He served in the Navy during the Korean Conflict and in peacetime (from October 20,1953 to October 3, 1957. After the Navy, he became a carpenter and construction foreman in Illinois. He retired to Elberta, Alabama in 1986 where he ran a successful pressure washing business.
His favorite past times were fishing, beachcombing, and playing a good game of cards with his family. He was a jokester.
He is survived by his son, Brad Gray (Julia); two daughters, Audrey Bridges and Nadine Sigrist; two sisters, Elaine M Gray and Lea Barker; one brother, William O Burrelle; eight grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his dad, Edgar Franklin Gray (step-mom Martha M. Gray); his mother, Edna M Burrelle (step-dad Wilford William Burrelle); his wife, Nancy Jo Chrenko Gray; and a sister, Anne M Burrelle.
He served in the Navy during the Korean Conflict and in peacetime (from October 20,1953 to October 3, 1957. After the Navy, he became a carpenter and construction foreman in Illinois. He retired to Elberta, Alabama in 1986 where he ran a successful pressure washing business.
His favorite past times were fishing, beachcombing, and playing a good game of cards with his family. He was a jokester.
He is survived by his son, Brad Gray (Julia); two daughters, Audrey Bridges and Nadine Sigrist; two sisters, Elaine M Gray and Lea Barker; one brother, William O Burrelle; eight grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his dad, Edgar Franklin Gray (step-mom Martha M. Gray); his mother, Edna M Burrelle (step-dad Wilford William Burrelle); his wife, Nancy Jo Chrenko Gray; and a sister, Anne M Burrelle.
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