Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gray, M. Rebecca Ferguson, 1952 

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MARY REBECCA FERGUSON GRAY 

   Mrs. Mary Rebecca Ferguson Gray, 60, wife of Richmond [sic; Richard] Percy 
Gray of the Newsoms community, died in Raiford Memorial Hospital on Sunday 
afternoon, September 14, after a short illness.

   The deceased was a member of the Newsoms Baptist Church for many years. 
She is survived by her husband; four daughters, Mrs. Evelyn Gray Ferguson and 
Mrs. Nellie Gray Hill of Newsoms, Mrs. Lucille Gray Cyrus of Norfolk, and Mrs. 
Edith Gray Forrest of Suffolk; four sons, Edward Gray of Norfolk, Clyde Gray 
of Newsoms, Thomas Gray of Windsor, and Hubert Gray of Emporia; and 17 
grandchildren.

   Funeral services were conducted on Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at the 
Newsoms Baptist Church by the pastor, Rev. R.L. Chadwick, assisted by Rev. 
R.B. Moore.  Interment was in the Newsoms Cemetery.

   Active pallbearers were Julian Carter, Billie Ferguson, James Ferguson, 
Quinton Ferguson, Russell Ferguson, Hugh Gray, Carl Thorpe and John Worrell.


Mary Rebecca (FERGUSON; Mrs. Richard P.) GRAY, of Newsoms, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 14 Sep 1952, Franklin, age 60, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 16 Sep 1952, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Sep. 19, 1952, p. 10 

*Her parents are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Hollywood list (N-35&38): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 


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