Miss Haley Elizabeth Ray, 17

Miss Haley Elizabeth Ray, 17, of Hazlehurst passed away Jan. 5 in Telfair County from injuries sustained in an accident.
Haley was born April 14, 2006, in Ocilla. She was a member of the Jeff Davis County High School Class of 2024 and was number three in her class. She was in the FBLA, Beta Club, and served on the yearbook staff as well as the student advisory board of Jeff Davis Hospital. Haley also served as the worship leader for Hazlehurst Church of God of Prophecy. She was an avid hunter and fisher and a cowgirl at heart. Haley was preceded in death by her maternal grandfather, Raymond Manning.
Survivors include her parents Newly and Kandy Ray of Hazlehurst; brother, Christian Ray; sister, Jaiden Johns (Colby); maternal grandmother, Dianne Manning; paternal grandparents, Elaine (Garry) Spires and LeRoy (Betty) Ray; maternal great-grandmother, Betty Kight; uncles, Randy (Wren) Manning, and Shawn Ray; special friends, Tori Taylor, Lexi Girtman, and Aleah Parker.
Services were held Jan. 8 from Hazlehurst Church of God with the Rev. Randy Manning officiating. Interment was in Hazlehurst Memorial Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Jesse Worth, Bobby Brue, Cheyne Browning, Tre Rea, Lewis Baker, and Shawn Ray.
Honorary pallbearers were members of Jeff Davis High School Class of 2024 and Student Council.
Music was rendered by Kelly Efstathiou.
Swain Funeral Home was in charge.