Kenneth Ray Daughtrey

(July 3, 1935 – April 4, 2026)

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, at the Billy M. King-Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Collins for Kenneth Ray Daughtrey, 90 of Seminary, who passed away on Saturday, April 4, 2026, at his residence.

Dr. Joseph Bird and Reverend Britt Williamson will officiate at the services with interment to follow in the Speed Cemetery in Seminary.   Billy M. King-Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Collins will be in charge of the arrangements.

The family will receive friends from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, at Billy M. King-Colonial Chapel Funeral Home, 3202 Highway 49, Collins, Mississippi, 39428.

Pallbearers will be his family members and friends.

Mr. Daughtrey was born on July 3, 1935, in Seminary, Mississippi, to Mack E. Daughtrey and Leavie Lowery Daughtrey.  He graduated from Seminary High School and earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Mississippi State University.  Mr. Daughtrey retired from NASA after twenty years of service and then retired from Aramco in Saudi Arabia after ten years in the engineering industry.  He was a member of the Leaf River Baptist Church in Collins.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Mack E. and Leavie Lowery Daughtrey; and four sisters, Glynis Holcom, Inez Holland, Vivian Ferguson, and Janelle Sutton.

Survivors include his wife of forty-two years, Dorothy Jane Pace Daughtrey of Seminary; two sons, Dr. Kenneth Ray Daughtrey, Jr. of Seminary, and Jimmy Dyess (Karen) of Collins; two daughters, Karen Lynn Daughtrey Mooney (Shannon) of Seminary, and Dawn Dyess of Jackson; four grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews.

Family members and friends may sign an online guestbook at www.billymkingcolonialchapel.com