737 |
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Funeral services for Julius Ray Ethridge, 69, of Hallsville, Texas were held at 10 a.m., Tuesday, Dec. 28 at Rader Funeral Home Chapel in Longview, Texas with Charles Ethridge, Robert Johnson and Dan Manuel officiating. Interment followed in the Hallsville Cemetery under the direction of Rader Funeral Home. Ethridge was born in Miller Grove, Texas, to parents Harvey and Opal Ethridge. He was reared in Brashear, Texas, where he graduated with honors from Miller Grove High School in 1953. He moved to Dallas, Texas where he met and married Bobbie Jean Wilson, his wife of 42 years. In 1956 they moved to Garland, where they reared three children. He retired from National Guard Administration in about 1985 and relocated to Hallsville. He became the district sales manager for C & C Carpet in Longview until health issues forced his retirement in 2002. After the death of his first wife in March 1998, Ray met and married Martha Presley "Marty" Willson, formerly of Atlanta, and the two enjoyed almost six years of togetherness until his untimely death. Ray was a member of the Longview Church of Christ, where he served as deacon. He was preceded in death by his parents, Harvey and Opal Ethridge; and his first wife Bobbie Jean Wilson. Survivors include his wife Martha "Marty" Presley Willson; daughter, Sherra Cobb; daughter and son-in-law, Lisa and Tony Dixon; son and daughter-in-law, Galen and Vivian Ethridge; two step-children, Chris Strickland and Kathleen Strickland; five brothers and one sister, Charles Ethridge, Carroll Ethridge, Freeman Ethridge, Richard Ethridge, Johnny Ethridge and Judy Reid and their respective spouses; eight grandchildren Sonja Cobb, Chad Cobb, Robert Rose, Jeffery Rose, Alyssa Dixon, Alicia Ethridge, Andie Ethridge and Angela Ethridge; three great-grandchildren Kaitlyn Cobb, Logan Cobb and Hailey Cobb.
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