NAME: RAYMOND RAY W. ROBERTS, AGE 77, A LONGTIME CRYSTAL AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: JULY 10, 1924 AT LEXINGTON, OKLAHOMA TO NEWMAN AND ORA (RAGSDALE) ROBERT. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2002 AT ANTLERS NURSING HOME. AGE: 77 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 17 DAYS.

OCCUPATION: RAY WAS A TRUCK DRIVER, RETIRING WITH 23 YEARS SERVICE WITH SAFEWAY COMPANY IN OKLAHOMA CITY.

EDUCATION: RAY ATTENDED SCHOOL AT WANETTE HIGH SCHOOL.

MARRIED: RAMONA DAVIS SHEFFIELD ON DECEMBER 21, 1963 AT CRYSTAL, OK.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: RAY WAS A MEMBER OF CRYSTAL BAPTIST CHURCH. RAY SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY AND THE AIR FORCE RESERVE DURING WORLD WAR II. HE WAS A MEMBER OF ATOKA MASONIC LODGE #4, TEAMSTERS UNION LOCAL #886, A FORMER MEMBER OF CRYSTAL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, DISABLED VETERANS ASSOCIATION, AND A MEMBER OF THE GUTHRIE MASONIC CONSISTORY.

SURVIVED BYS

WIFE: RAMONA ROBERTS OF THEIR HOME IN CRYSTAL, OK.

DAUGHTERS: COLINDA JEFFERSON AND HUSBAND ROB OF PLANO, TX. MONA ASHCRAFT OF MEMPHIS, TN. JEANNINE GARLAND OF MCLOUD, OK. PATRICIA WILKE AND HUSBAND LYNN OF OKLAHOMA CITY.

SON: STANLEY ROBERTS OF TEMPE, AZ.

GRANDSONS: COLLIN JEFFERSON OF PLANO, TX. RYAN AND PATRICK ASHCRAFT OF MEMPHIS, TN. MICHAEL GARLAND OF OKLAHOMA CITY. DAVID GARLAND OF MCLOUD.

GRANDDAUGHTER: KEETHA GARLAND OF MCLOUD, OK.

SISTER: RHANA DODSON OF OKLAHOMA CITY.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: NEWMAN AND ORA ROBERTS. SON-IN-LAW: SHAWN ASHCRAFT. SISTERS: EDITH FLYNT, LOUISE WASSON, WILMA GILISPIE. grayline DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 2002 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: CRYSTAL BAPTIST CHURCH ~ CRYSTAL, OK.

INTERMENT: CRYSTAL CEMETERY ~ CRYSTAL, OK.

OFFICIATING: BRO. DARREL HEATH. ASSISTING: BRO. GLENN COOK.

CASKETBEARERS: CARTER COOK, DOUG ISBELL, JOHNNY (STAN) STANEART, JAMES PHILLIPS, JOHNNY HENRY, JIMMY PHILLIPS.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: PETE ANDERSON, TONY KIMMEL, JESS PHILLIPS, ROBERT MAYSE, HENRY SANDERS, BILL COLLINS, WILLARD OLSEN.