Background
Tolbert, Raymond Augustine was born on March 17, 1890 in Vernon, Texas, United States. Son of Judge James R. and Emma Nancy (Gilbert) Tolbert.
Tolbert, Raymond Augustine was born on March 17, 1890 in Vernon, Texas, United States. Son of Judge James R. and Emma Nancy (Gilbert) Tolbert.
Student Southwestern U., 1907-1910. Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Oklahoma, 1912, Bachelor of Laws, 1913.
Admitted to Oklahoma bar, 1913. Private practice law, Hobart, Oklahoma, 1913-1917. Assistant attorney Oklahoma, Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company, 1919-1922.
Member firm Embry, Crowe, Tolbert, Boxley & Johnson, Oklahoma City, and predecessor firms, since 1922. Director State Fuel Supply Company Regent U. Oklahoma, 1931-1933.
Served from First lieutenant to captain, United States Air Force Reserve, 1919-1929. Member American, Oklahoma bar associations, U. Oklahoma Alumni Association (president 1930), Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Phi Delta Phi, Sigma Delta Chi. Clubs: Men’s Dinner, Beacon (Oklahoma City).
Married Irma Rapp, March 7, 1920.