The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
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DATE: Wednesday, June 21, 1995               TAG: 9506210470
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                            LENGTH: Short :   26 lines

WILLIAM H. GRAY

William Henry Gray, 77, of 555 Liberty St., died June 17, 1995, in a local hospital.

He was a native of Pitt County, N.C., and was a retired sexton of the Church of the Good Shepherd.

Survivors include his wife, Mary E. Gray; one daughter, Joyce Ann Cross of Scotch Plains, N.J.; two sons, William K. Gray of Norfolk and Keith M. Gray of Hampton; his mother, Ada Dupree Gray; three sisters, Thelma Grant of Rocky Mount, N.C., Mary Bryant of Chesapeake, and Ada Mae Pulley of Rocky Mount, N.C.; two brothers, Lloyd Douglas Gray of Bronx, N.Y., and Dr. Clayton Gray Jr. of Lake Forrest, Ill.; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Pretlow and Sons Funeral Home, Chesapeake. Burial will be in Riverside Memorial Park. There will be an informal wake today from 7 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.

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