Dianne RAYMOND

GREENVILLE - Mrs. Dianne "Dinky" Brosseau Raymond, 48, died Sunday, April 4, 2010.
A memorial service will be held Friday at 5 p.m. in the Wilkerson Funeral Chapel. Burial will be Saturday at 2 p.m. in the New Hope Methodist Church Cemetery, Yanceyville, N.C.
Mrs. Raymond, a native of Caswell County, N.C., was better known to her loved ones as "Dinky." She was a graduate of Bartlett Yancey High School and two years of college at Lajes AFB in Azores, Portugal.
Her favorite pastimes included watching cooking shows, trying new recipes, and writing poetry. Accomplishments include being a published poet laureate, and published musical interest with three copyrighted songs.
A loving wife, daughter, sister, and aunt, she will be greatly missed by all whose lives she touched.
She is preceded in death by her birth parents, William and Martha Willis; and mother-in-law, Shirley H. Raymond.
She is survived by her husband of 24 years, Richard Raymond; mother, Nettie Willis Brosseau; father, Wayne Douglas Brosseau, retired Air Force, all from Greenville; sisters, April Lamont of Greenville, Heidi Jewett of Hickory, Joy Tracy and Rachel Ribelin, both of Yanceyville; and brothers, Buck Willis and Bobby Willis, both of Reidsville.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Wilkerson Funeral Home.
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