Thallas Lavern Raymond was born in Kaufman County on May 3, 1935 to William Charlie Raymond and Lorene Venita Bardin. Lavern passed away in a Dallas hospital on April 22, 2010. He was raised in Kaufman County and lived all of his life in Texas. Lavern served in the U. S. Navy and was a truck driver most of his life. He moved to Seven Points in 2005 where he was a member of the Methodist Church. Lavern was preceded in death by his wife Zelma and is survived by his sons: Kenneth Raymond, Freddie Raymond and William Raymond, daughters: Alice Marie Stone andDollia LavernRaymond, brothers: Bryce Raymond, Donald Raymond, Harold Raymond and David Raymond, sisters: Harvelee Raymond and Barbara Gearson, several grandchildren and many other relatives and friends.