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PFC Alva D Gray

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PFC Alva D Gray

Birth
Dunbar, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
26 Sep 1963 (aged 65)
Connellsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Connellsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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The Daily Courier, Connellsville, PA, Thursday, September 26, 1963

A. D. Gray
Alva D. Gray, 65, of Dunbar, died unexpectedly this morning in Connellsville State General Hospital.

He was born Nov. 9, 1897, in Dunbar, a son of the late John W. and Margaret Shaffer Gray. He was a member of Franklin Memorial Methodist Church and the Dunbar Lions Club. He was a retired rural mail carrier, who served in Dunbar, R.D. 1, retiring in 1954 after 33 years of service. He was a World War One veteran, serving in Company D, 110th Infantry, and formerly was a member of the drum and bugle corps of Lafayette Post 51, American Legion of Uniontown.

Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Nellie Jobes Gray; two brothers, Harry M. of Altoona and Robert of Connellsville, and a sister, Mrs. William Burkett of South Fork.

The body will be at the Burhans funeral home at Dunbar after 11 a.m. Friday. The funeral service will be held there at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, with the Rev. Ellsworth Crispens officiating. Burial will be in Green Ridge Memorial Park, with military rites at the graveside by Hughes Post No. 146, American Legion, of Dunbar.
The Daily Courier, Connellsville, PA, Thursday, September 26, 1963

A. D. Gray
Alva D. Gray, 65, of Dunbar, died unexpectedly this morning in Connellsville State General Hospital.

He was born Nov. 9, 1897, in Dunbar, a son of the late John W. and Margaret Shaffer Gray. He was a member of Franklin Memorial Methodist Church and the Dunbar Lions Club. He was a retired rural mail carrier, who served in Dunbar, R.D. 1, retiring in 1954 after 33 years of service. He was a World War One veteran, serving in Company D, 110th Infantry, and formerly was a member of the drum and bugle corps of Lafayette Post 51, American Legion of Uniontown.

Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Nellie Jobes Gray; two brothers, Harry M. of Altoona and Robert of Connellsville, and a sister, Mrs. William Burkett of South Fork.

The body will be at the Burhans funeral home at Dunbar after 11 a.m. Friday. The funeral service will be held there at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, with the Rev. Ellsworth Crispens officiating. Burial will be in Green Ridge Memorial Park, with military rites at the graveside by Hughes Post No. 146, American Legion, of Dunbar.


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