Jimmy Ray Granger, Sr.

JENNINGS Funeral services for Mr. Jimmy Ray Granger, Sr., 73, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, May 25, 2013 in the Miguez Funeral Home with Deacon Mike Tramel officiating. Burial will be in the Greenwood Cemetery. Funeral home visitation will be from 12 noon until 10:00 p.m., Friday, May 24, 2013 and 8:00 a.m. Saturday until time of services. A rosary will be recited at 6:30 p.m., Friday in the funeral home chapel. Mr. Granger died at 10:29 p.m., Wednesday, May 22, 2013 in Camelot Brookside in Jennings. Mr. Granger was a lifelong resident of Jennings. He was a graduate of Jennings High School class of 1957. He received degrees from McNeese and ULL. He worked as a computer technician for the Jefferson Davis Parish School Board. He was in the U.S. Army, serving two tours in Germany as a helicopter crew chief, Past Commander of the American Legion Post # 403 of Lake Arthur. He had a life devoted to learning and was a master of all trades. Survivors include his wife, Patricia Hart Valdetero Granger of Jennings; two daughters, Robin Granger Bivin of Jennings, Shaun Hurstell and husband Johnny of The Woodlands, TX; three sons, Jimmy Ray Granger, Jr. and wife Cindy of Elton, Hunter Luther Granger and wife Michelle of Jennings, Aaron Dewey Granger and wife Vicki of Hathaway; one sister, Shelia Chapman and husband John of Singapore; one brother, Gerald Granger and wife Nina of Jennings; and one sister-in-law, Pat Granger of Lake Charles; and 10 grandchildren. Mr. Granger is preceded in death by his parents, Dewey and Azalie Manuel Granger; his first wife, Christine Holt Granger, his brother Buddy Granger and a granddaughter, Shelby Lynn Granger.