Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gray, Mary Roberta Stakes, 1952 

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MARY ROBERTA STAKES GRAY

   Mrs. Mary Roberta Stakes Gray, 63, wife of Reuben L. Gray of Franklin, died 
in the Louise Obici Memorial Hospital, Suffolk, on Wednesday, May 7, after an 
illness of several weeks.

   She was the daughter of the late Charles H. and Mary Stakes of Isle of 
Wight County, a member of the Franklin Baptist Church, and a lifelong resident 
of the Franklin community.

   Besides her husband, Mrs. Gray is survived by three daughters, Mrs. 
Margaret G. Hand of Newport News, Mrs. Blanche G. Parker of Rocky Mount, N.C., 
and Mrs. Thelma G. Faison of Franklin; three sons, Murden Grey of Winston-
Salem, N.C., Charles R. Gray of Richmond, and Reuben L. Gray, Jr., USAF, Shaw 
Field, S.C.; 16 grandchildren and one great-grandchild; and a sister, Mrs. Ola 
S. Gray of Norfolk.

   Funeral services for Mrs. Gray will be held this (Friday) afternoon at 2:30 
o'clock in the chapel of W.J.M. Holland & Sons, with Revs. Ira D. Hudgins and 
R.D. Stephenson officiating.  Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Courtland.


Mary Roberta (STAKES; Mrs. Reuben L.) GRAY, 
lifelong resident of Franklin area, d. 7 May 1952, Suffolk, age 63, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Episcopal Section, Plot 22*), Courtland, 
   9 May 1952, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 9, 1952, p. 1 

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

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Dec. 11, 1958, Sect. I, p. 8) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g600r2ob.txt 

Her father's obit ("Tidewater News," Aug. 4, 1933, p. 5) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/s322c1ob.txt 

Her mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 14, 1949, p. 13) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/s322m1ob.txt 


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