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Submitted: 6/10/22 • Approved: 6/11/22 • Last Updated: 6/14/22 • R519408-G519406-S3
C.B. “Jack” Gray
March 11, 1916-November 21, 1998
Dad & Pap pa
Cora G. “Trudie” Trimble Gray
March 25, 1926-September 2, 2013
Mom & Mam ma
Married Dec. 12, 1942
Married 56 years
Our flesh and our hearts may fail, but God is our strength.
Mandi, Allison, Rodney, Steven, Lezlie
*Photo, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary C. B. “Jack”
Memorial services for Cecil B. "Jack" Gray, 82, of Hereford were 2:30 Tuesday at the Avenue Baptist Church with Rev. Jim Bulin, pastor officiating. Burial was in West Park Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Gililland-Watson Funeral Home.
Mr. Gray died Saturday at Hereford Regional Medical Center.
He was born March 11, 1916, in Petty, Texas to Sam Bostice Gray and Cora Lee Locke Gray. He married Trudy Trimble on Dec. 12, 1942, in Munday. He was a member of the Avenue Baptist Church and was a pump rig foreman for Water Industries for 30 years.
Survivors include his wife, Trudy; one son, Sam Gray of Rodney, Mich.; three daughters, Billie Anne Wilson, of Amarillo, Jackie Warren and Vicki Yocum of Hereford; one brother: A.B. "Red" Gray of Canyon; two sisters, Reathal Hawthorne, of Canyon, and Billie McDowell of Hereford; seven grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials to Avenue Baptist Church or a favorite charity.
(Published in The Hereford Brand, 98th Year, Vol. Number 102, Deaf Smith County, Texas, Tuesday, November 24, 1998, Page 2)
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U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Cecil Bostic Gray
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 24
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 11 Mar 1916
Birth Place: Petty, Texas, USA
Residence Place: Roxton, Lamar, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
Registration Place: Roxton, Lamar, Texas, USA
Weight: 162
Complexion: Light Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 11
Next of Kin: Coralee Gray
Household Members:
Name Relationship
Cecil Bostic Gray Self (Head)
Coralee Gray Mother
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Cecil Gray
Death Date: 21 Nov 1998
Death County: Deaf Smith
Gender: Male
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Cecil Boston Gray
[Cecil Bostic Gray]
[Cecil Gray]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 11 Mar 1916
Birth Place: Petty Lamar, Texas
Death Date: 21 Nov 1998
Father: Samuel B Gray
Mother: Cora L Locke
Notes: Jul 1940: Name listed as CECIL BOSTON GRAY; Jan 1969: Name listed as CECIL BOSTIC GRAY; 01 Dec 1998: Name listed as CECIL B GRAY
*Obituary Cora G. “Trudie”
A Celebration of Life Memorial Service will be at 1:00 p.m., Thurs., Sept. 5th at Avenue Baptist Church with Pastor Billy Joe Wall officiating. A private family committal will precede the service at West Park Cemetery. The family will greet friends at the funeral home on Wed., Sept. 4th from 6 to 8 p.m. Services are under the direction of Hereford Heritage Funeral Home, 411 E. 6th St.
Cora G. "Trudie" Gray was born March 25, 1926 in Goree, TX to parents, Elmer E. and Eva Bartlett Trimble. She married Cecil B. "Jack" Gray in 1942 at Munday, TX. Cora worked as a Food Service Director at HISD until her retirement in 1991. She belonged to Avenue Baptist Church and the Kingdom Seekers Sunday School Class. She loved to cook and spend time with her family.
Cora is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, one son, Sam Gray and one daughter, Jackie Warren.
Cora is survived by two daughters, Billie Willson and husband Leroy of Amarillo and Vicki Yocum and husband John of Hereford; three brothers, Bill and Bobby Jack Trimble, both of Midland and J. H. Trimble of Lubbock; three sisters, Loy Mercer and JoAnn Vaughn, both of Slaton and Joy Lester of Amarillo; 8 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; four great-great grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to a favorite charity.
(Published by Hereford Heritage Funeral Home, September 3, 2013)
Contributed on 6/10/22 by neldapat
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