Obituary of Wallace R. Gray

BUXTON, NC WALLACE R. GRAY, 81, of Buxton, NC, died Saturday, February 7, 2004, in a Barco, NC nursing home. Mr. Gray was a retired Attorney in Manteo and was also a Developer in later years. He graduated from the University of North Carolina with a Law Degree and was a veteran, having served in as a Radioman in the U.S. Coast Guard during WWII in the north and south Pacific. Mr. Gray was the son of the late Charles Poole and Odessa Jennette Gray and was the husband of the late Margaret Creef Gray. Mr. Gray is survived by a sister, Janet G. Finnegan of Buxton, NC; three brothers, Thomas B. Gray and wife, Winnie, H. Curtis Gray and wife, Olga ‘Pete’, and Jack S. Gray and wife, Mary, all of Buxton, NC. Funeral services will be held at the Buxton United Methodist Church on Monday, February 9, 2004 at 1:00 pm with Rev. Charles Moseley officiating. Burial will follow in the Quidley Cemetery, Buxton. The family will receive friends at the church on Sunday evening from 6:30 to 8:30 pm and at other times at the home of Jack & Mary Gray, Hwy 12, Buxton. Twiford’s Island Chapel, Hatteras is assisting the family with arrangements. Visit www.twifordfh.com to sign the online register.