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Ray Haws

April 20, 1942 — January 9, 2025

Ray Haws, 82 of Hilliard, OH passed away peacefully at Kobacker House on Thursday, January 9th. Mr. Haws was born in Johnson City, TN on April 20, 1942. Ray lived with his beloved Grandmother Bonnie Densmore in Tennessee while he was young. He has three surviving siblings Carol (Dwayne) Keating, Leroy Burgess and JoAnn Burgess. He was preceded in death by one sister Sheila Benard and a son Chance Raymond Haws. He had two special aunts Mildred and Edna Hughes and a favorite cousin Shirley Wilcox.

Ray joined the Marine Corps when he was just 17 years old. He was a proud Marine Corps veteran including combat in Vietnam. He was a music lover and played guitar and sang and was an avid bodybuilder, eventually participating in competitions and training local athletes. 

Ray worked at and retired from the Timken Company in Columbus. He liked to say that when he first moved to Columbus, he had “only a sea bag and $179.” He was very successful in establishing a real estate company of his own C & K Apartments. He bought and rented real estate property in the Columbus area. Ray was a longtime Hilliard resident. He lived for many years at his present home with a gym for bodybuilding and a pool where he liked to entertain family and friends.

Ray is survived by and will be greatly missed by his wife of 30 years, Cheryl Haws.

Ray was an ardent animal lover. His most beloved pets were his two dogs Bodaka and Tonka and his cat Peppy.

Cheryl and Ray also loved fishing, boating, and having friends visit their cabin on Piedmont Lake in Eastern Ohio.

Services for Ray will be held Thursday, January 16th at Tidd Funeral Home in Plain City. Visitation will be from 10 to 11. Services from 11 to 12, followed by burial at Foster Chapel Cemetery on Plain City Georgesville Road.

In lieu of flowers, contributions to any Humane Society would be appreciated.

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