Mr. Leon "Bae" McCray

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Services will be 11 a.m., Saturday, May 13, 2023 at New Bethel MBC.  Interment will follow at Lincoln Cemetery.  Open visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday at New Bethel MBC.

Leon “Bae” McCray, 79, passed away peacefully at his home on April

29th, 2023, in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Leon was born May 8, 1943, to the late Leon McCray Sr. and Elsie Green

in Shreveport, La. He was the second of eight children. Leon accepted

Christ at an early age. He joined Union Star Baptist Church and was

baptized under the leadership of the late Rev. G. W. Odom. He later

joined Crusaders Temple C.O.G.I.C., under the leadership of Supt. Earl

Peterson, where he remained a faithful member until his passing. He

was a man of faith and worked to make sure the church had the supplies

it needed to operate daily. His dedication to God and church will not

be forgotten.

Leon attended Union High School, where he excelled at his studies and

was a member of the school’s marching band. He could be seen in the

hallways styling in his two- or three-piece suits. That sense of style

stayed with him well into adulthood. Leon wore many hats, he was a

businessman, he worked at Con-Steel, Louisiana Downs and started L&L

Trucking Company with his brother-in-law Edward Lee, Sr. He loved to

travel and lived in Iowa, Texas, and California, but there was no

place like home. He returned to his mother, family, and friends in

Shreveport, La., where he lived until his passing. Leon united in holy

matrimony with Mrs. Gloria “Precious” Johnson and later shared 30

wonderful years with his beloved Linda Faye Edwards, who preceded him

in death.

Leon leaves his six children to cherish his memory: Tyrone McCray

(Chasity), Dallas, TX; Dennis Diggs (Nakilia), Shreveport, LA; Lemale

Untray James, Shreveport, LA; April Ashley-Boston (Jeffrey),

Shreveport, LA; DeEric Bradley, Dallas, TX; Demarcus Bradley, Dallas,

TX. Siblings: Annie Ruth Lenox (Clay), Tacoma, WA; Barbara Ann Norton,

Shreveport, LA; Gloria Jean McCray Lee (Edward), Shreveport, LA; Min.

Johnny Ray Green, Shreveport, LA; Charles Ray Waites (Susie),

Shreveport, LA, and a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren,

nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends

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