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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, March 13, 1993                   TAG: 9303150163
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
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OBIT GRAY, JAMES HOWARD ("MUTT")

GRAY, James Howard ("Mutt"), 72, of Route 1, Blue Ridge, passed away Thursday, March 11, 1993 in a local hospital. Survivors include his wife, Mary Virginia Hall Gray; one son and daughter-in-law, H. W. (Wes) and Marian L. Gray, Thaxton; stepson and wife, Walter Curtis and Frances Hall, Staunton; two sisters, Maxine Atkins, Roanoke, Shirley Miller Brenham; three grandchildren; five stepgrandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Sunday, March 14, 1993 from the Lotz Vinton Chapel. The Rev. Terry Hodge and the Rev. Greg Reynolds will officiate. Burial to follow in Glade Creek Cemetery, Blue Ridge. Friends may call at Lotz Vinton Chapel.

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