Raymond Lee Cartwright, 70
A retired employee of Batesville Casket Company and a member of the VFW Honor Guard, he served his country in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean and Vietnam Wars and was in the Air Force for 24 years.
The son of the late Roy and Irene Myers Cartwright, he is survived by his wife, Vada Cartwright; daughter and son-in-law, Ada June and Bill Simmons of Bonner Springs, Kansas; grandchildren, Scott Simmons of Bonner Springs and Jeffery Simmons of Holt, Mo.; five great-grandchildren; sisters and brothers-in-law, Georgia and Pat Wood of Aurora, Co., Brenda and Jimmy Knowles of Centertown; brother and sister-in-law, Joe and Jo Ann McCormick of Rock Island; several nieces and nephews.
Services were held Tuesday at High’s Chapel with burial following at Gardens of Memory with military graveside rites administered by VFW Post 5064 and American Legion Post 173.
High Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) March 3, 2004