Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gray, Mary A. Bryant, 1957 

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MARY ANN BRYANT GRAY

MRS. MARY ANN GRAY

   Mrs. Mary Ann Bryant Gray, 76, well-known resident of the Bethlehem 
community, Nansemond county, and formerly of Southampton County, died early 
Sunday, August 18, at the home of her son, Willie Wallace Gray, after a long 
illness. 

   She was the widow of K.W. Gray and the daughter of the late John and Mrs. 
Mollie Sumner Gray [sic*] of Southampton County. 

   Surviving are four sons, Willie Wallace Gray, Ralph Hilton Gray and George 
H. Gray, all of Suffolk, and Walter B. Gray of Eastville; two daughters, Mrs. 
Martha Lois Johnson of Suffolk and Mrs. Eunice Ann Luck of Beaver Dam; one 
brother, Jack Bryant of Franklin; 14 grandchildren; several great- 
grandchildren; and a number of nieces and nephews. 

   Funeral services were conducted in the chapel of the W.J.M. Holland and 
Sons Funeral Home on Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. by Rev. R.E. Brittle, pastor of 
Bethlehem Christian Church.  Burial was in Nottoway Chapel Cemetery, near 
Franklin. 

   Active pallbearers were Lee Byrum, Harvey Lowe, Jack Duncan, William 
Wilkins, Dewey Boney, T.C. Strickland, James Strickland, William Strickland, 
Elijah Harrell and Richard Sydnor. 

[*should read "Bryant" - daughter of John H. and Mollie (SUMNER) BRYANT {bs}] 

Mary Ann (BRYANT; Mrs. Kenneth W.) GRAY, of the Bethlehem community, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 18 Aug 1957, Suffolk, age 76, 
interred in Nottoway Chapel Cemetery, Story Station Rd., 20 Aug 1957, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 22, 1957 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS}, Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 2 (II-58): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol2.txt 

Additional information: 

Kenneth Walter Gray, 24, s, So.Co., So.Co., 
   s/o Thomas H. and Ann E. Beale Gray, Farmer 
m. 01-22-1902 John Boyatts’ residence by Rev. C.E. Watts 
Mary Ann "Mannie" Bryant, 18, s, So.Co., So.Co., 
   d/o John Henry and Mary Lewis "Molly" Sumner Bryant 
(Southampton Co. MB10:595; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb10pt.txt) 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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