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Obit for James posted by Ann Weber
Jan 28, 1938 - Feb 27, 2016
BARTLESVILLE
EXAMINER-ENTERPRISE
BARTLESVILLE, WASHINGTON CO, OK
(permission granted)
Mr. James Pete Gray was born January 28, 1938 at
home in a rural setting in southeast Washington
County to Reverend James Ben and Faith Gray. He
was the sixth child of a family of 14 siblings.
Pete passed from this life Saturday, February
27, 2016 at the age of 78 in Bartlesville,
Oklahoma.
Pete's childhood consisted of many activities,
being from a large family, including picking
lots of cotton, milking cows, etc. He attended
school at Bartlesville College High, worked for
Sandusky Cleaners.
Pete started his 'newspaper' career in 1955 at
The Examiner Enterprise, Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
He spent years as a Linotype Operator, Camera
Room Supervisor and Production Manager. Pete
retired June 2000, completing almost 45 years at
one company.
While living in Guthrie, Oklahoma, he met,
courted and married Carolyn Sue Donald September
21, 1959. They remained married for 49 years.
And then she went to heaven. One of the happiest
days was when they received their son Michael
into their lives.
Throughout Pete's life, he was a faithful church
member, strong faith and the power of prayer. He
was a kind and humble person
Pete is preceded in death by his parents, James
Ben and Faith Gray, his wife Carolyn Sue Gray,
two sisters, Marjorie Stone, Wanda Capps and 1
baby brother, Tommy Glenn Gray.
He is survived by one son, Michael David Gray
and his wife, Kelly Susanne Gray, and 3
grandchildren, Ashley, age 20, Hope, 19, Dakota,
17; 6 brothers, Jack, Bill, Ted, Don, Charles
and Wes Gray and 4 sisters, Nadine Roberts,
Louise Murray, Mary Hilton and Sue Drew and many
other cousins, nieces and nephews, etc.
The Gray family will receive guests Tuesday,
March 1, 2016 6- 8 pm at Stumpff Funeral Home.
Funeral Services will be held Wednesday, March
2, 2016 1 pm at New Life Pentecostal Holiness
Church under the direction of the Stumpff
Funeral Home & Crematory
Friends who wish, may sign the online guestbook
and leave condolences at
www.stumpff.org
Stumpff Funeral Home & Crematory
1600 Southeast Washington Boulevard
Bartlesville,
OK
74006
(918) 333-4300
Published in Examiner-Enterprise from Mar. 1 to
Mar. 31, 2016
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