OBITUARY
WILLIAM L. "BILL" GRAY
GRAY, Funeral services for William L. "Bill" Gray, 56; Kathy L. Gray, 53; Chad
W. Gray, 23; Chase L. Gray, 20; Brooke A. Gray 17; all of Farmers Branch, Texas,
who died as the result of a fatal plane crash near McAlester, Okla., November
27, 2002, will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 5, 2002, at Prestonwood Baptist
Church. Reception to follow at the Trinity Christian Academy at 17001 Addison
Road in Addison. Bill Gray was born June 7, 1947, in Monett, the son of Donald
and Marjorie Brown Gray of Wentworth. He graduated in 1964 from Pierce City High
School and in 1969 from SMSU in Springfield, where he was a member of Sigma Phi
Epsilon Fraternity. He was president of Grayco Bank Products, Inc., in
Carrollton, Texas. His survivors include his mother, Marjorie Gray, Wentworth;
two brothers, Don Gray, Blue Springs, and Jerry Gray, Wentworth; two sisters,
Sue Haase, Pierce City, and Marti Garrett, Monett. Kathy Gray was born September
18, 1949, in Great Falls, Mont., the daughter of Jack and Lenore Nett MacRae.
She attended Great Falls Central High School and was a graduate of Eastern
Montana College in Billings. She was Vice President of Grayco Bank Products,
Inc., and a family counselor. She is survived by her mother, Lenore MacRae,
Great Falls, Mont.; two brothers, Mike MacRae, Post Falls, Idaho and David
MacRae, Kailua-Kona, HI; two sisters, Jayme Wilson, Las Vegas Nev. and Dianne
Peterson, Lolo, Mont. Chad Gray was born December 3, 1978 in Plano, Texas. He
attended the Trinity Christian Academy and was associated with the family
business. Chase Gray was born December 15, 1981 in Plano Texas. He attended the
Trinity Christian Academy and was a junior at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.
Brooke Gray was born December 17, 1984 in Plano, Texas. She was a senior at
Trinity Christian Academy. Their grandmothers, aunts, uncles and cousins survive
the children. The Gray family were members of the Prestonwood Baptist Church and
the Brookhaven Country Club. Memorials may be made to the Trinity Christian
Academy "Gray Family Scholarship Fund" 17001 Addison Road, Addison, TX,
75001-5096, or to the Prestonwood Baptist Church "Living Faith Youth Center
Building Program", 6801 W. Park Blvd., Plano, Texas, 75093.
Published in Dallas Morning News on Dec. 4, 2002 |