This obituary appeared in the Nashville Tennessean on Wednesday, 25 May 2005: Alva RAY Sumner Age 74 May 22, 2005 Age 74 of Gallatin. Passed away Sunday, May 22, 2005. She is preceded in death by her husband, The Late Reverend H.L. Ray, former Pastor of Greater Beech Hill Missionary Baptist Church. Mrs. Ray is survived by her children, Deborah Boaz, Sharron Turner, William Stanton Jr., Bernard Dewitt Stanton and David Shawn McMurry; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; brothers, Reverend Joseph F. (Chris) Scott of Louisville, KY, John W. (Sheila) Scott of Hendersonville, TN, Charles (Twana) Scott and Donnie Scott both of Gallatin, TN and Robert (Princess) Scott of Florida; sisters, Bertha Patterson, Linda (Donnie) Alexander, Angela Scott and Carol A. Fitts all of Gallatin, TN; step-mother, Mrs. Frances Scott of Gallatin, TN; a host of other relatives and friends. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. til 12 noon on Thursday, May 26, 2005 in the Chapel of Johnson & Coleman Funeral Home, 723 Anthony Street in Gallatin, TN. Funeral to follow. Interment will be in Crestview Memorial Park. Services entrusted to JOHNSON & COLEMAN FUNERAL HOME, (615) 452-2060