Nansemond-Isle of Wight-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gray, William R., 1962 

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W. R. Gray, 70, Refrigeration Man, Succumbs 

  Funeral services for William Riddick Gray, refrigeration engineer for the 
Smithfield Packing company for 15 years, will be conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. 
at the Hill Funeral Home, Suffolk, by the Rev. Clarence England, pastor of 
Trinity Methodist Church, Smithfield.  Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery, 
Suffolk. 

  Mr. Gray, 70, of Smithfield, died Tuesday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. 
William C. Davenport, 416 Highland Ave., Suffolk, after a long illness. 

  Before moving to Smithfield he worked 20 years as engineer at the Brinkley 
Ice Company in Suffolk. 

  He was a native of Southampton county and husband of Mrs. Minnie Stone Gray 
of Smithfield. 

  He was a son of Mills Riddick and Mrs. Addie Romine Crutchlow Gray and was 
a member of Trinity Methodist church, Smithfield. 

  Other survivors are two foster daughters, Mrs. Robert Solomon of Suffolk and 
Mrs. Benjamin Edwards of Eclipse, a sister, Mrs. Eva Watkins of Texas, and two 
brothers, Robert S. Gray of Franklin and Fenton Gray of Richmond. 


"Willie" William Riddick GRAY, of Smithfield, refrigeration engineer, 
b. 22 Jan 1891, Southampton Co., d. 16 Jan 1962, at daughter's home, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block G, Lot 29*), Suffolk, 18 Jan 1962, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 40, No. 14, Wed., Jan. 17, 1962, p. 3 

*Additional information: 

Cedar Hill list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_g.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Jake Dog - is posted with Find a Grave 
   Memorial #119387465. 

D.Cert. 1576 (Suffolk #4) 

Her father was a Confederate veteran, having served as a private in Co. G, 
   3rd VA Infantry. 


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