Jack Dray

Jack U. Dray, 74, of Bartlesville, passed away at home surrounded by loved ones on January 3, 2024. Memorial services will be held at 10am, January 11 at the First Baptist Church of Dewey with Pastor Mark Wright officiating. Jack was born in Carrollton, Ohio on June 23, 1949, the 7th of 11 children born to Ellsworth and Glendora Dray. He entered the army in July 1966 and served as a Stallion Crew Chief with the 92nd Aviation Company in Vietnam from November 1967 through June 1969. Jack decided to make Oklahoma home in 1971 after visiting an army buddy in Wann, Oklahoma. Jack worked at Reda Pump and National Zinc before gaining employment as a machinist at Baker Hughes. After retirement Jack became active in the chainsaw ministry of the Washington-Osage Baptist Disaster Relief. In past years he had been an active member of the local running community, enjoyed fishing, gardening and attending his grandkids sporting events and choir concerts but above all Jack was a follower of Jesus. Jack has been a Sunday School teacher and integral part of the Men's Ministry at First Baptist Church of Dewey for the last 15 years. Jack married Teri Gray in 1991 and they made their home in Bartlesville. They recently celebrated their 32nd anniversary. Jack is survived by his wife, Teri, and children Kevin and Kara Dray, Casey and Ashley Jo Murphy, and Kevin and Jolene Bryant, eight grandchildren, Grace, Joanna, Anastasia, Augustus, Paisley, Paxton, Paiden and Pearson. He is also survived by 8 siblings, Bertha Kagey, Betty Wheeler, Jim Dray, Ronnie Dray and wife Karen, Jane Gilmore and husband Luther, John Dray, Melvin Dray and wife Diane, Randy Dray and wife Diane and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, brother Bill Dray and sister Linda Shotwell. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Washington Osage Baptist Disaster Relief, 3801 Maryland St., Bartlesville, OK 74006. Services will be held on Thursday, at 10 a.m., at the Dewey First Baptist Church, with Pastor Mark Wright officiating. Services are under the direction of Carter Davis and the Davis Family Funeral Home & Crematory – Walker Brown Chapel. Online condolences and remembrances may be shared at www.DavisFamilyFuneralHome.com. "Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away; behold all things are become new." 2 Corinthians 5:17

Jack Dray

June 23, 1949 - January 3, 2024