Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gray, Ezra F., 1951 

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EZRA FENTON GRAY

   Ezra Fenton Gray, 57, for the past 30 years an employee of the Franklin 
post office, died in a Richmond hospital on Sunday morning, March 11, after 
a long period of ill health. 

   He was the husband of Mrs. Margaret Vick Gray* of Franklin, and the son of 
the late George and Annie Branch Gray of this county.  He was a member of the 
Franklin Baptist Church and its Bruner Bible Class and of Franklin Lodge No. 
51, Knights of Pythias. 

   Besides his wife he is survived by one son, Smith Fenton Gray; one brother, 
Wesley E. Gray of Framingham, Mass; one sister, Mrs. Laura Gray Vick of 
Jacksonville, Fla; and several nieces and nephews. 

   Funeral services for Mr. Gray were conducted at the grave in Poplar Spring 
Cemetery on Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, with Revs. R.S. Gregory and R.D. 
Stephenson officiating. 

   Active pallbearers were all associates of Mr. Gray at the post office. 
They were Hudson R. Lankford, Otto Harcum, Exum N. White, Thomas P. White, 
T. Hayes Holland and Frank Story Cutchin. 


Ezra Fenton GRAY, 30-year employee of the Franklin post office, 
d. 11 Mar 1951, Richmond, age 57, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 242*), Franklin, 
   13 Mar 1951, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), 16 Mar 1951 

*Buried with second wife Margaret (VICK) GRAY (1910-1993). 
   Southampton County Historical Society, Cemetery Project, 
      Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

His first wife, Geneva "Giva" (COOPER) GRAY (1897-1945), is buried with his 
   parents in Section 2, Plot 70B: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

Her obit ("Tidewater News," Sep. 14, 1945, p. 1) is posted at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g600g1ob.txt 


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

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