Charles Eugene Bray of Mulberry, Tennessee, passed away on Friday, May 12,
2017 at the age of 78 years. Services are scheduled for 12:00 (noon) on
Tuesday, May 30, 2017; at St. Mary Magdalene Episcopal Church,
Fayetteville, Tennessee. A reception and lunch will be held immediately
after the services. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the
charity of your choice.
Mr. Bray was the son of the late Vernon Charles Bray and Nellie Mae Phenix
Bray. He was born in Roger Mills, Oklahoma on February 27, 1939. He
served in the U. S. Navy for several years. And he later owned and
operated an appliance sales and service business in Espanola, New Mexico,
for many years. He met and married Sandra Bray in New Mexico; and they
moved to Tennessee, in 2000.
Mr. Bray, having started construction work with his father as a child,
enjoyed and continued construction work much of his life. His greatest
loves were fishing and being in the mountains of New Mexico. He had a
brilliant mind, engaged well with people, and had many talents including
working with computers.
Mr. Bray was preceded
In death by two sisters (Mary Elizabeth Robertson and Verna Ann Hankins)
and one brother (Fred Bray). He is survived by Sandra Bray of
Fayetteville, Tennessee; sister-in-law Candy Richard of Mulberry,
Tennessee; two brothers-in-law (Bill Richard, of Moore County, Tennessee,
and Graddy Richard, of Huntsville, Alabama); and (nephew) Jerry and Beth
Harris, of Amarillo, Texas.
Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.