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Closing time at the pit: Ray Riley ’79 retires after 46 years

Leaving behind a legacy of meat science excellence, lasting education and barbecue tradition Before sunrise in 1965, a yellow school bus rumbled out of Ferris, carrying high school students to a judging contest at Texas A&M University. A second grader, Ray Riley ’79, was along for the ride. The Ferris High School agriculture teacher, M.S. Hammack ’37, had invited him. For Riley, that trip was more than a field trip. It was his first glimpse of t…
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The Gilmer Mirror broke the news in on Wednesday, September 3, 2025.
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