Ray Lester Dennison

Ray Lester Dennison, 87 of Clarksburg, passed away on Thursday, March 29, 2018 at the WV Veterans Nursing Home Facility.  He was born June 22, 1930 in Wallace, WV, son of the late William Jennings and Sybil Gertrude Stead Dennison. Ray graduated from Victory High School in 1948 and shortly after enlisted in the US Army to fight on the front line during the Korean War, earning a rank of Corporal by the end of his military duty. A quiet man with a kind soul, Ray drove a school bus over a decade for Harrison County; he was also owner of Dennison’s Dairy and Ice Service, and provided an appreciated service to the local community. Outside work, Ray was proud of his involvement in community activities as a Mason and later a Shriner.   Ray married Molly Ann Abraham in 1957, who survives. In addition to his wife he is survived by daughter, Susan Kay Dennison and husband William Plaxco, Bethesda, MD.  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one son, Gary Ray Dennison, and his twin brother Ralph Chester Dennison.  Family will receive friends at Davis Funeral Home, 124 Olen Thomas Dr., Clarksburg, on Friday, April 6, 2018 from 3-7pm and on Saturday, April 7, 2018 from 11:00 am until the time of the funeral service at 1:00 pm with the Reverend Ron Hill presiding. Internment will follow at Marshville Cemetery, where military honors will be accorded by the Harrison County Honor Guard and U.S Army Reserve, Camp Dawson. Online condolences may be sent to DavisFuneralHomeWV.com.  Davis Funeral Home is honored to assist the Dennison family.

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