Rev. Clifford E. Wray, son of the late Henry Wray and Josie Mahann Wray, was born on June 26, 1924 in Pontiac, Missouri and departed this life on May 2, 2016 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri at the age of 91.

Rev. Wray was the minister for the First General Baptist Church in Dexter for twenty years and retired from the New Bethel Church in Dexter.  He was a veteran of the United States Army serving during World War II and a member of the Masonic Lodge for fifty years.

On April 12, 1942, he was united in marriage to Juell I.Yochom in Ozark County, Missouri.  Mrs. Wray survives of their home in Dexter.

He is survived by two sons, Bobby Wray of Wichita, Kansas and David Wray of Dexter, Missouri; by one brother, Alva Wray; by five grandchildren, Brian Wray, Christina Riehl, Jason Wray, Heather Ryan and Garrett Wray; by three great-grandchildren, James Wray, Scarlett Ryan and Bonnie Ryan; and by one daughter-in-law, Teresa Overall of Dexter, Missouri.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death one son, Philip Wray; by four brothers, Walter Wray, Hershel Wray, Everett Wray and Avrile Wray; by one sister, Eula Wray; and by one granddaughter, Melissa Wray.

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Saturday, May 7, 2016 from 9:30 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. 

Funeral services will be conducted in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel on Saturday, May 7, 2016 at 11:00 A.M. with Rev. Dean Williams officiating. 

Interment will follow in the Chalk Bluff Cemetery.