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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Fellow riders,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV> <FONT face="Comic Sans MS">I received the following
information and picture from Rick Crabb. For those who did not know Ray Adams,
here is a picture and short bio and information. The Ellis county Veteran's
Appreciation Celebration is a great event if you can make it.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Bill</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">FYI - the PGR
National Plaque will be presented to Ray’s wife, Peggy, by all Patriot Guard
Riders present at the Ellis County Veteran’s Appreciation Celebration on
November 8<SUP>th</SUP> here in Waxahachie. I hope you can be part of
it!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In memory of “Uncle”
<st1:PersonName w:st="on">Ray Adams</st1:PersonName> – October 31, 1936 - July
13, 2008. Ray was from Frost down on our southern border of where North,
East and <st1:place w:st="on">Central Texas</st1:place> regions meet. He
was a retired business man, school district maintenance supervisor and
great-uncle to SPC Jeffery Shaffer, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region>, KIA from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Waco</st1:City></st1:place>, September 13, 2006. After we rode
Jeffery’s <st1:City w:st="on">Mission</st1:City>, Ray became one of us and
made many Missions all over <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Texas</st1:State></st1:place>. He rode his <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Kawasaki</st1:City></st1:place> 750 to the
Gathering of the Texas Guard last April and his son Michael made sure it was
there at the funeral, with his jacket, helmet and colors, ready for his last
ride. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ray pulled me aside
at a <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Mission</st1:City></st1:place>
the end of May and told me he was “having a little surgery” and would be down
for three weeks. I asked him what kind of surgery and he said they were
taking out half a lung. I gave him “the eye” and told him there was only
one reason they take parts of lungs out and he looked away and said, “yeah,
it’s cancer. But I’ll be back riding with you in three weeks!”
Almost three weeks to the day later I got the call and three of us rode down
to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Corsicana</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Hospital</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> and were with
the family when they discontinued life support.
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">His family had an
idea of what Ray was doing with “all those bikers” but they were overwhelmed
with our presence at the celebration of his life and were very proud of the
PGR and what it meant to Ray. Ray was a pretty short in the inseam, but
he stood ten-feet tall in the eyes of all of us who loved him. Ray’s
riding with Jesus now. We miss his smiling face and positive
encouragement on the Flag Line, but will see him again when we all ride free
together.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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