Bernard Ray, a 15-year member of the Montauk Fire Department and a veteran of the United States Navy, was "a kind and caring person with both people and animals," his wife said. He died at home in Montauk on April 5 of complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
A funeral for R. Alice Johnson will be held on Wednesday at 11 a.m. at St. Michael's Lutheran Church in Amagansett. The 94-year-old East Hampton resident died on Friday in Southampton. An obituary will appear in a future issue.
Reggie Jackson was an early mountain bike enthusiast whose love of the sport was sparked at BikeHampton in Amagansett, where he worked in the mid-1970s. He "elevated the welding of bicycles into an art form," his family said. He died of sudden complications from a spinal chord injury sustained during an October mountain biking accident in California that left him almost completely paralyzed.
Adam Lewis, who served briefly as assisting clergy at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in East Hampton, was a man of many talents and accomplishments. An Episcopal rector for nearly three decades, he left parish ministry to study at the Parsons School of Design and establish an interior decorating practice that remained active until two years ago.
