Background
Rushton, Ray was born on December 19, 1868 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. Son of Oliver Calvin and Margaret Snow (Graham) Rushton.
Rushton, Ray was born on December 19, 1868 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. Son of Oliver Calvin and Margaret Snow (Graham) Rushton.
Educated Highland Home Institute and Howard College, Marion, Alabama. Studied in law office of Jones & Falkner, Montgomery.
Admitted to Alabama bar, 1890, and practiced at Montgomery. Member of law firm Rushton & Rushton. Director Alger Sullivan Lumber Company City attorney Montgomery, 1901-1902.
Chief justice Special Supreme Court of Alabama, 1933, under appointment of the governor to decide cause in which all members of the court were disqualified.
President Montgomery library association.
The bread and cup during Holy Communion symbolizes the broken body and shed blood of Christ that he offered for people the same way as he did for the disciples on the eve of his crucifixion.
Member of law firm Rushton & Rushton. Mason, Knights of Pythias.
Married Mary J. Wyatt, January 3, 1893 (now deceased). Married second, Luelia J. Tillotson, August 15, 1925 (now deceased). Children: Marion, Eugene, Rachel (Mistress North. West. Upham), Mary (Mistress Preston H. Haskett, Junior.