In Memoriam: Raymon E. McGee
08/01/2022
We are saddened to report that longtime GCAS member, Raymon McGee, passed away at age 91 on July 26, 2022, in his home town of Deming, New Mexico.
Ray was very active in our group, especially during the 1970s through 1990s, concentrating his explorations of archaeological and historic sites in southwestern New Mexico including the Bootheel. He became so knowledgeable of the area that he led many GCAS field trips to areas unknown to most other people, including to a petroglyph site in an unnamed canyon on BLM land near Deming. So significant was this petroglyph site to our group, that the GCAS nicknamed its location as "McGee Canyon" in Ray's honor.
We learned from two of his children that among his many interests, Ray had video-recorded and photographed several of the monthly GCAS field trips he led, later reformatting the videos to DVDs. His family generously included 42 such DVDs and numerous photographs in their donation to the GCAS of Ray's archaeological and historical materials. We are thrilled to receive Ray's collection because the information the items contain will add much greater research value to the information on the same sites that our GCAS library and archives has already catalogued.
Ray's family will have a celebration of his life on the weekend of August 27, 2022, in Deming. (More details to follow.) Read more about Ray in his obituary and consider sharing a fond memory of him there, on his Tribute Wall. Please send written condolences to the care of Ray's daughter: Sharron Talbot, 814 Pine St, Kewanee IL 61443, email [email protected] - Sharron will pass along any messages to the rest of Ray's family. Please also consider planting a tree or making a contribution to the charity of your choice in Ray's name.
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