RAY A. ACHANE, (DJ BIG MAN) WAS BORN ON JULY 31, 1965, IN LAKE CHARLES TO MILDRED ACHANE AND THE LATE ERNEST VINEY. RAY DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 2026. AT AN EARLY AGE, RAY ACCEPTED CHRIST AND WAS BAPTIZED, BEGINNING HIS WALK IN FAITH. RAY WAS A DEDICATED EMPLOYEE OF THE TOWN OF WELSH AND KNOWN BY THOSE AROUND HIM AS A FRIENDLY, LOVING, AND WELCOMING PERSON. HE HAD GENUINE LOVE FOR PEOPLE AND CHERISHED HIS FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND EVERYONE WHO HAD THE PLEASURE OF KNOWING HIM.ONE OF RAY’S GREATEST PASSIONS WAS MUSIC. BEEN A DJ WAS MORE THAN A HOBBY, IT WAS SOMETHING HE TRULY LOVED. DJ BIG MAN, ENJOYED BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER THROUGH MUSIC, PLAYING A VARIETY OF GENRES, INCLUDING SWING OUT, BLUES, ZYDECO, R&B, AND RAP. RAY LOVED TO GO FISHING IN HIS SPARE TIME, RAY ALSO LOVED FOOTBALL AND PROUDLY SUPPORTED HIS FAVORITE TEAM, THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS. RAY LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORIES HIS LOVING WIFE, ROSE ACHANE (LADY ROSE) OF WELSH, HIS MOTHER, MILDRED ACHANE OF WELSH, HIS SISTER ROBIN LEVI COOPER OF BRENHAM, TX, KEITH AND ERNEST ACHANE OF WELSH. HE LEAVES BEHIND A HOST OF GRANDKIDS, AUNTS, UNCLES, NIECES, NEPHEWS, FAMILY, AND FRIENDS. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS ONE ONLY SON RAYZEL JACKSON, AND BROTHERS LAWRENCE VICKERS, TERRY ACHANE, ROBERT LEVI, AUNTIES AND UNCLES.