Ray Mings
Ray Mings of Country View Court, Campbellsville, son of the late John Mings and Fannie Elizabeth Tucker Mings was born November 1, 1913 in Adair County, Kentucky. He died at 6:15 P.M., Sunday, July 16, 2006 in Elizabethtown. Age: 92He professed faith in Christ, was baptized and is presently a member of the Campbellsville Christian Church. He was a graduate of Campbellsville University and Transylvania University. He taught in the Taylor County School System for eight years. He held a graduate degree from Butler School of Religion in Indianapolis, Indiana.He served as a pastor in central Indiana, and was a former missionary minister in Osaka, Japan for some thirty years having started three churches and serving as a board member and professor of the Osaka Bible Seminary in Osaka, Japan. He united in marriage to Mattie Roberts November 1, 1934. Besides his wife, Mattie Mings of Campbellsville, he is survived by two sons and one daughter and spouses: Dale and Patty Mings of Eastview, Kentucky, Lonnie and Coral Mings of Israel and Colorado Springs, Colorado and Carol and Mike Cornelison of Whitehouse, Texas; one daughter-in-law, Charlotte Mings of Hauula, Hawaii; twelve grandchildren; fourteen great-grandchildren; one brother and three sisters: Jodie Mings of Campbellsville, Betty Rowe Vaughn and Regina Ermine Farmer of Wadsworth, Ohio and Nina Faye Chelf of Louisville; several nieces and nephews, many other relatives and friends. He was also preceded in death by one son, Donnie Mings September 24, 2003; two brothers, R. D. Mings and Maurice Mings. FUNERAL SERVICES: 11:00 A.M., Friday, July 21, 2006 at the Campbellsville Christian Church by Joe Hatchett and Paul Patton BURIAL: Campbellsville Memorial Gardens Visitation 6-9 PM Thursday at Parrott Ramsey Funeral Home and after 9AM Friday at the church.
