Ray Ottis Broyles was the only child of Maynard and Maggie Franklin (step-dad Hensley) Broyles. As a child he grew up in rural Appalachia on a small plot of land in the Horse Creek area of Greeneville, TN. His father died of TB when Ray was just 13. His mother put Ray in a boarding school so she could work. At age 16 his mother signed that he was 17 and he joined the Navy as a gunner on the CV-2 USS Lexington. During his stint in the Navy, he got his GED and took correspondence classes in electronics.
After 8 years he left the Navy in the Port of San Pedro, California where he met and married Bernice Warner. They had two sons, Fred and Jack.
Ray's second wife was Annie "Evelyn" Bloodworth. They married in Las Vegas the 20th of May 1946. They had three children, Cheri, Trina and Ray Ottis Jr.
After serving in the Navy, Ray went to work for the Payne Furnace and Supply Co. Then, during WWII, Ray joined the Army Corps of Engineers and taught slide rule at Orange Coast College. In the 1940s he opened his own business in Santa Ana, California called Orange County Heating and Air-conditioning. He attended the University of Illinois to gain more information on heating and air-conditioning at the University's "Test House". In the early 1950s he sold his business and went to work for the George T. Hall Company as an electronics salesman. At one point he was also called upon to troubleshoot electronics for government rockets.
In his later years he learned and enjoyed playing the electric bass. Sometimes he would play with his buddies at the Chef's Inn in Newport Beach. He was a ham radio operator for many years and was elected president of the local ham radio club in Newport Beach, CA.
Ray was cremated and his ashes were scattered over the Sierra Nevada Mountains by plane.
After 8 years he left the Navy in the Port of San Pedro, California where he met and married Bernice Warner. They had two sons, Fred and Jack.
Ray's second wife was Annie "Evelyn" Bloodworth. They married in Las Vegas the 20th of May 1946. They had three children, Cheri, Trina and Ray Ottis Jr.
After serving in the Navy, Ray went to work for the Payne Furnace and Supply Co. Then, during WWII, Ray joined the Army Corps of Engineers and taught slide rule at Orange Coast College. In the 1940s he opened his own business in Santa Ana, California called Orange County Heating and Air-conditioning. He attended the University of Illinois to gain more information on heating and air-conditioning at the University's "Test House". In the early 1950s he sold his business and went to work for the George T. Hall Company as an electronics salesman. At one point he was also called upon to troubleshoot electronics for government rockets.
In his later years he learned and enjoyed playing the electric bass. Sometimes he would play with his buddies at the Chef's Inn in Newport Beach. He was a ham radio operator for many years and was elected president of the local ham radio club in Newport Beach, CA.
Ray was cremated and his ashes were scattered over the Sierra Nevada Mountains by plane.
Ray Ottis Broyles was the only child of Maynard and Maggie Franklin (step-dad Hensley) Broyles. As a child he grew up in rural Appalachia on a small plot of land in the Horse Creek area of Greeneville, TN. His father died of TB when Ray was just 13. His mother put Ray in a boarding school so she could work. At age 16 his mother signed that he was 17 and he joined the Navy as a gunner on the CV-2 USS Lexington. During his stint in the Navy, he got his GED and took correspondence classes in electronics.
After 8 years he left the Navy in the Port of San Pedro, California where he met and married Bernice Warner. They had two sons, Fred and Jack.
Ray's second wife was Annie "Evelyn" Bloodworth. They married in Las Vegas the 20th of May 1946. They had three children, Cheri, Trina and Ray Ottis Jr.
After serving in the Navy, Ray went to work for the Payne Furnace and Supply Co. Then, during WWII, Ray joined the Army Corps of Engineers and taught slide rule at Orange Coast College. In the 1940s he opened his own business in Santa Ana, California called Orange County Heating and Air-conditioning. He attended the University of Illinois to gain more information on heating and air-conditioning at the University's "Test House". In the early 1950s he sold his business and went to work for the George T. Hall Company as an electronics salesman. At one point he was also called upon to troubleshoot electronics for government rockets.
In his later years he learned and enjoyed playing the electric bass. Sometimes he would play with his buddies at the Chef's Inn in Newport Beach. He was a ham radio operator for many years and was elected president of the local ham radio club in Newport Beach, CA.
Ray was cremated and his ashes were scattered over the Sierra Nevada Mountains by plane.
After 8 years he left the Navy in the Port of San Pedro, California where he met and married Bernice Warner. They had two sons, Fred and Jack.
Ray's second wife was Annie "Evelyn" Bloodworth. They married in Las Vegas the 20th of May 1946. They had three children, Cheri, Trina and Ray Ottis Jr.
After serving in the Navy, Ray went to work for the Payne Furnace and Supply Co. Then, during WWII, Ray joined the Army Corps of Engineers and taught slide rule at Orange Coast College. In the 1940s he opened his own business in Santa Ana, California called Orange County Heating and Air-conditioning. He attended the University of Illinois to gain more information on heating and air-conditioning at the University's "Test House". In the early 1950s he sold his business and went to work for the George T. Hall Company as an electronics salesman. At one point he was also called upon to troubleshoot electronics for government rockets.
In his later years he learned and enjoyed playing the electric bass. Sometimes he would play with his buddies at the Chef's Inn in Newport Beach. He was a ham radio operator for many years and was elected president of the local ham radio club in Newport Beach, CA.
Ray was cremated and his ashes were scattered over the Sierra Nevada Mountains by plane.
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