Mike and I had been close friends since the early '60s, growing up in Alexandria, VA. He was originally licensed as WN4DVD and then WB4DVD when he upgraded to General class. Mike moved to the Dallas, TX area circa 1980 and received the call KD5IN. I moved from Virginia to Dallas in 1985 and we continued our close friendship. I will truly miss him. I'll post more details as I receive them.
P Michael Bray, KD5IN SK Paul Michael Bray passed away on January 10, 2020 in Dallas, Texas due to liver cirrhosis and bladder cancer apparently caused by Methotrexate, prescribed for arthritis. Michael was born in 1950 to Paul Johnston Bray (1916-1979) and Ruth Lane Trivett Bray (1916-2005) in Baltimore, Maryland. He was preceded in death by his parents; brother Paul J. Bray Jr. (1943); brother Frederick Stephen Bray (1947-1996); and brother Thomas Nicholas Bray (1951-1984). He is survived by sister Patricia Sue Bray Lambertz of Oak Ridge, TN; George Franklin Bray of Madison, WI; wife Rosie Dela Cruz Bray of Pambujan, Philippines and Garland, TX; ex-wife Elizabeth Ann Sistrunk Bray of Dallas, TX; son John Michael Bray of Dallas, TX; son Matthew Thomas Bray of Hoboken, NJ; and nephew Patrick Burke of Mount Vernon, VA. Michael and Rosie attended St. Joseph Catholic Church in Richardson, TX. Michael graduated in 1968 from Edison High School in Springfield, Va. He earned a BS from the University of Texas at Dallas in 1996, and an MS from Southern Methodist University in Dallas in 2000. Michael enlisted in the Virginia Army National Guard in 1971 and was honorably discharged in 1977 with a rank of Sergeant. He worked for C&P Telephone (now Verizon) in Arlington, VA from 1968 to 1979, DSC Communications (now Alcatel) in Plano, TX from 1979 to 1996, Samsung Telecommunications in Richardson, TX from 1996 to 2002, and EDS (now HP) in Plano, TX from 2006 to 2009. Michael taught at DeVry University from 2002 to 2004 and at ITT Technical Institute from 2004 to 2010. He co-authored several patents in the early 1990s. Michael enjoyed Amateur Radio as a hobby and was a long member of the American Radio Relay League. Other hobbies included genealogy, computers, internet research, and some gardening and camping. Funeral services will be held at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Richardson, TX on Tuesday, January 14, 2020 at 1:30 PM, with interment at Mount Comfort Cemetery in Alexandria, VA. Please visit www.findagrave.com and leave a note or flower. http://www.williamsfuneral.com/obituary/paul-bray
