Grady County GaArchives Obituaries.....Gray, Perry Dwight April 18 1917
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The Cairo Messenger, Friday, April 27, 1917
Dwight Gray Laid To Rest Last Tuesday

The body of Mr. Perry Dwight Gray, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Gray of this city, 
who passed away at the Base Hospital, at Ft. Bliss, Texas, last Wednesday 
afternoon, April 18, was laid to rest at Tired Creek cemetery last Tuesday 
afternoon.

Dwight, as he was known by his friends, was stabbed near the heart in some 
manner on March 2nd, near Ft. Bliss and underwent an operation later.  How he 
came to be stabbed, and who by, we are unable to learn, as the family, has not 
received any information.  It seems, that he was improving from the effects of 
the wound until a few days ago, he gradually grew worse and the end came 
Wednesday afternoon at 5:45 o'clock.  Dwight was 22 years of age, and had been 
a member of the U. S. Army, for a year and five months, and for the past few 
months was a chauffer, driving an army officer's car.

The body arrived in this city last Tuesday morning on the 5:40 train and was 
carried to the home of his parents here, where it remained until three o'clock 
when it was carried to Tired Creek cemetery about three miles north of town. 
Owing to the large number of relatives and friends present, it was impossible 
to hold the funeral services in the church, they being held on the church 
grounds.  The services were conducted by Rev. J. T. Ryder and Rev. W. C. 
Jones.  Dwight was a member of the Cairo Methodist church.

In respect to the deceased, all business houses closed their doors and remained 
closed for twenty minutes, while the long funeral procession passed through the 
streets enroute to the cemetery.  The casket was covered with the Stars and 
Stripes and was laden down with floral offerings.  Several hundred persons 
viewed the body of the young man who gave his life for his country, at the home 
of the parents and also at the burial grounds.

The pall bearers were Messrs. S. A. Barber, Weyman Bussey, Monroe Stokes, Gus 
Booth, Zack Mott and George Dunn.

He is survived by his father and mother, seven brothers and seven sisters, 
besides numerous relatives and friends.

The Messenger extends condolence to the bereaved ones in their hour of 
affliction.     

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