Published as it appeared on Sept. 13, 1907, in the Corvallis Times, Page 3, Column 1.
The death of Lumen Ray occurred Sunday night at his home two miles west of Philomath. He resided in the first house this side of Bey Rickard’s, having moved there five years ago from Lobster, where he lived for several years. He was 66 years old, and had a large family. He was a native of Ohio. He has been seriously indisposed for the past three years. The burial was to-day in Newton cemetery.
Published as it appeared on Sept. 17, 1907, in the Corvallis Gazette, Page 1, Column 6.
Last Sunday at 9 o’clock p. m. Lumen Robert Ray died at his residence two miles west of Philomath of tuberculosis of the stomach. Mr. Ray formerly lived in Lobster valley. He was born in Trumble county, Ohio on the 9th of September, 1841 and died on the 8th of September, 1907. Had he lived one day longer he would have been just sixty-six years old. He leaves a wife and family. The remains were interred at the Newton cemetery last Tuesday.
Editor’s note: Cemetery records and the grave marker show Mr. Ray’s first name spelled as Luman.