Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gray, Cora M. Bryant, 1967 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ CORA McNINA BRYANT GRAY BOYKINS - A funeral service for Mrs. Cora Bryant Gray was conducted Friday at 2 p.m. in McDowell Funeral Home by the Rev. Daniel Ivey. Burial was in Beechwood cemetery, Boykins. Pallbearers were R.T. Lassiter Jr., W.Hugh Powell Jr., Hunter Ford, Wilson Barnes, Henry Fuller and Curry W. Smith. Mrs. Gray, 93, died in her home Wednesday night after a long illness. She was a lifelong resident of Southampton County. She was the widow of Otho W. Gray and daughter of Jonas and Mrs. Mary Ricks Bryant. She was a member of Boykins Baptist Church. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Alex E. Bell of Boykins and Mrs. C.M. Rush of Phoenix, Ariz.; a son, Otho W. Gray Jr. of Norfolk; three sisters, Mrs. J.H. King of Newport News, Mrs. Doris Goff of Charlotte, N.C., and Mrs. Belle Fenton of Texas; two grandchildren; and four great grandchildren. Cora McNina (BRYANT; Mrs. Otho W.) GRAY, lifelong resident of Southampton Co., d. 31 May 1967, at home, age 93, interred in Beechwood Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 1*), Boykins, 2 Jun 1967, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 5, 1966, p. 6 *Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Beechwood list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/beechwd.txt Additional information: Otho Wells Gray, 29, s, So.Co., So.Co., s/o William L. and Mary L. Hansel Gray, mechanic m. 12-12-1900 Boykins Baptist Church, by R.H. Burriss Cora McNina Bryant, 26, s, So.Co., So.Co., d/o Jonas R. and Mary J. Ricks Bryant (Southampton Co. MB10:268; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb10pt.txt) Her parents are buried in the BRYANT family cemetery, Meherrin Rd. (Hwy. 35). Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 6 (VI-39): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol6.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g600c2ob.txt