[1] Born in Waskom, Texas, Ray graduated from Waskom High School in 1948, and received a BBA degree from Texas A&M University, in 1952.
He then joined the United States Air Force and served in the Korean War.
[1] Ray entered private practice with a firm in Harrison County, Texas.
He served as a county court judge, and in the Texas House of Representatives, after which he was elected the Texas Sixth Court of Appeals in 1970, serving until his appointment to the state supreme court in 1980.
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