There was sad news in tonight`s Shropshire Star about the death of Ray
`Willpower` Williams.
Ray spent most of his life in the village and was Ruyton`s one man
Strongman act, raising thousands of pounds for various charities. I
remember him eating 8 portions of fish and chips from Roy & Beat
Penton`s van outside the Bridge Inn.
Ray met Edna, the love of his life here in Ruyton, they were married in
Shifnal in 1984 and lived there for the rest of their lives until her
death in December 2009 and his a couple of weeks ago.
Everything Ray did was for other people, whether it was raising money,
sweeping snow from neighbours paths, taking out their dustbins or
hundreds of other helpful, thoughtful jobs - we could all learn much
from him.
Read all about him in the attached display from the 2007 Great Ruyton
History Exhibition.
Be glad that you knew him or regret that you did not.
Yoland
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Yoland Brown
Brownhill House B&B & Garden, Ruyton XI Towns nr. Shrewsbury SY4 1LR
Tel: 01939 261 121
brownhill@eleventowns.co.uk
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