Ruffin Walker Gray, the second son of Oren O. and Mrs. Lou R. Gray died at St. Francis Sanitarium in Monroe Monday night, a victim of tuberculosis of the liver.
Mr. Gray was about forty years old and a native of Caldwell parish, but his home had been in Monroe for several years where he was employed by the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern R.R. Co., as general freight agent. To live honestly, to hurt no one and to render unto every man his dues was a precept so well rooted in the life of Ruffin Gray that those who knew him, accepted his declarations as the truth, his every day life as a symbol of integrity and his obligation as an equivalent of fulfilment. His devotion to duty and his love of the right, were the outstanding characteristics of his life, as is witnessed by the universal esteem in which he was held by those who came into business and social contact with him. Hereafter if some one shall ask, where is Ruffin Gray? His friends will say that he is dead, but:
"There is no death, the stars go down,
To Rise upon some fairer shore,
And bright in Heaven's jeweled crown,
They shine forevermore."
Published in The Caldwell Watchman, December 1, 1916
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The remains of Ruffin W. Gray of Monroe, was brought to Grayson Tuesday morning and laid to rest that afternoon in the Welcome Home Cemetery. Mr. Gray was an old citizen of Caldwell parish and was held in the highest esteem by all who knew him.
He leaves a wife and baby, a number of brothers and sisters, father, mother and a host of friends to mourn his loss.
Published in The Caldwell Watchman, December 1, 1916
Mr. Gray was about forty years old and a native of Caldwell parish, but his home had been in Monroe for several years where he was employed by the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern R.R. Co., as general freight agent. To live honestly, to hurt no one and to render unto every man his dues was a precept so well rooted in the life of Ruffin Gray that those who knew him, accepted his declarations as the truth, his every day life as a symbol of integrity and his obligation as an equivalent of fulfilment. His devotion to duty and his love of the right, were the outstanding characteristics of his life, as is witnessed by the universal esteem in which he was held by those who came into business and social contact with him. Hereafter if some one shall ask, where is Ruffin Gray? His friends will say that he is dead, but:
"There is no death, the stars go down,
To Rise upon some fairer shore,
And bright in Heaven's jeweled crown,
They shine forevermore."
Published in The Caldwell Watchman, December 1, 1916
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The remains of Ruffin W. Gray of Monroe, was brought to Grayson Tuesday morning and laid to rest that afternoon in the Welcome Home Cemetery. Mr. Gray was an old citizen of Caldwell parish and was held in the highest esteem by all who knew him.
He leaves a wife and baby, a number of brothers and sisters, father, mother and a host of friends to mourn his loss.
Published in The Caldwell Watchman, December 1, 1916
Ruffin Walker Gray, the second son of Oren O. and Mrs. Lou R. Gray died at St. Francis Sanitarium in Monroe Monday night, a victim of tuberculosis of the liver.
Mr. Gray was about forty years old and a native of Caldwell parish, but his home had been in Monroe for several years where he was employed by the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern R.R. Co., as general freight agent. To live honestly, to hurt no one and to render unto every man his dues was a precept so well rooted in the life of Ruffin Gray that those who knew him, accepted his declarations as the truth, his every day life as a symbol of integrity and his obligation as an equivalent of fulfilment. His devotion to duty and his love of the right, were the outstanding characteristics of his life, as is witnessed by the universal esteem in which he was held by those who came into business and social contact with him. Hereafter if some one shall ask, where is Ruffin Gray? His friends will say that he is dead, but:
"There is no death, the stars go down,
To Rise upon some fairer shore,
And bright in Heaven's jeweled crown,
They shine forevermore."
Published in The Caldwell Watchman, December 1, 1916
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The remains of Ruffin W. Gray of Monroe, was brought to Grayson Tuesday morning and laid to rest that afternoon in the Welcome Home Cemetery. Mr. Gray was an old citizen of Caldwell parish and was held in the highest esteem by all who knew him.
He leaves a wife and baby, a number of brothers and sisters, father, mother and a host of friends to mourn his loss.
Published in The Caldwell Watchman, December 1, 1916
Mr. Gray was about forty years old and a native of Caldwell parish, but his home had been in Monroe for several years where he was employed by the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern R.R. Co., as general freight agent. To live honestly, to hurt no one and to render unto every man his dues was a precept so well rooted in the life of Ruffin Gray that those who knew him, accepted his declarations as the truth, his every day life as a symbol of integrity and his obligation as an equivalent of fulfilment. His devotion to duty and his love of the right, were the outstanding characteristics of his life, as is witnessed by the universal esteem in which he was held by those who came into business and social contact with him. Hereafter if some one shall ask, where is Ruffin Gray? His friends will say that he is dead, but:
"There is no death, the stars go down,
To Rise upon some fairer shore,
And bright in Heaven's jeweled crown,
They shine forevermore."
Published in The Caldwell Watchman, December 1, 1916
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The remains of Ruffin W. Gray of Monroe, was brought to Grayson Tuesday morning and laid to rest that afternoon in the Welcome Home Cemetery. Mr. Gray was an old citizen of Caldwell parish and was held in the highest esteem by all who knew him.
He leaves a wife and baby, a number of brothers and sisters, father, mother and a host of friends to mourn his loss.
Published in The Caldwell Watchman, December 1, 1916
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