James Ray Wyatt was an American car dealer and state legislator in Alabama. He served in the

Alabama Senate The Alabama State Senate is the upper house of the Alabama Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alabama. The body is composed of 35 members representing an equal number of districts across the state, with each district con ...

and was a segregationist. He represented Alabama's Sixth Senatorial District. Wyatt owned a Ford dealership in

Pell City Pell City is a city in and one of the county seats of St. Clair County, Alabama, United States, the other seat being Ashville, Alabama, Ashville. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 12,939. At the 2010 census, the c ...

. He was involved in a land sale of property in northern St. Clair County, Alabama to Black Muslims that sparked controversy and protests. He was part of a lawsuit that sought to nullify the sale. There is a Ray Wyatt Road in

Ashville, Alabama Ashville is a city in and one of the county seats of St. Clair County, Alabama, United States, other seat being Pell City. Its population was 2,212 at the 2010 census, down from 2,260, at which time it was a town. It incorporated in 1822. Hi ...

in Saint Clair County.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wyatt, Ray Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 20th-century American businesspeople Businesspeople from Alabama People from Pell City, Alabama American automobile salespeople Alabama state senators 20th-century members of the Alabama Legislature