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Flora Adele <I>Gray</I> Day

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Flora Adele Gray Day

Birth
Slocum, Anderson County, Texas, USA
Death
26 May 1968 (aged 87)
Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA
Burial
Roswell, Chaves County, New Mexico, USA Add to Map
Plot
40-N70-1
Memorial ID
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Flora Adele Gray was the oldest daughter of James Frank Gray and Martha Mattie Denson.

Married John F Day on 16 Apr 1902.

They had four children:
Gilbert Gray Day
Alto Pearl Day nee Day
John Frank Day Jr.
Carl Russell Day

She was a school teacher in Anderson Co., TX before she married. About 1903 the family moved to Eden, Concho Co., TX where Flora became a homemaker. In 1929 the wife of her son, Gilbert G Day, was killed in a tragic car-train accident in Whittier, CA leaving a two-year-old granddaughter, JoAnn Day. Flora insisted on raising JoAnn, and kept her for about 8 years until JoAnn entered the 5th grade, at which time JoAnn re-joined her father who had re-married. Every summer JoAnn returned to the Day Ranch until she was married.

Flora was the homemaker of a merchant, farmer, and rancher. She endured many hardships on the ranch in the late 1930's. A strong-willed woman who believed in a good education for her children and grandchildren, she made a strong loving impression on all her grandchildren [including this author].
Flora Adele Gray was the oldest daughter of James Frank Gray and Martha Mattie Denson.

Married John F Day on 16 Apr 1902.

They had four children:
Gilbert Gray Day
Alto Pearl Day nee Day
John Frank Day Jr.
Carl Russell Day

She was a school teacher in Anderson Co., TX before she married. About 1903 the family moved to Eden, Concho Co., TX where Flora became a homemaker. In 1929 the wife of her son, Gilbert G Day, was killed in a tragic car-train accident in Whittier, CA leaving a two-year-old granddaughter, JoAnn Day. Flora insisted on raising JoAnn, and kept her for about 8 years until JoAnn entered the 5th grade, at which time JoAnn re-joined her father who had re-married. Every summer JoAnn returned to the Day Ranch until she was married.

Flora was the homemaker of a merchant, farmer, and rancher. She endured many hardships on the ranch in the late 1930's. A strong-willed woman who believed in a good education for her children and grandchildren, she made a strong loving impression on all her grandchildren [including this author].


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  • Created by: John Day 3
  • Added: Nov 27, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62223017/flora_adele-day: accessed ), memorial page for Flora Adele Gray Day (3 Oct 1880–26 May 1968), Find a Grave Memorial ID 62223017, citing South Park Cemetery, Roswell, Chaves County, New Mexico, USA; Maintained by John Day 3 (contributor 47389788).