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| Ray Greer & his sister Bina Law |
Ray was born 19 October 1911
in St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona, the youngest in the large family of John Harris and Orpha Nicoll Greer. He had a happy childhood growing up on
Greer Ranch and attending school in St. Johns. As a teenager, he had a job
herding sheep for Marion Haws of St. Johns. After his father
died, Ray left home to work (against the wishes of his mother since he was
only fifteen years old). He traveled around the country a great deal,
returning for a few days at a time to visit.
Ray served in the United
States Armed Forces in World War II. At the time of his mother’s death on 20
July 1944, he was stationed at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, and was able to
return home for her burial.
Ray married twice, first to
Laura Wright and later to Leona Mae Shamblin. By trade he was a painter and
house decorator. For a time he lived near his widowed sister Lillian in
Sunnyslope, Arizona. Ray died 14 June 1962 and
is buried in St. Johns.
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