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James Arthur Gray

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James Arthur Gray

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19 Jan 2004 (aged 62)
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Opelika, Lee County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
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Opelika-Auburn News, January 22, 2004

Funeral services for Mr. James Arthur Gray, 62, of Opelika will be held Saturday, January 24, 2004 at 1:00 P.M. from Bethesda Baptist with interment in Memory Hill Cemetery. Rev. Herbert Slaughter will officiate.

Mr. Gray passed away Monday, January 19, 2004 at the East Alabama Medical Center. He was a member of Bethesda Baptist Church and it's Finance Committee. In 1959, he graduated from J.W. Darden High School. He was an Air Force veteran and a member of the V.F. W. Post 5732. Mr. Gray graduated from Opelika Technical School as a welder. Until his health declined, he was a supervisor at Opelika Welding Company. He was also a Mason.

A family hour will be held Friday at 6:00 P.M. His remains will lie in state at the church one hour prior to the service.

Survivors include his wife, Leslie Ross Gray, Opelika; daughters, Julia D. Ruiz, Riverdale, GA; Vanessa R. (Royzell) Hardnett and Carla B. (Randall) Lipscomb both of Opelika; grandchildren, Roytavious Hardnett, Shakierra Hardnett, Rodriquez Hardnett, Nakalia Hardnett and Starra Gray all of Opelika; Jonathan Ruiz and James Ruiz both of Riverdale, GA; sister, Lurlene (Erroll Effatt) Dixon, Fayetteville, GA;; brothers, Abram Gray, Atlanta, GA; Gabriel (Earnestine) Gray, College Park, GA; Larry (Delquitta) Gray, Opelika, AL; aunts, Ruth Gray, Opelika, AL; Marion Gray, Cincinnati, OH; caring friends Margaret Mitchell, Geneva Marshall and Henry Hodge, all of Opelika, AL; several nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Peterson and Williams Funeral Home is directing.
Opelika-Auburn News, January 22, 2004

Funeral services for Mr. James Arthur Gray, 62, of Opelika will be held Saturday, January 24, 2004 at 1:00 P.M. from Bethesda Baptist with interment in Memory Hill Cemetery. Rev. Herbert Slaughter will officiate.

Mr. Gray passed away Monday, January 19, 2004 at the East Alabama Medical Center. He was a member of Bethesda Baptist Church and it's Finance Committee. In 1959, he graduated from J.W. Darden High School. He was an Air Force veteran and a member of the V.F. W. Post 5732. Mr. Gray graduated from Opelika Technical School as a welder. Until his health declined, he was a supervisor at Opelika Welding Company. He was also a Mason.

A family hour will be held Friday at 6:00 P.M. His remains will lie in state at the church one hour prior to the service.

Survivors include his wife, Leslie Ross Gray, Opelika; daughters, Julia D. Ruiz, Riverdale, GA; Vanessa R. (Royzell) Hardnett and Carla B. (Randall) Lipscomb both of Opelika; grandchildren, Roytavious Hardnett, Shakierra Hardnett, Rodriquez Hardnett, Nakalia Hardnett and Starra Gray all of Opelika; Jonathan Ruiz and James Ruiz both of Riverdale, GA; sister, Lurlene (Erroll Effatt) Dixon, Fayetteville, GA;; brothers, Abram Gray, Atlanta, GA; Gabriel (Earnestine) Gray, College Park, GA; Larry (Delquitta) Gray, Opelika, AL; aunts, Ruth Gray, Opelika, AL; Marion Gray, Cincinnati, OH; caring friends Margaret Mitchell, Geneva Marshall and Henry Hodge, all of Opelika, AL; several nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Peterson and Williams Funeral Home is directing.

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  • Maintained by: Jake
  • Originally Created by: Anonymous
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9082595/james_arthur-gray: accessed ), memorial page for James Arthur Gray (4 Feb 1941–19 Jan 2004), Find a Grave Memorial ID 9082595, citing Memory Hill Cemetery, Opelika, Lee County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Jake (contributor 49316051).