Kenneth Anthony Rae

KENNETH ANTHONY RAE WAS BORN IN OCALA, FLORIDA ON JULY 11,1951 TO THE LATE PARENTS OF CLIFFORD ANTHONHY RAE AND JUANITA LOIS RAE. HE WENT TO COLLEGE AND GRADUATED WITH A BACHELORS DEGREE IN ECONOMICS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ONEONTA IN UPSTATE NEW YORK. SHORTLY AFTER GRADUATING KENNY ENLISTED INTO THE UNITED STATES ARMY. HE WAS STATIONED IN FORT HOOD, TEXAS FROM MARCH 3, 1975 TO MARCH 2, 1979. KENNY RAE STARTED WORKING FOR VETERANS VILLAGE OF SAN DIEGO IN 1994 WHERE HE WORKED HIS WAY UP TO DIRECTOR OF EMPLOYMENT, HE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN STAND DOWN HELPING HOMELESS VETERANS OVER COME THEIR OBSTACLES. KENNY RAE LEFT AN IMPRESSION ON ANY AND EVERYONE HE MET THROUGH VETERANS VILLAGE AND WILL TRULY BE MISSED. HE WAS CALLED HOME TO REST OCTOBER 29, 2015. HE LEAVES TO CHERISH IN HIS LOVING MEMORY DAUGHTERS- ONJUNEEK CRAWFORD, TIFFANY BUGG, TIARA RAE, PATRISS RAE AND HIS ONE AND ONLY SON JORDAN RAE. SEVEN GRAND CHILDREN- BRANDON, BRANDY,TYRA, MAKAYLA,DEANA,CARLOSS,AND DETROIT. HE ASLO LEAVES BEHIND 1 REMAINING BROTHER BY THE NAME OF AARON RAE, SISTERS OLIVIA SIMMONS, GLORIA MAGEE, DAPHNE RAE, AND LEITH RAE. A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS AND EXTENDED FAMILY. KENNY LOVED FISHING, COOKING AND THROWING FAMILY GATHERINGS. HE WAS KNOW FOR HIS FAMOUS OYSTER RICE DISH FOR THANKS GIVING AND WE CANNOT FORGET THAT GUMBO. KENNY WAS LOVED AND WILL FOREVER BE IN OUR HEARTS, MAY HE REST IN PEACE.