Ray Steele

Ray Steele, 76, of Memphis died Sunday, January 22, 2023, in Amarillo.

Services will be 1:00 p.m. Thursday, January 26, 2023 in the First Baptist Church in Memphis with Rev. Daniel Downey, officiating. Burial will follow in Silverton Cemetery in Silverton.

Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral Directors of Memphis.

Ray was born July 20, 1946, in Tulia, Texas to J.R. and Jeanetta Jean Stites Steele. Ray, a numismatist, owned a successful rare coin shop in a popular mall in Anchorage, Alaska. In addition to his coin shop, he owned a fruit stand in Hedley and ran cattle for a number of years. Besides being an avid rare coin collector, Ray enjoyed skeet shooting, playing pool, bowling, and working with antique furniture. His greatest pleasures were spending time with his family and visiting his daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter in Florida. He also volunteered at Senior Citizens for several years. Ray was an avid member of the First Baptist Church in Memphis.

He was preceded in death by his parents, and a sister, Connie Steele.

He is survived by his daughter Toni Futrell and husband Benji and his granddaughter Kira of Debary, Florida; his sisters, Kim Jeffrey and husband Bill of Hedley and Joanne Garcia of Bull Head City, Arizona.

If you’d like to send a donation in lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be directed to the Alzheimer’s Association.

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