NAME: WAYNE L. D. GRAY, AGE 74, A LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN: APRIL 28, 1930 AT LAWTON, OK TO WILSON AND TILLER (NANNEY) GRAY.

PASSED AWAY: MARCH 14, 2005 AT THE HILLCREST MEDICAL CENTER IN TULSA, OK.

AGE: 74 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 16 DAYS

EDUCATION: WAYNE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT ROSWELL, NM AND LATER ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT WHERE HE ATTAINED A WILDLIFE CONSERVATION DEGREE.

MARRIED: ELSIE FORD ON JULY 7, 1950 AT ROSWELL, NM.

OCCUPATION: WAYNE SERVED HIS COUNTRY DURING WWII, KOREA, AND VIETNAM AND RETIRED FROM THE US AIR FORCE. HE WORKED AS A FIREMAN FOR ATOKA FOR 17 YEARS AND OWNED-OPERATED GRAY'S MONUMENTS EAST OF ATOKA FOR 28 YEARS.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE HARMONY BAPTIST CHURCH. HE WAS ALSO A LIFETIME MEMBER OF THE DAV, VFW, AND AMERICAN LEGION.

SURVIVED BY

WIFE: ELSIE OF THE HOME.

CHILDREN: DALE WAYNE GRAY OF ATOKA, OK.

SAMMY GENE GRAY AND WIFE MICHELLE OF MANNSVILLE, OK.

JARENA KAY CAPPS AND HUSBAND LARRY OF SHERMAN, TX.

TONY JAY GRAY AND WIFE SALLY OF VAN VLECK, TX.

GRANDCHILDREN: KEVIN CAPPS, JUSTIN GRAY, BRANDY GRAY, JEREMY GRAY, CODY GRAY, HEATH

GRAY, SHEILA WHITE, AND JAMIE HORN.

11 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

SISTERS: ONETA HARRISON OF ROSWELL, NM.

LOUISE LUCAS OF LOVINGTON, NM.

VERY DEAR AND SPECIAL FRIENDS: RICHARD GOO GOO AND PATRICIA JOHNSON.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: WILSON AND TILLER GRAY.

STEPFATHER: BILL COFFMAN.

BROTHER: ERNEST RUTH.

SISTER: MARIE HORN.

GRANDSON: STEVEN CAPPS.

DAUGHTER-IN-LAW: SHIRLEY GRAY.

DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 2005 AT 2:00 PM

PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ TUSHKA, OK.

OFFICIATING: BROTHER RICKEY LITTLETON.

ASSISTING: LON FINK AND SAMMY GRAY.

CASKETBEARERS: (ALL DAV MEMBERS) GLENN NORTON, RALPH MEADOWS, VIRGIL HARDEN, TOM LEWIS, WILLARD OLSEN-CHAPLAIN, HENRY BROWN.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: FELIX LOPEZ, JUSTIN GRAY, CODY GRAY, HEATH GRAY, KEVIN CAPPS, JEREMY CAPPS, JAMIE HORN.

FAMILY NIGHT ~ TUESDAY AT 7 P.M.