Deborah Ann Gray

Visitation will be held from 9:00 AM until Celebration of Life at 11:00 AM on Saturday, January 13, 2023 at St. Luke Baptist Church 1709 Harry D Street Patterson, LA. Celebrant, Rev. Keith Verrett, Sr. Burial will follow in the New Salem Cemetery. 

She leaves to cherish her memories three sons, Edward Joseph Butler of Patterson, LA, Joseph Edward (Lorette) Gray, Jr. and Grady Gray, both of Lafayette, LA; three daughters, Paula (Kevin) Pierre, Sr., Teneka Thomas, and Anisha Butler, all of Patterson, LA; six children who were dear to her heart, Gerlisa Calais, Hope (Craig) Chatman, Ramona Benjamin, Jasmin Robertson, Aline (Henry) Long, and Kim (Lettia) Butler; a brother, Erwin Butler; and three sisters, Cora Span, Lorraine Butler, and Patricia S. Watts, fourteen grandchildren, and five great grandchildren, along with a host of relatives and friends.

Deborah was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph E. Gray, Sr., her parents, Milton and Alice Butler, one granddaughter, Aubree Butler, and a daughter, Deloris R. Joseph, two sisters and four brothers.