Ray Derwin Mangrum

Minden, LA Ray Derwin Mangrum Funeral services for Ray Derwin Mangrum will be held Thursday, January 5, 2017 at 10 a.m. at Rose-Neath Funeral Home Chapel in Minden, Louisiana. Interment will follow at Shiloh Cemetery Minden, Louisiana. The family will receive friends from 5 until 7 p.m. Wednesday January 4, 2017 at Rose-Neath Funeral Home. Ray was born January 7, 1946 in Lake Charles, Louisiana and entered into rest December 31, 2016 in Minden, Louisiana. Ray was a longtime resident of Richmond, Virginia, retired from Troop G of the Louisiana State Police, and a proud member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. He was preceded in death by James Burnice Mangrum, mother Thelma Marie Roach Mangrum, and sister Linda Kay Solet. He is survived by his sons David Mangrum and wife Patti of Houma, Ryan Mangrum of Charlottesville, Virginia, daughters Christie Verret and husband Junius of Houma, and Holli Toombs and husband John of New Orleans, grandchildren Cheryl Cadiere, Ray Brunet, Brittany Brunet, Heather Verdin, Christian Ledet, great-grandchildren Isabella Brunet, Jaxon Cadiere, Ocean Domangue, Nicholas Billiot, and Blayze Verdin and brothers Gerald Mangrum and J.B. Mangrum and sister Sharon Tucker. Rose-Neath Funeral Home 211 Murrell Street Minden, Louisiana 71055 (318) 377-3412