GRAY, Gilman
GILMAN GRAY
Source: Obituary from a collection by Fauniel Hershberger, a life long resident of Fountain County Indiana, now housed at Crawfordsville District Public Library.
From paper dated Monday, April 29, 1968
COVINGTON, Ind. (CNS)—A former Kingman man, 52-year-old Gilman E. Gray, was among the six traffic fatalities registered in Indiana Sunday. Mr. Gray, now of Fairland Route 3, was killed when his auto struck a light standard on a traffic island at Southeastern and Arlington Avenues in Indianapolis. Deputies said no skid marks were left by the auto. He was alone at the time of the accident. Mr. Gray was born in 1916 at Kingman, son of Rollie and Olive Gillum Gray. He graduated in 1934 from Kingman High and was a veteran of World War II. He formerly had been employed as a barber in Kingman and at present, had been working at the Chryslar Corp. Plant in Indianapolis. Mr. Gray is survived by the widow, Mrs. Thelma Gray, three daughters, Mrs. Gilda De Busk of Hartsville and Kayanne Gray and Mary Gray at home; the father, Rollie Gray of Franklin; the mother, Mrs. Olive Gray of Attica, a brother, Howard Gray of Kingman, a sister Mrs. Janet McKinney of Attica and two grandchildren. He was a member of the Kingman Methodist Church and Moose Lodge and was employed at the Chrysler Corp. in Indianapolis. Services will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday in Shirley Brothers Irving Hill Chapel and burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Indianapolis. --typed by Walt W
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review 30 Apr 1968 p 8
KINGMAN -- Funeral services for Gilman Gray, 52, of Fairland, will be conducted at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Shirley Bros. Irving Hill Chapel at Indianapolis. Interment will be in Mound Park Cemetery near Indianapolis. Mr. Gray, a native of Kingman, was killed in a Sunday morning traffic accident near Indianapolis. He was a member of the Kingman Methodist Church and had been a barber here for many years. He was a veteran of World War II. He was born March 12, 1916, a son of Rollie and Olive ( Gilliam) Gray. Surviving are his parents; his wife, Thelma; three daughters, Mrs. Gilda Debuck of Hartsville and Kay Ann and Mary at home; a sister, Mrs. Janet McKinney of Attica, and a brother, Howard of Kingman. --typed by Walt W