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Richard Clay

Profile Updated: November 29, 2019
Richard Clay
Residing In
LECANTO, FL USA
Spouse/Partner
Jocelyne Joyce (Verrier) Clay
Occupation
Architect, Currently with several projects from Daytona Beach to Cedar Key on the Gulf of Mexico.
Children
Aaron, born: 1978 ; Genevieve, born: 1983
Military Service
USAF  
Yes! Attending Reunion
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Spent (4) yrs in the USAF, was stationed w/ fellow classmate Keith Anderson in the upper peninsula of Michigan for 3.5 yrs . I do know what -45 degrees below zero feels like. Moved to Miami, FL to thaw-out in Oct 1963 when I was discharged. Got a job as a draftsman working for great designing architects, attended Univ. of Miami school of Engineering . . . continued to work, study, take tests / examinations, etc , am a registered architect. Have been in private practice since 1981. Married a beautiful lady (former model) that was born in Montreal, PQ. in 1968. Have traveled / visited / worked on several Projects in the Bahamas and in the Dominican Republic, including a Home for Oscar de la Renta - fashion designer. Moved from Miami to a small rural county in West-Central Florida in 1990; Citrus County / Crystal River FL where the Manatees congregate during the winter months. Constructed a Home w/ basement on 4.5 acres. Moved my Office to the 2nd Floor of my Home and continue to imitate work. Much like Rush Limbaugh, I too have more fun than should be allowed by law. 27arktek@gmail.com

Was baptized in the LDS Church ( The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ) and continues to serve in leadership positions for over forty years. Being a father and a grandfather provides the greatest joys of life, and now my true-love of 49 years is cancer-free following numerous medical visits / operations, etc. Our Father in Heaven and His Son Jesus are most loving to us.

School Story

Simply had a blast in High School. Was on the radio (on-air) every Saturday morning, station WPLH, which I don't think exists any longer. Was involved with the local YMCA and Huntington High's HI-Y club / organization.

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Feb 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM

Happy, Happy Birthday TODAY.
Best wishes to you. A few of us are still here for some unknown reason. My wife passed away on the 4th of December 2024. We were married for 56 years. Years ago, I was agnostic, she was a catholic, one day we had two young missionaries knock on our door. They were from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She listened, asked them questions and after four months’ time she was baptized into the Church. I followed suit eight months later. The best decision that I made without a doubt. Now I am now on an oxygen tube that is connected to my nose, but am still drawing, imitating work as an architect. I have half a dozen projects that I’m currently working on. We reside on 4 ½ acres here in West Central FL where I’m not convenient to anything. Tampa and Orlando are about an hour and twenty minutes south. Ocala is an hour north. I say ‘we’ , my son and daughter both reside here as well. Aaron resides in the old portion of the Home; Genevieve resides in a cottage that is adjacent to the house. My wife was unable to bear children, so we adopted Aaron when he was three days old in August 1978 and Genevieve when she was 2 ½ months old in July 1983. I constructed an addition to an existing house and dug a hole ten feet deep and constructed a basement with an addition above the basement. It has worked out for us for the past 30 + years
You are a minister also I believe that I have read somewhere. To be a witness of Jesus Christ is an enormous blessing indeed. The more that I read and study, the more I realize that I do not know squat. Like you I presume, I pray, read, study, pray some more and everything always seems to work out in spite of all that I do. Yes, I lost my wife, although we have been sealed as husband and wife for time and for all eternity, our children have been also sealed to us in the Washington, DC Temple. They each have three children so time spent here in the woods watching them grow up and drive the golf cart and the tractor has provided great joy and blessings to me.
I trust the Lord has equally blessed your life as well. My days are full, as I stated I still work, which does allow the mind to stay fresh and to function. Writing letters to building depts and other bureaucrats as well as using AutoCAD and drawing buildings keeps the mind functioning. This much I do know.
Best wishes to you Thomas and to your Family as well.
Richard Clay
27arketek@gmail.com Text: 352. 302. 3487

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Wishing you Thom a very Happy, Happy Birthday. Best wishes to ya

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Dear Donna: I do hope that next Thursday the 13th is delightful and F-U-N day for you. Best Wishes and Happy Birthday.

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Wishing you a Happy, Happy Birthday Today ! Do hope you survived all of the WILD weather that read about out yonder in the golden state of Calif

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Hey TOBY ! Hope that you had a F-U-N and memorable Birthday yesterday.
Best wishes to you and your Family. May you have the delightful weather, with Blue Sky's and mild temperature that we have here in west-central FL

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Hope you had a F-U-N Birthday last week James.
Best wishes to ya from FL

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Thomas: Wishing you a F-U-N BIRTHDAY TODAY ! I suppose that perhaps you too have joined the 'club', Those that do not take any pills or medicine on a daily basis. Congratulations ! Best Wishes !

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Best Wishes David on your Birthday next week. Hope that it is a F-U-N D-A-Y for YOU !

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