Air Force Memorials: Remembering the life, death and legacy of Ray Plowman
JAMESTOWN — Ray Plowman was born and raised on a small tobacco farm outside of South Irvine, Kentucky with his father, mother and 10 brothers and sisters. As a teenager, he traveled to Montana to work with the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) before going back home to enlist in the Air Force during WWII. In 1943 he married his hometown sweetheart, Lee, and moved to Ohio where later their son, Daryl, was born. After the war, Ray and his family moved to California and a daughter,...
