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

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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, 
 lifelong resident of Southampton Co., 
 d. 23 Feb 1960, at son's home, Newsoms, age 70, 
 interred in Barnes Methodist Church Cemetery*, 26 Feb 1960, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 25, 1960, sect. 2, p. 4] 

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

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