A memorial service for Mrs. Rebecca Ruth Gray, age 50, of the Riderville Community in Panola County, TX, will be held 10 a.m. Thursday, March 17, 2011, at Jimerson-Lipsey Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Kenny Joyner officiating. The family will receive friends from 9:00 a.m. until service time on Thursday at the funeral home. Mrs. Gray passed away on Monday morning, March 14, 2011, at her home in Riderville.
Rebecca Ruth McIntosh Gray was born on Nov. 12, 1960, in Middletown, OH to Jesse and Mary Watts McIntosh. She married Walter Edward Gray, Jr. on March 11, 1982. Mrs. Gray liked riding on a Harley, riding four-wheelers, gardening, reading and writing, and mostly just doing things with her family. She moved to Riderville in 1985. Mrs. Gray was preceded in death by her parents and three brothers, Richard, Charles, and Sam McIntosh.
Mrs. Gray is survived by her husband of 29 years, Walter E. Gray of Riderville; one son, John Paul Petry and wife Jessica of Riderville; one daughter, Sarah Jane Gray of Carthage; three grandchildren, Johnathan, Jasmine, and Jayden Petry; and her mother-in-law, Mary Gray of Henderson.
If desired, memorials may be made to Heart's Way Hospice, 437 W. Panola, Carthage, TX 75633.
A guestbook may be signed online at www.jimerson-lipsey.com.