While moving on to the next obit, I found the following article for a Gary Fred Ray. : Bakersfield Californian Monday, March 12, 1973 Pg. 31 Johannesburg man found dead An inquest is pending in the apparent suicide of Gary Fred Ray, 37, 311 Comstock Street, Johannesburg, found dead in his pickup truck on the Red Rock-Randsburg Road, 1/8 mile south of Highway 395, at 10:05 p.m. Saturday Deputies said Ray's chest wound apparently was self-inflicted with a .22 caliber revolver. Ray's family includes a wife and 16-year-old son. Sharon ------ In a message dated 1/16/2008 6:22:55 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, DULCICH6@aol.com writes: RAY FRED G born: 09/01/1888 M IOWA died: KERN 06/01/1971 age: 82 yrs requested by: dearme58@yahoo.com The Bakersfield Californian Friday, June 4, 1971 Pg. 46 Ray, Fred Grant - Services will be held in the Stahl Funeral Home, Newkirk, Okla., for Fred Grant Ray, 82, 631 Monroe, Arvin, who died Tuesday in a Bakersfield hospital. Interment will be in the Newkirk Cemetery. Mr. Ray was a native of Iowa and resided in Kern County many years. Survivors include his wife Ollie and a daughter, Lula Patrick of Oklahoma. Greenlawn Mortuary. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489