John W.Gray;formerly of the Belle Vernon Apartments;Belle Vernon;died Tuesday;Feb.17;1981 at 8:45 a.m.in Uniontown Hospital. He was 92. Born July 26;1888 in Vanderbilt;he was the son of the late John W.and Mary White Gray. He had lived in Belle Vernon the last 35 years;having formerly resided in Monessen. Mr.Gray was a retired car repairman for the Monessen-Southwestern Railway of the Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel;Monessen plant. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Belle Vernon. Mr.Gray was preceded in death by his wife;Bessie Lint Gray;on March 21;1968;and a son;Eugene Gray;on May 22;1974. Survivors include one son;Terry Gray of Belle Vernon;three daughters;Mrs.Naomi Jones of Coraopolis;Helen Gray of Altoona;and Mrs.Harry C.(Wanda) Ellison of Belle Vernon;a sister;Mrs.Mossie Evans of Vanderbilt;and 19 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Friends will be received in the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;on Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be held Friday at 1 p.m. at the funeral home;with the Rev.Lee Dinsel;pastor of the First United Methodist Church of Belle Vernon;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director;is in charge of arrangements.

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