Obit of Jeremy James Gray (g600) - Grady County, Oklahoma Transcribed by: Sandi Carter 02 Jan 2003 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ==================================================================== The Chickasha Express-Star 18 December 2002 JEREMY JAMES GRAY Funeral service for Jeremy James Gray, 25, of Norman, Oklahoma, will be held at 1:30 p.m., Friday, December 20, 2002, at the Parkview Christian Church, Chickasha. Jeremy James Gray was born February 9, 1977, in Chickasha, Oklahoma, and died December 16, 2002, in Oklahoma City. Jeremy grew up in Norman. He graduated from Norman High School in 1996. Jeremy was currently attending Oklahoma City Community College. November 2001, Jeremy entered Norman Regional Hospital with congestive heart failure. His heart still failing, he was sent to Baptist in January 2002, diagnosed with cardiomyopathy. Baptist put Jeremy on the heart transplant list February 2002. Jeremy was sent to Utah to receive a LVAD for a bridge to transplant May 7, 2002. June 1, 2002, Jeremy was about to return home, and Utah transplanted Jeremy with a perfectly matched heart. Jeremy had a full recovery and returned home July 2002. He returned to school and was back to a full life. December 9, 2002, Jeremy experienced a mild heart attack and was hospitalized again. Jeremy again experienced another heart attack that made his heart stop beating, and the doctors were unable to keep him going. Jeremy will be greatly missed by all whose lives he touched. He was preceded in death by grandfather, M. C. Goyne. Survivors include: parents, Sharon and Harold Gray, of the home; mother, Connie Heilmann, of Norman, Oklahoma; 1 brother, Brandon Gray, of the home; grandparents, Ron and Rosa Lea Morris, of Alex, Oklahoma, Maxine Ingrum, of Moore, Oklahoma; aunts: Sherry Holder, Deborah Hale, Elizabeth Holcroft, Joyce Olmeda and Martha Jo Patton; uncles: Ron Gray, Paul Gray, Bud Gray, Tommy Gray and James Attebury. Interment will be in the Fairlawn Cemetery under the direction of Sevier Funeral Home. The family would like to recognize the work and benefit of Jeremy's great uncles and aunts in raising monies for his heart transplant: Keith and Glenda Olson, Jim and Freda Barrington, Mary and John Sill, and Shirley and Leroy Montgomery. The family would also like to thank everyone who helped in any way in the last 13 months. --------------------------------------------------------------------