Raymond-Woolson-Obituary

Raymond Brainard Woolson III

Rocky Mount, Virginia

1958 - 2024

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Raymond Brainard Woolson IIIDecember 30, 1958 - August 13, 2024Raymond Brainard "Ray" Woolson III, 65, of Penhook, passed away peacefully while surrounded by his family on August 13, 2024. Ray was born on December 30, 1958, to Raymond and Patricia Woolson in Plattsburgh, NY. Ray is survived by...

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Cathy, My condolences to you over the loss of Ray. He loved Jesus and was a great BSF leader. Pat Norton

Here is Ray "enjoying" a December Green Bay Packer game at Lambeau Field and after leading a few of us to the top of Camelback Mountain. Ray always had a smile for us and the camera.

I had the honor to serve Ray as the Chief Compliance Officer and Vice President during his over 7 year term as an Adviser Series Trust (AST) board member. Ray took the time to build relationships with all of the AST officers. With me, we shared our skiing and driving fast cars hobbies. In addition to Ray being a a true competent and ethical financial professional, it was clear that he also enjoyed family and life outside of the office. Ray was the first person to encourage me to pursue a...

I had the pleasure of getting to know Ray in our work on the Advisors Series Trust. He as a board member and eventually chairman of the board and me as the president of the Trust. I enjoyed our dinner conversations and our discussions both in the board meetings and collaborating on issues outside of the meeting. He was a highly intelligent and kind man, who I was sad to hear was not able to continue in his role as our board chairman when he was diagnosed with ALS last fall. I was happy to...

Ray was an inspiration and a guide in leading me back to Jesus. He and Dave Savitz have been a Godsend to me. I will miss Ray. My condolences to his family and friends.

So sorry for your loss of a wonderful man. I know you take comfort in your strong faith, family and friends. He will be truly missed.