Melissa Ann ”Aunt Sis” RAY^{[1, 2, 3]}

1932 - 2006  (74 years)

• Name	Melissa Ann ”Aunt Sis” RAY  [4, 5, 6]
  Birth	11 Sep 1932	Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina   [7]
  Gender	Female
  HIST	of Sumter, South Carolina are her grandchildren with their correct parents? also- Justin Okonek is a grandchild- who are his parents? jkh at death- she had 2 great-grandchildren, Alex Benenhaley and Anthony Benenhaley- who are their parents? jkh  [5, 8]
  Religion	she was a member of Springbank Baptist Church, Sumter County, South Carolina, and Hammond Ray’s Sunday school class  [8]
  _UID	6D8239DC74644C188599AD940C9C27930172
  Death	10 Dec 2006	Tuomey Regional Medical Center, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina
  Burial	13 Dec 2006	Springbank Baptist Church Cemetery, Sumter County, South Carolina   [8]
  	Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home & Crematorium, Sumter, South Carolina
  Person ID	I71539	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	29 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Martin Frazier “PaPa” RAY, Sr.,   b. 1910, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 31 Aug 1996, at his home (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Lanie/Laney/Lani “Granny” HOOD   d. Aft 31 Aug 1996
  Marriage	26 Nov 1931	Sumter County, South Carolina   [9]
  _UID	90F4149103814BA58D8538BC06823631926D
  _UID	90F4149103814BA58D8538BC06823631926D
  Family ID	F49805	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Stanley Ray/M. BENENHALEY,   b. 7 Apr 1930, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 4 Feb 2024, at his home, (Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina) (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	31 May 1957	Sumter County, South Carolina   [10]
  _UID	F2FB05BC12C9435AAD9D20321C9E9483934C
  _UID	F2FB05BC12C9435AAD9D20321C9E9483934C
  Children	1. Janis Faye BENENHALEY   2. Stanley Michael “Mike” BENENHALEY   3. Bobby Derald BENENHALEY
  Family ID	F49720	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Feb 2002

  
  

  Family 2	Martin RAY
  _UID	321E0490BB2B44A888E2C40217C7839BE2F9
  _UID	321E0490BB2B44A888E2C40217C7839BE2F9
  Children	1. Terry Lynn RAY,   b. 15 Aug 1952, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 30 Jul 1964, Charleston Medical Center (Age 11 years)
  Family ID	F49801	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S27479] Terri Ann Ognibene and Glen Browder, (University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, South Carolina), Front Page. [S31573] Stanley M. Benenhaley. [S32318] Pearl Ray Corcoran. [S980] . [S1111] Martin Ray Jr. [S13964] Josephine Ray McDonald. [S9732] In Memory - In Loving Memory - Melissa Benenhaley. [S7990] Melissa Benenhaley. [S3126] Information given to me from Neal- He took it out of the marriage book for females. [S689] Sumter County, South Carolina, Marriage License Index, #1, page 145.