Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gray, James E., 1946 

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NEWS FROM FRANKLIN 
THOMAS P. LEAMAN  STONEWALL HOTEL 

GRAY FUNERAL SET FOR TODAY 

Rites to Be At Antioch 

  FRANKLIN, April 4 - Funeral services for James Edwin Gray, 84, will be 
conducted at the grave at the Antioch Church Cemetery in Windsor, Isle of 
Wight County, at 4 o'clock this afternoon.  The Reverend T. Fred Wright, 
pastor of the Antioch Episcopal [sic; Christian] Church, will officiate, 
assisted by the Reverend H.E. Crutchfield of Holland. 

  The deceased died at the home of his niece, Mrs. W.E. Garrison, in Windsor 
Tuesday afternoon.  The body was brought to the Holland Funeral Home here. 

  The son of the late Edwin and Amanda Goskin [sic; Gaskins] Gray, he was a 
lifelong resident of Isle of Wight County and was one of the oldest members 
of the Antioch Episcopal Church. 

  Besides Mrs. Garrison, Mrs. Lizzie B. Turner, a niece, and Willie E. Gray, 
a nephew, of Windsor, survive. 

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James E. Gray 

  Windsor - James Edwin Gray, farmer and lifelong resident of Isle of Wight 
County, died April 3rd at the home of his niece, Mrs. W.E. Garrison, after an 
illness of several months.  He was the son of Edwin and Mrs. Amanda Gaskins 
Gray. 

  He was a member of Antioch Christian Church. 

  Surviving are two nieces, Mrs. Garrison and Mrs. Lizzie B. Turner of 
Walters, and one nephew William E. Gray of Windsor. 

  Funeral services were conducted at the grave in Antioch cemetery Thursday 
at 4 PM by the Rev. T. Fred Wright and the Rev. H.E. Crutchfield. 


James Edwin GRAY, farmer, 
b. 2 Jun 1861, Isle of Wight Co., d. 2 Apr 1946, at niece's home, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 30, No. 332, Thurs., Apr. 4, 1946, p. 7; 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 27, No. 49, Wed., Apr. 10, 1946, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Antioch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #20: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

A photo of his gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #104675556. 

His mother, Amanda (GASKINS; Mrs. Edwin Jr.) GRAY (1829 - 1901), 
   is also buried there. 

No D.Cert. found. 


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