Carl Reaves (Ray) Marrs was the eldest son of Wiley Brooks Marrs and Maude Elsie Golden. He was born 10 Nov 1911 in Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee.
He played the steel guitar with other musicians, and held patents for steel guitar improvements. He died of heart failure 29 Sep 1986 while in Artesia, Eddy Co., New Mexico "on a gig" playing the Steel Guitar in a band. He is buried in Frohna, Perry Co., Missouri.
His last known residences were Lake Sherwood and Marthasville, Warren Co., Missouri.
Ray married Cecelia Margaret Friel 24 Nov 1937 in Waterloo, Monroe Co., Illinois.
Carl Reaves (Ray) Marrs was the eldest son of Wiley Brooks Marrs and Maude Elsie Golden. He was born 10 Nov 1911 in Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee.
He played the steel guitar with other musicians, and held patents for steel guitar improvements. He died of heart failure 29 Sep 1986 while in Artesia, Eddy Co., New Mexico "on a gig" playing the Steel Guitar in a band. He is buried in Frohna, Perry Co., Missouri.
His last known residences were Lake Sherwood and Marthasville, Warren Co., Missouri.
Ray married Cecelia Margaret Friel 24 Nov 1937 in Waterloo, Monroe Co., Illinois.
Remembering people who entertained us through the decades with special moments captured on film.
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Researching paternal Cross, Sherman, Hill, Lewis and maternal Golden, Marrs families. Have blocks at Charles Cross (Franklin Co., Illinois), Abel Sherman (Rhode Island), John R. Golden (Pennsylvania), and Aseneth Smallwood married to William Hill.