Logan Gray
(October 25, 1916 - February 28, 2013)
U.S. Veteran Harvey L. Gray, 96, of Buckeye, AZ passed away Thursday February 28, 2013 at the Heart Hospital in Phoenix, AZ.
Harvey Logan Gray was born October 25, 1916 west of Mulhall, OK on the Gray/Bellille-Beleele homesteads. He was 4th of five children, three girls and two boys born to Harvey McClain and Julia Ann (Bellille/Beleele) Gray. Logan grew up farming with his father in Oklahoma.
He left for California in 1939. He trained with and worked for Douglas Aircraft in Long Beach until 1942, when he married Virginia Gardner on May 17, 1942 in Las Vegas, NV.
Harvey transferred to the Douglas plant in Tulsa,OK.
He was drafted immediately, and enlisted in the Navy. Harvey was a WW II combat veteran, having served in the U.S. Navy on the aircraft carrier USS Manila Bay from 1943-1946. Returning from service, Harvey worked as a mechanic, first for Dale Wilson Chevrolet in Marshall, OK, and then for Cummins Engine Company in Indianapolis, IN.
In 1958, the Gray's moved to Page, Arizona, where Logan worked as a heavy duty mechanic on Glen Canyon Dam alongside his brother-in-law, Henry Keele, while Virginia served the community as Second Grade Teacher for Page Accommodation Schools, and they both became "Page Pioneers", along with Virginia's younger sister, Lauretta (Gardner) Keele, and her family, helping to birth "America's Last Frontier" -- Page, Arizona. (The Keeles lived and worked in Page about the same time as Virginia and Logan.)
He and Virginia moved to Orofino, ID in 1966, where they owned and operated Clearwater Court while Logan worked on the nearby Dworshak Dam.
Then it was back to Page, Arizona in 1971, where he worked on the APS Navajo power plant.
He moved to Wintersburg, AZ in 1975 and was employed by Bechtel during the construction of Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station.
After retiring in 1981, Logan and Virginia lived in Crescent, OK for a few years but moved back to Buckeye, AZ in 1988.
Logan enjoyed fishing and wood working. He liked to travel with the Good Sams and visit with family and friends. He was a 32nd degree Mason and life member of the Crescent, OK Masonic Lodge . He was a member of the Crescent Rebekah's and Odd Fellows, American Legion, VFW and Teamsters Union. Logan attended many USS Manila Bay reunions and served on the reunion committee. He was an active member of the Community Church of Buckeye UMC in Buckeye, AZ.
Logan was preceded in death by his parents and all of his siblings: Evelyn Gray, Ina Kimberling, Lenora Phelan and Cecil Gray; nephew James Kimberling and niece Jacquelynn Horn.
Logan Gray
(October 25, 1916 - February 28, 2013)
U.S. Veteran Harvey L. Gray, 96, of Buckeye, AZ passed away Thursday February 28, 2013 at the Heart Hospital in Phoenix, AZ.
Harvey Logan Gray was born October 25, 1916 west of Mulhall, OK on the Gray/Bellille-Beleele homesteads. He was 4th of five children, three girls and two boys born to Harvey McClain and Julia Ann (Bellille/Beleele) Gray. Logan grew up farming with his father in Oklahoma.
He left for California in 1939. He trained with and worked for Douglas Aircraft in Long Beach until 1942, when he married Virginia Gardner on May 17, 1942 in Las Vegas, NV.
Harvey transferred to the Douglas plant in Tulsa,OK.
He was drafted immediately, and enlisted in the Navy. Harvey was a WW II combat veteran, having served in the U.S. Navy on the aircraft carrier USS Manila Bay from 1943-1946. Returning from service, Harvey worked as a mechanic, first for Dale Wilson Chevrolet in Marshall, OK, and then for Cummins Engine Company in Indianapolis, IN.
In 1958, the Gray's moved to Page, Arizona, where Logan worked as a heavy duty mechanic on Glen Canyon Dam alongside his brother-in-law, Henry Keele, while Virginia served the community as Second Grade Teacher for Page Accommodation Schools, and they both became "Page Pioneers", along with Virginia's younger sister, Lauretta (Gardner) Keele, and her family, helping to birth "America's Last Frontier" -- Page, Arizona. (The Keeles lived and worked in Page about the same time as Virginia and Logan.)
He and Virginia moved to Orofino, ID in 1966, where they owned and operated Clearwater Court while Logan worked on the nearby Dworshak Dam.
Then it was back to Page, Arizona in 1971, where he worked on the APS Navajo power plant.
He moved to Wintersburg, AZ in 1975 and was employed by Bechtel during the construction of Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station.
After retiring in 1981, Logan and Virginia lived in Crescent, OK for a few years but moved back to Buckeye, AZ in 1988.
Logan enjoyed fishing and wood working. He liked to travel with the Good Sams and visit with family and friends. He was a 32nd degree Mason and life member of the Crescent, OK Masonic Lodge . He was a member of the Crescent Rebekah's and Odd Fellows, American Legion, VFW and Teamsters Union. Logan attended many USS Manila Bay reunions and served on the reunion committee. He was an active member of the Community Church of Buckeye UMC in Buckeye, AZ.
Logan was preceded in death by his parents and all of his siblings: Evelyn Gray, Ina Kimberling, Lenora Phelan and Cecil Gray; nephew James Kimberling and niece Jacquelynn Horn.
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