Jimmy Ray Ringgold
Somerville A funeral service for Jimmy Ray Ringgold, 70, was held November 3, 2024, at 1:00 PM at Peck Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Steve Barber officiating and Peck Funeral Home directing. Burial will be in Valhermoso Holiness Cemetery.
Mr. Ringgold died on Tuesday, October 29, 2024, at Decatur Health & Rehab Center. He was born August 5, 1954, in Oklahoma, to Leo Kenneth Ringgold, Sr. and Mary Evla Stephens Ringgold. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather. Jimmy Ray loved meeting, talking to people and sharing his life’s stories. He enjoyed studying his Bible and was an avid Oklahoma Sooners’ Fan.
Preceding him in death were his parents, sisters, Sharon Daugette and Sonya Sue Ringgold; a brother, Kevin Ringgold; twin grandchildren who are in the hands of Jesus; a brother-in-law, Wayne Whisnant; and a nephew, Anthony Whisnant; and nieces Sharon Phillips and Samantha Ringgold.
Survivors include his wife, Sherry Lemmond Ringgold; son, Chandlin Ringgold; daughter, Lauren Beth McDearmond (Brandon); brother, Leo Kenneth Ringgold, Jr. (Diane); sister, Janice Whisnant (Julius); grandchildren, Sawyer Lyall McDearmond and Ryland Grady McDearmond; and numerous nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be family and friends. In lieu of flowers: family asks that donations be made to St. Jude’s Hospital or make a donations to the Go Fund Me account for Nathan Johnson.
The family will put a donations box at the Funeral Home for donations to help the Johnson family.
