RAYMOND LEE STONE
GARLAND—Raymond Lee Stone, 84, died December 13, 2006 at the Maine Veterans Home in Bangor. He was born February 3, 1922 in Garland, a son of Leonard and Clara (Butters) Stone. Lee lived in the same house all of his life in West Garland and graduated from Garland High School. He was a member of the Exeter Historical Society and Poulliot-Seavey Post #53 American Legion. He was a former member of the Garland Planning Board and a charter director of the Dexter Regional Federal Credit Union. Lee served as an Army medic at the Normandy invasion during World War II and was a recipient of the Purple Heart. He was a loving and caring husband and father.

He is survived by his wife, Edith of Garland; 2 daughters, Joanne and husband Peter Prescott of Dexter and Jayne Stone of Garland; a brother, Paul Stone of Exeter; a granddaughter, Sarah and husband Brian Mills of Waterboro; sister-in-law, Evelyn P. Lawrence of Pittsfield; 2 brothers-in-law, Carl and wife Loraine Palmer of Exeter and Rev. John Palmer of Washburn; a niece, nephews and several cousins

Funeral services will be held 1 P.M., Saturday, December 16th at the Garland Community Baptist Church with the Rev. Jay Brennan officiating. Friends may call from noon until the time of services. Spring burial will be in the West Garland Cemetery. To sign an online guestbook, please visit www.CrosbyNeal.com.