A life, recovered / 1917–1974
Raymond John D. Perry
Making more of seventeen miles
Raymond John D. Perry · 1917–1974. Modern animated historical reconstruction, supplied by Clayton Hollingsworth. Silent video; not historical footage. The original family photographs remain below.
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The family in motion.
Daniel Perry III, James Whitehead Perry, J. Daniel “Dan” Perry, James Albert “Jim” Perry and Raymond John D. Perry.
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From Hamlin to a family of his own
Raymond John D. Perry was born in Hamlin, Texas, in 1917, the son of James Albert “Jim” Perry and Julia Mae Riddle Perry. He married Euna Mae Carden in Stonewall County on December 6, 1935.
They raised five children: Barbara Gayle, Wanda Dale, Deloris Ann, Sandra and Mickey Joe.
Sources: Raymond John D. Perry family record · Julia and Euna Perry in A History of Stonewall County
Alvin Perry, Lorene Perry, Raymond John D. Perry, Margaret Jean Perry, Julia Mae Riddle Perry and Otis Perry together in August 1961.
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The Perry Ranch
Raymond John D. Perry farmed near Aspermont with Euna Mae Carden Perry. Their household belonged to a closely connected Stonewall County family that included Raymond’s parents, Jim and Julia Mae, and his brother Otis.
Raymond, Jim, Otis and the returning farmworker Ramon appear in the peanut-harvest photograph. The sacks, machinery and assembled workers give a physical setting to the labor their descendants remember.
Sources: Distance Is an Operating Expense · UNSUPERVISED* family register
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Work and room to play
In Wanda’s recollections, Raymond taught the children to drive the grain truck in granny gear when they were still young. He also built a floating deck on the stock tank so they could swim. Work and recreation both called for practical invention.
Those memories make his fatherhood tangible. There was a truck to learn, water to swim in and a father who found ways to make both available.
Sources: Distance Is an Operating Expense
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A house closer to school
The ranch stood about seventeen miles from Aspermont. As the children grew older, the distance limited their participation in school activities. Raymond built a house in town.
Wanda remembered that decision as part of what her father gave the family. It changed the daily possibilities around his children: school life became something they could join more fully.
Sources: Distance Is an Operating Expense
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Spur, Hamilton County and Clifton
Euna’s family history records a move to Spur in July 1959 and the purchase of a Hamilton County ranch in 1962.
Raymond died at his home in Clifton on July 12, 1974. His funeral was held at the Aspermont Church of Christ, and he was buried in Aspermont Cemetery.
Sources: Julia and Euna Perry in A History of Stonewall County · Services Held Monday for Raymond Perry
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His brothers and sisters
Raymond’s siblings included Lorene Faye, Alvin Lee, Otis Wayne and Margaret Jean. His 1974 obituary places Lorene and Alvin in Lubbock, Otis in Little Rock, Arkansas, and Margaret Jean Howell in Snyder.
Sources: Raymond John D. Perry family record · Julia and Euna Perry in A History of Stonewall County · Services Held Monday for Raymond Perry
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The photographs
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Raymond Perry as a child. Solo portrait isolated from the photograph of Lorene, Alvin and Raymond.
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Clayton’s great-grandfather Raymond Perry; Raymond’s father Jim; Raymond’s brother Otis; and Ramon, a migrant farmworker welcomed back for harvest seasons. The circa range is based on Jim Perry’s death in 1943 and visual evidence.
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Clayton’s great-grandparents Raymond Perry and Euna Mae Carden Perry with their daughter Sandra, Raymond’s brother Otis and other Perry relatives.
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The surviving print labels the children Lorene, Alvin and Raymond from left to right. The photograph is estimated to date to circa 1924, when Raymond was about seven and Alvin about three.
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Euna Mae Carden Perry at left and Raymond John D. Perry at right.
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One life leads to another.
Barbara Gayle Perry Hansen
1937–2020
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Margaret Jean Perry Howell
1937–2003
Read the biography →ChildWanda Dale Perry
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Sandra Dee Perry
Read the biography →Spouse in the family recordEuna Mae Carden Perry
1921–1999
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James Albert “Jim” Perry
1892–1943
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Julia Mae Riddle Perry
1896–1979
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Lorene Faye Perry Pitcock
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Alvin Lee Perry
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Sources & further reading
These sources support the biography and its continuing research.
- Distance Is an Operating Expense ↗
Published family recollections of Perry Ranch work, school travel and the harvest photograph; recollections are oral history.
- UNSUPERVISED* family register ↗
Existing family record supplied and maintained by Clayton Hollingsworth; conclusions retain the stated evidence limits.
- Recovered family photograph register ↗
Photograph identifications and dates retain their stated family-memory or documentary status.
- Raymond John D. Perry family record
Family-tree export supplied by Clayton Hollingsworth, October 25, 2026. The original and detailed research notes remain private.
- Julia and Euna Perry in A History of Stonewall County ↗
First-person family accounts published in 1979, page 254.
- Services Held Monday for Raymond Perry ↗
The Aspermont Star, July 18, 1974, page 3. Contemporary funeral and surviving-family report.
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