Ray Nathaniel Brickey, 80, died in Providence Hospital Washington, DC on July 13, 2006.Graveside Services were held at 10:00 am Friday, July 21, 2006 at Memorial Park Cemetery, Dalhart, Texas Officiating was Father Lamuel Salik of St. James Episcopal Church, Dalhart, Texas Ray Nathaniel Brickey was born to W. N. Brickey & Elva Shackelford Brickey on July 15, 1925 in Dalhart, Texas. He was the beloved husband of Olivia Ann Collins Brickey for 56 years. He graduated from Dalhart High School and completed two years of college at West Texas State in Canyon before joining the Navy in 1944 during WWII. He served aboard a destroyer in the Pacific Theatre for 2 years and was discharged in 1946.After the war, he resumed his college studies at West Texas State and graduated in 1949 with a BS degree. Ray taught art in the elementary school systems of Plainview and Amarillo for four years. In 1952, during the Korean War, he was recruited by the Dept of the Air Force to be a civilian instructor of Jet Mechanics at Amarillo Air Force Base. In 1956 he became civilian personnel Management Specialist with the Strategic Air Command and was sent to Torrejon Air Base, Madrid, Spain. He and his wife remained in Spain until 1961 when he returned to the U S as a Personnel Staffing Specialist with FAA in Ft. Worth. In 1964 he was transferred to FAA Headquarters in Washington, DC as a Supervising Personnel Management Specialist.Ray retired from the FAA in 1980, and he and his wife remained and made their home in Washington. The Brickeys are members of Christ Episcopal Church in Washington. Survivors include his Wife: Olivia Ann of Washington, DC, Mother-in-law: Erma Collins, cousins: Velma Enoch, Somerset, NJ, Leigh Ann Sims, Bonham, Texas, Jody Luscombe, Amarillo, Jim Luscombe, Amarillo, TX, RoseMary Nelson, Arlington, VAPreceded in death by his parents