Bertie County NcArchives Obituaries.....Deans, Willie Raynor 2007 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Bruce Saunders bs4403@verizon.net May 28, 2014, 4:04 pm THE VIRGININA PILOT – 09-05-2007 WILLIE RAYNOR DEANS SUFFOLK – Willie Raynor Deans, 74, passed away Sept. 4, 2007. A native of Colerain, N.C., he was the son of the late Frank Raynor Deans and Florence Harrison Deans and was also predeceased by a grandson, Frank R. Deans, Jr. Willie initially retired as a police officer for the Suffolk Police Department. He later went on to serve as City of Suffolk magistrate for the Commonwealth of Virginia. He was a U.S. Army veteran, having served in the Korean War. He was affiliated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was also a member of the Suffolk Masonic Lodge. Willie is survived by his wife of 46 years, Shirley Russell Deans of Suffolk; his daughter, Darlene Deans Brinkley and her husband Britt of Suffolk; his sons, Kenneth R. Deans, Frank Raynor Deans Sr. and his wife Amy V. Deans of Windsor, Va., and Andrew Deans of Suffolk and Bill Ray of Valdosa, ga.; his grandchildren, Emma Brinkley, Russell Deans, Rachael Brinkley, Will Brinkley and Claudia Deans; and a sister, Florence Pope of Winton, N.C. A funeral will be held at Parr Funeral Home and Crematory, 3515 Robs Drive, Suffolk, Friday at 2 p.m. with Bishop James P. Council officiating. Interment will be held at the Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery with military honors. A visitation will be held at the funeral home Thursday from 7 to 8 p.m. and other times at the residence. Memorial donations may be made to the Nansemond-Suffolk Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 1515, Suffolk, VA 23439. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/bertie/obits/d/deans2547ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb