Ray French, 61, of Climax, GA, passed away Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at Memorial Hospital. The memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, January 25, 2013 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Robert Johns officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Ray was born October 25, 1951 in Laconia, NH, the son of Francis Freeman French and Edna Comerford French. He served in the United States Air Force and worked in construction. Survivors include his wife of 35 years, Jackie French of Tallahassee, FL; his sons, Shannon D. Hines and his wife, Amanda, of Quincy, FL, Shannon French and his wife, Sissy, of Bainbridge, GA, and Erik French and Dianna Liedy, of Tallahassee, FL; his sisters, Thelma Stewart of Quincy, FL and Nancy Meyer of Dothan, AL; his grandchildren, Ty, Evan, Ethan, and Addy.