{"id":16429,"date":"2019-07-13T12:29:26","date_gmt":"2019-07-13T17:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=16429"},"modified":"2019-07-13T12:30:08","modified_gmt":"2019-07-13T17:30:08","slug":"gary-don-ray-1951-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=16429","title":{"rendered":"Gary Don Ray 1951 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Gary Ray and Lenas Star
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Gary Ray, 67, cutting horse trainer and AAAA-rated judge,\npassed away on July 11, 2019, in Throckmorton, Tex. Ray grew up working on West\nTexas ranches and, at the age of five, was introduced to cutting by his father,\nJack Ray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 After attending Cisco\nJunior College, in Cisco, Tex., Ray married Connie Ash, in 1973, and together\nfor over 45 years, they worked side-by-side to develop a successful family business\nand acquired many friends and devoted clients along the way. In 1987, Gary\nshowed Lenas Star, owned by Jim and Aline Jackson, Hesperus, Colo., to sweep the\ngo-rounds of the PCCHA Challenge and score 229 points in the finals, at the\ntime a record for the PCCHA and the second-highest score in NCHA history. The\nprevious year, in his first season to perform, Lenas Star had won the PCCHA\nClassic with 228 points under Ray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1988, in a field led by world champions Cash Quixote Rio and Hyglo Freckles, and with just two years of show experience, Lenas Star, trained and shown by Gary Ray, placed fifth in the NCHA World Championship standings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ray also won the Kansas 3-Year-Old Futurity six times\nbetween 1991 and 2006, and was an NCHA Derby finalist in 1985, on Boons Miss\nPriss, and in 2009, on Dual Sally Rey, as well as an NCHA Futurity finalist in\n2006, on Della Modena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gary Ray was preceded in death by\nhis father, Jack Ray. He is survived by his wife, Connie; his daughter,\nTerri Jo Flowers and husband Tim of Midland, Tex., his daughter, Wendy\nMasterson and husband Robert of Guthrie, Tex; eight grandchildren, Sloan\nStephens, Sydney Stephens, Tod Flowers, Myca Flowers, Temi Flowers, Macy\nFlowers, Hadley Ray, and Mattie Masterson. Also, his mother, Helen Ray of\nThrockmorton, Tex.; brothers, Ronnie Ray of Stephenville, Tex., and Charles Ray\nof Springlake, Tex.; sisters Vonnie Jones of Throckmorton and Brenda Burns of\nMidway, Tex; and numerous nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, July 15, 2019 at the First Baptist Church, Throckmorton, Tex. Family will receive visitors on Sunday, July 14, 2019 from 6:00-7:00 p.m., at the Smith Family Funeral Home, 107 N. Austin, Throckmorton, TX.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate donations in Gary’s name to Horseman for Christ: PO Box 728, Archer City, TX 76351.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Online condolences can be shared with the family at www.smithfamilyfh.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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