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| name=Raymond Dewie<br> "Ray" Germany, Sr.<br>

| name=Raymond Dewie "Ray" Germany, Sr.<br>

(Louisiana basketball player<br> and coach;

(Louisiana basketball player and coach; environmental safety manager;

2016 inductee of the Ark-La-Tex Sports Museum of Champions in Shreveport)

2016 inductee of the Ark-La-Tex Sports Museum of Champions in Shreveport)

| image=Ray-Germany.jpg  

| image=Ray-Germany.jpg  

| birth_date=July 15, 1936

| birth_date=July 15, 1936

| birth_place=Canton, [[Texas]]

| birth_place=Canton, Van Zandt County,<br>[[Texas]]

| death_date=September 27, 2021 (aged 85)  

| death_date=September 27, 2021 (aged 85)  

| death_place=Haughton Cemetery in [[Bossier City|Bossier Parish]]U

| death_place=Haughton, [[Bossier City|Bossier Parish]], [[Louisiana]]

| resting_place=Vienna Cemetery in Vienna in Lincoln Parish

| resting_place=Vienna Cemetery in Vienna in Lincoln Parish

| party=[[Independent voter|Independent]]<br>

| party=[[Independent voter|Independent]]<br>

Holly Ridge High School in Holly Ridge in Richland Parish, [[Louisiana]]<br>

Holly Ridge High School in Holly Ridge in Richland Parish, [[Louisiana]]<br>

[[Louisiana Tech University]]<br>

[[Louisiana Tech University]]<br>

| spouse=Nelda Sue Barnett Germany<br>

| spouse=Nelda Sue Barnett Germany<br>

'''Children''':<br>

'''Children''':<br>

}}

}}

'''Raymond Dewie Germany, Sr.''' (July 15, 1936 &ndash; September 27, 2021), was a [[Louisiana Tech University]] Bulldogs [[basketball]] player and high school coach.

'''Raymond Dewie Germany, Sr.''' (July 15, 1936 &ndash; September 27, 2021), was a [[Louisiana Tech University]] Bulldogs [[basketball]] player and high school coach. After retiring from the field of education, he received a [[Ph.D.]] in Fisheries Science from [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station], Texas|College Station]] and went on to two-decades career in the environmental field. He worked for an environmental consulting and testing firm for seven years and then for Arkla Pipeline Group for twelve years as the environmental safety manager.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.kilpatrickfuneralhomes.com/obituary/dr-raymond-dewie-germany-sr-ph-d/|title=Raymond Dewie Germany,, Sr. Ph.D.|publisher=Kilpatrick Funeral Home in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], [[Louisiana]]|accessdate=October 1, 2021}}</ref>

==Background==

==Background==

Born in Canton in Van Zandt County in east [[Texas]], Germany was one of eight children 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, 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=September 29, 2016}}</ref> His younger brother, Marlin Ray Germany (1939-2014), was born and reared in Martin's Mill and died in Athens in Henderson County, Texas. 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.

Born in Canton in Van Zandt County in east [[Texas]], Germany was one of eight children 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=Germafn=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, 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=September 29, 2016}}</ref>

 

A younger brother, Marlin Ray Germany (1939-2014), was born and reared in Martin's Mill and died in Athens in Henderson County, Texas. Another younger brother, 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 with a degree in [[geology]]<ref>''The Lagniappe,'' Louisiana Tech University yearbook, 1968, p. 83.</ref> and was employed for thirty-four years as an environmental scientist. Though he resided at the time of his death at the age of sixty in Richmond County, [[Georgia]], Lester Germany 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.

==Basketball==

==Basketball==