Ray Birmingham

Funeral services for Ray Birmingham, age 80, of Garland, formerly of Sulphur Springs will be conducted at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel, at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, January 27, 2011. Interment will follow at Greenview Cemetery with Bill Williams, Johnny Ferguson, Bob Latham, Charles Amax, John Landers and Octave Woods serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Taylor Short and Tom Nied. Visitation will be from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home.

Ray Birmingham passed away Tuesday morning, January 25, 2011 at his residence. He was born in Sulphur Springs on June 30, 1930, the son of Joseph Birmingham and Willie (Clark) Birmingham. He married Ava Jean Taylor in Divide Community on July 29, 1949; she survives. Mr. Birmingham was a retired supervisor for Texas Instruments. He was a Mason, Shriner and member of Scottish Rites. He was also a member of Church of Christ.

Other survivors include: daughter, Tammie Sue Short and husband, Mark, of Rowlette; brother, Odell Birmingham and wife, Marion; sister, Laura Faye White and husband, Monty, all of Greenville; and grandchildren Amanda Nied and husband, Tom, and Taylor Short. He was preceded in death by brother, Talmadge Birmingham and sister, Claudine Bevill.