James Raymond Stevenson was born near Clarinda, Iowa on December 16, 1913. He was the son of James Wallace Stevenson and Mabel Walkinshaw Stevenson. He died on November 22, 2013 in his sleep at Sunrise of North Ann Arbor Assisted Living, where he had lived for almost six years.

He married Ruth Anabel McGlade, of Hopkinton, Iowa, in 1939, and they were married for 72 years. Ruth, his parents and his sister, Margaret McCalla, preceded him in death. He is survived by his two children, Paul Dwight Stevenson (Kathryn Stevenson) of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Linda Joyce Brown (Stewart Brown) of Longmont, Colorado. He is also survived by four grandchildren, Anne Stevenson (Greg Less), Bradley Brown, Megan Brown Hale (Greg Hale) and Lindsey Brown, and two great-grandchildren, Elaina Stevenson and Harvin Hale.

Raymond was an Automotive Designer with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Iowa State University. He was employed in the engineering departments of the John Deere Tractor Co. for 8 years, the Graham-Paige Motors Co. for 2 years, and the Ford Motor Co. for 32 years. All of this time was spent designing and developing farm tractors, which included 19 years as a Design Supervisor at Ford.

Raymond was a life long member of the Reformed Presbyterian Church and served the Southfield, Michigan congregation from 1944 to his death in 2013. This included 19 years as treasurer and 45 years as an elder.

Funeral services were held at Thayer-Rock Funeral Home in Farmington, Michigan, and burial was in the Glen Eden Cemetery in Livonia, Michigan on November 25, 2013.

"The Lord is my Shepard, I shall not want."