Cecil Ray Holbrook 1944 - 2024 Wilkes, KY - Traphill, NC

Cecil “Ray” Holbrook, 80, of Traphill passed away Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem.

Funeral services will be held 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024, at Old Roaring River Baptist Church with Rev. Larry Andrews and Rev. David Spicer officiating. The family will receive friends from 2-3 p.m. prior to the service at the church. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Ray was born July 17, 1943, in Wilkes County to Cecil Ralph and Jessie Warren Holbrook. He was a hard worker and loved to restore antique cars. He also loved woodworking and raking hay. Most of all he loved the Lord.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Dean Holbrook.

He is survived by his wife, Lillian Holbrook of the home; daughter, Kelda Hemric, and husband, Scott of Traphill; son, David Holbrook, and wife, Miriam, of Traphill; five grandchildren, McKenna Jolly, DeLayne Jolly, Abby Niten and husband, Jake, Emily Holbrook and Davin Weatherford; two great-grandchildren, Jaxxon Niten and Braxton Niten; one sister, Doris Anderson and husband, Arlo, of North Dakota; and sister-in-law, Helen Holbrook, of Thurmond.

Flowers will be accepted, or memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tenn., 38105, or Old Roaring River Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, 11156 Longbottom Road, Traphill, N.C., 28685.

Online condolences may be made to www.reinssturdivant.com.