Ray Baggett

From Ray:

Born in Griffin, GA and raised in Georgia. On graduation from WRHS, Lois Bailey, Journalism/Drama, offered me a small journalism scholarship to UGA.  I declined, determined to join the military and see the world. I have seen much of it. I studied the Russian language at Syracuse University (for the USAF), and the German language while living in West Berlin, Germany (1964-67) during the era of the "WALL", which is, in and of itself, another story. In 1967, UGA accepted me as a junior due to the many language hours I had accumulated, and on Graduation in 1970 as a business major, I was employed by Wrangler Jeans. I found a new career in Insurance and Financial Services, owning my own agency in Benton, AR, a small town just south of Little Rock, for the past 14 years. My daughter Lisa Gatewood resides in Tulsa, OK, with her husband Todd  and is a teacher of Braille to handicapped children in a Tulsa middle school. My granddaughter Niki attends a private college in Broken Arrow, OK and my grandson Sam, 15, is an aspiring rock and roll drummer and has formed a band with 3 of his friends. Sam's band recently competed in competitions held in Houston, TX.

Ray Baggett, Sr., and Ray - 1945
First Grade		All WRHS Grads, Jay Baggett, Larry, Iris, Phyllis and Ray....on the occasion of Iris' 50th birthday 2010