Services Saturday for UNC's Jason Ray

Posted Mar 28, 2007

Funeral services for Jason Ray, the UNC-Chapel Hill student who performed as mascot Rameses, will be held Saturday in Concord, university officials said Tuesday. Ray's family will hold a viewing and visitation from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at Concord First Assembly. The funeral will be 11 a.m. Saturday at the same place. The church is at 150 Warren C. Coleman Blvd. in Concord. The phone number is (704) 793-4740. (Raleigh News & Observer)

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