Asbury, Raymond C. ASBURY, RAYMOND CHARLES Raymond was born in San Diego on January 31, 1930 to Vernon and Elizabeth Asbury. He passed away peacefully on September 20, 2011, with his family at his side. He was preceded in death by his son, Mitchell Alan Asbury. Ray was the sixth of seven siblings. He attended San Diego High School and graduated in 1949. He was on the football team and was named to the first team of the 1948 Breitbard Athletic Foundation Award All Coast League. He also was on the wrestling team. Ray went into the U.S. Army in 1950 and served in Korea as an M.P. He was a guard at the peace talks there. When he was discharged he attended San Diego Community College for a while. In 1954, he met and married Joye Patton. They were married for almost 57 years. They had five children.He went to work at Palomar Foods as a driver/salesman. The job evolved into advance sales. He sold to restaurants, schools, and institutions. His last 15 years as a working man was delivering liquor for Bohemian Distributing Co. He retired in 1992 and devoted the rest of his life to bow hunting, which he dearly loved, and fishing. He hunted in Wyoming, South Dakota, Texas, Colorado, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. He wasn't always successful but he did hang heads on the walls of his home of deer, antelope, elk, and wild pig. But not in the living room. He liked deep sea fishing but his favorite was surf fishing. He fashioned a cart with big wheels that would go on the sand to hold his poles, gear and beer or coffee, depending on what time of day it was. He is survived by four of his five children, Daniel Asbury of Imperial Beach, Sharon Halstead (Guil) of Temecula, John Asbury (Cynthia) of Escondido, Mary Beth Shipman (Tim) of San Diego and daughter-in-law, Karen Asbury of Chesapeake, VA; eleven grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. Memorial mass will be at 1 p.m. on October 14th at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church, 2766 Navajo Road, El Cajon. Private interment at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Association , 6632 Convoy Ct., San Diego, CA 92111. Published in San Diego Union-Tribune on October 9, 2011