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==Background==

==Background==

Germany is one of eight children and one of two surviving sons, of Marlin Hall Germany (1905-1960), a farm laborer who was residing at the time of his death in Vernon in Wilbarger County in north [[Texas]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Germany&GSfn=Marlin&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=46&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=92694439&df=all&|title=Marlin Hall Germany|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=August 6, 2016}}</ref> and the former Ruth Perkins (1904-1951). The parents are interred in separate cemeteries in Vernon and Martin's Mill in Van Zandt County, Texas, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Germany&GSfn=Ruth&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=46&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=87492074&df=all&|title=Ruth Germany|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=August 6, 2016}}</ref> Ray Germany's place of birth is missing, but a younger brother, Marlin Ray Germany (1939-2014), was born and reared in Martin's Mill and died in Athens in  Henderson County. One of the Germanys' deceased siblings, Lester Gene Germany (1945-2006),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=125494210|title=Marlin Ray Germany|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=August 6, 2016}}</ref> graduated from Louisiana Tech University<ref>''The Lagniappe'', Louisiana Tech University yearbook, 1968, p. 83.</ref> with a degree in geology and for thirty-four years was an environmental scientist. Though he resided at the time of his death at the age of sixty in Richmond County, [[Georgia]], he is interred at Holly Springs Cemetery in Martin's Mill, along with his mother and other siblings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/augustachronicle/obituary.aspx?pid=17106534|title=Lester G. Germany|publisher=''Augusta Chronicle''|date=March 18, 2006|accessdate=August 6, 2016}}</ref> Germany's only living brother, Charles Glen Germany (born July 1947), resides in Rayville in Richland Parish, east of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.intelius.com/search/people/Charles-Germany/Rayville-LA|title=Charles G. Germany|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=August 6, 2016}}</ref>

Germany is one of eight children and one of two surviving sons, of Marlin Hall Germany (1905-1960), a farm laborer who was residing at the time of his death in Vernon in Wilbarger County in north [[Texas]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Germany&GSfn=Marlin&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=46&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=92694439&df=all&|title=Marlin Hall Germany|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=August 6, 2016}}</ref> and the former Ruth Perkins (1904-1951). The parents are interred in separate cemeteries in Vernon and Martin's Mill in Van Zandt County, Texas, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Germany&GSfn=Ruth&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=46&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=87492074&df=all&|title=Ruth Germany|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=August 6, 2016}}</ref> Ray Germany's place of birth is missing, but a younger brother, Marlin Ray Germany (1939-2014), was born and reared in Martin's Mill and died in Athens in  Henderson County. One of the Germanys' deceased siblings, Lester Gene Germany (1945-2006),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=125494210|title=Marlin Ray Germany|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=August 6, 2016}}</ref> graduated from Louisiana Tech University<ref>''The Lagniappe'', Louisiana Tech University yearbook, 1968, p. 83.</ref> with a degree in geology and for thirty-four years was an environmental scientist. Though he resided at the time of his death at the age of sixty in Richmond County, [[Georgia]], he is interred at Holly Springs Cemetery in Martin's Mill, along with his mother and other siblings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/augustachronicle/obituary.aspx?pid=17106534|title=Lester G. Germany|publisher=''Augusta Chronicle''|date=March 18, 2006|accessdate=August 6, 2016}}</ref> Germany's only living brother, Charles Glen Germany (born July 1947), resides in Rayville in Richland Parish, east of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.intelius.com/search/people/Charles-Germany/Rayville-LA|title=Charles G. Germany|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=August 6, 2016}}</ref>

==Basketball==

==Basketball==