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<\/a>This above picture is of Ray with Tema Grey, at a horse show. He won many ribbons and trophies honoring his talent for with horses.<\/p>\nRay, as I have mentioned was a talented, intelligent person. He was beyond his time in the way he led his life and was his \u201cown person\u201d. He had a musical talent, but never pursued it. I did not know much about this interest in horses, other than it was a sport that he pursued every day that he could. I\u2019m not sure how he entered it or if it was Dad\u2019s idea, but none the less; he went into it with full force and met many others that shared his passion.
\nRay taught me so much when I was young, but I failed to realize it then. As the years have gone by, I now realize that everyone has dreams, desires, and hopes. Ray somehow knew his, but was unable to connect (at least to me), so that others could understand. He had love in his heart and dreams that would never get fulfilled.\u00a0 But, Ray lived his life the way he wanted! I feel Mom and Dad understood Ray and yet all of this was an \u201cunspoken\u201d conversation. They loved him like no one else could! He was a true son to them; a hero, strong willed, talented, and driven. As I have said before he was beyond his years and time. I only knew Ray as a brother that I shared a room with. It is sad, I never got to know him more than that; as he was an intelligent, loving person who may have appeared distant at times, but he had many emotions (many of which I did not understand). There is much more I wish I could say about him, but the experiences are not there\u2026\u2026..many of them I feel are blocked out due to his passing so young. When I do speak of him, I express how I loved him and miss him! I know how much our parents missed him and that hurt me badly! To this day, I still think about him; reliving the love, the good times together, but regretting the times we fought as brothers\u2026\u2026\u2026.although there were times I thought I could be the \u201cbig brother\u201d to him, it just did not seem to work. I will always think back as to how I could have helped more, but know it is too late for that.<\/p>\n
This above picture of Ray and his group was taken in Floral City, FL receiving one of his many awards.<\/p>\n The following are some pictures that will tell the story that sadly I never knew.<\/p>\n In this picture Ray was riding Irish Velvet. He won 3<\/span>rd<\/sup> in Western Pleasure on August 22, 1966, at the Circle Ranch. Here he is being presented another ribbon.<\/span><\/p>\n The picture below shows Ray with Linda in Gainesville entering a Palomino Show. Dukes Golden Dutches is the name of the horse he is riding and this was taken May 21, 1966. He won 4th<\/sup> place for horsemanship in this event.<\/p>\n Ray is shown below with Sam Leto. Mr. Sam Leto was known in West Tampa as \u201cRed Eye Leto\u201d and in the late 60\u2019s, I ran against him for Mayor of Ybor City. This photo was taken in 1967.<\/p>\n Ray on Cathy Cash (riding in the Pleasure category) Jack Roney was the judge at this competition.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n