Gray, Harold M

Harold M Gray

Born Aug. 15, 1921 in Craig, MO

Died Mar. 14, 2000 in Saint Joseph, MO

Harold M. Gray, 78, of Mound City, MO., formerly of Craig and St. Joseph, Mo., passed away on Tuesday, March 14, 2000, at a St. Joseph hospital.
Mr. Gray spent most of his life as a retail Mobile Oil Co. dealer in Craig. During World War II, he served in the Air Force.
Born on a farm north of Craig on Aug. 1, 1921, he lived in St. Joseph for a short time. He spent most of his life in Craig and was a resident of a Mound City health-care center for 1 1/2 years.
He was a graduate of the Craig high school. Mr. Gray was a member of the Presbyterian Church, Kiwanis Club, Story-Hardin American Legion Post No. 164, and Masonic Lodge, all of Craig. He served on the board of the Bank of Craig and as a sexton for the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery.
On Oct. 13, 1939, he married Joan Walkup. She survives at the same health-care center in Mound City.
Mr. Gray was preceded in death by his parents, Edgar and Maud; four brothers, Dean, Don, Carl and Emery; a sister, Doris Cooper; and a grandchild.
Additional survivors; two daughters, Jackye Sprague, Harrisonville, Mo., and Pam Nowling, Vacaville, Calif.; a brother, Ralph, Craig; three sisters, Edna Griffin, Victorville, Calif., and Marion Ingram and Hope Helfers, both of Craig; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Services were held on Saturday, March 18, 2000, at Presbyterian Church, Craig, Mo.
Burial: Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery, Craig, Mo.
Arrangements: Schooler Funeral Home, Craig, Mo.
Source: St. Joseph MO News-Press, March 16, 2000, Page B2.

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