MITCHELL – Roy R. Ramey, 93, passed away Monday morning, November 2, 2015, at Mitchell Manor Living and Rehabilitation Center.
Born March 3, 1922, in Mitchell, he was the son of Hisle and Bessie (Mann) Ramey. He married Edith Burton January 22, 1944.
Roy was a stone mason and had been employed at U. S. Gypsum. He was a 25-year school bus driver for Mitchell Community Schools, and was a member of the 1940 Mitchell High School Basketball Team, Mitchell Masonic Lodge No. 228 F. & A. M., Scottish Rite Valley of Indianapolis, and an 82-year member of the First Christian Church.
He was a U. S. Army veteran of World War II, a member of the Honor Guard and 65- year member of American Legion Post No. 250 and also a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars No. 9107.
Surviving: wife,
Edith Ramey, Mitchell
son,
Roy “Rick” (Janice) Ramey, Mitchell
daughter,
Barbara Ann (Bob) White, Mitchell
grandchildren,
Tara LeAnn Ramey
Kimberly Brooke Manning
Troy Matthew Ramey
Julie Ann Ortman
great grandchildren,
Kalyn Brooke White
Clayton Royce Manning
Kamdyn Ramey Manning
Victoria Ann Ortman
Joseph Robert Ortman
Olivia Ann Ortman
McKenna Grace Ramey
several nieces and nephews
His parents; siblings, Ethel Bundy, Emmett “Whitey” Ramey, Glenmore Ramey, Clayton “Metzie” Ramey, Woodrow Wilson Ramey, Delbert Ramey, Robert Roland Ramey, and Walter Ramey; and brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Wilbur and Mary Katherine Burton, preceded him in death.
Funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, November 5, in the Memorial Chapel of Chastain Funeral Home & Cremation Center with Pastor Mike Collins officiating. Burial will be in Mitchell Cemetery with military honors accorded by American Legion Post No. 250 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 9107.
Friends may call from 4:00-7:00 p.m. Wednesday and from 10:00 a.m. until the service on Thursday at the funeral home.
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