Ray Hamlett

{{short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder |honorific_prefix = |name = |image = |state = Missouri |district = 48th |term_start = |term_end = |predecessor = |successor = |office1 = Missouri House of Representatives |term_start1 = 1975 |term_end1 = |predecessor1 = |successor1 = |birth_name = |birth_date = 1933 |birth_place = Mexico, Missouri |death_date = 1998 |death_place = |resting_place = |party = Democratic |spouse = Ruby M. Summers |children = 1 son |education = |alma_mater = |occupation = real estate and insurance businessman |website = }} '''James Ray Hamlett''' (March 10, 1933 - 1998) was a Democratic politician who served in the Missouri House of Representatives. He was born in Mexico, Missouri, and was educated in Vandalia public schools. On November 20, 1956, he married Ruby M. Summers in Laddonia, Missouri.<ref>{{cite book | first = James C. | last=Kirkpatrick | year = | title = Official Manual State of Missouri 1975-1976 | publisher = Von Hoffmann Press, Inc. | location = Jefferson City, Missouri | id = | page = 131}}</ref> His wife Ruby Hamlett was first woman in Missouri to hold the office of President of the Missouri Banker's Association. Their son became an attorney in Mexico, Missouri,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.arnoldfh.com/obituary/ruby-hamlett|title=Ruby M. Hamlett (wife's obituary)|accessdate=2026-01-25}}</ref> while their daughter-in-law became an associate circuit court judge.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mexicoledger.com/stories/mexicos-young-appointed-judge,71522|title=Mexico woman Young appointed judge|accessdate=2026-01-25}}</ref>

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