Murray Franklin Ray son of Alice F. Harper and the late James Ray was born on September 20, 1978 in Baltimore, Maryland. He departed this life on March 19, 2013 unexpectedly. Murray received his education at Frederick Douglass High #450. Murray was a loving, supportive, and respectful person that would give or help anyone. Murray was a fashionable person with his own unique style. He had a love for caps and Ralph Lauren Polo. His crooked bright smile would light up a room. He was also a ladies man. He had a close circle of childhood friends that he always bonded with Hozay, Asia, Donte, and Shortman. He leaves to mourn: his mother, Alice F. Harper; two sons, Murray Ray Jr. and Jamurious Ray; one brother, James Harper-El; two uncles, Le-roy and Melvin Henson; three aunts, Shirley Coward, Sharon Henson and Camilla Henson; two longtime female friends (kids mothers), Tow-anda Myers and Jamila Gardner; a close and devoted childhood friend (brother from another mother), Lamar "Block" Prilliman and a host of other relatives and friends.