Paul Gray died of natural causes in Highland Village, Texas and went to be with his beloved Rosie in heaven on July 16, 2020. He is buried in the Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery in Dallas, Texas.
He was deeply loved by his family and his friends for his love, kindness, and concern for his family and other people. As one of his nieces said, "We have lost a great man," and "He touched people everywhere." He was a deacon at Calvary Baptist Church in Pilot Point, Texas.
He was born in Bowie, Texas on July 11, 1923 to Oscar and Ocie Gray and had 6 siblings. He was the youngest and was the last living. He graduated from Bowie High School in 1941.
His wife, Rose Elaine Gregory Gray, preceded him in death in 2011. He is survived by his son, Paul Weldon Gray, of Cumming, Georgia, and his daughter, Linda, of Austin, Texas. His loving family includes granddaughters Tracie Jernigan of Cullowhee, North Carolina, (husband, Nick, sons, Charles and Samuel) and Jennifer (Jeni) Fobart of Cumming, Georgia (husband, Ryan, daughter, Kate, son, Carter).
Paul was a veteran of World War II and was part of the D-Day invasion at Omaha Beach as a member of the US Army, 146th Combat Engineers. In October 1943, the unit was deployed to the southern coast of England to train for the invasion, attached to the US Navy and part of the Naval Combat Demolition Units. After landing on French soil, they reverted to the Army. As he wrote home to family a few weeks later, “there were supposed to be some infantry men there already, but we were the first ones in.” He served across Europe and made it home in time for Christmas 1945.
The family first lived in Bowie where Paul owned the Gray Family Wholesale candy business that his father started. When the opportunity to farm with Rosie's family in Petersburg, Texas arose, Paul moved the family there. They later moved to Pilot Point to raise cattle and a few crops. When Lake Ray Roberts was built, he and Rose Elaine moved to Collinsville, Texas. And after Rosie's death he sojourned to Assisted Living facilities in Lewisville and Highland Village, Texas.
The family would like to extend our deepest thanks and appreciation to the staffs at Rambling Oaks Courtyard Assisted Living, Rambling Oaks Courtyard Extensive Care Community, Precise Hospice, and all of his longtime specialist doctors who cared for him so well over the years.
There will be a gathering for family members later when it is safe to congregate again.
The family appreciates all the love and sympathies shown to us. Preferred charities are:
Calvary Baptist Church, Pilot Point, Texas or Disabled American Veterans
Arrangements are under the direction of Cindy Slay and Slay Memorial Funeral Center.
He was deeply loved by his family and his friends for his love, kindness, and concern for his family and other people. As one of his nieces said, "We have lost a great man," and "He touched people everywhere." He was a deacon at Calvary Baptist Church in Pilot Point, Texas.
He was born in Bowie, Texas on July 11, 1923 to Oscar and Ocie Gray and had 6 siblings. He was the youngest and was the last living. He graduated from Bowie High School in 1941.
His wife, Rose Elaine Gregory Gray, preceded him in death in 2011. He is survived by his son, Paul Weldon Gray, of Cumming, Georgia, and his daughter, Linda, of Austin, Texas. His loving family includes granddaughters Tracie Jernigan of Cullowhee, North Carolina, (husband, Nick, sons, Charles and Samuel) and Jennifer (Jeni) Fobart of Cumming, Georgia (husband, Ryan, daughter, Kate, son, Carter).
Paul was a veteran of World War II and was part of the D-Day invasion at Omaha Beach as a member of the US Army, 146th Combat Engineers. In October 1943, the unit was deployed to the southern coast of England to train for the invasion, attached to the US Navy and part of the Naval Combat Demolition Units. After landing on French soil, they reverted to the Army. As he wrote home to family a few weeks later, “there were supposed to be some infantry men there already, but we were the first ones in.” He served across Europe and made it home in time for Christmas 1945.
The family first lived in Bowie where Paul owned the Gray Family Wholesale candy business that his father started. When the opportunity to farm with Rosie's family in Petersburg, Texas arose, Paul moved the family there. They later moved to Pilot Point to raise cattle and a few crops. When Lake Ray Roberts was built, he and Rose Elaine moved to Collinsville, Texas. And after Rosie's death he sojourned to Assisted Living facilities in Lewisville and Highland Village, Texas.
The family would like to extend our deepest thanks and appreciation to the staffs at Rambling Oaks Courtyard Assisted Living, Rambling Oaks Courtyard Extensive Care Community, Precise Hospice, and all of his longtime specialist doctors who cared for him so well over the years.
There will be a gathering for family members later when it is safe to congregate again.
The family appreciates all the love and sympathies shown to us. Preferred charities are:
Calvary Baptist Church, Pilot Point, Texas or Disabled American Veterans
Arrangements are under the direction of Cindy Slay and Slay Memorial Funeral Center.
Paul Gray died of natural causes in Highland Village, Texas and went to be with his beloved Rosie in heaven on July 16, 2020. He is buried in the Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery in Dallas, Texas.
He was deeply loved by his family and his friends for his love, kindness, and concern for his family and other people. As one of his nieces said, "We have lost a great man," and "He touched people everywhere." He was a deacon at Calvary Baptist Church in Pilot Point, Texas.
He was born in Bowie, Texas on July 11, 1923 to Oscar and Ocie Gray and had 6 siblings. He was the youngest and was the last living. He graduated from Bowie High School in 1941.
His wife, Rose Elaine Gregory Gray, preceded him in death in 2011. He is survived by his son, Paul Weldon Gray, of Cumming, Georgia, and his daughter, Linda, of Austin, Texas. His loving family includes granddaughters Tracie Jernigan of Cullowhee, North Carolina, (husband, Nick, sons, Charles and Samuel) and Jennifer (Jeni) Fobart of Cumming, Georgia (husband, Ryan, daughter, Kate, son, Carter).
Paul was a veteran of World War II and was part of the D-Day invasion at Omaha Beach as a member of the US Army, 146th Combat Engineers. In October 1943, the unit was deployed to the southern coast of England to train for the invasion, attached to the US Navy and part of the Naval Combat Demolition Units. After landing on French soil, they reverted to the Army. As he wrote home to family a few weeks later, “there were supposed to be some infantry men there already, but we were the first ones in.” He served across Europe and made it home in time for Christmas 1945.
The family first lived in Bowie where Paul owned the Gray Family Wholesale candy business that his father started. When the opportunity to farm with Rosie's family in Petersburg, Texas arose, Paul moved the family there. They later moved to Pilot Point to raise cattle and a few crops. When Lake Ray Roberts was built, he and Rose Elaine moved to Collinsville, Texas. And after Rosie's death he sojourned to Assisted Living facilities in Lewisville and Highland Village, Texas.
The family would like to extend our deepest thanks and appreciation to the staffs at Rambling Oaks Courtyard Assisted Living, Rambling Oaks Courtyard Extensive Care Community, Precise Hospice, and all of his longtime specialist doctors who cared for him so well over the years.
There will be a gathering for family members later when it is safe to congregate again.
The family appreciates all the love and sympathies shown to us. Preferred charities are:
Calvary Baptist Church, Pilot Point, Texas or Disabled American Veterans
Arrangements are under the direction of Cindy Slay and Slay Memorial Funeral Center.
He was deeply loved by his family and his friends for his love, kindness, and concern for his family and other people. As one of his nieces said, "We have lost a great man," and "He touched people everywhere." He was a deacon at Calvary Baptist Church in Pilot Point, Texas.
He was born in Bowie, Texas on July 11, 1923 to Oscar and Ocie Gray and had 6 siblings. He was the youngest and was the last living. He graduated from Bowie High School in 1941.
His wife, Rose Elaine Gregory Gray, preceded him in death in 2011. He is survived by his son, Paul Weldon Gray, of Cumming, Georgia, and his daughter, Linda, of Austin, Texas. His loving family includes granddaughters Tracie Jernigan of Cullowhee, North Carolina, (husband, Nick, sons, Charles and Samuel) and Jennifer (Jeni) Fobart of Cumming, Georgia (husband, Ryan, daughter, Kate, son, Carter).
Paul was a veteran of World War II and was part of the D-Day invasion at Omaha Beach as a member of the US Army, 146th Combat Engineers. In October 1943, the unit was deployed to the southern coast of England to train for the invasion, attached to the US Navy and part of the Naval Combat Demolition Units. After landing on French soil, they reverted to the Army. As he wrote home to family a few weeks later, “there were supposed to be some infantry men there already, but we were the first ones in.” He served across Europe and made it home in time for Christmas 1945.
The family first lived in Bowie where Paul owned the Gray Family Wholesale candy business that his father started. When the opportunity to farm with Rosie's family in Petersburg, Texas arose, Paul moved the family there. They later moved to Pilot Point to raise cattle and a few crops. When Lake Ray Roberts was built, he and Rose Elaine moved to Collinsville, Texas. And after Rosie's death he sojourned to Assisted Living facilities in Lewisville and Highland Village, Texas.
The family would like to extend our deepest thanks and appreciation to the staffs at Rambling Oaks Courtyard Assisted Living, Rambling Oaks Courtyard Extensive Care Community, Precise Hospice, and all of his longtime specialist doctors who cared for him so well over the years.
There will be a gathering for family members later when it is safe to congregate again.
The family appreciates all the love and sympathies shown to us. Preferred charities are:
Calvary Baptist Church, Pilot Point, Texas or Disabled American Veterans
Arrangements are under the direction of Cindy Slay and Slay Memorial Funeral Center.
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