Byrl Ray is buried in the Riverside National Cemetery in California. Riverside is a military cemetery located across from March Air Force Base. Byrl is a twin of Myrl Ray that died at birth in1925. He named his second son after his twin. He was a Tech Sergeant in the Army during WWII. When the war was over he married Pauline Gray, his childhood sweetheart from Dolores. They lived in Dove Creek, Dolores and Farmington before moving to California in the early '50s. He went to night school and became a machinist when the aircraft industry boomed, as well as the space program, making parts for the new jet age and for the space rockets and eventually the Space Shuttle. He was very well know as one of the top men in the machinist field. Had a lot of good, fun times with Byrl.
Byrl and Pauline had three children: Kathy Jean, Dennis Ray (deceased) and Myrl Ray (deceased).
I was unable to obtain a photo of his headstone marker and I don't have any good photos of him. If someone has any let me know and I will update this when I get them.
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