Raymond Freeze Obituary

Raymond W. Freeze CHINA GROVE - Raymond William Freeze, 84, of 2615 Lipe Road, died Thursday (Oct. 20, 2005) at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord. Mr. Freeze was born July 2, 1921, in Rowan County to the late Jason Leslie and Mary Evelyn Kimball Freeze. Educated in the Landis schools, he retired in 1985 as a self-employed brick mason. Mr. Freeze served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a staff sergeant with the 309th General Hospital Corp. He was an active member of Mount Moriah Lutheran Church and a member of the Sunday School, Lutheran Men and Happy Age Seniors. A former member of the church council and assistant head usher, he was instrumental in designing the present church parsonage. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Leo Freeze. Survivors include wife Dorothy Thomas Freeze, whom he married April 18, 1948; daughters Anne Freeze Sebastian and husband Don and Cynthia Freeze Basinger and husband James W. Basinger Sr. of Salisbury; sons Dale Gene Freeze and wife Angela Brown Freeze of China Grove and Laird Blane Freeze and wife Merri Jo Harrison Freeze of Salisbury; grandchildren Matthew and Carrie Sebastian, Kim Basinger Stewart, Jamie, Katie and Drew Basinger, Derek, Ashley, Leslie and Erin Freeze, and Tim, Hannah and David Freeze; great-grandchildren Alec and Matt Stewart, Solle 'i Basinger and Jacob Sebastian; brothers Walter Freeze of China Grove and Eugene Freeze of Salisbury; sisters Ruth Freeze Greeson of Kannapolis, Frances Freeze Holshouser of China Grove, and Hazel Freeze Menius and Betty Freeze Sides, both of Salisbury; and numerous nieces and nephews. Services : Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Mount Moriah Lutheran Church with the pastor, the Rev. Joseph Tallent, officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation : The family will receive friends from 6-8 tonight at Linn-Honeycutt Funeral Home, China Grove. At other times, the family will be at the home on Lipe Road. Memorials : Memorials may be made to Mount Moriah Lutheran Church, Memorial Fund, 750 Mount Moriah Church Road, China Grove, NC 28023. Linn-Honeycutt Funeral Home is serving the Freeze family.