LYNN, Ray Carl (b. 13 Jul 1944 - d. 29 Jan 2015): Carl Wayne Gray Genealogies

1944 - 2015 (70 years)

Name	LYNN, Ray Carl
Birth	13 Jul 1944	Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana [1, 2]
Gender	Male
Reference Number	LYNN.R003
Funeral	3 Feb 2015 (70 years)	Thrasher Family Funeral Home, Olney, Richland County, Illinois [1]
Death	29 Jan 2015	Arch Helia Rehab Center, Olney, Richland County, Illinois [1, 2]
Burial	3 Feb 2015	Green Hill Cemetery, Noble, Richland County, Illinois [1, 2]
Burial		Headstone, Lynn, Ray Carl and Charlotte L.
Person ID	I20077	Carl Wayne Gray Research
Last Modified	27 May 2023

Father	Lynn, Hugh Guilford, b. 8 May 1917, Alice, Jim Wells County, Texas d. 16 Feb 2009, Richland County Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois (Age 91 years)
Mother	Pierce, Mabel Louise, b. 25 Mar 1921, Clay County, Illinois d. 17 Dec 2002, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois (Age 81 years)
Marriage	1 Sep 1938	Henderson, Henderson County, Kentucky [3, 4, 5, 6]
Family ID	F8135	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family	RULE, C.
Family ID	F9015	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

Event Map

	Birth - 13 Jul 1944 - Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana
	Death - 29 Jan 2015 - Arch Helia Rehab Center, Olney, Richland County, Illinois
	Funeral - 3 Feb 2015 - Thrasher Family Funeral Home, Olney, Richland County, Illinois
	Burial - 3 Feb 2015 - Green Hill Cemetery, Noble, Richland County, Illinois

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Notes

He attended Wheeler and Thomas Elementary Schools and graduated from Clay City High School in 1962. After graduation he worked at Wilkins Chevrolet and Eagleson Oldsmobile and Cadillac in Olney, Illinois. He graduated from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale in 1964 with an AAS in Automotive. In the spring of 1969 he started teaching Automotive at Wabash Valley College in Mt. Carmel, Illinois. He taught there through the summer of 1970 and transferred to Olney Central College when the Automotive Program was moved. In 1983, he received his BS Degree in Occupational Education from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois. In June of 1993, he graduated from Chicago State University with his MS Degree in Occupational Education. He retired in December of 1999 after teaching 30 years of Automotive at Olney Central College.

Ray was a member of NACAT (North American Council of Automotive Teachers) and a Charter Member of ICAIA (Illinois College Automotive Instructors Association). He was a board member of the West Richland School District for 18 years.

He was an area pilot and a member of the Olney Area Pilots Association, EAA Chapter 1304, Clay County Pilots Association Chapter 16, and the Tennessee Short Wing Piper Club. He had the opportunity to fly over 300 area students in the Young Eagles Program in his Piper Tri-Pacer Airplane.

Ray was past Moderator of the Fairfield Congregational Christian Church Association in Fairfield, Illinois. He is a member and Deacon of the Forrest Ridge Congregational Christian Church southeast of Noble, Illinois.

Sources

[S5478] http:/www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Lynn, Ray Carl, 70, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141963990/ray-carl-lynn), none. (Reliability: 2).
[S5479] Clay County Advocate-Press, Headstone, Lynn, Ray Carl and Charlotte L., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141963990/ray-carl-lynn), none. (Reliability: 2).
[S5352] The Clay County Advocate-Press (Flora, Clay County, Illinois), Obituary, Lynn, Guilford, 91, (The Clay County Advocate-Press (Flora, Clay County, Illinois), Feb 20, 2009 @ 09:18 AM), none. (Reliability: 2).
[S4593] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Lynn, Mabel Louise and H. Guilford, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Pierce&GSiman=1&GScid=105163&GRid=18363936&), none. (Reliability: 2).
[S667] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Illinois, (District 13-4) (Township), image 5, page 3a, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00087?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.as) (Reliability: 3).
[S365] Ancestry.com, 1930; Census Place: Stanford Township (District 18), Clay County, Illinois, (http://www.ancestry.com), Page 1b, none. (Reliability: 2).