Ray Bruins

Published 12:00 am Friday, November 13, 2009

FERRIDAY — Services for Ray Darnell Bruins, 58, of Ferriday, who died Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, at the Veterans Hospital in Alexandria, La., will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Mercy Seat Baptist Church with the Rev. Lee A. Martin officiating.
Burial will be at 10:15 a.m. Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, at the Natchez National Cemetery under the direction of Concordia Funeral Home in Ferriday.
Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Mr. Bruins was born Nov. 28, 1950, in Ferriday, the son of Fleming Bruins and Bertha Williams. He was employed by Concordia Parish Sewer Department. Mr. Bruins also served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War.
He was preceded in death by his mother.
Survivors include his father and stepmother, Fleming and Bessie Bruins of Ferriday; one son, Richard Williams of Houston, Texas; one brother, Fred Calhoun of Carson, Calif.; and five sisters, Billie Joyce Shelton of Zachary, La., Bertha Sommersville of Marrero, La., JoAnn Davis of Oakland, Calif., Eva L. Bethley of Los Angeles and Brenda Porter of Houston.
Online condolences may be sent to www.concordiafuneralhomeinc.com.