RET Gunnery SGT George Albert Gray USMC
Saturday, March 24, 2012 at 9:46PM ANDERSON- George Albert Gray, 77, of 117 Murphy Rd. husband of Joan Thomas Gray, died March 22, 2012 at AnMed Health Medical Center.
Born February 21, 1935 in Anderson, he was the son of the late William Albert and Edith Adams Gray. He was retired from the US Marine Corps where he served three tours in Vietnam and one tour in Korea. Upon his retirement from the USMC he was a heavy equipment technician instructor. He was also a heavy equipment operator with the City of Anderson. George was a Sunday School Teacher and led many Mission Study groups. He was a member of Shiloh Baptist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Joan Thomas Gray of the home, daughter, Ramona G. Bowles and husband Gerard of Union, sons, John David Gray and wife, Carol Lisa of Anderson and Ace William Gray and wife, Sheila of Cleveland, GA, grandchildren, Ken Winchester, Adam Gray, Amber LaChappell, Chelsea Gray, Meghan Gray, Chivas Bowles and Aimee Jenkins and great granddaughter, Emma Riley Winchester.
Graveside services will be held at 2PM, Sunday at Roberts Presbyterian Church Cemetery with Rev. John Davis officiating. Military Rites will be conducted by the Campbell Patriots Honor Guard. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8PM Saturday at Sullivan-King Mortuary, Northeast Chapel, 3205 Hwy 81 N.
Flowers are optional, memorials may be made to Meals on Wheels, P.O. Box 285, Anderson, SC 29622.
SULLIVAN-KING MORTUARY and CREMATORY, www.sullivanking.com
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