Modene Ray Black

A memorial service for Modene Ray Black, 86, will be conducted at 3p.m., Saturday, November 17, 2012, at the chapel adjacent to the Keene Seventh-day-Adventist Church where she was a member for many years. Modene passed away Saturday, November 10, 2012 in Keene, Texas. She was born on May 28, 1926 in McCurtain, Oklahoma, Indian Territory. Her father was Robert Alexander Ray and her mother was Lucia Jacobs Ray. Modene moved to Keene in 1965 along with her 6 children from Waco, Texas. She had worked at Brandom Cabinets, located in Keene, Texas, from from 1965 until she retired at age 72 as a foreman. She was preceded in death by both parents, her son, David, and her twin brother, Eugene Ray. She is survived by her five loving children: Dale Martin and his wife, Martha, Luvena Farinola and her husband, Glenn, Velia Easley, and her husband, Warren, Connie McMahon and her husband, Jim, Edward Black and his wife, Rae Lynn. She was also blessed by 12 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.