Peggy June Cray

Peggy June Cray, 96, loving wife, mother, and homemaker died Friday, September 28, 2024, at Heart-to-Heart Hospice House in Fort Worth, Texas. Born October 9,1927, in Frederick, Oklahoma, she was the daughter of the late Duke Templeton Rogers and Violet Powell Rogers. 

She lived in Chickasha, Oklahoma, Big Spring, Texas, and Memphis, Tennessee where she attended junior high and high school. She received her education at Wheaton College near Chicago, Illinois and was a proud member of the Class of ‘49. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in physical education. After graduation, she found her first job through an ad in the newspaper and took a train from Duncan, Oklahoma to Edinburg, Texas to begin her teaching career. 

She went on to marry Arlen B. Cray on June 19, 1954, in Edinburg, Texas and they were together until his passing in February of 2019. 64 beautiful years. Their first daughter, Kim, was born in December of 1955. They moved to Irving in 1959 and joined Plymouth Park Baptist Church. In March of 1964, they had their second daughter, Karen, which prompted a move to their home on Atlanta Drive, where they lived for over fifty years. She was a long-time active member at Plymouth Park, where she taught conversational English for “Internationals,” was a Women’s Missionary Union and Round Table member, in addition to being active in the Irving Book Review Club. 

She is preceded in death by her husband, parents, son David Todd Cray, and sister Billie Duke Rogers. She is survived by two daughters, Kimberly Lancaster and husband David of Crowley, Texas, Karen Pace and husband Gary of Spring Branch, Texas, and grandchildren Molly Lancaster, Jeff Lancaster, Brett Lancaster and his wife Gina, Jared Pace, Lexi Pace, and Landry Pace. 

The family will receive friends at 10 a.m. until noon Tuesday, October 8, 2024, at Colonial Funeral Home of Irving, 606 West Airport Freeway in Irving. The funeral will begin at noon in the chapel. Burial will follow at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Dallas/Fort Worth National Cemetery, 2000 Mountain Creek Pkwy, Dallas, TX.