A graveside funeral service will be held Friday, July 25, at 11 AM in the Lynches Chapel Cemetery near Alto, Texas for Raymond Ford Seale, 84, formerly of Nacogdoches.

Raymond was born June 30, 1941, in Nacogdoches, Texas to Aubrey Ford Seale and Dolores Shuptrine Seale.

Raymond served 4 years in the US Navy as a helmsman on the USS Yorktown after which he worked as a lineman with AT&T in Uvalde, TX until his retirement.

Raymond was an avid hunter as well as a dedicated fan of the Texas Longhorns and Dallas Cowboys.

Survivors include his niece Cindy Wheelahan and nephew Larry Bivin as well as many grand nieces and nephews.  He is preceded in death by his parents, twin brother Rayford Barham Seale, sister Alice Elizabeth Bivin, and brother-in-law Charles Robert Bivin.