Beckham Co. OK - Obit for Harold Irvin Gray

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   Harold  Irvin  Gray  was  born August 29, 1923 in Reydon, OK to Martha
   Alice  and  Arthur  Alonzo Gray. He passed away March 8, 2002 in Great
   Plains  Medical  Center,  Elk  City, Oklahoma at the age of 78 years 6
   months and 9 days.
   Harold  grew  up  in the Reydon community where he graduated from High
   School.  He  entered  the  United States Air Force where he served his
   country during World War II. After his discharge he returned to Reydon
   and married Fannie B. Batchlor at Wheeler, Texas on June 3, 1946. They
   moved to Oklahoma City for eleven years before moving to LA county and
   later  to  Westminister,  California.  Harold  attended UCLA and after
   receiving  his  teaching credentials he taught Vocational Education in
   Garden  Grove Unified School District until his retirement in 1986. In
   the spring of 1988 they moved to Sayre to make their home where Harold
   was an avid golfer.
   He  was  a member of the Granite First Baptist Church, Granite Masonic
   Lodge  where  he  was  a  32nd  Degree, York Rite Mason and the Reydon
   American Legion.
   He was preceded in deaath by his parents, 2 brothers, and 3 sisters.
   Services  were  held  Monday,  Marc  h  11, 2002 at 10:00 a.m. at Rose
   Chapel,  officiated  by  Tom  Cooksey. Burial was held at the Cheyenne
   Cemetery,  Cheyenne,  Roger Mills County, Oklahoma under the direction
   of Rose Chapel Funeral Service, Sayre.
   Survivors  include:  Fannie  B.  Gray of the home; one daughter, Cathy
   Gray  and  friend,  John  Jones of San Diego, CA.; one son Ken Gray of
   Sayre,   OK.;  one  sister,  Rose  Apadaccini  of  Orville,  CA.;  two
   grandchildren,  Jon  Dickason  and  wife,  Patricia of Placentia, CA.,
   Jessica  Sawyers  and  husband,  John  of  Idllwild,  CA.;  two  great
   grandchildren, Maegan and Zachary; a host of relatives and friends.
   Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 14-Mar-2002