Horton and Bryan Family History

Raymond Thomas Horton was born on 15 November 1914, in Campton, Kentucky. His father, Herbert Hilary Horton, was 21 and his mother, Lucy Ethel McCoun Horton, who went by “Ethel,” was 18. Herbert died in 1931 when Raymond was 16. Raymond attended Berea Academy from 1931-1934, graduating in 1934, and Berea College for one year. In 1935, he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps for two years. He met and married Marcia Urton Bryan in 1940 while working as general manager of the McCoun Motor Company in Campton. From 1943-46, Raymond served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps in New Guinea, the Philippines and Japan. In the 1950s and 1960s, Raymond owned a television sales and repair business. From 1955-1960, he served on the City Council of Jeffersontown, Kentucky. Raymond was the father of seven children and had twelve grandchildren. The eldest, Carol Lee, born in 1938, was the daughter of Virginia Cundiff. With Marcia, he had four daughters and two sons, as follows: Linda Rae, born in 1946; Laurel McKay, in 1948; Robin Liane in 1950, Raymond Bryan in 1952; Jean Lee in 1954; and Robert Vance in 1959. While in Maryland visiting daughters Linda and Robin, Raymond died of congestive heart failure on 4 July 1987, at the age of 72.