Mary Helen Ray, 72, of Jackson was surrounded by her family when she passed away peacefully Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, in Cape Girardeau.

She was born March 27, 1944, in Tiptonville, Tennessee, to Bonnie F. and Helen G. Powell Upchurch.

She worked at Collins Lamp and Shade in Benton, Missouri, and the former Holiday Inns in Sikeston, Missouri, and Cape Girardeau.

Loving survivors include two daughters, Kim West and wife Sam of Jackson and Mary Ann West and fiance Courtney Smith of Cape Girardeau; three grandchildren, Ashley West of Jackson and Adam West and Alex West-Parden of Cape Girardeau; three great-grandchildren, Brooklyn Borkowicz, LaVaiya West and Landon West, all of Jackson; and three siblings, Dorothy Ray of Dyersburg, Tennessee, Mildred "Ninnie" Miller of Oklahoma City and Tommy "Tootsie" Upchurch and wife Anna Dean of East Prairie, Missouri.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Bobby E. Ray; two brothers, Dwight and Joe Upchurch; and the father of her daughters, Ted West.

Visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.

The funeral will be at 12:30 p.m. Monday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Jim Matthews officiating. Burial will be at Oakdale Cemetery in Commerce, Missouri.

Memorials may take the form of contributions to Oakdale Cemetery.

Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.mccombsfuneralhome.com.