Obituary of Darlene Gray

Darlene Markham Gray Pasquotank County native Darlene Markham Gray, age 46, of 310 Bayview Drive, Stumpy Point, NC, died Sunday, September 7, 2003, at her residence. Mrs. Gray, a native of Pasquotank County, NC, was the wife of James Gray of the residence, and the daughter of Elma Quidley Markham of Elizabeth City, NC, and the late Ernest Harrell Markham. She was a homemaker and a Baptist. Besides her husband and mother, she is survived by a daughter, Tammy Byrum of Elizabeth City, NC; two step daughters, Sherry Jeffers and Terry House, both of Smithfield, VA; four sisters, Linda Robbins of Virginia Beach, VA, Sandra Fix of Charlottesville, VA, Gay Girdlestone of New York, NY, and Lisa Hall of Elizabeth City, NC; five brothers, Michael Markham of Fort Walton Beach, FL, Ronald Markham of Elizabeth City, NC, Donald Markham of Hertford, NC, Douglas Markham of Currituck, NC, and Ray Markham of Alabama; and two grandchildren. A graveside funeral service will be Wednesday, September 10, 2003, at 2:00 PM at West Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery with the Rev. the Rev. F. Joe Griffith officiating. The family will receive friends Tuesday evening from 7:00 to 8:30 at the funeral home and at other times at the residence of her sister, Mr. & Mrs. David Hall, 105 Ben Way, Elizabeth City, NC. Twiford’s Memorial Chapel, 405 East Church Street, Elizabeth City, NC, is in charge of arrangements