Robert McCray, Jr.

My Buckhannon

October 10, 2022

Robert McCray, Jr., age 88, of Buckhannon, WV, died Saturday, October 8, 2022, at Genesis Health Care Center in Glenville, WV.

He was born May 5, 1934, in Roanoke, WV, a son of the late Robert McCray. On April 8, 1961, he married Betty Lee McCray who preceded him in death on April 10, 2008.

He is survived by Melvia Honeycutt and husband Ron of Buckhannon; two sisters, Betty Peterson and Wanda Mars and several nieces and nephews.

Mr. McCray was an Elder in the Weston, WV congregation of Kingdom Hall Jehovah’s Witnesses.

In honoring Mr. McCray’s wishes he will be cremated.

Online condolences may be made to the family at www.polingstclair.com. Poling-St. Clair Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

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