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Orville Ray Monroe

7 Feb 1930 – 1 Jul 2023

Birth	7 Feb 1930
Death	1 Jul 2023
Cemetery	Rosedale Cemetery Ada , Pontotoc County , Oklahoma , USA
Added by	KD Burleson on 03 Jul 2023
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/256149025

Bio

Orville Ray Monroe was born Feb. 7, 1930, in Texas, Cotton County, Oklahoma, to parents Jessie and Ollie Monroe, and was raised in Temple, Oklahoma. He was a self-made man, coming from nothing to start his working career at the bank in Temple. He later became owner/operator of Rebel Drilling. Ray was a talented baseball player, earning a scholarship to Oklahoma State University. He was a 32nd Degree Mason with the lodge in Comanche, Oklahoma. He was preceded in death by his parents, first wife Joyce, second wife Wanda, and son Max.

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Family

Parents

• Jessie Elmore Monroe 1898–1982
• Ollie V. Monroe 1901–1993

Spouse

• Lillian Joyce Jenkins Monroe 1933–2002
• Wanda Birchett Monroe 1938–2018

Children

• Max Ray Monroe 1952–2000

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