Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gray, Hattie B. Drake, 1960 

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Mrs. Hattie Gray Dies at Newsoms 

  NEWSOMS - Funeral services for Mrs. Hattie Drake Gray will be conducted 
Friday at 2:30 p.m. at Barnes Methodist Church by the Rev. H. Warren Landis, 
pastor.  Burial will be in Barnes Church Cemetery.  The body will be taken 
from the Purviance Funeral Home to the church one hour prior to the service. 

  Mrs. Gray, 70, died Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. at the home of her son, Ashby B. 
Gray, near Newsoms, after a long illness. 

  She was a lifelong resident of Southampton County, a daughter of Charlie H. 
and Mrs. Addie Hill Drake.  She was the widow of Willie Richard Gray. 

  Besides her son, Ashby, surviving are two other sons, Edward C. Gray and 
Elvin T. Gray, both of Newsoms; one sister, Mrs. Mattie Barnes of Newsoms, 10 
grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. 

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HATTIE BLANCHE DRAKE GRAY

   NEWSOMS - Mrs. Hattie Drake Gray, 70, died Tuesday night at 9 o’clock at 
the home of her son, Ashby B. Gray, following a long illness.

   A lifelong resident of Southampton County, she was the widow of Willie 
Richard Gray and the daughter of Charlie H. and Mrs. Addie Hill Drake.  She 
was a member of Barnes Methodist Church.

   Survivors include three sons, Edward C. Gray, Elvin T. Gray and Ashby B. 
Gray, all of Newsoms; one sister, Mrs. Mattie Barnes, also of Newsoms; ten 
grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

   Funeral services will be conducted Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at 
Barnes Methodist church by the pastor, the Rev. H. Warren Landis.  Burial 
will be in the church cemetery.


Hattie Blanche (DRAKE; Mrs. Willie R.) GRAY, 
b. 30 Oct 1889, Southampton Co., d. 23 Feb 1960, at son's home, Newsoms, 
interred in Barnes Methodist Church Cemetery*, 26 Feb 1960, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 38, No. 47, Thurs., Feb. 25, 1960, p. 2; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Thurs., Feb. 25, 1960, Sect. 2, p. 4, 
   text posted with Find a Grave Memorial #119574383 

*Additional information: 

Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (IV-53):
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Natalie Padgett - is also posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #119574383. 

D.Cert. 12164 (Newsoms #4) 


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