Franklin – Gloria Dare Rogister Gray, 83, died July 16, 2009 at Southampton Memorial Hospital. She was born in Scotland Neck, NC, a daughter of the late Lonnie Glasgow and Ida Mae Ray Rogister. Mrs. Gray was also predeceased by her husband, James K. Gray, Jr., step-father, Sam Jolly, a sister, Nanoline Griggs, and a brother, Kent Rogister. She was a retired clerk from the accounting department at Union Camp Corporation. She was a graduate of Suffolk High School and a member of Franklin Baptist Church. Mrs. Gray was a member of High Street Senior Citizens, Hunterdale Senior Citizens, and the Senior Circle – Southampton Chapter.
Survivors include two sons, James L. Gray and wife, Betsy, of Delaware and David S. Gray of Franklin; two grandchildren, Stephanie Ann Gray and Rebecca Lynne Gray; one great-grandchild, Peighton Madison Montee; one brother, Lynn Thomas Jolly and wife, Debbie, of Gloucester; and special friends, Valerie Pennell, Shane Bullock, and Tiffany Pennell and a host of extended family.
A funeral will be conducted Tuesday at 1 pm at Wright Funeral Home with the Rev. Dr. A. Richard Childress officiating. Interment will follow at Holly Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk. The family will receive friends Monday from 7 to 8:30pm at the funeral home and requests that in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to Franklin Rescue Squad, P O Box 179, Franklin, Va. 23851 or Franklin Baptist Church, 208 North High Street, Franklin, Va. 23851.www.wrightfuneralhome.org