Furniture Values CFO, Industry Veteran Ray Crocker Dies at 53

June 25, 2007  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in on June 2007 Ray Crocker, the chief financial officer of Furniture Values International, died unexpectedly June 14 following a four-week illness while traveling on business in Taiwan. He was 53.

“Ray has been instrumental in the company’s continued growth and development and will be deeply missed by all of us,” said Bill Colegrove, general manager and chief executive officer of Furniture Values. “His memory will continue to live on at FVI as a part of our company and as a member of our family.”

Crocker joined the company in 2006 as chief financial officer and led the finance and information technology divisions.

Prior to joining FVI, Crocker spent more than 25 years in the furniture industry in executive, financial and operations management positions. Before joining FVI, Crocker was chief executive officer of Fraenkel Co., a senior manager at Ladd Furniture and the Valspar Corp., as well as a financial consultant and business educator at Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C., and two other universities.

Crocker is survived by his wife, three children, and two sisters and their husbands.

Visitation will be held Friday from 6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. at Carpenters Funeral Home in Cherryville, N.C. A funeral service will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Cherryville, with the burial and reception to follow at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, also in Cherryville.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Mark’s Lutheran Church.