Ray Lewis

R.D. (Ray) Lewis went to be with the Lord on September 3, 2024. He was 96 years old. Jeremiah 17:7 says, “Blessed is the man that trusted in the Lord and whose hope is in the Lord”. This truly describes Ray. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, September 9th, at First Baptist Church in Lindale under the direction of Caudle-Rutledge-Daugherty Funeral Home. The family will receive friends on Sunday, September 8th, between 3 – 5 p.m. at Caudle-Rutledge-Daugherty Funeral Home. A private burial will be in the Mt. Sylvan Cemetery. Ray entered the Marines at age 15 and was the youngest sergeant in the Marines at age 16. After 3½ years he was discharged and worked for Weavers Springs and Bumper Works for five years. Then having a great desire to be a policeman, Ray went to work for the Dallas Police Department in 1951. While Ray was a policeman, he was awarded The Patrolman Of The Year and Detective of the Year. While Ray was working in the Juvenile Division in July 1959, and because of the keen ability he had for interrogating, Ray was asked to work in the Polygraph Division. Retiring from the Dallas Police Department in 1978, Ray and Rita moved to Lindale where he started Lewis Polygraph Service. Ray was awarded the Pioneer Award by the Polygraph Association in 2001. He retired at the age 83. Ray was the spiritual leader of his family. He came to know the Lord in 1953 and immediately began to serve Him. It was after attending an advanced seminar in Chicago in 1972, led by Bill Gothard, that Ray promised to never start the day without reading the Word. He kept that promise for over 46 years. He taught God’s Word for over sixty years, 46 of those years at First Baptist in Lindale. Ray was a loving, caring husband, father, grand-father and great-grandfather. He was preceded in death by his parents Bessie and Raymond Lewis, two sisters and their husbands Thelma and Bill Hovey and Mae and Floyd Johnson, and a son-in-law Monty Angell. Ray is survived by his loving wife of 78 years Rita Lewis, daughter Sandra Angell of Terrell, son and daughter-in-law R.D. (Danny) and Vicki Lewis of Kerens, four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to Lindale First Baptist Church Building fund.

Ray Lewis

October 7, 1927 - September 3, 2024