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Ray Allen

Wilson Ray Allen, 74, of Elizabethtown passed away on March 10, 2017. Farming was Ray’s passion, and his friends were considered high on his list. He was an easygoing person, a very deep thinker, mechanically brilliant and loved by everyone. He served more than 20 years as president of the Bladen County Farm Bureau and on the North Carolina Farm Bureau Board of Directors. He also gave 25 years of service to Bladen County Soil and Water Conservation.

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North Carolina Field & Family Spring 2026
Flip through the pages of the Spring 2026 edition of North Carolina Field and Family magazine. In this issue, impress your guests with creative yet easy spring holiday recipes, learn how farmers face challenges planning the future of their farmland, meet some North Carolina beef producers raising the steaks, start your engines with eight reasons to visit Richmond County, get crabby with Sheri Castle’s Deviled Crab recipe and much more.

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