Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Raymond, Rev. Frank B., 1937 

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FRANK BARRETT RAYMOND

   Rev. Frank Barrett Raymond, 85, died at the home of his daughter, 
Mrs. Dennis L. Brett, here last Friday afternoon following a long illness. 
Surviving him besides his daughter are his wife, Mrs. Myra Osborne Raymond; 
two sons, Charles J. Raymond of Franklin and Frank B. Raymond, Jr. of 
Lynchburg; a brother, Dr. E.H. Raymond of Port Chester, N.Y.; three sisters, 
Mrs. Russell Kemp of Longview, Texas, Mrs. Mamie Fortune of Newport News and 
Mrs. Kate Vinton of Newport, Ohio.

   Rev. Mr. Raymond was the son of the late Rev. Charles Atwater Raymond and 
Sarah Augusta Raymond and was born in Edgefield, S.C.  His parents moved to 
Hampton at the outbreak of the Civil War, where his father became president 
of Chesapeake Female College.  Affiliating with the Baptist Church at Hampton 
Rev. Mr. Raymond later studied theology at Richmond College and Crozer 
University, graduating from Rochester Seminary in divinity.  He held 
pastorates at Holmesburg, Penn., where he was ordained in 1881, Dunkirk, N.Y., 
Lexington, Ky., Eminence, Ky., Mathews, Westville, Gwynn’s Island and Spring 
Hill Church, Gloucester County, all in this State; and Waynesville, N.C., 
where he married his first wife, who lived only a short time, later marrying 
his second wife, Myra Osborne of Waynesville, who survived him.  Subsequent 
pastorates were at Clyde, Cliffside, Pittsboro and Como, N.C.  Retiring from 
the ministry while at Como, he lived at Wake Forest for a time while his 
children were students there, coming to Franklin in 1933 to live with his 
daughter.

   Funeral services were held from the Franklin Baptist Church Sunday 
afternoon at 3:30 o’clock.  The pastor, Rev. R.D. Stephenson, was assisted by 
Rev. A. McK. Reynolds of the High Street M.E. Church, Rev. L.F. Paulette of 
Smithfield, Rev. John R. Link of Windsor, N.C. and Dr. Sidney Matthews of Pine 
Street Baptist Church, Richmond.  Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery with 
the following pallbearers: Herbert Edwards, Dr. T.A. Morgan, John C. Parker, 
Jr., Edward Gilliam, R.A. Pretlow, Jr., Willie Weede, Guy Hill and R.A. 
Majette.


Rev. Frank Barrett RAYMOND (Sr.), retired Baptist minister, 
Edgefield, SC native, d. 9 Jul 1937, at daughter's home, Franklin, age 85, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 76*), Franklin, 
   11 Jul 1937, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 16, 1937, p. 1 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 11, 1968, p. 3) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r553m1ob.txt 


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