Mr. Lonnie Ray Freeman was born August 26, 1948 in DeFuniak Springs, Florida the son of Lonnie Junior Freeman and the late Jewell Vonette Henderson Freeman. He was a welder and Baptist in belief. Mr. Freeman departed this life on October 1, 2005 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana at the age of 57 Years, 1 Month, 5 Days. Other than his father, Lonnie Junior Freeman of Ramer, Tennessee, Mr. Freeman is survived by his step-mother, Jeanie Freeman also of Ramer; two sons, Michael Ray Freeman and Timothy Wayne Freeman both of Dry Prong, Louisiana; three sisters, Sharon Eckhardt of Pearland, Texas, Kimberly Grisham of Selmer, Tennessee, Tammy Emis of Seabrook, Texas; a brother, Charles Freeman of Charlotte, North Carolina; a half-sister, Dawn Ward of Olive Branch, Mississippi; two half-brothers, Richard James Lester of Sarasota, Florida and Mark Lester of Selmer, Tennessee; and seven grandchildren.