Wray Harris was the son of Peter Cost Nelson and Carrie Addie Sowers
He was born near Cumberland, Kansas and reared on farms around Atwood and Colby, Kansas. Erlyce Evelyn Edwards and Wray were sweet hearts from the time Erlyce was 9 and Wray was 10 years old. Wray was 17 when he went to work for the Underwood Typewriter company in Pueblo, Colorado. WWI had broken out and after working in Pueblo for about 6 months Wray joined the Navy. He was in the service for 3 years. During much of this time Erlyce was a teacher. A couple of years after Wray got out of the Navy, Erlyce and he were married on February 17, 1922 or February 19, 1923 in Oberlin, Kansas. They were always a happy twosome. They had two sons, Noris G. Nelson and Kay L. Nelson. In May 1942, Wray started Nelson Office Supply in Odessa, Texas. It began as a typewriter sales and service company, and gradually expanded into office supplies and furniture. His two sons, veteran WWII pilots, joined him as co-owners after WWII. In 1951, leaving Noris and Kay in charge, Wray and Erlyce took an extended sabbatical, and then went into retirement. In 1954 or 1955 Erlyce and Wray bought their first Airstream trailer, pulling it over 250,000 miles. Sometimes they joining Wally Byam's Caravan on their travel adventures. They visited all 48 states in the continental United States. They also visited parts of Europe including England, Scotland, Greece and Rome, Italy and the Middle East, going twice to the Holy Land. In the early 1960s, they retired, first in southern Florida, then in Colorado and finally in Odessa, Texas. At the age of 77, Wray Nelson invented a storing and cleaning device used with travel trailers. He was awarded a US Patent, No. 4054149. Wray died at the age of 97 and is buried next to his beloved wife, Erlyce Evelyn in Odessa, Texas.
Wray's paternal grandfather was Peder Thogersen Nielson
He was born near Cumberland, Kansas and reared on farms around Atwood and Colby, Kansas. Erlyce Evelyn Edwards and Wray were sweet hearts from the time Erlyce was 9 and Wray was 10 years old. Wray was 17 when he went to work for the Underwood Typewriter company in Pueblo, Colorado. WWI had broken out and after working in Pueblo for about 6 months Wray joined the Navy. He was in the service for 3 years. During much of this time Erlyce was a teacher. A couple of years after Wray got out of the Navy, Erlyce and he were married on February 17, 1922 or February 19, 1923 in Oberlin, Kansas. They were always a happy twosome. They had two sons, Noris G. Nelson and Kay L. Nelson. In May 1942, Wray started Nelson Office Supply in Odessa, Texas. It began as a typewriter sales and service company, and gradually expanded into office supplies and furniture. His two sons, veteran WWII pilots, joined him as co-owners after WWII. In 1951, leaving Noris and Kay in charge, Wray and Erlyce took an extended sabbatical, and then went into retirement. In 1954 or 1955 Erlyce and Wray bought their first Airstream trailer, pulling it over 250,000 miles. Sometimes they joining Wally Byam's Caravan on their travel adventures. They visited all 48 states in the continental United States. They also visited parts of Europe including England, Scotland, Greece and Rome, Italy and the Middle East, going twice to the Holy Land. In the early 1960s, they retired, first in southern Florida, then in Colorado and finally in Odessa, Texas. At the age of 77, Wray Nelson invented a storing and cleaning device used with travel trailers. He was awarded a US Patent, No. 4054149. Wray died at the age of 97 and is buried next to his beloved wife, Erlyce Evelyn in Odessa, Texas.
Wray's paternal grandfather was Peder Thogersen Nielson
Wray Harris was the son of Peter Cost Nelson and Carrie Addie Sowers
He was born near Cumberland, Kansas and reared on farms around Atwood and Colby, Kansas. Erlyce Evelyn Edwards and Wray were sweet hearts from the time Erlyce was 9 and Wray was 10 years old. Wray was 17 when he went to work for the Underwood Typewriter company in Pueblo, Colorado. WWI had broken out and after working in Pueblo for about 6 months Wray joined the Navy. He was in the service for 3 years. During much of this time Erlyce was a teacher. A couple of years after Wray got out of the Navy, Erlyce and he were married on February 17, 1922 or February 19, 1923 in Oberlin, Kansas. They were always a happy twosome. They had two sons, Noris G. Nelson and Kay L. Nelson. In May 1942, Wray started Nelson Office Supply in Odessa, Texas. It began as a typewriter sales and service company, and gradually expanded into office supplies and furniture. His two sons, veteran WWII pilots, joined him as co-owners after WWII. In 1951, leaving Noris and Kay in charge, Wray and Erlyce took an extended sabbatical, and then went into retirement. In 1954 or 1955 Erlyce and Wray bought their first Airstream trailer, pulling it over 250,000 miles. Sometimes they joining Wally Byam's Caravan on their travel adventures. They visited all 48 states in the continental United States. They also visited parts of Europe including England, Scotland, Greece and Rome, Italy and the Middle East, going twice to the Holy Land. In the early 1960s, they retired, first in southern Florida, then in Colorado and finally in Odessa, Texas. At the age of 77, Wray Nelson invented a storing and cleaning device used with travel trailers. He was awarded a US Patent, No. 4054149. Wray died at the age of 97 and is buried next to his beloved wife, Erlyce Evelyn in Odessa, Texas.
Wray's paternal grandfather was Peder Thogersen Nielson
He was born near Cumberland, Kansas and reared on farms around Atwood and Colby, Kansas. Erlyce Evelyn Edwards and Wray were sweet hearts from the time Erlyce was 9 and Wray was 10 years old. Wray was 17 when he went to work for the Underwood Typewriter company in Pueblo, Colorado. WWI had broken out and after working in Pueblo for about 6 months Wray joined the Navy. He was in the service for 3 years. During much of this time Erlyce was a teacher. A couple of years after Wray got out of the Navy, Erlyce and he were married on February 17, 1922 or February 19, 1923 in Oberlin, Kansas. They were always a happy twosome. They had two sons, Noris G. Nelson and Kay L. Nelson. In May 1942, Wray started Nelson Office Supply in Odessa, Texas. It began as a typewriter sales and service company, and gradually expanded into office supplies and furniture. His two sons, veteran WWII pilots, joined him as co-owners after WWII. In 1951, leaving Noris and Kay in charge, Wray and Erlyce took an extended sabbatical, and then went into retirement. In 1954 or 1955 Erlyce and Wray bought their first Airstream trailer, pulling it over 250,000 miles. Sometimes they joining Wally Byam's Caravan on their travel adventures. They visited all 48 states in the continental United States. They also visited parts of Europe including England, Scotland, Greece and Rome, Italy and the Middle East, going twice to the Holy Land. In the early 1960s, they retired, first in southern Florida, then in Colorado and finally in Odessa, Texas. At the age of 77, Wray Nelson invented a storing and cleaning device used with travel trailers. He was awarded a US Patent, No. 4054149. Wray died at the age of 97 and is buried next to his beloved wife, Erlyce Evelyn in Odessa, Texas.
Wray's paternal grandfather was Peder Thogersen Nielson
