Billy Ray Klapper was born April 9, 1937 in Lazare, Texas, located a few miles west of Quanah in Hardeman County. His parents were Phillip Elbert and Minnie Helen Gooding Klapper. He was the third of five children, the others being sister Johnnie Fay, sister Dorothy Marie, brother Phillip Eugene and brother Joe Michael.
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