Bates County Obituaries

 

MCCLANAHAN, Ray Albert (1926 - 1987)
Osceola Library, St. Clair County, Missouri
Ray Albert McClanahan, 61, the son of Clarence and Gladys Belisle McClanahan, was born January 18, 1926, in Roscoe and died at his home in Gilroy, California July 1, 1987. After his father’s death, he made his home with his mother to be with and help her. Ray worked at Colsons Gas Station in Schell City for 13 years prior to moving to California in 1956. He was a partner in the Peterson Tire Shop at Gilroy, California, retiring February of this year. Ray was baptized at an early age and was a member and past deacon of the Schell City Christian Church. He was a member of Schell City Lodge 448, A.F. & A.M., Schell City Chapter 253, OES, Schell City, and Ama Deum Shrine 16, Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem. Ray was a jolly person, a lover of country and gospel music, and was always willing to lend a helping hand to those in need. He was preceded in death by a younger sister, Madalene June McClanahan. Survivors are his mother, Gladys Meyer, Schell City; four brothers, Clinton C. McClanahan, san Jose, Calif., Davie Lee McClanahan, Hobbs, N.M., Clarence McClanahan Jr., Salinas, Calif., and Gary McClanahan, Liberty, Mo.; six sisters, Zena Mae Mills, Salinas, Calif., Irene Smith, Schell City, Noma June Ralph, Salinas, Calif., Nova Lackey, El Dorado Springs, Viola Balthrope, El Dorado Springs, and Sharon Goodman, Schell City; and other relatives and friends. Services were held Tuesday, July 7, at the Schell City Christian Church. Rev. Kenneth Nichols officiated. Julie Hoagland sang “Oh, What a Savior” accompanied by Anna Bailey, pianist. Pallbearers were B.D. Dickbreder, Joe McKinney, Larry Applegate, Jewel Dean Ditty, Howard Conway and Joe Bell. Honorary bearers were Larry Goodman, W.W. Colson, Bill Bailey and Pete Updike. Burial was in Green Lawn Cemetery under the direction of Lewis and Son Funeral Home.