Bill A. Gray, Sr.

Services for Mr. Bill A. Gray, Sr. 79, of Gilmer will be held 2:00 P.M, Wednesday, March 3, 2010, at First Baptist Church in Gilmer under the direction of Croley Funeral Home with Reverend Todd Kaunitz officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Park. Mr. Gray passed away on Sunday, February 28, 2010 in Gilmer. He was born February, 14, 1931 in Childress, Texas to William and Pearl Overstreet Gray. Mr Gray graduated from Midwestern University and Southwestern Graduate School of Banking at SMU. He was a banker for City National Bank in Wichita Falls, Texas and M & P Bank in Sherman, Texas before his retirement. Mr. Gray was member of the East Texas Area Chamber of Commerce, the Buckeye Booster Club and also a member of First Baptist Church, Gilmer. Mr. Gray is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Tammy and Ed Holmes of Gilmer, sons, Bill Gray, Jr. and wife, Karen of Sherman; Scott Gray and wife, Elizabeth of Ft. Worth;; 7 grandchildren, Dustin Benton, Lyndy Benton, Hayden Holmes, Meredith Walter and husband Jonathan, Haley Newton and husband Brandon, Will Gray and Jill Gray and three great grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Larkin Clemons, Jimmy McClelland, Pat Camp, Willie Williams, Larry Cowan and Earl Fielden. The Workers Sunday School Class will serve as honorary pallbearers.