The funeral service for Nora Jean Ray, 96, will be at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 10th, 2026, at the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. James Graham officiating. Burial will follow in Marlow Cemetery under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home. The family will greet friends from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Monday, March 9th, 2026, at the funeral home.

Jean, as she preferred to be called, was born in Muleshoe, Texas, on August 1st, 1929, to Carl Jackson Roach and Nora Berta Leffew Roach. She graduated from Muleshoe High School in 1945 and later attended the University of Indiana until her marriage to Frank Carrol Ray, Jr., on December 8th, 1946.

She began working as a telephone operator for Southwestern Bell in August of 1953 to "save up for Christmas" and retired exactly 26 years to the day later in August of 1979. In September of 1979, Jean began working for Travel Tours of Oklahoma as a tour director. In 1988, she changed employers, moving to Rainbow Travel, where she continued to work as a tour director until her retirement in October of 2006. During these 27 years, she and her husband traveled to all seven continents and cruised all seven seas.

Jean is survived by her grandson, Frank Chilcott Ray, IV, and his wife, Donna, of Edmond, Oklahoma; her granddaughter, Rebecca Lynn Ray of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; her granddaughter, Jennifer Elizabeth Carlton, and her husband, Lloyd, of Gadsden, Alabama; her great grandchildren, Elizabeth Grace Keenum, Astraea Maren Heath, Matthew Logan Keenum, Alvin Roscoe Carlton, Aidric Leviathan Carlton, and Nikolai Ashley Shawn; her great granddaughter, Grace Marie Rose Moffett; and nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, Frank Carrol Ray, Jr.; her son, Frank Carl Ray, III, and his wife, Darra Lynn Ray; her parents; and her five sisters and their husbands.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Centenary United Methodist Church of Lawton, OK; Dementia Society of America; and/or Alzheimer's Association.