{"id":6421,"date":"2016-11-08T15:55:06","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T21:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/?page_id=6421"},"modified":"2025-03-31T13:38:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T18:38:33","slug":"obituary-beasley-raymond-eli","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/?page_id=6421","title":{"rendered":"Obituary &#8211; Beasley, Raymond Eli"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"one_third\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Class of 1953<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">1953 Maroon Spotlight<img src=\"http:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1953_Beasley_Raymond_yearbook.jpg\" alt=\"Raymond Beasley\" \/><br \/>Raymond Beasley<\/h2>\n<p>\ufeffF.T.A. 51-53, F.T.A. Vice-President 52-53, Band 49-53, Junior Play 57-52, Perry-scope Staff 52-53, Wrestling 49-53.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">1953 Graduation Edition<\/br>Perry Daily Journal<\/h2>\n<p>Whether to go to college or the armed forces is the decision Ray Beasley, 17-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Beasley of 727 Sixth street, has to make upon graduation from PHS.  Ray, who has acquired all his schooling in Perry, was born Oct. 18, 1935.  During his career at Perry high he has been a member of the Future Teachers and the band.  He also participated in wrestling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"two_third last_column\">\n<h1>Raymond Eli Beasley<\/h1>\n<h3>October 18, 1935 &#8211; September 27, 2004<\/h3>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lifetime_Member_small.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"float:left; margin-right: 5px;\"\/><\/br>Raymond Eli Beasley, 68, of Edmond was born October 18, 1935, in Perry, OK, to Rosco and Bessie Beasley. Mr. Beasley passed away September 27, 2004, in Oklahoma City. <\/p>\n<p>He was Professor Emeritus of the University of Central Oklahoma and served as chairman of the Mathematics Department from 1971 to 1979. He retired from the Math Department in 1999. <\/p>\n<p>Preceding him in death were his parents. <\/p>\n<p>Survivors include his wife, Carolyn Beasley of Edmond; daughter, Traci Beasley Kimball of Grapevine, TX; son, Ryan Beasley of Lawrence, KS; sister, Doris Mogil of Oceanside, CA, and three grandchildren. <\/p>\n<p>A memorial service is scheduled for 3:00 P.M. Friday, October 1, 2004, at Baggerley Funeral Home, Edmond. Private interment. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations can be made to UCO Foundation, 100 N. University, Evans Hall 101, Edmond, OK 73034. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-FullWidth.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6421"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6421"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28401,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6421\/revisions\/28401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}