Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....MCGEHEE, ELIZABETH LOUISE GRAY  February 20, 2016
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News Star World - April 21, 2016
ELIZABETH LOUISE GRAY MCGEHEE

Elizabeth Louise Gray McGehee was born November 3, 1930 in Ferriday, LA to 
Lillian Eloise Marie Carroll and Sidney Russell Gray. She went to Glory on 
February 20, 2016 in Bradenton, FL. In between those dates, she had a complete 
and magnificent life.

She attended Southeastern at Memphis and LSU, where she was a member of Alpha 
sorority. She graduated with a Bachelor degree in Education and taught in Fort 
Worth, TX. She felt the first nudge towards the ministry and entered in VA and 
earned her Master of Religious Education. She was a DCE in New Orleans and Lake 
Charles, when she met the love of her life, Charles LeRoy McGehee Jr. They had 
two children, Margaret Carroll McGehee Hall and Elizabeth Ann McGehee.

After moving to New Jersey where they raised this family, Betty felt a stronger 
call and went to Princeton Theological Seminar, focusing on pastoral 
counseling, where she earned her M.DIV. She also served on the staff of Nassau 
Pres. in Princeton. After moving back to LA; she answered the call to serve as 
the Northeast United Campus Ministries minister for 6 years. She then served as 
an interim minister in churches in LA and AR, preparing congregations for a new 
pastor. After Charlie retired, she was called to 1st Presbyterian in New 
Iberia. After many joyous years, they moved to Lake Charles, and after Charles 
LeRoy died she answered the call at Welsh. She finally "retired", and moved to 
Florida, where she enjoyed meeting new friends. Her family was her joy, 
especially her grandchildren.

She is survived by her two daughters, and her boy, her son in law, Ed; five 
grandchildren: Elizabeth Grace Hall, Laura Katherine Hall and her boyfriend 
Nick Cannady, Mary Margaret Hall Medlin and her husband, Timothy, Katherine 
Grossich McGehee, and Gray Douglass Hall. She is also survived by her beau, Bob 
Brungart.

Services will be at Welsh Presbyterian Church in Welsh, LA on Saturday, April 
23, at 2:00 pm with a reception following. Graveside service will be at 4:30 
pm. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be given to Welsh Presbyterian 
Church.

"Her life was lived by the courage of her convictions.

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