Gray - James B. - 1942
Source: Lafayette Journal and Courier 5 May 1942 (Tues) p 9
Darlington – May 5 – James B. Gray, 78, former local resident died of heart trouble Sunday in a nursing home at Salt Lake City, Utah. Born in the Potato Creek neighborhood, he left here at the age of 21 for Colorado, later going to Utah and engaging in the smelting industry. Several nieces and nephews survive. The body will be brought here for burial in the IOOF Cemetery. – kbz
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review 5 May 1942 p 2
Darlington, May 4 – Word was received here today that James B. Gray age 78 died Sunday morning of heart trouble at the Clinger Nursing Home in Salt Lake City, Utah. He had been ill for a month. Mr. Gray, a former resident of Darlington and Montgomery County was born Oct 1863 in the Potato Creek neighborhood, the son of Thomas and Phoebe Gray. At the age of 21 Mr. Gray left this community for Colorado where he was a lumberman. He later moved to Utah and went into the smelting business. Surviving are several nieces and nephews. Burial will be in the Odd Fellows cemetery here. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
Source: Darlington Herald 7 May 1942 p 1
According to word received Sunday evening by relatives here James B. Gray 78 of Salt Lake City, Utah died Sunday morning May 3 at the Clinger Nursing Home in that city. Mr. Gray, a former resident of this community was born in the Potato Creek neighborhood in Oct 1863. He was the son of Thomas and Phoebe Gray and a brother of the late Grant and Martin Gray. He left this community when he was quite a young man and went to Colorado where he engaged in the lumber business. Later he went into the Smelting business in Utah. He was never married and spent most of his life in hotels, having occupied the same room in a Utah Hotel for 23 years. He had made a few visits with relatives here during his stay in the west. He spent a part of two summers in Darlington the last few years with Mrs. Charlotte Gray and Mr. and Mrs. Martin and with Dora Gray and Mr. and Mrs. Damon Thompson and family. Among the nieces and nephews who survive him are Mrs. Damong Thompson; Mrs. Martin Campbell; James Gray and Harold Gray of Louisville, Ky. Funeral services will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Campbell tomorrow (Friday morning) at 10 o’clock in charge of Rev. AL Miller of the Methodist Church. People may call at the Gray home any time after 8:30 o’clock Friday at which time the body will be taken from the Brainard-Butler-Russell to the home. Burial will be made at the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Darlington – kbz (thanks Dellie)
Source: Salt Lake Telegram Thu 7 May 1942 p 21
Gray – James B. 70, 818 Sixth East Street, heart failure, May 3.