Cecil R. Raider Jr.

Cecil Raymond Raider Jr, 72, died Nov. 26, 2006, at his residence in Columbus. 

Services will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Gunter and Peel Funeral Home Chapel 
with the Rev. Jim Danner officiating. Burial will follow at Friendship Cemetery 
with full military honors. Visitation will be Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. the funeral home. 

Mr. Raider was born April 6, 1934, in Pierce County, Wash., to the late Cecil R.
 and Grace Clark Raider and was the great-great-nephew of Davey Crocket. 
He was retired from the U.S. Army after 25 years of service. He also taught 
culinary arts while in the service and was a master chef. 

He was a veteran of Vietnam and also served in the Navy Reserve for two years
 during Korea. He was a member of Main Street Presbyterian Church. 

He is survived by his wife Frances Riley Raider of Columbus; daughters, 
Angelique Raider Jones of Hampton, Va., and Virginia Ann Passero of 
Tampa, Fla.; son, Vincent V. Passero of Ft. Riley, Kan.; sister Ruth 
Schraider of Tacoma, Wash.; and four grandchildren. Pallbearers will 
be the U.S. Army Honor Guard. Memorials may be made to Main 
Street Presbyterian Church, 701 Main St., Columbus.