Connie Dee Ray of Amarillo, formerly of Friona passed away November 10,
2020 in Amarillo. Viewing will be held from 9:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. Friday, November 13, 2020
at HANSARD FAMILY Funeral Home in Friona with Celebration of Life Graveside
Services to be held Saturday, November 14, 2020 at 2:00 P.M. at the
Friona Cemetery, east of Friona, with Jeff Procter and Mike Prather
officiating. Burial following in the Friona Cemetery by HANSARD FAMILY
Funeral Home of Friona. A reception line for the family will be drive-by,
immediately following at 3:00 in the parking lot of the Friona 6th Street
Church of Christ, or you may choose to visit with the family inside the
church building through 4:30 P.M.

Connie was born April 17, 1942, in Farmersville, TX, to John L. and Nellie
Beatrice Shelton Ray. He lived in Farmersville and Greenville, TX, before
moving to Friona at age ten. He graduated from Friona High School in 1960
and then went on to study at West Texas State and Tarleton State Colleges.
He began independently farming before marrying his high school sweetheart
and love of his life, Roma Kay Struve, on November 14, 1964. In 1966, they
moved to Stratford where he farmed and ranched for ten years. While there,
his two daughters Dee Anne and Robin were born. They then moved to the
Farwell/Bovina area where they raised their daughters and were active
members of the Bovina Church of Christ, who is still family to them.
Connie's farming and livestock career kept him busy in the Parmer County
area until he retired in 1997. In 2000, Connie and Kay made their home in
the Amarillo area where they have cherished worshiping with their church
family at Crossroads Country Church.

Connie had a love for laughing, teasing, traveling, and adventures of all
kinds. He had a smile for everyone he met and a joke to go with it. He was
kind and delighted in helping others. The warm weather drew him to Yuma, AZ
where he and Kay wintered the past 16 years. He said he never saw anyone
shovel sunshine off their sidewalk there, and he would tempt his grandkids
to come visit by offering them ice cream under the palm trees in January.

He is survived by his wife, Kay, of Amarillo; his daughters, Dee Anne (Bret)
Taylor of Dubois, ID, and Robin (Shane) Self of Amarillo; four grandchildren-
Jacob and Jaci Taylor and Jayla and Maeleigh Self; his sister, Evelyn
McDowell, of Fairview, TX; his brother, Charles (Rose Ann) Ray of Friona;
and several nieces, nephews, and cousins.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Crossroads Mission, 944 S.
Arizona Ave., PO Box 1161, Yuma, AZ 85366, or to your own favorite charity.