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Submitted: 1/31/21 • Approved: 1/31/21 • Last Updated: 2/3/21 • R384520-G384520-S3
O.L.
1921-2005
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Vivian I.
1919-1996
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Photo courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
Obituary for O.L.
FRITCH - O.L. Gray, 83, died Saturday, Feb. 12, 2005, in Amarillo.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Church of Christ at Borger with Richard Kasko, minister of Fritch Church of Christ, and Stan Mitchell, minister, officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park by Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Mr. Gray was born April 9, 1921, in Gray, Okla. He had lived in Fritch for 37 years, moving here from Borger. He was a stillman helper at Phillips Petroleum. He served in the Army during World War II. He married Vivian Legate on Sept. 13, 1941, in Cordell, Okla.
He was preceded in death by his wife; a brother; a daughter, Betty Porter; a sister; and a grandson, Michael Gray.
Survivors include two sons, O.L. Gray Jr. and Terry Gray and wife, Julie, of Fritch; two brothers, C.O. Gray of Fritch and Clifton Gray of Peckom, Okla.; nine grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be made through the Church of Christ at Borger to Zimbabwe Orphans Fund, P.O. Box 3364, Borger, TX 79008; or High Plains Children's Home in Amarillo.
The family will be at 215 Tumbleweed in Borger.
Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 15, 2005
Obituary for Vivian
FRITCH - Vivian Gray, 77, died Tuesday, August 20, 1996, in her home.
Funeral services and burial are pending arrangements with Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
She was a native of Little Rock, Ark., and had been a Fritch resident for 28 years, moving there from Borger.
She was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ of Borger. She was a member of the Home Demonstration Club.
She married O.L. Gray on September 13, 1941, in Cordell, Okla.
She was preceded in death by a grandson, Michael Gray.
Survivors include her husband; two sons, O.L. Gray, Jr., of El Paso and Terry Gray of Borger; a daughter, Betty Porter of Lamarque; a brother, Carl Legate of Bunkerhill, Ill.; two sisters, Sue Lindsey of Corinth, Miss., and Geneva Wilson of Gutier, Miss.; nine grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and one great-great granddaughter.
Memorials may be made to the High Plains Childrens' Home in Amarillo.
(Published in Borger News Herald, August 20, 1996)
Contributed on 1/31/21 by neldapat
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