Raymond Glen Daugherty, 86, of Mesquite passed away Friday, January 27, 2023.
Ray was born on May 16, 1936, the first of 3 children of Raymond Lester Daugherty and Ruby Nell Batts Daugherty. Ray had two brothers that followed, Jerry Don, who passed away in infancy, and Danny Keith with whom Ray was close throughout his life. Ray grew up in the small town of Dodson, Texas. Ray was a baseball player at Dodson High School and Ray graduated in 1954.
Ray met the love of his life, Wanda Rose Phipps, at a dance on Friday the 13th. They married on June 30, 1955, and moved to Amarillo. Friday the 13th was always special to them, and they celebrated it throughout their lives. Ray and Wanda had 3 children, Craig, Denise, and Glenna. They joined the First Baptist Church in Amarillo.
Ray began his career at the First National Bank of Amarillo as a teller. Within a few years, Ray was offered a job as an agent for State Farm Insurance, a job which he held for most of the next 45+ years. During his tenure as a State Farm agent, he developed many relationships with clients, won many awards from the company, and traveled extensively around the world through State Farm's achievement awards program. Ray completed his professional certificate of Certified Life Underwriter (CLU) by studying at night. Ray's contributions to State Farm were so strong that State Farm promoted him to agency manager in the late 1975.
Because he missed the direct public contact with clients, Ray left the management position in 1982 and went back to work as a State Farm agent, this time in Irving. Ray and Wanda moved to Irving in 1982, where they would live until 2008. Ray was active in many social groups including Kiwanis, Rotary Club, and the YMCA. He had a wide range of friends with whom he would play dominoes and poker. Ray was interested in archeology. He went on many excavations around the panhandle of Texas and in the mountains of New Mexico. He dug up American Indian artifacts like arrowheads and other tools, and he collected bottles and inkwells from the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Ray was also an avid golfer. He joined the Las Colinas Country Club, and he played golf there with friends regularly and competed in tournaments.
Ray always wanted to stay busy, and in his spare time he remodeled his houses in Irving and Mesquite as well as various rental properties that he owned. He was very handy with tools and construction.
In 2007 Ray retired from State Farm. His hobbies included gardening and collecting golf clubs off eBay with which he would create a complete set of clubs. He would typically give away these collected golf sets to someone who could use them. Ray's other passion was traveling to nearby casinos and trying his luck, which was usually pretty good, as he won more than he lost. He would spend the day gaming at the casino with friends and then playing poker with these same friends until the wee hours.
Ray is survived by his family Craig Daugherty, Denise and Todd Parks, and Glenna and Lewis Brown, and grandchildren Elizabeth Parks and Derek Daugherty.
Services for Ray include a graveside service and inurnment at North Fairview Cemetery in Wellington, Texas at 2:00 PM on Saturday, February 11, 2023. Arrangements are by Adams Funeral Home of Wellington.
Ray was born on May 16, 1936, the first of 3 children of Raymond Lester Daugherty and Ruby Nell Batts Daugherty. Ray had two brothers that followed, Jerry Don, who passed away in infancy, and Danny Keith with whom Ray was close throughout his life. Ray grew up in the small town of Dodson, Texas. Ray was a baseball player at Dodson High School and Ray graduated in 1954.
Ray met the love of his life, Wanda Rose Phipps, at a dance on Friday the 13th. They married on June 30, 1955, and moved to Amarillo. Friday the 13th was always special to them, and they celebrated it throughout their lives. Ray and Wanda had 3 children, Craig, Denise, and Glenna. They joined the First Baptist Church in Amarillo.
Ray began his career at the First National Bank of Amarillo as a teller. Within a few years, Ray was offered a job as an agent for State Farm Insurance, a job which he held for most of the next 45+ years. During his tenure as a State Farm agent, he developed many relationships with clients, won many awards from the company, and traveled extensively around the world through State Farm's achievement awards program. Ray completed his professional certificate of Certified Life Underwriter (CLU) by studying at night. Ray's contributions to State Farm were so strong that State Farm promoted him to agency manager in the late 1975.
Because he missed the direct public contact with clients, Ray left the management position in 1982 and went back to work as a State Farm agent, this time in Irving. Ray and Wanda moved to Irving in 1982, where they would live until 2008. Ray was active in many social groups including Kiwanis, Rotary Club, and the YMCA. He had a wide range of friends with whom he would play dominoes and poker. Ray was interested in archeology. He went on many excavations around the panhandle of Texas and in the mountains of New Mexico. He dug up American Indian artifacts like arrowheads and other tools, and he collected bottles and inkwells from the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Ray was also an avid golfer. He joined the Las Colinas Country Club, and he played golf there with friends regularly and competed in tournaments.
Ray always wanted to stay busy, and in his spare time he remodeled his houses in Irving and Mesquite as well as various rental properties that he owned. He was very handy with tools and construction.
In 2007 Ray retired from State Farm. His hobbies included gardening and collecting golf clubs off eBay with which he would create a complete set of clubs. He would typically give away these collected golf sets to someone who could use them. Ray's other passion was traveling to nearby casinos and trying his luck, which was usually pretty good, as he won more than he lost. He would spend the day gaming at the casino with friends and then playing poker with these same friends until the wee hours.
Ray is survived by his family Craig Daugherty, Denise and Todd Parks, and Glenna and Lewis Brown, and grandchildren Elizabeth Parks and Derek Daugherty.
Services for Ray include a graveside service and inurnment at North Fairview Cemetery in Wellington, Texas at 2:00 PM on Saturday, February 11, 2023. Arrangements are by Adams Funeral Home of Wellington.
Raymond Glen Daugherty, 86, of Mesquite passed away Friday, January 27, 2023.
Ray was born on May 16, 1936, the first of 3 children of Raymond Lester Daugherty and Ruby Nell Batts Daugherty. Ray had two brothers that followed, Jerry Don, who passed away in infancy, and Danny Keith with whom Ray was close throughout his life. Ray grew up in the small town of Dodson, Texas. Ray was a baseball player at Dodson High School and Ray graduated in 1954.
Ray met the love of his life, Wanda Rose Phipps, at a dance on Friday the 13th. They married on June 30, 1955, and moved to Amarillo. Friday the 13th was always special to them, and they celebrated it throughout their lives. Ray and Wanda had 3 children, Craig, Denise, and Glenna. They joined the First Baptist Church in Amarillo.
Ray began his career at the First National Bank of Amarillo as a teller. Within a few years, Ray was offered a job as an agent for State Farm Insurance, a job which he held for most of the next 45+ years. During his tenure as a State Farm agent, he developed many relationships with clients, won many awards from the company, and traveled extensively around the world through State Farm's achievement awards program. Ray completed his professional certificate of Certified Life Underwriter (CLU) by studying at night. Ray's contributions to State Farm were so strong that State Farm promoted him to agency manager in the late 1975.
Because he missed the direct public contact with clients, Ray left the management position in 1982 and went back to work as a State Farm agent, this time in Irving. Ray and Wanda moved to Irving in 1982, where they would live until 2008. Ray was active in many social groups including Kiwanis, Rotary Club, and the YMCA. He had a wide range of friends with whom he would play dominoes and poker. Ray was interested in archeology. He went on many excavations around the panhandle of Texas and in the mountains of New Mexico. He dug up American Indian artifacts like arrowheads and other tools, and he collected bottles and inkwells from the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Ray was also an avid golfer. He joined the Las Colinas Country Club, and he played golf there with friends regularly and competed in tournaments.
Ray always wanted to stay busy, and in his spare time he remodeled his houses in Irving and Mesquite as well as various rental properties that he owned. He was very handy with tools and construction.
In 2007 Ray retired from State Farm. His hobbies included gardening and collecting golf clubs off eBay with which he would create a complete set of clubs. He would typically give away these collected golf sets to someone who could use them. Ray's other passion was traveling to nearby casinos and trying his luck, which was usually pretty good, as he won more than he lost. He would spend the day gaming at the casino with friends and then playing poker with these same friends until the wee hours.
Ray is survived by his family Craig Daugherty, Denise and Todd Parks, and Glenna and Lewis Brown, and grandchildren Elizabeth Parks and Derek Daugherty.
Services for Ray include a graveside service and inurnment at North Fairview Cemetery in Wellington, Texas at 2:00 PM on Saturday, February 11, 2023. Arrangements are by Adams Funeral Home of Wellington.
Ray was born on May 16, 1936, the first of 3 children of Raymond Lester Daugherty and Ruby Nell Batts Daugherty. Ray had two brothers that followed, Jerry Don, who passed away in infancy, and Danny Keith with whom Ray was close throughout his life. Ray grew up in the small town of Dodson, Texas. Ray was a baseball player at Dodson High School and Ray graduated in 1954.
Ray met the love of his life, Wanda Rose Phipps, at a dance on Friday the 13th. They married on June 30, 1955, and moved to Amarillo. Friday the 13th was always special to them, and they celebrated it throughout their lives. Ray and Wanda had 3 children, Craig, Denise, and Glenna. They joined the First Baptist Church in Amarillo.
Ray began his career at the First National Bank of Amarillo as a teller. Within a few years, Ray was offered a job as an agent for State Farm Insurance, a job which he held for most of the next 45+ years. During his tenure as a State Farm agent, he developed many relationships with clients, won many awards from the company, and traveled extensively around the world through State Farm's achievement awards program. Ray completed his professional certificate of Certified Life Underwriter (CLU) by studying at night. Ray's contributions to State Farm were so strong that State Farm promoted him to agency manager in the late 1975.
Because he missed the direct public contact with clients, Ray left the management position in 1982 and went back to work as a State Farm agent, this time in Irving. Ray and Wanda moved to Irving in 1982, where they would live until 2008. Ray was active in many social groups including Kiwanis, Rotary Club, and the YMCA. He had a wide range of friends with whom he would play dominoes and poker. Ray was interested in archeology. He went on many excavations around the panhandle of Texas and in the mountains of New Mexico. He dug up American Indian artifacts like arrowheads and other tools, and he collected bottles and inkwells from the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Ray was also an avid golfer. He joined the Las Colinas Country Club, and he played golf there with friends regularly and competed in tournaments.
Ray always wanted to stay busy, and in his spare time he remodeled his houses in Irving and Mesquite as well as various rental properties that he owned. He was very handy with tools and construction.
In 2007 Ray retired from State Farm. His hobbies included gardening and collecting golf clubs off eBay with which he would create a complete set of clubs. He would typically give away these collected golf sets to someone who could use them. Ray's other passion was traveling to nearby casinos and trying his luck, which was usually pretty good, as he won more than he lost. He would spend the day gaming at the casino with friends and then playing poker with these same friends until the wee hours.
Ray is survived by his family Craig Daugherty, Denise and Todd Parks, and Glenna and Lewis Brown, and grandchildren Elizabeth Parks and Derek Daugherty.
Services for Ray include a graveside service and inurnment at North Fairview Cemetery in Wellington, Texas at 2:00 PM on Saturday, February 11, 2023. Arrangements are by Adams Funeral Home of Wellington.
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