Ray was the forth child of Printice Doile & May Reeder. He, like his other brothers had grey eyes and dark brown hair. Very striking to look at. He signed up for the draft of WWI and served his country.

Ray Doile married Dollie Funk on 8 May 1926. They had one daughter, Velma Louise Doile. She married Gerald Smith on 31 March 1951 and they raised 5 children.

Ray worked for the Santa Fe Railroad there in Emporia until he retired. He and Dollie lived in a house on a tree lined street in a perfect setting with a little stream running across the back of the property. Lovely people in a lovely home. Ray and Dollie kept a close eye on his mother who was living out in the country on the farm she and his father had raised the kids in.

Life with the Doile boys was fun. They all, and Ray seemed to be the ring leader, were practical jokers. All of them highly intelligent and full of life. Always a favorite of the kids, Ray was always their play mate. In fact one summer when I was about 10, we came from Arizona on our yearly visit to Grandma's house when, on a hot summer day, Ray gave me a bucket and he and his brothers sent me across the road to milk a cow. So I did so, that is right up until I put my hand on that electric fence. I wet my pants and the "boys" just about fell of the porch laughing. Little did they know that as an adult, I would learn to milk cows and they would not be fenced in!!

He and Dollie were faithful church people. I doubt they ever missed a Sunday at church. I know the few times they came to Winslow, AZ to visit, they went to our church with us.

Needless to say, Ray and Dollie were my favorite Aunt & Uncle. I can say that now because all of the Aunts and Uncle's are deceased. I was very lucky because I had all these wonderful people as relatives.

researched by Linda Doile Morris [email protected]