The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Friday, February 7, 1997              TAG: 9702070674
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B3   EDITION: FINAL 
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SUFFOLK FIREFIGHTERS HONOR FALLEN COMRADE

ILLUSTRATION: JOHN H. SHEALLY II photosThe Virginian-Pilot

Firefighters stand at attention, above, as the family of Lt. Steven

Wayne Gray Sr. arrives for Thursday's graveside services for the

23-year veteran of the Suffolk Fire Department, who died Monday of

a heart attack. At left, flowers and a miniature fire truck mark the

grave of Gray, who was 42, at Holly Lawn Cemetery in Suffolk. In

addition to his duties as a firefighter, Gray had, for the past 10

years, owned and operated Gray's Painting and Wallpapering Co.


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