Services for Richard Ray Maddox will be held at 2:00 P.M., Thursday, June 20, 2013 at Friendship Baptist Church under the direction of Downs Funeral Home. Bro. Jim Rust will officiate. Burial will follow in Tatum Cemetery in Tatum, TX. A time of visitation will be held 6:00-8:00 P.M., Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at Downs Funeral Home. Mr. Maddox passed away on Sunday, June 16, 2013 at his home. Mr. Maddox was born in Marshall, TX on November 14, 1928 to Robert H. Maddox and Doni Lackey Maddox. He attended Marshall Public Schools, and following high school, he served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was employed by the T & P Railway, the Missouri Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad, and retired with 40 years of service. Mr. Maddox was owner of Ray's Welding Shop in Marshall. He was a member of Friendship Baptist Church where he was an active member in the V.I.P. Sunday School Class. Mr. Maddox was also a member of the McDonald's Over The Hill Gang. Mr. Maddox loved hunting in Colorado, and had made the hunting trip each year for over 50 years. He enjoyed meeting each morning at McDonald's to have coffee with his friends in the Over The Hill Gang. Ray married Rudine Wynne on November 24, 1977 in Marshall, TX. He is survived by his wife, Rudine; one daughter, Jeanie Mirchi of Lake Charles, LA; step-son and daughter-in-law, Hollis K. and Cynthia Wynne; step-son, Bill Wynne; foster son, Bubba Brown, all of Marshall; grandchildren, Deanna Carpenter and husband Stuart of Pearland, Texas, David R. Brumley II of Lake Charles, LA, J.J. Mirchi of Lake Charles, LA, Hollis K. Wynne Jr. and his wife Amy of Baton Rouge, LA, Michael Robinson and his wife Beth of Marshall, TX and Amanda Smith and her husband Mark of White Oak, TX; two sisters, Annie Ruth West of Timberon, NM and Idalia Smillie of Springville, MO; one brother, James Maddox of Longview; eleven great grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild. Mr. Maddox was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters, 2 brothers, son Rickey Maddox and Willie Rae Brown Maddox, the Mother of his children. Pallbearers will be Hollis K. Wynne Jr., Michael Robinson, David Richard Brumley, David Yule, Jerry Woodley and Chris Plemmons. Alternates will be Wendell McNeely, D.C. Carroll, and Stuart Carpenter. Honorary pallbearers will be the members of the V.I.P. Sunday School Class, Rusty Howell and the McDonald's Over The Hill Gang. The family would like to express their appreciation to Marshall Home Care & Hospice, Bethany Healthcare Service and Heritage House of Marshall.