Raymond Merton Slabaugh III

I knew Ray during our college years at Ohio Wesleyan where I was a basketball manager for four years and watched him display his considerable talents. He excelled in pressure situations.....making clutch free throws and key baskets and handling a press. He was the point guard on the 1962 team that won the Ohio Conference Championship and finished 21-3. Ray was a good friend and I felt privileged to really know him. He was one of my favorite people at OWU. None of us was surprised by his...

Ray Ray was also known to me as "Uncle Ray" (whenever he called me "Cousin Leah") or more often as "Raybaugh" (which began when the owner of Uncle Thai's ,Ray's favorite Chinese restaurant in Houston could not quite say "Slabaugh" so he ran it all together). I met Raybaugh when we were both living in Houston and one of our mutual friends took me to one of Raybaugh's Kentucky Derby parties. He was such a special person, unique in that he was a nice guy who was never boring. He loved to have a...

The Blaze family sincerely offer our condolences to the family May God keep and bless you!

I only knew Ray for a short time having played tennis with him in Round Pond, Maine and sharing a dinner with him the same day. But, I liked him immediately for his friendliness and openness. Please accept my condolences to the family. Neill McKay