Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gray, Garthright Buckner October 30, 1924
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Virginian-Pilot November 1, 1924
Garthright Buckner Gray - Funeral services for Mr. Gray, chief clerk of the 
Virginian Railroad, whose death occurred Thursday morning, were held at the 
residence, 719 West Thirty-sixth street, yesterday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. 
The Rev. Ira D. S. Knight, pastor of the Park Place Baptist Church, and the Rev. 
Sparks W. Melton, D.D., pastor of Freemason Street Baptist Church, officiated.
The attendance was large and there was a profusion of floral tributes, among 
which was a standing wreath from the general offices and the general agents' 
office of the Virginian Railroad, a standing wreath from the traffic department 
of the Virginian, keystone from Norfolk Royal Arch Chapter, No. l, pillow from 
Atlantic Lodge NO. 2, A.F. and A.M., wreath from George W. Wright Lodge, No 346, 
A.F. and A.M., pillow from Norfolk Lodge, No. 1, A.F. and A.M., and a pillow 
from the Consolidated Navigation Company.
Norfolk Lodge, No. 1, A.F. and A.M., of which Mr. Gray was a member, attended 
the funeral in a body. The pallbearers, all members of the lodge, were R. L. 
Nelligar, W. G. Morris, J. F. Smith, Sol Richter, Blaine Graham, B. L. 
Odend'hal, W. C. Riday and H. V. C. Wade.
Interment was in Elmwood Cemetery.


Additional Comments:
While his tombstone gives his date of death as October 31, his death certificate 
says it was the 30th and that matches the obituary.

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