Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gray, Joseph T., 1936 

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JOSEPH THOMAS GRAY

   Joseph Thomas Gray, 79, well-known resident of Newsoms died Thursday 
morning in the home of his son, L.F. Gray, with whom he had made his home 
for several years.  Burial services were conducted at the grave in Newsoms 
Cemetery Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock by Rev. J.L. Kibler of the Boykins 
Methodist Church and Rev. F.B. Handley of the Boykins Baptist Church.  Mr. 
Gray was a member of Barnes M. E. Church.

   Surviving are four children, J.B. Gray, J.H. Gray, L.F. Gray and Mrs. Ezra 
Drake all of Newsoms; two sisters, Mrs. T.H. Porter of Boykins, and Mrs. Bill 
Cook of Newsoms; two brothers, C. E. Gray and Ben Gray of Newsoms and Peter 
Gray of Handsom.

   Active pallbearers were Russell Drake, J.Q. Worrell, J.C. Bunn, J.W. Drake, 
W.B. Ivey and J.T. Ivey.  Honorary pallbearers were friends of the family.


Joseph Thomas GRAY, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 2 Apr 1936, at son's home, Newsoms, age 79, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery (unmarked*), Newsoms, 3 Apr 1936, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 3, 1936, p. 4 

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


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