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Submitted: 10/15/21 • Approved: 10/15/21 • Last Updated: 10/18/21 • R463303-G0-S3
June 25, 1925-February 15, 1994
Please see military marker
Shared stone with Loreta F.
Married March 10, 1950
Inscribed on back of headstone:
Louis and Loreta Grayson
Parents of:
Debbie
Terry
Johnny
*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Louis Wayne Grayson, 68, died Tuesday, Feb. 15, 1994, in Wheeler.
Services were at 2 p.m. Friday in the Allison School. Elder Jack Hays of Wheeler and Clyde Dukes of Allison officiated. Burial was in the Wheeler Cemetery by Wright Funeral Home of Wheeler.
Mr. Grayson was born in Paris, Texas. He was a veteran, servicing with the Navy during World War II. He married Reta Aderholt in 1950 at Allison. He moved to Allison in 1937 from Reydon, Okla. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge in Wheeler. He was the Wheeler County Democratic chairman for several years and served on the Parkview Hospital Board of Directors for 26 years. A farmer and rancher, he was employed by Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service for 30 years, retiring in 1980.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Terry Grayson and Johnny Grayson, both of Allison; a daughter, Deborah Jones of Allison; four brothers, Cecil Grayson of Lexington, Okla., Erskin Grayson of Allison, David Grayson of Sayre, Okla., and Bobby Joe Grayson of Spearman; two sisters, Gladys Hastie of Sayre and Margilu Reynolds of Reydon; eight grandchildren; and two step-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Everett Dollar, Bob Dukes, Boyd Huff, Bill Robetson [sic], Clifton Taylor and Dean Tipps.
Honorary Pallbearers were Bob Cornell, Rondal Evens, Jerry Hefley, Leon Lane, Verne Lohberger, Bob Markham, Bill Morrison and Zeland Rainey.
The family request memorials be to the American Cancer Society.
(Published in The Wheeler Times, Wheeler, Texas, Volume 60, Number 13, Thursday, February 24, 1994, Page 1)
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Louis Wayne Grayson
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 18
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 29 Jun 1925
Birth Place: Paris, Texas, USA
Residence Place: Allison, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 29 Jun 1943
Registration Place: Allison, Texas, USA
Employer: Murch Jarvis
Height: 5 7
Weight: 135
Complexion: Light
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Blue
Next of Kin: Hattie Grayson
Household Members Age Relationship
Louis Wayne Grayson 18 Self (Head)
Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Louis Grayson
Death Date: 15 Feb 1994
Death County: Wheeler
Gender: Male
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Louis Wayne Grayson [Louis Grayson]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 29 Jun 1925
Birth Place: Paris Lamar, Texas
Death Date: 15 Feb 1994
Father: Robert P Grayson
Mother: Hattie Norrell
Notes: Mar 1943: Name listed as LOUIS WAYNE GRAYSON; 26 Feb 1994: Name listed as LOUIS GRAYSON
Contributed on 10/15/21
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