Mr. Wilson Edward Gray, 99, passed away on Wednesday, February 11, 2015, at Christus Grace Home after a brief illness. Visitation will be held from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. on Friday, February 13, at Osborn Funeral Home. Funeral services will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 14, in the Chapel of Osborn. Interment will follow at Forest Park Cemetery with Full Military Honors by the Fort Polk Honor Guard. Mr. Gray was a native of West Union, West Virginia and a resident of Shreveport, LA for 92 years. He was a member of Broadmoor Presbyterian Church. He was a veteran of WWII. He retired from Libbey Owens Ford Glass Company after 37 years as a glass cutter. He was an avid golfer.
Mr. Gray was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 64 years, Opal Chevalier Gray; his parents, Edward and Sadie Gray; and his sister, Elizabeth Gray McCaa. He is survived by two daughters, Virginia Gray Cardot and husband, Jean-Pierre of Shreveport, LA and Kathryn Gray Tebbe and husband, Michael of Collierville, TN; three grandchildren, Kenton Tebbe and wife, Krista of Collierville, TN; Christina Tebbe Wiatr and husband, C.J. of Collierville, TN; and Caroline Tebbe Hobgood and husband, John of Shreveport, LA; seven great-grandchildren, Grace Tebbe, Sophia Tebbe, Stella Tebbe, Lily Wiatr, William Wiatr, Walter Wiatr of Collierville, TN and Elizabeth Hobgood of Shreveport, LA.
Pallbearers will be Kenton Tebbe, C. J. Wiatr, Dr. John Hobgood and Shane Cardot.
Mr. Gray was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 64 years, Opal Chevalier Gray; his parents, Edward and Sadie Gray; and his sister, Elizabeth Gray McCaa. He is survived by two daughters, Virginia Gray Cardot and husband, Jean-Pierre of Shreveport, LA and Kathryn Gray Tebbe and husband, Michael of Collierville, TN; three grandchildren, Kenton Tebbe and wife, Krista of Collierville, TN; Christina Tebbe Wiatr and husband, C.J. of Collierville, TN; and Caroline Tebbe Hobgood and husband, John of Shreveport, LA; seven great-grandchildren, Grace Tebbe, Sophia Tebbe, Stella Tebbe, Lily Wiatr, William Wiatr, Walter Wiatr of Collierville, TN and Elizabeth Hobgood of Shreveport, LA.
Pallbearers will be Kenton Tebbe, C. J. Wiatr, Dr. John Hobgood and Shane Cardot.
Mr. Wilson Edward Gray, 99, passed away on Wednesday, February 11, 2015, at Christus Grace Home after a brief illness. Visitation will be held from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. on Friday, February 13, at Osborn Funeral Home. Funeral services will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 14, in the Chapel of Osborn. Interment will follow at Forest Park Cemetery with Full Military Honors by the Fort Polk Honor Guard. Mr. Gray was a native of West Union, West Virginia and a resident of Shreveport, LA for 92 years. He was a member of Broadmoor Presbyterian Church. He was a veteran of WWII. He retired from Libbey Owens Ford Glass Company after 37 years as a glass cutter. He was an avid golfer.
Mr. Gray was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 64 years, Opal Chevalier Gray; his parents, Edward and Sadie Gray; and his sister, Elizabeth Gray McCaa. He is survived by two daughters, Virginia Gray Cardot and husband, Jean-Pierre of Shreveport, LA and Kathryn Gray Tebbe and husband, Michael of Collierville, TN; three grandchildren, Kenton Tebbe and wife, Krista of Collierville, TN; Christina Tebbe Wiatr and husband, C.J. of Collierville, TN; and Caroline Tebbe Hobgood and husband, John of Shreveport, LA; seven great-grandchildren, Grace Tebbe, Sophia Tebbe, Stella Tebbe, Lily Wiatr, William Wiatr, Walter Wiatr of Collierville, TN and Elizabeth Hobgood of Shreveport, LA.
Pallbearers will be Kenton Tebbe, C. J. Wiatr, Dr. John Hobgood and Shane Cardot.
Mr. Gray was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 64 years, Opal Chevalier Gray; his parents, Edward and Sadie Gray; and his sister, Elizabeth Gray McCaa. He is survived by two daughters, Virginia Gray Cardot and husband, Jean-Pierre of Shreveport, LA and Kathryn Gray Tebbe and husband, Michael of Collierville, TN; three grandchildren, Kenton Tebbe and wife, Krista of Collierville, TN; Christina Tebbe Wiatr and husband, C.J. of Collierville, TN; and Caroline Tebbe Hobgood and husband, John of Shreveport, LA; seven great-grandchildren, Grace Tebbe, Sophia Tebbe, Stella Tebbe, Lily Wiatr, William Wiatr, Walter Wiatr of Collierville, TN and Elizabeth Hobgood of Shreveport, LA.
Pallbearers will be Kenton Tebbe, C. J. Wiatr, Dr. John Hobgood and Shane Cardot.
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