Rev. Arvin Ray Hamlin

1950 - 2013  (62 years)

• Name	Arvin Ray Hamlin
  Title	Rev.
  Born	6 Mar 1950	Big Spring, Howard County, Texas, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	5 Jan 2013	Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA
  Buried	10 Jan 2013	Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park - Woodrow, Texas, USA
  Person ID	I16138	Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree
  Last Modified	24 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	Eddie Arvin Hamlin,   b. 11 Oct 1923, Jayton, Kent County, Texas, USA ,   d. 21 Apr 1996, Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Macie Ola Meek,   b. 24 Jun 1927, Winnsboro, Wood County, Texas, USA ,   d. 12 Jan 1991, Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA  (Age 63 years)
  Married	Jun 1946	Big Spring, Howard County, Texas, USA
  Family ID	F7095	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 6 Mar 1950 - Big Spring, Howard County, Texas, USA Died - 5 Jan 2013 - Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA Buried - 10 Jan 2013 - Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park - Woodrow, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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  Obituary: Rev. Ray Hamlin LUBBOCK - Services for the Rev. Ray Hamlin, 62, of Lubbock will be 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, in Slaton's First Baptist Church with the Rev. Joey Hamlin of Post officiating. Burial will follow in Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park Cemetery under the guidance of Englunds Funeral Service of Slaton. Ray was born March 6, 1950, in Big Spring, Texas. He passed from this life Jan. 5, 2013. His family moved to Lubbock from Florida. He was a 1968 graduate of Coronado High School and received his BA from Hugh Harris Bible College in 1994. Ray had been in the ministry for 35 years. He was an evangelist for 23 years before becoming the pastor of New Beginnings Family Church of Lubbock in 2000. Ray married Gloria Evans on Feb. 14, 1992. He was preceded in death by a brother, Al Hamlin, in 1997. He is survived by his wife, Gloria; daughters, Diana Walden, Denise Shew and Jeana Townsend, all of Lubbock; sons, Danny Ray Sprague of Brownfield and Tim Freeman of Wolfforth; brothers, Wayne, Joey and Marty, all of Lubbock; sisters, Kay Armstrong of Lubbock and Kathy Schoonvelt of Levelland; along with 14 grandchildren. The family will have visitation at the funeral home 6 to 7 p.m. tonight. (Published in The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal on January 9, 2013)