Birth place or City of origin: | |
State of origin: | |
Last known City: | |
Last known State: | |
Start/Birth date: | |
Death/End date: |
Born in West Texas in 1928, Ray helped his dad growing-up on the farm making knives and fixing broken spurs. He did some forging and welding in high school and later did a stint in the army and working in the oil fields. In 1977 he taught himself to make spurs after studying the construction of vintage pairs that he had acquired for his personal Texas spur collection. Ray has been married to his wife Dorris since 1949, resides in Weatherford, TX and has two sons and a daughter