Raymond Leon DeMeritt

Funeral services for Raymond DeMeritt will be held Wednesday, October 4th, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. in the Sunset Chapel at Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 10:00 a.m. until service time.

Raymond Leon DeMeritt passed from this life on September 25, 2023. He was born December 24, 1939 in Blackwell, Oklahoma the son of Raymond Fulton and Lois Eva (Bryant) DeMeritt, and attained the age of 83 years, 9 months and 1 day.

Following his graduating from high school, Raymond joined the United States Navy. His military occupation was in the Aviation Electronic Program where he was engaged in repairing the navigational systems, communications and later on the radar systems on the large naval carriers. He served on the USS Lexington, USS Saratoga, the USS Oriskany and the USS Ticonderoga. Then he was later promoted to being an instructor of the Avionics and Electronics for the incoming seamen. He attained the rank of E-6.

After his discharge from the Navy, Raymond and his wife Linda lived in Portsmouth, VA where he worked for General Electric, then back to Oklahoma where they both worked for Phillips Petroleum Company. Raymond worked with Applied Automation with the gas chromatographs which detected what was in the “gas”. Upon their moving to Texas, they located in Cold Springs and then onto Nacogdoches. He worked for Amoco Pipeline as a supervisor, technician and inspector.

Upon retirement, Raymond and Linda moved into the gated community of Lakeview Estates at Lake Nacogdoches. Here they enjoyed their hobbies—Linda with visiting Art shows, painting and sewing stuffed animals; Raymond with his many boats which included speed boats (after all he was in the Navy) and pontoon boats where he enjoyed fishing. They also were happy to have their two little canines, Andy and Skipper. Skipper just recently passed as well. Raymond was a 32nd degree Mason as well as in the Scottish Rites, affiliated with the Lodge in Oklahoma.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Raymond and Lois DeMeritt, one brother, Winston David DeMeritt, and his loving wife, Linda (Klein) DeMeritt who passed on November 16, 2012. Also both of their canines, Andy and Skipper.

The surviving family includes their sons, Shannon of Dickinson, TX, and Preston and his wife, Cindy of League City, TX, grandchildren, Caitlin DeMeritt, Preston DeMeritt II, Austin DeMeritt, and “Rooster” and his wife, Ashley DeMeritt and their newborn, Violet DeMeritt, plus the other great-grandchildren, Preston DeMeritt III, Audry Lynn DeMeritt and Autumn Khoury.

Raymond’s interment will be in Sunset Memorial Park in Nacogdoches, Texas, resting beside his wife.

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