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Ranza Raye Devereaux, 105
Oakland resident Ranza Raye Devereaux will turn 105 on Aug. 18, 2021.
Oakland resident Ranza Raye Devereaux will turn 105 on Aug. 18, 2021. Born and raised in Ruston, La., the second-oldest of four siblings, she was a devoted wife to her husband, Walter Devereaux and devoted mother to three children – Nola, Marva and Donna, all of whom are now deceased.
Ranza worked in a clerical capacity for the government and for a doctor until her retirement. She then answered a call to write and attended several institutions of learning to develop her craft. Three books of her poetry have been published: “Raye’s to Share,” “Inside Out,” and “Raye’s on the Range.”
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