Raymond Lee Parsons

FEDERALSBURG - Raymond Lee Parsons, 70, passed away on Monday, Aug. 27, 2007, at the Memorial Hospital at Easton.

He was born Feb. 2, 1937, in Salisbury, the son of the late James M. and Edna Smack Parsons.

He was employed by Acme Market for 21 years and had served as the former manager of the Federalsburg Acme Market. He had been a route salesman for Schmidt Baking Co. for 23 years.

He was a supporter of Park Lane Church of God in Federalsburg.

Mr. Parsons is survived by his wife of 51 years, Priscilla Tull Parsons, whom he married on June 9, 1956; three children, Ray Parsons and his wife, Trish, Janice Todd and her husband, Roland, all of Federalsburg, and Kathi Dulin and her husband, J.W., of Harmony; 11 grandchildren, Cory Parsons, Sarah Robinson, Crystal Rosario (Martin), Justin (Janet), Brooks, Nathan and Bethany Todd, Christian, Mandy, Courtney and Brittany Dulin; 15 great-grandchildren, Christopher, Esiah, Hannah, and Nathaniel Rosario, Cameron Parsons, Aaron and Landon Todd, Liam Todd, Kalea and Niomi Robinson, Ethan Toomey, Dylan Wheatley, Lindsay Breeding, and Alexis Fugate; 1 great-great-granddaughter, Ryleigh Breeding; a brother, James S. Parsons and his wife, Mildred, of Delmar, Del.; a sister-in-law, Janet Esham of Fruitland and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, at the Park Lane Church of God in Federalsburg with his son, Bishop Ray C. Parsons and the Rev. Keith Colona officiating. Burial will follow in Hillcrest Cemetery in Federalsburg. Friends may call at the church on Thursday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Serving as pallbearers will be Cory Parsons, Justin Todd, Brooks Todd, Nathan Todd, Martin Rosario, Matt Leimbach, and Shea Fugate.

Memorial contributions may be made to Park Lane Church of God, P.O. Box 235, Federalsburg, MD 21632.

Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the Framptom Funeral Home in Federalsburg.