Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Stevens, Raymond R., 1983 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ RAYMOND RUSSELL STEVENS FRANKLIN - A funeral service for Raymond Russell Stevens, 68, was held at 2 p.m. Monday in Southampton Memorial Park by Dr. Joseph Slane. Masonic rites were accorded at the grave. Holland-Rideout Funeral Home, Franklin, had charge. Pallbearers were: Jesse Harrison, George Story, Jr., Warren Beale, Holt Livesay, Ralph Ghivizzani and R. Baird Cabell. Stevens died Friday in Southampton Memorial Hospital. A native of Southampton County, he was a retired welder and pipefitter and was a member of Franklin Presbyterian Church and Morotock Masonic Lodge of Danville. Other survivors include a sister, Inez Saunders of Newport News, and a niece and two nephews. Memorial donations may be made to Franklin Presbyterian Church. Raymond Russell STEVENS, retired welder & pipefitter, Southampton Co. native, d. 25 Mar 1983, Franklin, age 68, interred in Southampton Memorial Park (Masonic II, Plot 108*), 28 Mar 1983, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 31, 1983, p. 10A *Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Southampton Memorial Park list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/somempk.txt His widow died 17 Aug 2014 in Frostburg, Alleghany Co., MD, and was cremated. Her obit and photos of her marker at Frostburg Memorial Park are posted with her Find a Grave Memorial, #134572828. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/s315r2ob.txt