Larry Gray
Larry Gray, 78, a resident of Woodland Mills, died Sept. 15, 2021, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City.
Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Monday at Woodland Mills First Baptist Church. The Rev. Eric Burress officiated.
Burial followed in Obion County Memorial Gardens.
White-Ranson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers were Tommy Mathis, Barry Bell, Bill Hutchison, Gerald Scarbrough, Cress Harris, Todd Isbell, Brennan Wicker and Donnie Tucker.
Honorary pallbearers were Mike Hampton, Tim Partin, Danny Isbell, Wilford Denton, Sammy McCollum, Billy Garrigan and Neil Glover.
The family received friends from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Monday at the church.
Mr. Gray was born on April 14, 1943, in Union City to the late Olon and Louise (Hayes) Gray.
He was the owner and operator of Gray Farms. On May 23, 1964, he married Brenda Robertson. She passed away May 23, 2021.
He was a member of Woodland Mills First Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon for 49 years. Mr. Larry was a former president of Obion Farmers Co-Op, former bank board director of Woodland Mills Farmers Bank and former road commissioner.
The family requests memorials be sent to Woodland Mills First Baptist Church.
He is survived by a son, Greg (Stacy) Gray of Hickman, Ky.; a daughter, Angie (Larry) Wheeler of Woodland Mills; a grandson, Austin (Mallory) Bolding of Union City; a granddaughter, Abby Bolding of Woodland Mills; and two great-granddaughters, Emma Kate Bolding and Ada Gray Bolding of Union City.
Condolences may be sent to the family at the funeral home website: www.white-ranson.com.
Published 9.21.21
