Robert Gray, Sr obituary

Robert Gray Sr, obituary

Robert Gray Sr., 77, died today at 1:30 am in Memorial Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee, after an illness of two years. He was a retired pipe fitter and resided in Old Hickory, Tennessee.

Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 2 pm, at McReynolds Chapel by the Rev. T. W. Mayhew. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.

Mr. Gray was born in Montgomery County August 20, 1890, and has spent most of his life here. He was the son of the late Henry C. and Lillie Flack Gray. His wife, Ida Bell Davis Gray, died March 9, 1944.

Survivors are a son, Robert Gray, Jr., Old Hickory, Tennessee; a brother, William D. Gray, Louisville, Ky.; a sister, Mrs. Forest Rorie, Madison, Ind.; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Nephews will serve as pallbearers.

Source: Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle (Clarksville, TN) clipping obtained from June Gray's black scrapbook, 2011