Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gray, William E. II, 1955 

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Retired Windsor Farmer Succumbs 

  WINDSOR - Funeral rites will be held today for William Edwin Gray, II, 76, 
who died Friday night at Obici Hospital in Suffolk after an illness of several 
months. 

  The body will be taken to Antioch Christian Church from W.J.M. Holland and 
Sons funeral home, Franklin for services at 3 p.m.  Officiating will be the 
Rev. John W. Crocker, IV, pastor of the Yorktown Baptist Church, and the Rev. 
J. Sidney Cobb, retired Windsor pastor.  Interment be in the church cemetery. 

  Gray was a retired Windsor farmer and a life-long resident of Isle of Wight 
County.  He was an active member of Antioch Christian Church. 

  Gray was married twice, his first marriage was to Miss Maggie Edwards of 
Isle of Wight County, who died in 1949.  His second marriage was to Miss Katie 
Sadler of Windsor, who survives him.  Besides his wife, he is survived by 
sister, Mrs. Lizzie B. Turner of Walters, and a number of cousins. 


William Edwin GRAY, II, farmer, 
b. 1 Nov 1878, Isle of Wight Co., d. 15 Jul 1955, Suffolk, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 17 Jul 1955, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 33, No. 158, Sun., July 17, 1955, p. 9 

*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 #104764155. 

Buried with his first wife (1881 - 1949).  His parents, William Wellons & 
   Elizabeth (HALL) GRAY, are also buried there. 

D.Cert. 16677 (Chuckatuck #171) 

His widow (1901 - 1988) is buried with her sister Annie B. CROCKER (1895-1983) 
   in a CROCKER family cemetery on Modest Neck Rd.  {IWCHS GSSTF #183} 


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