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James Raymond McQuaid
1928 - 2011 (82 years)-
Name James Raymond McQuaid Birth 1 Mar 1928 Mountain View, Kiowa, Oklahoma 
Gender Male Death 2 Jan 2011 Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto, Texas [1] Burial Lawton, Comanche, Oklahoma Person ID I42406 Scudder Last Modified 30 Oct 2011
Father James Claude McQuaid, b. 9 May 1891, Vernon, Walbarger, Texas d. 16 Jun 1975, Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto, Texas (Age 84 years) Mother Alma Mattie Wren, b. 14 Mar 1898, Desdemona, Eastland, Texas d. 8 Apr 1999, Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto, Texas (Age 101 years) Marriage 15 Jun 1924 Mountain View, Kiowa, Oklahoma Family ID F14999 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Joann Bell Fry, b. 9 Nov 1933 d. 29 Sep 2005, Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto, Texas (Age 71 years) Children 1. John Raymond McQuaid, b. 2 Aug 1952, Potter county, Texas d. 22 Jan 1969 (Age 16 years)2. Celia McQuaid Family ID F15001 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Mar 2024
Family 2 Jeme Family ID F15000 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Mar 2024
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Notes - Ray was a United States Navy veteran, attending flight school in Pensacola, Florida during WWII. He also attended college at Southwestern and Oklahoma University. Early in life Ray was in the aerial spraying business and went on to work as the assistant chief of rotary wing maintenance at Ft. Rucker, Alabama, and Superintendent of Maintenance at the Ft. Wolters, Texas, Helicopter School with Southern Airways. He also owned and operated McQuaid Helicopters for fifty years.
After retiring from aviation Ray spent time opening a grocery store in Mt.View, OK and helping to establish the Mt. View Museum. Ray was a member of the First Baptist Church in Mineral Wells, Texas. He was also active as a Master Mason with the Mt. View Masonic Lodge, 168, a 32nd. degree Scottish Rite and York Rite Mason, Knights Templar, Grotto, Life Member of Moslah Shrine and Moslah Shrine Directors. He was serving as the President of the Saddle Mountain Roundup Club in Oklahoma at his death.
- Ray was a United States Navy veteran, attending flight school in Pensacola, Florida during WWII. He also attended college at Southwestern and Oklahoma University. Early in life Ray was in the aerial spraying business and went on to work as the assistant chief of rotary wing maintenance at Ft. Rucker, Alabama, and Superintendent of Maintenance at the Ft. Wolters, Texas, Helicopter School with Southern Airways. He also owned and operated McQuaid Helicopters for fifty years.
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Sources - [S767] Social Security Death Index, SSN: 441-22-9613.
- [S767] Social Security Death Index, SSN: 441-22-9613.