I went to work at NASA in June 1964, just ten weeks after Eva and I got married. Then, in November, I got promoted to a new position in building 30. This was during the transition from Cape Kennedy to the Manned Space Center in Houston. Mission Control was on […]
Eva Ray
Work-related travel was part of my career over the years, and Eva accepted that gracefully. After Jennifer married in 1992, I took a consulting contract to manage a project in Temple Texas. It was a major project for one of Drayton McLane’s companies that provided the computer system used in […]
You gave me many wonderful Christmas memories during the years God gave us. I look forward to our times together again. I love you more than ever! Richard
Last night I was watching a Christmas movie and a big part of the movie involved discovering information about her grandmother’s relationship before getting married. So, parts of the movie were flashbacks that began just before Christmas in 1941. This is not a movie review; except I will say I […]
Eva, I’ll go to my grave lovin’ you, lovin’ you I’d give all I’ve saved lovin’ you, lovin’ you And should, and should I live again Even then, it won’t end For I’ll go, I’ll go to my grave To my grave lovin’ you, lovin’ you Oh, to take his […]
With each new model year, while I was working for Gulf States Toyota, Toyota would have a new car showing to present new models to the news media. Those events were in various parts of the world. In 1975 it was in Toyoko, in 1976 it was in Mexico City, […]
Barbara and Clifford Rains have been our friends for years. Clifford and I were in many classes together from the seventh grade at Burbank through graduation at Sam Houston. We continued to be friends over the years since. Barbara and Clifford were married in 1967 and bought a house near […]
Do you ever wish you had asked? You can spend your whole life with someone and reach a point when you wish you had talked about something you never really talked about. I wish I knew more about Eva’s time attending Mary Hardin-Baylor to share with our daughters and grandchildren. […]
Eva, It has been more than two years since you went to be with Jesus and that has changed a lot of things in my life, but my love for you has not gone away. I wish I had told you how much you made my life complete more often. […]
Eva, I can’t stop loving you I’ve made up my mind To live in memory Of old lonesome time I can’t stop wanting you It’s useless to say So I’ll just live my life In dreams of yesterday. Those happy hours That we once knew Though long ago, They still […]