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MMA Cadet Ray Whittington Kern

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Title

MMA Cadet Ray Whittington Kern

Subject

Kern, Ray Whittington (1920-2020)
Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va.)
Military academies - Virginia - Woodstock
Military education - Virginia - Woodstock
Cadets - Virginia - Woodstock

Description

Ray Whittington Kern shown seated and wearing his Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) uniform.

Born in Mt. Olive, Ray was a 1941 graduate of MMA and a U.S. Army veteran, having served as a Lieutenant during World War II.

After his time in the service he worked for the Strasburg Post Office and retired as Superintendent of Postal Operations.

He is buried with his first wife, Daisy Elizabeth (Smith) Kern (1920-1983) in Strasburg.

His second wife was Maxine McDonald.

Creator

Morrison Studio

Source

Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society

Publisher

Shenandoah County Library

Date

Labelled "April 1941" on box of plates.

Contributor

Identified by Gloria Stickley in 2006, niece of Ray Kern, and Polly Haun also in 2006, who remembered Ray lived on Crim Drive in Strasburg with his first wife.
Some biographical information was extracted from his obituary on Find-A-Grave.

Rights

IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Relation

Cadet Ray W. Kern appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 010597 and 014984.

Identifier

010597

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Glass Negative

Citation

Morrison Studio, “MMA Cadet Ray Whittington Kern,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed November 22, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/35789.

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