Graveside services for Ray Nelson Lance, 88 of Winnsboro, LA will held at 2:00PM Thursday, November 13, 2014 at the Mt. Gilead Cemetery in Mena, Ark. with David Lance officiating. Interment will be in the Mt. Gilead Cemetery under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home-Winnsboro, LA.Mr. Ray was born on February 14, 1926 in Nocatee, FL and passed from this life on November 6, 2014 at the Plantation Manor Nursing Home in Winnsboro. He was a minister of the gospel.He is preceded in death by his parents-G. S. and Lew Hoover Lance.He is survived by his children-David Lance, Sarah Espinoza, Timothy Lance, Rachel Endress, Isaac Lance, Margarette Boyd, Mark Groves, and James Groves.