Charles Otis Gray, 71 year old farmer and stockman of Route 1, Leon, died enroute to Allen Memorial Hospital early this morning after suffering a heart attack at his home.
Mr. Gray had been ill for a year. He was stricken last night, a doctor was called and it was decided to bring him to El Dorado. He died in an ambulance despite the doctor's attempt to save him.
Mr. Gray was born April 9, 1880, in Glencoe Township, Butler County, and lived there all his life. He was married to Bettie J. Larson on Oct. 17, 1898.
Mr. Gray was a member of the Rosalia Methodist Church and served on the Glencoe Township board for several years. He was also on the school board of District No. 106 and was a former member of the Odd Fellows Lodge in Beaumont.
He is survived by his widow, three daughters, Mrs. O. A. Van Wey, Route 1, Mrs. Earl Bank, Route 3, and Mrs. Vernon Willhite, Route 1, Rosalia; two sons, W. Raymond, Towanda and Lloyd H., Route 1 Leon, two brothers, E. S. Gray, Rosalia and Ernest Gray, Kansas City, Mo.; 14 grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren. Another son, Charles P., died at the age of 37.
Funeral services will be conducted Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the Byrd Funeral Home. Rev. Leonard J. Smoot will officiate. (El Dorado Times, this obit was taken from a notebook at the Oil Musuem for people who had once lived in or around Rosalia and therefore had no date placed on it)
Note: bio info provided by Robin Brent (#47488606)
Charles Otis Gray, 71 year old farmer and stockman of Route 1, Leon, died enroute to Allen Memorial Hospital early this morning after suffering a heart attack at his home.
Mr. Gray had been ill for a year. He was stricken last night, a doctor was called and it was decided to bring him to El Dorado. He died in an ambulance despite the doctor's attempt to save him.
Mr. Gray was born April 9, 1880, in Glencoe Township, Butler County, and lived there all his life. He was married to Bettie J. Larson on Oct. 17, 1898.
Mr. Gray was a member of the Rosalia Methodist Church and served on the Glencoe Township board for several years. He was also on the school board of District No. 106 and was a former member of the Odd Fellows Lodge in Beaumont.
He is survived by his widow, three daughters, Mrs. O. A. Van Wey, Route 1, Mrs. Earl Bank, Route 3, and Mrs. Vernon Willhite, Route 1, Rosalia; two sons, W. Raymond, Towanda and Lloyd H., Route 1 Leon, two brothers, E. S. Gray, Rosalia and Ernest Gray, Kansas City, Mo.; 14 grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren. Another son, Charles P., died at the age of 37.
Funeral services will be conducted Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the Byrd Funeral Home. Rev. Leonard J. Smoot will officiate. (El Dorado Times, this obit was taken from a notebook at the Oil Musuem for people who had once lived in or around Rosalia and therefore had no date placed on it)
Note: bio info provided by Robin Brent (#47488606)
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