Hillsborough County FlArchives Biographies.....Cralle, Ray B. January 12, 1891 - 
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Source: The Lewis Publishing Co., Vol. II  p127  1923
Author: The History of Florida:  Past & Present

CRALLE, RAY B.  An acute, cool-headed man of business may command respect 
because of his great capacities in managing large concerns and his power to 
change circumstances and conditions to suit his will, but in order to secure 
the confidence of his fellow citizens he must have other qualities, and yet 
others of a still tenderer fibre to win personal affection.  Those who know 
RAY B. CRALLE best feel that in him are to be found not only the sound and 
dependable principles which make for business reliability, but the solid 
virtues of a good citizen and the admirable characteristics which win and hold 
others in the bonds of sympathetic friendship.  As president of the RAY B. 
CRALLE Company he occupies an important position in the business life of 
Tampa, and his influence in the automobile trade is felt over a wide area.
	RAY B. CRALLE was born at Louisville, Kentucky, January 12, 1891, a 
son of S. S. and ROBINA (STEELE) CRALLE, natives of Kentucky, the former of 
whom is deceased, but the latter survives.  They had two children, RAY B. 
being the only son and the elder.  His boyhood days were spent in his native 
city, and he attended its public schools.  In 1907 he came to Tampa, and 
traveled out of the city on the road until 1916, when he embarked in an 
automobile business as vice president and general manager of the Hulsey Auto 
Agency.  In October, 1921, he opened his present business, organizing the 
company which bears his name, and of which he has continued president.  He is 
a member of the Tampa Auto Association, of which he was first president, and 
he was the second president of the Florida State Dealers’ Association, and has 
been very active in the work of both organizations.  He handles the Hupmobile 
cars, carries a general line of accessories, and does a general garage and 
station service business, his being one of the reliable establishments in the 
county.  Mr. CRALLE is a Blue Lodge Mason, and he also belongs to the 
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the United Commercial Travelers’ 
Association.  He is a democrat.
	In 1915 Mr. CRALLE married GRACE HOULIHAM, of Lexington, Kentucky, and 
they have two children, JANE and GRACE.


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