Zackey Wayne Raymond 1944-2024

Posted Thursday, October 3, 2024 8:34 am

Services for Zackey Wayne Raymond, 79, of Alba are scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024 at Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba, with Bro. Eddy Smith officiating.

Interment will be in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Alba.

Mr. Raymond passed away Sept. 29, 2024 at his residence in Alba. He was born Dec. 31, 1944 in Grand Saline to Charlie Gilbert and Martha Bernice Tharp Raymond. He married Carol Annette Gaby in Fruitvale on May 21, 1965. They moved to Alba in 1965. He was a member of First Baptist Church, Alba. He worked at Morton Salt Mine in Grand Saline for six years. He went to work for E-Systems in Greenville as an electrical engineer. His work with E-Systems took him all over the world to different places including Sinai Peninsula, New Zealand and Ukraine, before retiring in 2015. He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Mary Weeks; and three brothers, Charles Raymond, Ben Raymond and Jimmy Don Raymond.

Survivors include his wife of 59 years, Carol Raymond of Alba; two sons, Tim Raymond and wife Michelle of Mt. Pleasant and Cory Raymond and wife Glenda of Alba; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and numerous other relatives and friends.

The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

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