Ray Arlen Justice, age 86, of North Tolliver Road, Morehead, Kentucky, formerly of Salt Lick, Kentucky, passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2009, at the Life Care Center in Morehead.
Born January 2, 1923, in Carter County, Kentucky, Ray was the son of the late Charles and Minnie Flannery Justice. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Madge Seidenschmit, and a niece, Mary Jo Wright.
His wife, Nita Gloria Flannery Justice, preceded him in death on November 9, 2002.
Ray is survived by three sisters, Ethel Rucker of Flemingsburg, Kentucky, and Edna Boggs and Hazel Combs, both of Dayton, Ohio, as well as several nieces and nephews.
Ray attended Webbville High School, was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, a retired employee of Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard in Baltimore, Maryland, and a Kentucky Colonel. Ray lived as a steward of the land and enjoyed horticulture, being outdoors, hunting, fishing, and digging ginseng and yellow root.
Funeral services will be conducted 11 a.m. Saturday, December 19, 2009, at Northcutt & Son Home for Funerals Memorial Chapel with Brother Johnny Hatfield officiating. Burial will follow in the Webbville Cemetery at Webbville, Kentucky, with full military rites conducted by Morehead American Legion Post No. 126.
Visitation will be Saturday, December 19, 2009, from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. at Northcutt & Son Home for Funerals.
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