Osage County, Oklahoma, Obituary:  Karen Ann Gray

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P.O. Box 38, Hominy, Okla 74035
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The Hominy News - Progress
Vol. 34, No. 12
March 20, 2002
Page 5

Karen Ann Gray

Karen Ann Gray, lifelong Cleveland area resident, passed away Thurs. 
March 14, 2001 at the Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa, at the age of 
fifty-seven years, eleven months and twenty-eight days.

Karen was born march 16, 1944 in Osage.  She was the daughter of Jaybee 
Thomas and Lillie Lorraine Cochran.  Karen was raised and attended school 
in Cleveland, graduating from Cleveland High School in 1963.

Karen was married to Thomas M. Gray on March 7, 1964 in Cleveland.  The 
couple had two daughters, Pam and Jessica.  They made their home in 
Cleveland and Osage during their thirty-eight years of marriage.  She was 
a loving mother, grandmother and wife.  She devoted her life to taking 
care of her family to the best of her abilities.

Karen loved to travel and could usually be found in their truck, together 
with her husband Tom, giving him a hard time and telling him what he 
needed to get done.  She also enjoyed all types of craft work including 
sewing, ceramics and crocheting.

She is survived by her husband, Thomas M. Gray, of the home; daughters, 
Pam Reynolds, Cleveland; Jessica and Pat Bates, grandson, Gene Reynolds 
III, Cleveland; three step grandchildren, Rachelle Bates, Wynona Roxanne 
Bates, Hominy and Sheach Bates, Hominy; and a sister Brenda Sue Clark, 
Cleveland.

Funeral services were held at 10:00 a.m. Mon. March 18, 2002 at the First 
Assembly of God Church in Cleveland with Pastor Dan Edens officiating.  
Burial will be at the Osage Cemetery under the direction of the 
Chapman-Black Funeral Home.

Visit an online obituary and guestbook for Karen Ann Gray at 
www.chapman-black.com.
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