Ralph
Junior
(Red)
Proctor
Class 1941
Branch
of service
U S Navy
Rank
Entered service
Discharged
Birth
8/19/1921
Died
4/26/2007
Buried
Brownsville
Height
Cemetery,
Brownsville,
MD
AUG. 19, 1921-APRIL 26, 2007
BROWNSVILLE
-
Ralph
Junior
"Red"
Proctor,
85,
of
Brownsville,
Md.,
went
to
be
with
the
Lord
on
Thursday,
April
26,
2007,
at
Washington
County
Hospital.
Born
Aug.
19,
1921,
in
Weverton,
Md.,
Red
was
the
son
of
the
late
Ralph
A.
and
Elizabeth
Barger
Proctor.
He
attended
Weverton
Elementary
School
and
graduated
from
Brunswick
High
School
in
1941.
Red
was
an
avid
baseball
player
from
his
youth
into
his
early
adult
years.
Although
his
baseball
playing
was
interrupted
by
World
War
II,
he
returned
to
playing
in
1945
and
through
this
activity
met
his
future
wife.
Red
worked
as
an
aircraft
sheet
metal
mechanic
at
Fairchild
Aircraft
in
Hagerstown
for
20
years
and
at
the
U.S.
Naval
Air
Facility
at
Andrews
Air
Force
Base
for
17
years.
He
was
a
veteran
of
World
War
II,
serving
with
the
U.S.
Navy.
He
was
stationed
in
Trinidad
for
two
years.
Red
was
a
member
for
many
years
at
Weverton
Baptist
Church,
where
he
served
as
a
deacon,
Sunday
school
teacher
for
56
years,
superintendent
and
as
a
member
of
the
Board
of
Trustees.
In
recent
years,
he
was
a
member
of
Victory
Baptist
Church
near
Boonsboro.
He
was
a
devoted
Christian
all
his
adult
life
and
spent
countless
hours
witnessing
for
the
Lord
and
visiting
the
sick
and
shut-ins.
He
was
a
student
of
Moody
Bible
Institute
and
had
studied
under
President
Miles
at
Washington
Bible
College.
He
was
a
charter
member
of
the
Pleasant
Valley
Ruritan
Club
and
was
a
member
of
Clopper-Michael
American
Legion
Post
10
in
Boonsboro.
Red
is
survived
by
his
wife
of
60
years,
Betty
Harrison
Proctor;
two
daughters,
Dawn
Proctor
Deener
and
husband,
Robert,
of
Boonsboro,
and
Nancy
Proctor
Alga
of
Brownsville
and
husband,
James
Alga;
one
son,
Barry
Lynn
Proctor
of
Alexandria,
Va.;
four
grandchildren,
Marissa
Deener,
Robert
A.
Deener
and
wife,
Haley,
Chasen
Deener
and
Michelle
Alga;
one
great-grandson,
Aden
Deener;
one
brother,
James
Proctor
and
wife,
Doris,
of
Hagerstown;
and
many
nieces,
nephews
and
cousins.
He
was
preceded
in
death
by
his
sister,
Betty
Proctor
Danner.
Funeral
services
will
be
Monday
at
11
a.m.
at
Victory
Baptist
Church.
The
Rev.
Edward
J.
Wade
will
officiate.
Burial
will
be
in
Brownsville
Heights
Cemetery.
The
family
will
receive
friends
Sunday
from
6
to
8
p.m.
at
Bast
Funeral
Home,
Boonsboro