Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gray, George D., 1944 

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GEORGE DAVIS GRAY

DESPONDENT FARMER ENDS LIFE WITH GUN

   George Davis Gray, aged 43 years, a farmer residing in Isle of Wight County 
near Franklin, died from a self-inflicted wound early Saturday morning, 
July 22.

   Mr. Gray had been in bad health since the death of his wife last year, and 
it is believed that his ill health and despondency combined caused him to end 
his own life.  He left a note to his family explaining his rash act.

   Deceased was the son of W.D. Gray and the late Mrs. Dora Drake Gray of 
Southampton County.  He is survived by two daughters, Misses Elizabeth and 
Ruth Gray of Franklin; his father, W.D. Gray of Boykins; one sister, Mrs. C.F. 
Lassiter of Newsoms; and six brothers, B.C. and Ashby Gray of Boykins, Warren 
Gray of Roanoke Rapids, N.C., H.W. Gray of Portsmouth, and R.L. and Oscar Lee 
Gray of Franklin.

   Funeral services were conducted at the grave in Poplar Spring Cemetery 
Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock by Rev. N.C. Clifton, pastor of Beaver Dam 
Baptist Church.


George Davis GRAY, Isle of Wight Co. farmer, 
Southampton Co. native, suicide 22 Jul 1944, age 43, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 7A*), Franklin, 
   20 Jun 1944, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 23, 1944, p. 1 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

There are two Ashby GRAY's buried in Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins 
   (b. 1914 & 1918).  George's bro Berkley Cleveland GRAY (1912-1994) 
   is buried in Annex 1, Section E, Lot 4. 
   SCHS} Cemetery Project, Beechwood list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/beechwd.txt 


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