Ray McKinnon and Lisa Blount
03/05/2010
Birth Name: Raymond Wilkes McKinnon
Place of Birth: Adel, Georgia, United States
Date of Birth: November 15, 1957
Ethnicity: English, German, Irish, Scottish
Family Info:
Ray Mckinnon is an American actor, screenwriter, film director and producer. He is the son of Raymond Judson McKinnon and Dorothy Wilkes. He was married to Lisa Blount.
Ray’s paternal grandparents were Hubert Raymond McKinnon (the son of William Henry McKinnon and Augustus Varnia Maude Smith) and Susie Adelaide “Sadie” Groover (the daughter of Solomon Daniel Groover, Jr. and Ida Jane Groover). Solomon and Ida were both born with the same surname.
Ray’s maternal grandparents were William D. “Willie” Wilkes (the son of William Bryant Wilkes and Georgia Mae Giddens) and Kate Shiver (the daughter of Ellis Jeremiah Shiver and Mary Verlon Dodd).
Sources:
* Obituary of Ray’s father: http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/news/local_news/obituaries/article_4ed23e0d-7422-5252-80bf-514ecfa0e8b7.html
* Ray’s mother, Dorothy Wilkes, on the 1930 US Census: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:332X-1W2
* Genealogy of Ray’s paternal grandfather: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=catherineburr357&id=I8963
* Genealogy of Ray’s paternal grandmother: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=catherineburr357&id=I7899
* Death record of Ray’s maternal grandfather: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPD4-PBH
* Genealogy of Ray’s maternal grandfather: http://aircw.com/gen/getperson.php?personID=I19419&tree=air
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