THE DAILY JOURNAL
KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS
December 24, 2020
Sarah Gray
RANTOUL — Sarah Ray Gray, 82, of Rantoul and formerly of Kankakee, passed away Saturday December 19, 2020, in Urbana, at Carle Foundation Hospital.
She was born March 29, 1938, in Brooksville, Miss., the daughter of Virgil Lane and Sarah Harris Lane. Sarah was married to J.B. Gray Sr. on November 19, 1954, in Brooksville, Mississippi.
Sarah had been a member at True Vine Church of God in Christ, Kankakee.
Surviving are her sons, Frankie (Rose) Gray, of Rantoul, and Andrew Gray, of Rantoul; daughters, Susie (Joseph) Brown, of Kankakee, Cathy Gray, of Rantoul, and Bernice Rosas, of Rantoul; sister, Frances (Forrest) Malone, of Brooksville, Mississippi; brothers, Abram (Mattie) Lane, of Kankakee, and John (Willie) Lane, of Kankakee.
Preceding her in death were her father and mother, Virgil and Sarah Lane; husband, J.B. Gray Sr.; sisters, Minnie P. Gray, Annie Ashford, Rosie Harrell and Mary Rosenthal; brother, Tommie Lane; her children, Clara Gray, J.B. Gray Jr., Michael Gray and Flora Gray; her grandchildren, Frankie Gray Jr., Seraphia Staples, Tovorie Gray and Aaron Gray.
Visitation for Sarah Ray Gray was held at 10 a.m. Monday, December 28, until the 11 a.m. funeral service at New Vision Missionary Baptist Church, 1501 E. Merchant St., Kankakee. Elder John Lane officiated for the service. Burial will be in Mound Grove Gardens of Memory, Kankakee.
Funeral arrangements are by Jones Funeral Home, Kankakee.
KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS
December 24, 2020
Sarah Gray
RANTOUL — Sarah Ray Gray, 82, of Rantoul and formerly of Kankakee, passed away Saturday December 19, 2020, in Urbana, at Carle Foundation Hospital.
She was born March 29, 1938, in Brooksville, Miss., the daughter of Virgil Lane and Sarah Harris Lane. Sarah was married to J.B. Gray Sr. on November 19, 1954, in Brooksville, Mississippi.
Sarah had been a member at True Vine Church of God in Christ, Kankakee.
Surviving are her sons, Frankie (Rose) Gray, of Rantoul, and Andrew Gray, of Rantoul; daughters, Susie (Joseph) Brown, of Kankakee, Cathy Gray, of Rantoul, and Bernice Rosas, of Rantoul; sister, Frances (Forrest) Malone, of Brooksville, Mississippi; brothers, Abram (Mattie) Lane, of Kankakee, and John (Willie) Lane, of Kankakee.
Preceding her in death were her father and mother, Virgil and Sarah Lane; husband, J.B. Gray Sr.; sisters, Minnie P. Gray, Annie Ashford, Rosie Harrell and Mary Rosenthal; brother, Tommie Lane; her children, Clara Gray, J.B. Gray Jr., Michael Gray and Flora Gray; her grandchildren, Frankie Gray Jr., Seraphia Staples, Tovorie Gray and Aaron Gray.
Visitation for Sarah Ray Gray was held at 10 a.m. Monday, December 28, until the 11 a.m. funeral service at New Vision Missionary Baptist Church, 1501 E. Merchant St., Kankakee. Elder John Lane officiated for the service. Burial will be in Mound Grove Gardens of Memory, Kankakee.
Funeral arrangements are by Jones Funeral Home, Kankakee.
THE DAILY JOURNAL
KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS
December 24, 2020
Sarah Gray
RANTOUL — Sarah Ray Gray, 82, of Rantoul and formerly of Kankakee, passed away Saturday December 19, 2020, in Urbana, at Carle Foundation Hospital.
She was born March 29, 1938, in Brooksville, Miss., the daughter of Virgil Lane and Sarah Harris Lane. Sarah was married to J.B. Gray Sr. on November 19, 1954, in Brooksville, Mississippi.
Sarah had been a member at True Vine Church of God in Christ, Kankakee.
Surviving are her sons, Frankie (Rose) Gray, of Rantoul, and Andrew Gray, of Rantoul; daughters, Susie (Joseph) Brown, of Kankakee, Cathy Gray, of Rantoul, and Bernice Rosas, of Rantoul; sister, Frances (Forrest) Malone, of Brooksville, Mississippi; brothers, Abram (Mattie) Lane, of Kankakee, and John (Willie) Lane, of Kankakee.
Preceding her in death were her father and mother, Virgil and Sarah Lane; husband, J.B. Gray Sr.; sisters, Minnie P. Gray, Annie Ashford, Rosie Harrell and Mary Rosenthal; brother, Tommie Lane; her children, Clara Gray, J.B. Gray Jr., Michael Gray and Flora Gray; her grandchildren, Frankie Gray Jr., Seraphia Staples, Tovorie Gray and Aaron Gray.
Visitation for Sarah Ray Gray was held at 10 a.m. Monday, December 28, until the 11 a.m. funeral service at New Vision Missionary Baptist Church, 1501 E. Merchant St., Kankakee. Elder John Lane officiated for the service. Burial will be in Mound Grove Gardens of Memory, Kankakee.
Funeral arrangements are by Jones Funeral Home, Kankakee.
KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS
December 24, 2020
Sarah Gray
RANTOUL — Sarah Ray Gray, 82, of Rantoul and formerly of Kankakee, passed away Saturday December 19, 2020, in Urbana, at Carle Foundation Hospital.
She was born March 29, 1938, in Brooksville, Miss., the daughter of Virgil Lane and Sarah Harris Lane. Sarah was married to J.B. Gray Sr. on November 19, 1954, in Brooksville, Mississippi.
Sarah had been a member at True Vine Church of God in Christ, Kankakee.
Surviving are her sons, Frankie (Rose) Gray, of Rantoul, and Andrew Gray, of Rantoul; daughters, Susie (Joseph) Brown, of Kankakee, Cathy Gray, of Rantoul, and Bernice Rosas, of Rantoul; sister, Frances (Forrest) Malone, of Brooksville, Mississippi; brothers, Abram (Mattie) Lane, of Kankakee, and John (Willie) Lane, of Kankakee.
Preceding her in death were her father and mother, Virgil and Sarah Lane; husband, J.B. Gray Sr.; sisters, Minnie P. Gray, Annie Ashford, Rosie Harrell and Mary Rosenthal; brother, Tommie Lane; her children, Clara Gray, J.B. Gray Jr., Michael Gray and Flora Gray; her grandchildren, Frankie Gray Jr., Seraphia Staples, Tovorie Gray and Aaron Gray.
Visitation for Sarah Ray Gray was held at 10 a.m. Monday, December 28, until the 11 a.m. funeral service at New Vision Missionary Baptist Church, 1501 E. Merchant St., Kankakee. Elder John Lane officiated for the service. Burial will be in Mound Grove Gardens of Memory, Kankakee.
Funeral arrangements are by Jones Funeral Home, Kankakee.
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