Raymond Rodriguez, Jr.

Stedman

Raymond Rodriguez, Jr., 76 went to be with the Lord on Thursday, February 12, 2026 at Valley Hospice House.

Funeral service will be held at 12:00 PM Thursday, February 19, 2026 at Oak Grove Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church, officiating will be Pastor David Taylor and Pastor Mike Coram. Burial with military honors will follow in the church cemetery.

Raymond was born in New York to the late Raymond Rodriguez and Isabel Rivera Rodriguez. In addition to his parents, he is also preceded in death by his brothers, Daniel and Samuel Rodriguez; and his sister, Linda Conklin.

He was a United States Army Veteran, and he retired from the United States Air Force as a Tech Sergeant-Air Lift Command, giving him 36 years of combined service.

He leaves to cherish his memory, his wife, Crucita Cruz Rodriguez; children, Christine Rodriguez-Butler and Lezzett Rodriguez Huggins; grandchildren, Celina Gabriel, Lance Cooper, Jeffery Huggins, Caleb Huggins, and Anthony Huggins; great grandchild, Eliza Buttercup Gabriel; brothers, Roderick and Paul Rodriguez;  sisters, Matilda Avizinis, Agnes Contes and Irma Neveu; mother-in-law, Ana Celia Cruz Baerga; 9 brother-in-laws; and 5 sister-in-laws.

Services entrusted to Butler Funeral Home, 6535 Clinton Road, Stedman, NC 28391.