|
 Ray Roberts - Roselawn Memorial Park - Denton, TX
N 33° 10.858 W 097° 09.447
14S E 671783 N 3672861
Ray Roberts was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Texas's 4th District from 1962 to 1981. He is buried in Roselawn Memorial Park, Denton, TX.
Waymark Code: WMKZ1D
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/18/2014
Views: 4
Many North Texans visit the lake which bears his name, without knowing who he was, and Roberts is probably best known for having succeeded Sam Rayburn in the U.S. House of Representatives. Interestingly, he and his wife were in the motorcade in Dallas on November 22, 1963, when President Kennedy was assassinated.
Description:
The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress has a capsule biography: Visit Link
Representative from Texas; born in Collin County, near McKinney, Tex., March 28, 1913; graduated from McKinney High School, McKinney, Tex.; attended Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College; attended North Texas State University; attended University of Texas; United States Navy, 1942-1945; active duty in the Korean conflict; United States Naval Reserve; staff for Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn of Texas, Washington, D.C., 1941-1942; businessman; farmer; member of the Texas state senate, 1955-1962, president pro tempore, 1961; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-seventh Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Sam Rayburn, and reelected to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 30, 1962-January 3, 1981); chair, Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (Ninety-fourth through Ninety-sixth Congresses); not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-seventh Congress in 1980; died on April 13, 1992, in Denton, Tex.
Date of birth: 03/28/1913
Date of death: 04/13/1992
Area of notoriety: Politics
Marker Type: Horizontal Marker
Setting: Outdoor
Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Daylight hours
Fee required?: No
Web site: [Web Link]
|
Visit Instructions:
To post a visit log for waymarks in this category, you must have personally visited the waymark location. When logging your visit, please provide a note describing your visit experience, along with any additional information about the waymark or the surrounding area that you think others may find interesting.
We especially encourage you to include any pictures that you took during your visit to the waymark. However, only respectful photographs are allowed. Logs which include photographs representing any form of disrespectful behavior (including those showing personal items placed on or near the grave location) will be subject to deletion.
|