Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gray, Charles L., 1952 

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CHARLES LANDON GRAY 
LYNWOOD MANRY GRAY 

FARMER AND SON FATALLY BURNED IN MORNING FIRE 

   Double funeral services for Charles Landon Gray, a farmer of the Courtland 
community, and his 10 year old son, Lynwood Manry Gray, were conducted at the 
grave in the family cemetery near Capron on Monday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock 
by Rev. J.T. Cassell, pastor of the Capron Methodist Church.

   The pallbearers were Herman Barnes, D.D. Francis, Walter Francis, D.L. 
Harrup, Jack Harrup, L. E. Harrup, W.T. Harrup and Kinney Jenkins.

   Mr. Gray and his son were fatally burned early Saturday morning March 29, 
when the former undertook to start a fire in a wood stove in the home, using a 
can of kerosene for the purpose.  The can of oil exploded and in the resulting 
conflagration the home was destroyed.  The boy was burned to death on the 
scene but the father lived for several hours, dying in Raiford Memorial 
Hospital late Saturday afternoon.

   Surviving Mr. Gray are his wife, who was burned about the hands while 
trying to extinguish the flames; one daughter, Miss Elizabeth Ann Gray of 
Courtland; two sisters, Mrs. Elsie Gray Pulley of Courtland and Mrs. Anna Gray 
Harrup of Joyner; and one brother, William H. Gray of Emmett, Idaho.


Charlie Landon GRAY, Jr., Courtland-area farmer, Army veteran of WW-II, 
Southampton Co. native, d. of burns 29 Mar 1952, Franklin, age 36, 
interred in the MANRY family cemetery*, near Joyner, 31 Mar 1952, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 4, 1952, p. 1 

Lynwood Manry GRAY, son of Charlie L. Jr. & Margaret (MANRY) GRAY, 
Southampton Co. native, 
d. in fire 29 Mar 1952, at home, near Courtland, age 10, 
interred in the MANRY family cemetery*, near Joyner, 31 Mar 1952, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 4, 1952, p. 1 

*Several generations of the GRAY & MANRY family are buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 9 (IX-10B): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol9.txt 

Charlie's mother's obit ("Tidewater News," May 11, 1951) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g600i1ob.txt 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
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