Ray Maxey was born October 26, 1945, in Lubbock TX to Henry Clay and Pear Lee Maxey. He was the eighth child of ten born to the Maxey’s and was a twin to Faye S. Davis. In 1961 the family moved to Albuquerque, NM where Ray was enrolled at Ernie Pyle Mid School. With his love for sports, he joined the basketball, football, and baseball teams ranking "All City" in all three sports. Ray attended Rio Grande High School where he made the varsity football team by his sophomore year, only to be sidelined with a season ending ankle injury. When the injury healed, he tried out for and made the varsity basketball team. He was picked and became one of only two younger players to be given the starter position for the basketball team where he lettered for three years. His passion for team sports led him to try out and make the varsity baseball team where he led the team in RBI's and homeruns, made "All City" and "All State" for three years.

As a junior he assumed the starting position of running back of the football team, where he not only made "All City" but also earned a position on the All-State Team. By his senior year, Ray was chosen to play quarterback and once again was named "All City" and "All State". His accomplishments included leading the team in rushing, passing and most touchdowns scored. This earned him the rank of Rio Grande's first High School Parade All American. When summer rolled around before heading off to college, he joined Dave's 9 baseball team ending the season with the team as division champions.

In 1965 Ray received a scholarship and was able to play both football and varsity baseball for New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, NM. The next leg on Ray's sporting career came after entering the Army and serving for two years. While in the Army Ray was stationed in Germany where his appetite for sports led him to play on the battalion basketball, football, baseball and track teams. The battalion baseball team was skilled enough to play for the Championship

In 1967 after his post was completed in Germany Ray returned home to marry Maxine Will. Together they had five children, Ray Anthony, Mark, Jacquelyn, Henry, Gabriella, and they remained married for 17 years.

In 1969 Ray was one of twenty-two Running backs recruited to play for Western New Mexico University in Silver City, NM. After only three games as an alternate, Ray started and ended the first two seasons with a 105-game rushing average. In 1970, the Mustangs won the Rocky Mountain Football Conference and played for the NAIA Championship. This accomplishment led Ray to be named "Small Collage All American". When spring rolled around, he joined the Baseball team where we played for the District and NAIA Championship. In Ray's junior year at Western New Mexico University, he was invited to try out for the Cincinnati Reds professional baseball team.

In preparation for the fall season Ray had a career ending leg injury after falling from a 40ft telephone pole. Forced to sit out a whole season Ray came back to play and rushed for over 1000 yards. He graduated from college and moved to Phoenix, AZ where he began teaching at West High School. He was the Junior Varsity coach and was an assistant varsity football, basketball, cross country and track coach. He also assisted with pitching for the freshmen and junior varsity baseball teams. For 9 years Ray was a winning coach for all the above-mentioned teams. He also became a member of the NAACP for which he served as assistant secretary for the year and is a member of the American Legion Post 100.

In 1982 Ray moved Back to Albuquerque, NM where he started his 30-year career for the City of Albuquerque, Parks Recreation. Ray began coaching adult women and men's softball teams. Driven with his years of experience and the love for sports he was able to take several of his teams to State and National Championships. This is where Ray met and married his current wife, Nicolasa Valverde, who also shares his love for the sport. Together they had one child, Damon Maxey of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Ray also foresaw the importance of officiating within the City sports programs and began the still ongoing task of training and maintaining quality officiating for the city of Albuquerque. During his 20 plus years in the Sports Office he was given the task of assigning officials to league, and tournaments held in the city. Making sure that each season was set up with training for the sports that were in season; Flag football, Basketball and 3 seasons of Softball. Over the many years of working in the City Sports Office, he had the honor of officiating multiple Gathering of Nations and out of town Chili Pepper tournaments.

In 1994 Ray began playing senior softball with a group of great guys. For the first year they played in the league and a few warm-up tournaments. It was not long until they entered their first world tournament in Kansan City competing against teams from all over the country. Ray was chosen as the all-tourney and was voted to play in the All-Star game. The competition was tough and the team placed 3rd in their age group. After the first few years of playing with the 50's team, they were able to travel and compete in tournaments around the country with the goal in mind of obtaining that Gold Ring of Champs. Ray began coaching the 50's team in their second year where the team played competed brackets for almost three years. It was in that third year that the team began winning numerous games and then proceeded to win their first World Championship. They were the first Albuquerque New Mexico senior team to accomplish this. In the following seventeen years Ray coached the 50, through the 75’s age groups. They all had winning seasons and have added two more World Championships. The teams have always placed high in their age group and ranked at the top of the country. The team has moved up to the 80’s where they won their first Winter World Tournament last year as an 80s + team.

In 2007 Ray also took the task of coaching a women's 40 senior team. It took four years, but they finally won their World Championship and the Tournament of Champions. This was another great accomplishment for the one of the first senior women's team representing New Mexico to achieve. At the time of his passing, Ray was helping the women’s senior 60’s team move through from the 40s and 50s age groups which are still competing in tournaments throughout the country today.

Awaiting his heavenly arrival are his parents Henry Clay and Pear Lee Maxey, his sisters Mary Lue Florence, Romie Lee Willis, Lorine Mildred Maxey, and Rose Beatrice Smith; and his son Mark Lynn Maxey. Celebrating his life and legacy are his wife Nicolasa Maxey of Albuquerque, New Mexico; sons Ray Anthony Maxey and Damon Maxey of Albuquerque, New Mexico; Henry Maxey of Sterling, Virginia; Chris Maxey of Arizona; daughters Jacquelyn Mudd and Gabriella Maxey of Denver Colorado, and Danielle Moreno of Arizona; sisters Elizabeth Turner of DeSoto, Texas, Sylvia Higgins of Denver, Colorado and his twin Faye Davis of Baltimore, Maryland; brothers Manuel Maxey of Denver Colorado and Don Maxey of Albuquerque, New Mexico; and a host of grandchildren, cousins, nieces, nephews and cherished friends.