Individual Details

Raymond Alexander Biddle

(22 Jul 1907 - 24 Jul 2001)

Princeton Daily Clarion, Princeton, Indiana, July 26, 2001: PETERSBURG--The Rev. Raymond A. Biddle, 94, of Petersburg, died Tuesday, July 24, 2001, at Petersburg Health Care. He was born July 22, 1907, in Maryland to Walter Earnest and Anna Deborah Alexander Biddle. He attended Eastern Baptist Seminary in Philadelphia, and was ordained at Calvary Baptist Tabernacle in Sandusky, Ohio, in 1934. He pastored churches in Sandusky, Rutland and Westville, Ohio; Ypisilanti, Mich.; and Birmingham, Ala. He served as a missionary in Hilo, Hawaii. He also worked for Clay Products Co. in Sandusky and Champion Spark Plug Co. He retired in 1977, but continued to serve at churches in part-time capacity, completing over 60 years in the ministry. Surviving are two sons: Calvin of Petersburg and Allen of Omaha, Neb.; four brothers: Walter, Earnest Jr., Carroll and Hayes; three sisters: Eunice Chase of Pote, Fla.; Doris White of Sandusky; and his twin sister, Ruth Reser Bateman of Sandusky; three grandchildren; six step-grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and two step-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m., Saturday, July 28, at Harris Funeral Home in Petersburg. Burial will be in Forest Hill Cemetery in Birmingham, Ala. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, July 27, and from 8 a.m. until the services Saturday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church Building Fund in Princeton.

Events

Birth22 Jul 1907North East, Cecil Co., Maryland
Baptism17 May 1908St. Mary Anne's Church, North East, Cecil Co., Maryland
Residence1910Election District 5, Cecil Co., Maryland
Residence1920North East, Cecil Co., Maryland
Marriage24 Aug 1932Wainfleet Township, Welland Co., Ontario, Canada - Rowena Misener
ResidenceBet 1935 and 1993Cedarville, Greene Co., Ohio
Residence1987Cedarville, Greene Co., Ohio
Death24 Jul 2001Petersburg, Pike Co., Indiana
BurialForest Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson Co., Alabama

Families

SpouseRowena Misener (1907 - 1981)
FatherWalter Ernest Biddle (1872 - 1944)
MotherAnnie Deborah Alexander (1875 - 1962)
SiblingEdith May Biddle (1893 - 1933)
SiblingWalter Frederick Biddle (1896 - 1988)
SiblingHelen Elizabeth Biddle (1900 - 1994)
SiblingCarroll Lincoln Biddle (1902 - 1980)
SiblingHayes Herman Biddle (1905 - 1986)
SiblingRuth Janney Biddle (1907 - 2002)
SiblingEunice Eleanor Biddle (1912 - 2004)
SiblingDoris Virginia Biddle (1914 - 2012)

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