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Ralph Raymond Davies, 85, a resident of Stanley, NM, passed away Wednesday, December 3, 2008. Born in Taiban, NM, July 16, 1923, to Raymond C. and Iris Crenshaw Davies, he grew up in the Fort Sumner, NM valley where he attended high school. He graduated from high school in 1942 from New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell, NM. Ralph is survived by his sister, Norma Gene Price of Houston, TX; children, stepson, Dan Perry and wife Irene of San Antonio, TX; daughters, Linda Luciel Brooks and husband, David of Stanley, NM, Mary Iris Racicot of Albuquerque, Becky Lin Tejeda of Stanley and Barbra Gene Whitaker and husband, Stan of Albuquerque; grandchildren, Alan Raymond Perry, Cindy Kazala, Tammy Johnson, Sean David Brooks, J.D. Racicot, Angie Calbert, Kay Lee Tejeda, Tomi Lin Tejeda, and Savannah and Abbey Whitaker; great-grandchildren, Ashley Loveless, Jaushua Brisco, Jason Patrick Wallen, Patricia Calbert, Mickala Calbert, Levi Dawson Brooks, Olivia Jean Perry and twin Kazala boys due to arrive in March 2009; a brother-in-law; sister-in-law, and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife, Jimmie Luciel Davies. Dad Ralph was a WWII veteran having served with the U.S. Navy in the South Pacific and served as a U.S. Air Force commissioned officer during the Korean War. He graduated from the University of NM in 1951. Following his Air Force service, he worked at Sandia National Labs where he spent the next 31 years, retiring in 1984. Ralph designed and built an A-frame cabin in the Pecos Wilderness that was enjoyed by family and friends for years and the "cottage" on the property west of Stanley where he lived at the time of his death. Services will be held Tuesday, December 9, 2008, 10:00 a.m., at French Mortuary, Lomas Chapel. Interment will take place at Santa Fe National Cemetery, at 3:00 p.m. Pallbearers will be his grandsons, Alan Raymond Perry, Sean David Brooks, J.D. Racicot, and Kay Lee Tejeda, and great-grandsons, Jaushua Brisco and Jason Patrick Wallen. The family would especially like to thank his oldest daughter, Linda Luciel Brooks, for her loving care, extensive knowledge and incredible nursing skills that eased his pain until his passing. Please visit our online guestbook for Ralph at RememberTheirStory.com French 10500 Lomas Blvd. NE (505) 275-3500
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