Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gray, Reuben L., 1958 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ REUBEN LAWRENCE GRAY Reuben Lawrence Gray, 75, husband of the late Mrs. Mary Stakes Gray, and son of the late Riddick* R. and Addie R. Gray, died Wednesday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J.D. Parker, Gates, N.C. He was a native of Southampton County, and a resident of Gates for the last seven years. He was a member of the Franklin Baptist Church. Besides his daughter, he is survived by two sons, Murden E. Gray, Winston- Salem, N.C., and Reuben L. Gray, Jr., USAF; two daughters, Mrs. J.C. Hand, Newport News, and Mrs. Robert Falson, Carrsville; three brothers, Robert S. Gray, Franklin, Fenton Gray, Richmond and William Gray, Smithfield; one sister, Mrs. Eva Watson, Richmond; 21 grandchildren and five great- grandchildren. The funeral arrangements will be announced later Reuben Lawrence GRAY, of Gates Co., NC, Southampton Co. native, d. 10 Dec 1958, at daughter's home, Gates Co., NC, age 75, interred in Riverside Cemetery (Episcopal Section, Plot 22**), Courtland, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Dec. 11, 1958, Sect. I, p. 8 **Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Riverside list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt His wife's obit ("Tidewater News," May 9, 1952, p. 1) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g600m7ob.txt Reuben's father's name was Mills R. GRAY, as shown by Mills' marriage record, appended to his widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 21, 1927), posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g600a3ob.txt Addie's obit states she was buried "in the old Gray family burying ground near Capron" - location not known (Jun 2016) to SCHS Cemetery Project. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g600r2ob.txt