Mrs. Mary Eunice "Mae" Fears Ray was born February 11, 1942 in Chambers County, AL to the parentage of the late, Mr. Willie Joe (Sr.) and Mrs. Angie Lee (Peterson) Fears. She departed this life on Friday, May 15, 2009 at the George H. Lanier Memorial Hospital, Valley, AL.
Mae accepted Christ as her Lord and savior at an early age and joined the Greenwood Baptist Church.
Mae was a product of the Drew Junior High School, Shawmut, AL. She was retired from Wal-Mart Super Center, Valley, AL with several years of service.
Mary Eunice was an animal supporter and lover. She lovingly cherished her own dogs, "Jericho" and "Dink".
She was preceded in death by three brothers, Clarence Fears, Willie Joe Fears and O.C. Fears, Sr.
Mae loved nothing more than her family who is left to mourn her death: two loving daughters, Mary Ann(Otis)Higgins, West Point, GA; Gail Ray, Lanett, AL: one loving son, Willie James Ray, Lanett, AL: six grandchildren, six great grandchildren, two sisters, Pearl (Palmer) Elden, Lanett, AL; Laura (Albert) Lancaster, Springfield, MA; one brother, Robert Lee(Pat) Fears, Houston, TX, three sisters-in-law, Frances Fears, Doris Fears and Mary Lizzie Fears; a spec...[more]