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284    RAY, BUCKNER FAMILIES

Location - off Serenity Lake Dr.. and Old Creedmoor Rd and north of Hwy 98.

Coordinates: 35d 59m 55.4s N; 78d 41m 29.0s W Click here for Online Maps

Directions: Take Old Creedmoor Rd north of Hwy 98, drive 0.7 mile and turn Right onto Serenity Lake Dr. Turn Left where the road forks; it will appear like you're driving on someone's driveway but you're not. Cemetery will be in the patch of woods on the Right. Old Creedmoor Rd. is just west of Hwy 50 and Hwy 98 intersection.

Surveyed by Mrs. Deborah Scott Spencer on 16 Oct 2009.

Notes: Approximately 10 more graves marked by a stone. Land and cemetery deeded to Sidney G. Ray. See Deed Book 253 pg 16.
Some information came from the late Marl Ray, whose notes dated 30 Sep 2006 were forwarded by Robert Phillip Upchurch, his 1st cousin (both being great-grandsons of Buckner Ray.)

1. Carter, Ada Beatrice   (b. 15 Dec 1913 - d. 23 Jan 1914)
Daughter of James Pattie Carter and Mary Beatrice 'Madge' Ray Carter. (Madge was the daughter of Willis Samarian Ray and Cornelia Ada Penny Ray. Willis is the son of Buckner Ray.)
2. Ray, Buckner   (b. 3 May 1818 - d. 15 Jan 1881)
Aged 62 yrs, 8 mos, 15 days. Husband of 1) Midda Lee Lowery Ray and 2) Jane Caroline Grady Ray.
3. Ray, Charlie   (b. 26 Aug 1884 - d. 25 Oct 1885)
Shared tombstone with Talcot Ray
4. Ray, Cornelia Ada Penny   (b. - d. 1903)
1st Wife of Willis Samarian Ray [he was the son of Buckner Ray.] Her grave is marked by a rock with no name/inscription, but is buried to the right of Midda Lee Lowery Ray.
5. Ray, Ella Florence Gill   (b. Oct 1859 - d. 1910)
1st Wife of Alfonzo Columbus Ray, Sr. (son of Buckner Ray and his 2nd Wife Jane Caroline Grady Ray.)
6. Ray, Ernest   (b. - d. )
Son of Alfonzo Columbus Ray and 1st Wife Ella Flornce Gill Ray.
7. Ray, Garland L.   (b. Jul 1897 - d. Abt 1909)
Son of Alfonzo Columbus Ray and 1st Wife Ella Flornce Gill Ray. Died in hunting accident.
8. Ray, Infant   (b. - d. )
Child of Alfonzo Columbus Ray, Sr. and his 2nd Wife Alma G. Harrison Ray (they married 6 Jan 1914.)
9. Ray, Jane Caroline Grady   (b. 26 Aug 1822 - d. 16 Nov 1908)
2nd Wife of Buckner Ray (married 12 Dec 1846 Wake Co.) She's buried to the left of Buckner Ray. She was the daughter of Buck Grady.
10. Ray, Midda Lee Lowery   (b. - d. 1846)
1st Wife of Buckner Ray (married 14 Oct 1837 Wake Co) and is buried to the right of Buckner Ray, with a rock marking her grave.
11. Ray, Roy   (b. - d. )
Son of Alfonzo Columbus Ray and 1st Wife Ella Flornce Gill Ray.
12. Ray, Talcot   (b. 11 Jun 1903 - d. 11 Jul 1903)
Shared tombstone with Charlie Ray
13. Ray, Tommy   (b. 1892 - d. )
Son of Alfonzo Columbus Ray and 1st Wife Ella Flornce Gill Ray.