Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gray, Sallie J. Ferguson, 1938 

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SALLIE JOSEPHINE FERGUSON GRAY

   Mrs. Sallie Ferguson Gray, age 75 years, wife of R.B. Gray, died at her 
home in Newsoms Monday night, January 10, after several months of ill health. 
She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. J.W. Drake and Mrs. Owen Smith; two 
sons, C.F. Gray and B.C. Gray, all of Newsoms; three step-sons, Kelly Gray 
of Boykins, Percy Gray of Statesville and Jesse Gray of Florida; one brother, 
J.B. Ferguson of Boykins, and several grandchildren.

    Burial services were held at the grave in Newsoms cemetery Wednesday 
afternoon by her pastor, Rev. C.P. Cleveland of Newsoms Baptist Church, 
assisted by Rev. F.B. Handley, pastor of the Boykins Baptist Church.  Active 
pallbearers were: J.W. Drake, Owen Smith, Kelly Gray, Percy Gray, C.F. Gray 
and B.C. Gray.  Honorary pallbearers were friends of the family.  "The Old 
Rugged Cross" and "Sometime We’ll Understand" were sung at the grave.


Sallie Josephine (FERGUSON; Mrs. R. Bennie) GRAY, 
d. 10 Jan 1938, at home, Newsoms, age 75, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 12 Jan 1938, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 21, 1938 

*Her parents are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Hollywood list (N-32&37): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 


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