Today, I miss Rabon as many other days. I have added photos that will remain here forever and show him with his family and the family that has grown since his passing. He would have been so happy to meet his grandchildren and to see them. But his memory lives on. I love you Rabon and my heart aches to know that you had to leave us so soon. I hope to see you again one day.
All my love, Your sister Terri
Passed after a lengthy battle with Prostate Cancer. Known to Family and Friends as Rabon or Ray. Rabon was educated in the Camden School System where he graduated from Camden High School in 1972 and then briefly attended Trenton State University. He worked for Public Service Electric and Gas Company for 25 years. He attended Evergreen Baptist Church where he was baptized in August 2002. He taught Aikido at the Iron Cobra School and at South Jersey Aikido School where he instructed for over 20 years teaching his students to respect themselves and each other. He had a great love and respect for the arts of Go Ju and Aikido, earning his 1st degree Go Ju Black Belt in 1982, his 3rd degree Go Ju Black Belt in 2001 and received his 5th degree Black Belt in Aikido in November 2003. Rabon was honored to be a Master in Aikido and a Sensei in both Go Ju and Aikido.
Father of 5, Grandfather of 5. Rabon passed away from prostate cancer at the age of 50 in 2004. He was a great father, funny, smart, artistic and always there for anyone who needed him. He married and had two children by Marie Collins (Takima and Rabon Jr) and then Fathered a son with Lisa Smalley (Raki Smalley), a son with Marlene Whyy (Osiris Whyy), and a son with Robin Powell (Miles Powell). He spent his entire life in Camden, NJ, but once attended Rowan University where he wanted to major in the Arts and become an architect. Before he passed away he married Deborah Ringo and she cared for him until his passing on November 19, 2004. He was a beautiful person and is missed everyday. He was a man with many talents his could draw, remodel homes, fix plumbing, build houses, lay carpet, tell funny jokes, and he had a school where he taught Ti-Kwon-Do for 18 years.
