Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gray, Ezra F., 1951 

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EZRA FENTON GRAY

   Ezra Fenton Gray, 57, for the past 30 years an employee of the Franklin post 
office, died in a Richmond hospital on Sunday morning, March 11, after a long 
period of ill health. 

   He was the husband of Mrs. Margaret Vick Gray of Franklin, and the son of 
the late George and Annie Branch Gray of this county. He was a member of the 
Franklin Baptist Church and its Bruner Bible Class and of Franklin Lodge No. 
51, Knights of Pythias. 

   Besides his wife he is survived by one son, Smith Fenton Gray; one brother, 
Wesley E. Gray of Framingham, Mass; one sister, Mrs. Laura Gray Vick of 
Jacksonville, Fla; and several nieces and nephews. 

   Funeral services for Mr. Gray were conducted at the grave in Poplar Spring 
Cemetery on Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, with Revs. R.S. Gregory and R.D. 
Stephenson officiating. 

   Active pallbearers were all associates of Mr. Gray at the post office. They 
were Hudson R. Lankford. Otto Harcum, Exum N. White, Thomas P. White, T. Hayes 
Holland and Frank Story Cutchin. 


[Ezra Fenton GRAY, 11 Mar 1951, Richmond, age 57, 
 bd. Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin, 13 Mar 1951, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), 16 Mar 1951] 

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