In the 1940 census, the enumerator continued the Speights surname of Rayfield's sister Dora Lee, but he did not use that surname.
Sources
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:C7HR-C6Z : accessed 16 January 2022), Ben Williams, Precinct 2, Chambers, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 2, sheet 2A, line 6, family 25, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2306; FHL microfilm 2,342,040.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWJ6-QG3 : 10 January 2021), Ray Feal Speights in household of Ben Williams, Justice Precinct 2, Chambers, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 36-2, sheet 7A, line 4, family 128, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4003.
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