Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gray, Vernie A. Jr., 2000 

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VERNIE ASHBY GRAY JR. 

  Vernie Ashby Gray Jr., 66, of Monroe Road, died Feb. 19, 2000. 

  A native of Franklin, he was a son of the late Vernie and Bessie Powell 
Gray.  Mr. Gray was retired as a master gunnery sergeant after 20 years of 
service with the United States Marine Corps (1953-1973).  He was also retired 
from the parts department of Franklin Equipment Co., and was the former owner 
of Gray's Bait and Tackle of Franklin. 

  Survivors include his wife, Patsie P. Gray; two daughters, Valerie Gray and 
Annie Parker, both of Virginia Beach; two sons, V. Ashby Gray III of 
Henderson, N.C., and Randy Parker, serving in the U.S. Navy stationed in 
Norfolk; two sisters, Jean Leggett of Suffolk and Joy Gray of Fayetteville, 
Pa.; a brother, Mickey Gray of Franklin; and two grandchildren, Katy Lankford 
of Virginia Beach and Taylor Gray of Atlanta. 

  A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Sunbeam Baptist Church by 
the Rev. John Watson and the Rev. Kenneth Williams.  Burial with full military 
honors will be in Poplar Spring Cemetery.  The family will receive friends 
from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at Wright Funeral Home, Boykins, and suggests that 
any memorials be made to Sunbeam Baptist Church, c/o Diane Dunlow, 31715 
Monroe Road, Franklin, VA 23851, or to the American Diabetes Association, 1290 
Seminole Trail, Suite 2, Charlottesville, VA 22901. 


Vernie Ashby GRAY, Jr., retired Marine, former bait & tackle shop owner, 
b. 7 Dec 1933, Franklin, d. 19 Feb 2000, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Sect. 2, Plot 94A*), Franklin, 
   23 Feb 2000, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Feb. 21, 2000, B9 

*His parents & paternal grandparents are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 


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